Sails On The Bay Elwood, Melbourne

Sails On The Bay Details

Sails On The Bay Address

15 Elwood Foreshore
Elwood VIC 3184
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Cuisines

Modern Australian, Seafood, Vegetarian

Chef

Derek Fuller

Prices

Average Meal Price $71 - based on one entree & main course only
Entrees $3.90-$24.50
Mains $38.00-$75.00
Desserts $4.50-$39.00

Set Menu
Restaurant Lunch Set Menu - daily changing menu. Two courses - $40.00 and three courses - $45.00 includes glass of wine and coffee or tea. Available Monday through Saturday.

Rooms & Capacity

No of Seats 140

Event Room
Opening Hours - October 2011 to May 2012 Monday to Saturday, 8am to Midnight (Earlier time available on request) Sunday, 8am to 11pm
Seating Capacity 100

Private Dining Room
Opening Hours - October 2011 to May 2012 Monday to Sunday, Lunch - 12 noon to 5pm & Dinner from 6pm
Seating Capacity 40

Hours

Breakfast
Sat to Sun 9am - Noon
Lunch
Mon to Sun Noon - 5pm
Dinner
Mon to Sun 6pm - 9:30pm

BYO

Bottled wine
Wine Selection
Monday through Thursday. Dinner only.
Corkage applies. Available from January to November.

Sails On The Bay Awards

2012

The Age Good Food Guide

Overview of Sails On The Bay

Sails on the Bay summarised reads as "superb food with matching outstanding view of the beach". Starting in 1994 as a basic fine dining place, Sails on the Bay has since expanded to include a terrace café for lunches and weekend breakfasts and generous private spaces for private dining, wedding parties and conferences.

Sails on the Bay is all about seafood dishes with a modern Australian touch. The seafood on their menu (Yarra Valley river trout, grilled barramundi fillet, and freshly shucked oysters, to name a few) is well-sourced and prepared. Cross references to Thai, Japanese, Middle Eastern and old-style bistro cuisine are noticed and appreciated by ladies who lunch, couples on romantic dinners and other loyal patrons of Sails on the Bay.

Surrounded by glass, Sails on the Bay Restaurant is kissed by the sun and golden sands of Elwood Beach, providing a lovely canvas for the ultimate dining experience.

User Reviews of Sails On The Bay, Elwood

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4 Below Average

Food 3 Ambience 4 Service 8 Value 1

Very disappointing food regardless of the price. Sophisticated menu but poorly executed. Questionable freshness of seafood, some ingredients felt pre-prepared and reheated (fish, risotto), flavours were not balanced, red meat not cooked correctly (way overcooked) overseasoned and definitely way overpriced. Service was good but after paying the bill I felt ripped off. Would not recommend it. Fail.

May 05, 2012

buckerooni
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2 of 2 readers found the following review helpful

9.3 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 10 Value 9

Cannot believe how long this restaurant has been around, it still seems so fresh. Had an amazing dinner with the family for my sons birthday. From being asked when I booked would I like a choclate plaque saying happy birthday on his dessert to the dessert appearing with candles And a singing waiter, very funny. Wonderful restaurant that contains so many happy memories for myself and family through the years. Just wanted to shout a Big thank you.

Aug 02, 2011

FoodAffair58
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1 of 4 readers found the following review helpful

3.8 Below Average

Food 3 Ambience 7 Service 3 Value 2

Great location and everything feels "right" for a great dining experience, but the food and service is a big let down. Arrived for a Sunday birthday lunch and our booking had been "lost" completely. Five of us were seated at a 4 person table with a chair thrown on the end, I asked for a larger table (we were the only people there in a 140-seat restaurant) and was told "I would rather leave the other tables for any other customers that come in". Wow! Good way to value your customers.

