Menhir Spanish Tapas Ettalong Beach, Woy Woy and Southern Gosford

Menhir Spanish Tapas Details

Menhir Spanish Tapas Address

Ettalong Beach Tourist Resort (Ettalong Markets)
Shop 54, 189 Ocean View Rd
Ettalong Beach NSW 2257
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Cuisines

Spanish, Tapas, Vegetarian

Prices

Average Meal Price $38 - based on one entree & main course only
Princes range from $8-$20
Entrees $5.00-$19.00
Mains $22.00-$30.00
Desserts $8.00-$21.95

Bookings

Bookings are preferred
Please contact us by email on info@menhir.com.au or on 02 4341 4063 to arrange your booking

Rooms & Capacity

No of Seats 120

Hours

Mon to Fri 5pm - 11pm
Sat to Sun 10am - 11pm
Sun 7am - 10pm
Open on Christmas Eve
Open on New Years Day
Open on New Years Eve
Open on Public Holidays

BYO

Corkage per bottle $10.00
Wine Selection
Extensive Wine List
Reserve Wine List
Cocktail List

Entertainment/Live Music

Please visit our website for Special Events, Spanish Live Music, Spanish Film Festival & Wine & Food Spanish Festival

Specialties

Authentic Spanish Cuisine
Paella, Churrasco, Spanish Tapas & Desserts
Coffee Menu (Alcoholic & Non Alcoholic)

Overview of Menhir Spanish Tapas

In Spain, family and friends sit around the table not just to eat and drink but to share and socialise. The menu at Menhir was designed with lots of love and care to bring you the best of Spain. Menhir is a brand new, vibrant Spanish Tapas Bar located within the Ettalong Beach Resort, specialising in Modern Spanish Cuisine.

Featuring a daily selection of fresh seafood, meat and vegetarian specials, and an extensive Spanish and Australian wine list, there is simply no better dining option for any occassion! Don't pass up the opportunity to sample the signature cocktails and rare spirits collection! The team look forward to sharing with you the food and passion of their home and the Fiesta Española!

User Reviews of Menhir Spanish Tapas, Ettalong Beach

Displaying: 1 - 10 of 10 reviews

9.6 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Drinks 10 Ambience 10 Service 8 Value 10

On a Tuesday night in Ettalong there isn't much choice for dinner, thank goodness Menhir was open. What a great addition to the Central Coast dining scene. We had 1 entree (seared scallops with cauliflower puree and jamon crisps) and 4 tapas (grilled calamari with pancetta, garlic prawns with red capsicum and onion, med rare sirloin steak with sun dried tomato pesto, meatballs with tomato sauce on saffron rice) between the two of us and each dish was delicious and presented very well on a variety of shaped plates.

The wine list is amazing and we had a Spanish red, Castillo del Moro Tempranillo which was light and went with the food very well. The decor is modern and you can see that they have gone to a lot of trouble to get it all right. Would highly recommend the tapas and just hope that the locals and visitors appreciate what they have here. I also had the special dessert of orange and almond cake and my husband had the creme catalano (creme brûlée). Continue the good work!

May 23, 2012

Cate1949
1

2.6 Not Recommended

Food 4 Drinks 3 Ambience 3 Service 2 Value 1

The food arrived in various stages, service was available only after we asked for it, cutlery etc. Do not eat here if want to eat a meal, the portions were small although the titbits that we got were tasty.

May 19, 2012

harlowc
1

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Drinks 10 Ambience 8 Service 8 Value 8

Ok so we are eating here right now and so far it's been awesome. Food is amazing and even though we have waited a while we were looked after and when service came they were great. Hope I haven't inced rest of our meal but I can't wait for it.

May 05, 2012

tan_starr
2

1.8 Not Recommended

Food 1 Drinks 3 Ambience 3 Service 1 Value 1

Very disappointing, pork ribs not cooked, meals come out different times for a table of five, waited till everyone finished for a steak and also very under cooked. Bad bad.

Response from Management:
Dear Sue

First of all I would like to express my apologies and disappointment to hear of your less the satisfactory experience at Menhir Spanish tapas. I was very surprised to read your review as you can see all our other reviews have had a very satisfactory experience many of them being very appreciative to have such a unique venue on the Central Coast. However I would like to run over a few points you have made below:

You arrived for a Saturday brunch in a party of 2 adults and 3 kids You were seated and your order was taken straight away you ordered 7 tapas and 2 lemonades for a total of $84.00
As with all other tapas bar's the ordered tapas come out as ready from the kitchen.We can try our best to bring as many of the tapas out together as possible but unless the customer request a specific order they are delivered as prepared.
You ordered the "medium rare sirloin steak with red pesto" so unless requested at a different temperature this is served medium rare.
As per the pork ribs being undercook we have our chef double check these after you returned them & he was adamant that as always they were served perfectly cooked through out with a slight pinkish color on the top on the bone, we find cooking them any further results in the meat drying out & becoming tough, as per your request we cooked them a little longer.

