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I had the opportunity to revisit one of my favourite seas food restaurant just after Christmas. The Manly Boat harbour location is simply awesome, and…
Malcolm Paterson
Wilson’s Boathouse Seafood Restaurant
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Oh Wilson's...what has happened to you? Sadly for us, Wilson's Boathouse is not the experience it was five years ago. We used a Groupon voucher and we…
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We had been to the boathouse a while ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Whilst we had to wait a while for our meals, they were sumptuous and delicious. Th…
Mark N Juliet
Wilson’s Boathouse Seafood Restaurant
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9 Reviews on “Wilson’s Boathouse Seafood Restaurant”
I had the opportunity to revisit one of my favourite seas food restaurant just after Christmas. The Manly Boat harbour location is simply awesome, and always much activity on the waters. Great! My meals; oysters entre, calamari and salad were fresh and delightful. Service was prompt & friendly. Also hard not to notice considerable upgrading of the restaurant under way, but the work did not impact on my dining enjoyment! Highly recommend!
Oh Wilson’s…what has happened to you? Sadly for us, Wilson’s Boathouse is not the experience it was five years ago. We used a Groupon voucher and were not only given a smaller and different menu than the normal one, but most of the dishes advertised on the Groupon deal to entice us to buy had been removed. Our main limit on the deal was $39, which is fine. But if you wanted to purchase the $49 reef and beef advertised on the Groupon deal it wasn’t a case of paying the extra $10; you had to pay the full $49. Groupon deal aside, the meals were disappointing. Their seafood chowder used to be beautiful. In fact, until today, it has been the benchmark for all other chowders. Today it was dirty dishwater with one tough overcooked prawn, one scallop, a teaspoon of fish and a few tablespoons of chopped calamari. I was left with a huge bowl of lightly seasoned flavourless milky water (photo 1). Hubby refused to eat his once the half cup of seafood was consumed. Main was a dry spaghetti dish with 3 tough overcooked prawns, 2 scallops and sundried tomatoes – thank god, because that’s the only thing that gave it any flavour. Hubby’s tempura battered whiting with chips and salad was better.Hubby also chose well with dessert – the three fat profiteroles with chocolate sauce were generous, soft and delicious. I wanted the fruit – melon balls, berries, honeycomb, brandy snap and berry coulis. Alas they had no honeycomb or brandy snap. So I had the world’s smallest piece of cheesecake instead.Service was really poor too. I am normally one to cut a restaurant some slack and go back to try again after a bad experience. But I won’t be rushing back to Wilson’s. I might send them a few recipes for seafood chowder though.