Scottie's Fish Cafe - NEWCASTLE EAST

Great restaurant with a great atmosphere near the beach. Food and cocktails were delicious and the staff was very friendly and helpful. We had the king prawn pancake, Sambal lobster bung and blue float crabs and all were super tasty and would recommend.

Fantastic local company supplies quality tasty food to Novastrians. Do not forget to order a cheeky house made tartaric acid with any meal!!

Just had takeaway wagyu burger and it was first class!

Scotties is a Must-visit for Newcastle locals and tourists alike. The menu features an eclectic mix of inspired seafood dishes from their kingfish sashimi to their Morton bay pluto pups! All incredibly different and all delicious. Nestled in a beautifully converted terrace, the restaurant is about a 3 minute walk from the beach with a cosy outdoor seating area well away from the chaos of the main CBD. The staff are friendly, attentive and happy to have a little chat if the opportunity presents. We had a wonderful lunch here sampling their Lobster Club sandwich, Tuna Ceviche and a fish kebab. The ceviche was an absolute hit with its bold yet balanced textures and flavours. Our lunch came in at about $120 including drinks so I wouldn’t call this an everyday experience for the average lunch. In our opinion it was well worth the price. We’ll be back soon to try the rest of the menu!

In this post Covid environment I’m readily prepared to forgive lack of professionalism. But not unforgivable ignorance being badly treated… especially at place that is supposed to great for seafood. Our waiter began the evening by telling us they’d “ been very busy over the weekend”… so there were lots of things menu listed one couldn’t have ! Harrumph ! Where’s desk top publishing these days ? Any how he rattled off a seemingly 1/3 of the menu .. list the wines they’ve run out off too ! .. then…. Brightly added the evening’s specials. I’m This still thinking about THAT ! We chose as our starter to share, the Chef’s take on the old Cantonese “ Prawn Toast” .. when it came out it had a previously mystery sauce with it. I enquired of the waiter what the was .? His smartypants rejoiner incomprehensibly ! was : “It was listed on the menu.. but I’ll ask… “ My husband sarcastically added that a listing hadn’t been possible.. reminding him it was that evening’s Chef’s Special.. that he himself had told us about THAT that meant it WAS NOT ON THE MENU the same menu nearly half of which wasn’t even available!! He never apologised. Later when I sent my absurdly overpriced $38 main Crab Dumplings virtually untouched because they were so very appalling .. the best effort in response was to tell me I could have a free drink …! I walked out around the corner had a pizza .