We take all feedback very seriously, as you can image a review as negative as yours can have an adverse effect on a restaurant. While we have gone over & discussed with relevant staff all aspects of your review from the "Food" to the "Value" rating & we can understand how based on your review you would have come to some of your rating scores we were particular disappointed & somewhat confused to see some of your rating scores;

Drinks you have given us a 3 out of 10, you only ordered 2 lemonades all of our soft drinks are served straight from a freshly opened can poured over ice & sent straight to the table so i am quiet confused on how we could get this so so wrong? We actually have a very extensive drink menu & have gone to great lengths to source some amazing products from around the world to offer our customers.

Ambience you have also given us a 3 from 10 for this? I was very disappointed to see this as we spent over 1 year to build our restaurant from the ground up, every single detail no matter how minute from the tiles on the wall, dinning rooms chairs or music system were painstakingly gone over a thousand times to ensure our customers would receive the best dinning experience possible, we really spared no expense in creating such a unique product, we even offer live music at a great cost to us several times a week to add that little bit extra for our clients. Im sure you or anyone else that has visited our restaurant has to agree it is not just an everyday restaurant.

Value we received a 1 from 10, in my opinion your bill of $84 dollars or $16.80 a head is very good value for 5 people for lunch, we use only the best quality ingredients & make every thing onsite be it our house bread or large range of deserts from scratch i personally go from Sydney to Newcastle each week in order to pick up the freshest produce available & each week offer up a new selection of specials so that our customers can try a broad selection of amazing dishes on top of our regular menu.

Like any business especially one only open for just 9 moths as we are there is margin for errors but we always try to be on top so that we learn and act on them and rectify as quickly as possible however I believe in your case it was more misconception of the "tapas experience". I of course feel disappointed and deeply sad to hear of anyone coming to my restaurant and leaving unsatisfied being born & raised in Spain i have a great passion for my country & created Menhir to share with the Central Coast this passion & love, i myself know that there is nothing worse then a bad dining experience. I would like to extend an invitation for you & your family to return to Menhir & let me & my staff provide you with the truly authentic Spanish Tapas that is Menhir, please contact me directly should you wish to take me up on my offer. info@menhir.com.au

Again my apologies that we have not been able to meet your expectations on this occasion, i look forward to welcoming you again in the future.

Lorena

May 05, 2012

Sue Z.
1

7.8 Recommended

Food 9 Drinks 9 Ambience 8 Service 6 Value 7

Good quality food, fantastic drink menu. A bit slow on service and not cheap but worth it for the qaulity you are given. This is not your standard tapas the menu is inventive and original. Definitely a step up for the central coast it's about time!

May 04, 2012

justine merzian
9

7.8 Recommended

Food 8 Drinks 8 Ambience 10 Service 8 Value 5

Nice food, we enjoyed the red and white wine Sangria. Perfect ambience, romantic, nice lighting. We paid $102 for 2 drinks, 1 entree, 2 tapas, 1 serve of paella and 1 dessert. Didn't feel like we got our money worth though.

Apr 14, 2012

aNoPHeLeS
3

7.3 Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 6 Service 7 Value 7

Excellent Spanish restaurant, really enjoyed food, used to being disappointed on the Central Coast but not in this case. Not cheap but was worth it to have decent food on the Peninsula. Service okay but could do with a bit of polish.

Feb 03, 2012

Vicki Michelle
1

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 9 Service 8 Value 8

Sophistimacated and yummo. Chic Spain hidden within the monstrous Ettalong Beach Resort. Stylish, friendly, tasty. Not a cheap meal but I will be back, as often as I can.

Aug 28, 2011

echica
3

10 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 10 Service 10 Value 10

I ate here Friday night and enjoyed it immensely! The food was outstanding, the service attentive and friendly and the dessert divine. There really is nothing else like this on the Central Coast, and the menu stays true to authentic Spanish cuisine. Menhir features an open kitchen where you can watch the highly skilled chefs prepare your meal. A true delight and I'll be back again and again.

Jul 23, 2011

Jujube
1

7.5 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 8 Service 7 Value 7

A breath of fresh air, we have been waiting for a long time on the Peninsula for this. Great food, reasonable prices, and friendly staff. We'll be back.

Jul 14, 2011