The Breakwater - SORRENTO

I’ve been here so many times and it’s always nice. Gorgeous setting looking out over the marina. The staff are always very professional and courteous. The menu seems to change quite regularly. The lunch special of $32 for a meal and a glass of wine is really good value (I think they do this every day except Sunday). Its a lovely place to enjoy a quiet lunch in a beautiful location.

Had a midweek business dinner at the Breakwater. I had the Veal Cheek to start and the fish special for main. I can't remember exactly what the fish was but it was definitely overcooked, the sides were ok. Others had fish, one barramundi which looked delicious, and another the same as me, no complaints from either. The veal cheek was ok too, nothing special. Really nice venue and staff were nice.

I would like to say that I enjoyed my experience tonight but unfortunately the service went missing. We had to wait easily 15 minutes just to order a drink, unfortunately the waitress didn’t know how to use the ordering tablet and didn’t know the difference between a cider and a cocktail. Once we got our drinks orders a different waitress came to take our food order and after that all service that we had waited for disappeared. Once we had finished our first round of drinks we had to ask a staff member for the drinks menu so we could order another drink, yet again we had to wait for our order to be taken. Only after our meals had arrived we had to ask again for our drinks to be ordered. By the time our drinks arrived we had just about finished our meals. The worst part of the night was that is was my daughters 18th birthday and I convinced her to go to Ishka over Cocoa’s as the last time I went to Ishka the service was brilliant. You have dropped the ball and I will have to think twice about going again.

Dropped in without any plans of where to eat. The decor gave the impression of a great venue but unfortunately the food left us underwhelmed. Our waitress Bec was professional and a delight to have serving us. The food on the other hand was the opposite, while it wasn't bad it certainly wasnt good. The quail for entree just left me wondering, what was that? The trio of pork let me down as the cheek had run out and I simply found the pork bland and the pork belly with soft skin just not to my liking. My partner had the steak on special which was cooked well past the medium that was asked for and lacked flavour. The design of the premises is also annoying with the noise from the bar below being funneled into the restaurant due to the open plan. It looks the goods but is disappointing really.

Tonight we had the Seafood entree, Eye fillet and Barramundi main and it went down better than the Castellano hit. The setting and mood was that good, it would have made Carmella Soprano blush! We can forgive them for making us feel invisible at times because they were busy tonight with a wedding function next door and a high tea. However I stand by my recommended rating of 4 out of 5 rating because the customer service was average.