We visit the Oyster Bar regularly and have never been disappointed. Even when the place is packed service is prompt. The turnover ensures that their oysters are always fresh. If you like them natural, try the 'Oliver'; if cooked the 'Darleyfella' is the go. The 'Kilpatrick' tends to be a bit too heavy on the sauce.
Thank you for your review on our venue. we strive for excellent service at all times, no matter how busy we are.
You have very similar tastes to mine, I absolutely love the Oliver oysters!
next time you are in ask us to put a little less sauce on the Kilpatrick and see how you go!
thanks again!
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Our friends who are big oyster eaters were looking forward to Glenelg Oyster Bar as they are big fans of oysters and so are we. A reservation was made at 18:45 and we were there on the dot. Here is where it starts;
No table was set up or ready.
No table service which is very bad poor for a place like this.
Plates were just dumped in one corner of our table.
Table water didn't taste like it was filtered.
Oysters were served with cheapest store bought bread which was awful.
Some staff members were just sloppy.
It's not that hard to have great staff & table service. What are you thinking when serving cheap store bought bread with oysters - there are many places who make great bread.
A filter tap for table water is also a cheap investment for a restaurant.
When it come to the Oysters the were very good but would like to see some larger ones as well on the menu. We also had some Fish & Chips and both were doughy, sloppy and very poorly presented. For a restaurant at Glenelg Marina this is definitely not good enough. Our overseas visitors also though not having table service was very poor but enjoyed the oysters but however small in size they said.
Thank you for your review on our venue! it is great to hear that you enjoyed our oysters.
A common mistake that is made by patrons that come to our Bars is that they expect table/restaurant service as we are in such nice locations. We are however a bar which is stated in our name/licence and we are not designed for table service. If you come to us during busy periods on Wednesday evenings (discount day), Friday nights, Sunday arvos you would understand that if we tried to do table service it would be absolutely detrimental to our business/service and just would not work.
Our bread, may look store brought but is actually made fresh daily from a local bakery. We choose to deliver bread on our oyster plates as we strangely enough get asked for bread with oysters very frequently so to us is a no brainer.
In regards to the filtered water, I can 100% guarantee that it is filtered water. I, myself am very fussy about the water I drink and I drink our filtered water all day everyday, along with all of my staff.
I would love to hear back from you in regards to your experience with us and explain further. You can email me at simon@oysterbar.com.au
Thanks again!
We revisited The Oyster Bar and as the manager promised us we got extra green olives and we had another cheese instead of the blue cheese. The service was really warm and inviting.A perfect lunch. Relaxing and calming. Cannot wait to return.
Visited on a Wednesday night….. beautiful weather and sat outside. Service was great. The food amazing. Oysters specials on Wednesday were great value. We had a dozen oysters each and they were excellent. There were 4 of us for our main meal we had squid, which was really tender, a tasting plate, salad and chips. All excellent. Worth a visit.
Variety big fresh always busy great service
Wed and Friday special nights great
What else can I say great
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