A few of us had the 3 course seafood melange ($75). Servings were unreasonably small (first was one scallop in four slices, a tablespoon of smoked salmon and two 20c-sized slices of swordfish in a creamy shallot sauce). "Bloody Mary" and "Margarita" oyster shooters were just tomato juice and syrupy lemon/lime juice - some alcohol would be nice at this price. Second course was salmon with some Asian greens (two snow peas and one arm of baby bok-choy, undercooked).

Salmon was good and was complemented by the creamy shallot sauce. Third course was two prawns, one baby scampi and a crabmeat seaweed parcel. Prawns were dry and very overcooked. Crabmeat parcel was very tasty and the standout of this dish. It came with a few sticks of julienned carrot and some cabbage, all soggy and overcooked with no flavour. Could not find any hint of the chilli and ginger dressing, only the same cream sauce as the first two courses.

All three courses had the same creamy shallot sauce, tasty as it was and for $75 I would expect far more variety than this. We got a shaved fennel, artichoke, olive and tomato salad ($9.50) for the table, which had three cherry tomato halves, four olives and was mostly salad greens with a little fennel. Lemon dressing was very pulpy and overpowered the rest of the flavours.

Service was fairly attentive without being invasive. Overall, food was uninspired and dear, it felt a little more like a mid-week special in delivery than a fine dining experience. There are many far better restaurants nearby with similar views and better food for a better price.

Jul 11, 2011

Tom J.
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2 of 2 readers found the following review helpful

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 8 Service 8 Value 9

I have been going to sails for years. We went last Thursday night for my sons birthday, once again we were so happy with the food, service and atmosphere. Such a warm and friendly place. Definitely be back soon!

Mar 07, 2011

emilydavis
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0 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

5.3 Average

Food 3 Ambience 10 Service 5 Value 3

Dinner on 25/2/11. Restaurant half empty in prime time. Food marginal except for kids meal which was an excellent value and good quality. Nice wine list and beautiful setting/facility. Very disppointing meal. Trying too hard to be master chef. Missed serving things that really taste good.

Feb 25, 2011

BB1
1

0 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

1.3 Not Recommended

Food 2 Ambience 1 Service 1 Value 1

Simply terrible. Service was lazy. Overpriced. Pretentious food. I will not go there again. If you're planning a special occasion, go somewhere else, there are lots of nicer places along the coast.

Jan 30, 2011

katien
1

3.8 Below Average

Food 4 Ambience 7 Service 2 Value 2

The evening began with extremely poor service, we waited 20 minutes for each drink order to be brought to our table. The first course of natural oysters and scallops where good, the remained 2 courses that required actual cooking were extremely disappointing. The prawns were over cooked, the crab had minimal meat, the chilli and Ginger dressing was missing the chilli and Ginger and it all sat on a bed of flavorless vegetable type salad.

Grossly over priced food, with only 4 or 5 mains to choose from all priced at $40 and above. Honestly an utter let down and none of us would ever contemplate going again.

Jan 30, 2011

Julian A.
1

10 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 10 Service 10 Value 10

16th Wedding anniversary - same venue - same sense of being valued. Great menu - warm and knowledgeable service - My favourite Melbourne restaurant. It just grows and grows. Roll on my 17th (or maybe a birthday - or maybe just cause I can).

Dec 02, 2010

Monatheowna
1

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 8 Service 9 Value 8

It has been 10 years since my wife and I visited Sails on the Bay, having moved to Perth, I thought it was good then but it is even better now. Everything about this night was so great that we went to the cafe the week after and had a beautiful breakfast. I'm confused about whether people are writing reviews about the restaurant or cafe, either way we found both a great reflection on Melbourne dining. We'll be back hopefully in less that 10 years.

Jul 01, 2010

South Perth Andy
1

2.5 Not Recommended

Food 3 Ambience 4 Service 2 Value 1

I am very disappointed with the lunch we had today, overpriced and very ordinary. The minestrone barely covered the bottom of the bowl, as if the tide had gone out. The poached chicken was tasty but the red cabbage salad was rough and unappealing in both presentation and taste. The berry pavlova was good.

Jun 25, 2010