Secrets By The Sea

Good food and Good Service

Dined on a Sunday evening with my wife and son as a quiet birthday dinner for me, ticking the local and seafood boxes. Reservation are made easy via the web and confirmation is prompt.

It was a reasonably cold evening but the heating was just right making the room temperature perfect and found it quiet with only about 5 or 6 tables booked at the time so service was sure to be attentive.

The menu is well balanced, with the focus on seafood and am sure would satisfy a wide range of diners.

As a starter we chose the Oysters Kilpatrick and shared a dozen between 2 of us, with King George Whiting, Blue Swimmer Crab Linguine for our main meal with my son (11) having a scaled down version of the Salt & Pepper Calamari (We didn't choose the kids Fish & chips that are on the Menu)

The Oysters were of the Coffin Bay origin (oddly served with blue rock salt rather than the usual white and some salad laid over that) They were as tasty as ever but found a few of the oysters quite small and for $35/dozen would have thought they would have been more generous.

The whiting was excellent with a delightful batter, chips and a generous serve of Salad (They did forget the sauce, but was provided on asking). The blue Swimmer Linguini was cooked well, seafood content adequate but could have benefited from perhaps some course cracked pepper and a small amount of parmesan added on service

My only gripe was the "scaled down version" of the Salt & Pepper Calamari that my son was given. although the pieces were larger than average, there were only 3 (we chose the scaled down version simply as it was a kids meal) but the bowl was mainly filled with salad and chips and my son would happily have eaten more if we had known (The question was asked and were told the main meal was larger than a child would normally eat.) We did not order any dessert but the menu carries a reasonable choice

Overall I found the evening pleasant, the wine was reasonable and the food good. The service provided by the staff was excellent.

The Happy Birthday Gesture at the end of the night was very thoughtful (Thanks)

Went here for dinner with my partner the other night and have to say it was fantastic. Great service and wide range of wines and drinks! Our food was to die for, having fresh and delicious seafood you will not get better in SA! We finished off our meal with the the divine espresso and white chocolate panda cotta they serve, which looked incredible. We will definitely be back. 5 stars.