BeachHouse Barwon Heads

Oshkosh kind of a menu and a terrible service. Definitely NOT an upscale restaurant. First of all we didn’t have a dedicated wait staff therefore we were asked if we were ready to order multiple times! And we were not sure if the last person who took the order forgot to place it or what! No one checked on us and we had to wait and wave at them for awhile to get their attention. I ordered orange juice for my boys and one of the glasses had lipstick stain on it and when I pointed it out to one the waiter who served them he looked at it “oh ya” and took it back to being the juice in a clean class (no apology or anything, just a “oh ya”) The kids pasta was just spaghetti mixed with a blah tasting tomato sauce which my boys tried and pushed away. The kids ice cream came melted 😲 The butter Chicken (Indian) dish was very good. The spring rolls were spicy and unpleasant. The porterhouse steak was very good. Bathroom was dirty and unattended 🤮

We were down in Port Arlington for the weekend and headed to Barwon Heads for dinner after struggling to secure a reservation at several other venues. The meal started strong with some exceptionally delicious salt and pepper calamari and we also thoroughly enjoyed the hummus and bread which was quite the generous serve. My steak for main however was rather disappointing. To only have one steak option for a pub is surprising but what porterhouse costs $55? I was expecting a pretty impressive steak but it needed a mountain of salt to make it palatable as it was fairly flavourless and for pretty much the first time in my life I actually left food behind on a plate, there just wasn’t enough jus. I enjoyed the crispy potatoes though

Overpriced for average quality food & small servings. Wait staff were not very helpful at all other than 1 younger girl. Breakfast bruschetta was lacking but the scrambled eggs on toast were good. Our breakfast food came out and by the time we had eaten and waited a while longer, drinks still hadn’t arrived. (X1 coffee & x1 milkshake), we said don’t worry about the drinks unless they’re ready and they said they’d made them and will put the drinks in take away cups. $8 per drink and this is a picture of what we got, mind you they were in a large glass when I saw them and somehow transferred into a cup of this size?? No apology for the wait, and the venue was no where near max capacity or on the busier side, I can see why competition cafes on the main strip are so much busier.