Had a lovely lunch on Sunday. The staff were friendly and attentive to our needs. The place looks great since it's renovation, and the food was to die for. We loved it. We'll be back
Looking at the reviews from last year and earlier there were obviously a few things this restaurant needed to get right. From our experience there recently these problems have obviously been remedied. The venue has been renovated and has a great appeal, with magnificent views and a bright, airy interior. The staff offered great friendly service and the quality and flavour of the food was outstanding. The sandcrab lasagne in particular was exceptional, as was the Reef and Beef, if you are up to it! Ammar is a superb host and goes out of his way to ensure a great dining experience. Based on our visit you should disregard reviews prior to last year; things have definitely changed for the better!
I had the opportunity to revisit one of my favourite seas food restaurant just after Christmas. The Manly Boat harbour location is simply awesome, and always much activity on the waters. Great! My meals; oysters entrée, calamari and salad were fresh and delightful. Service was prompt & friendly. Also hard not to notice considerable upgrading of the restaurant under way, but the work did not impact on my dining enjoyment! Highly recommend!
Great meal, after reading the reviews I was a bit nervous, venue is a large open space, good for functions or otherwise and could maybe be improved, but table layout and view was great.
Food was fresh and well prepared, fish literally arrived through door as we sat down, was a moment when the waiter was unsure if it was available, but then very soon said it had just arrived.
Service friendly and prompt, food delivery timely, quality good. Entrée soup maybe a tad salty, nothing terrible though.
Was able to vary menu with no issue (try the snapper beer battered!)
Deserts great, creme brûlée a hit, nice and crunchy and fresh, chocolate tart to die for (made in house)
All in all a pleasant night.
Had a meal here Friday night and all I can say is the food is Yummy!!! 3 courses on a living Social Voucher...The Food was amazing great service. The only thing I will say is it's outdated and in need of a ReVamp but other than that it's a thumbs up!!!!
Fantastic. I've been to Wilson's at least 6 times in the last two years, midweek, weekend and at night.
Service is always spot on professional but friendly.
Food always terrific.
Thorouighly Recommend
Cheers
FJ
A very nice surprise!. I have been past this restaurant a few times and thought what a shame it looked so run down when it is in such an aweseome position. My husband and I went there tonight though, we thought we'd give it a try with a voucher. We were very pleasantly surprised. The bread with oil and dukkah was delicious. Our seafood platter was really great, and we followed it up wth a cheese plate and this was awesome too. The young woman who served us was lovely and the service was very quick.
Our only suggestions were that I wished I had seen the menu before our food came as I would have like to order a salad, and my husband was wishing they had a larger range of gourmet beers.
Well worth a visit?
Best Mediterranean cuisine in Brisbane!. What a superb meal! Fresh seafood cooked to perfection, excellent service and a wonderful location! Do yourselves a favour and have a meal at Wilsons boathouse!!!!
Greatest experience. So we went in for lunch, a table of 6, got 2 Fishermans platters, 2 beef tenderloins and 2 Spegetti Maranaras and we All thought the meals were Outstanding and served moderately fast for a busy lunch service, and to top it all off was the View, a 10 out of 10 view by the water, boats, good vibe, wie'll definitely be dining in again soon :)
Awesome atmosphere!. I enjoyed my seafood platter, the prawns were huge and my kids enjoyed their fish 'n' chips! The white wine on offer was a lovely match. It's an awesome setting, although tables by the windows would be the best if you had a choice! It appears to be a genuine, local family run business which makes it all so much nicer to take our custom to! Thanks to the staff for making us feel welcome.
We had a lovely three course meal on Friday night and used a Living Social voucher which made it very affordable. The food was delicious and the service was good too. Very enjoyable.
Excellent Seafood. Our group of 8 dined last night & ALL enjoyed fresh, well prepared Seafood dishes. We also chose Desserts which again were well presented & delicious. Our Waiter was attentive - if a little serious faced but made our night comfortable. This was after a late booking & VERY late change in numbers. We were given an excellent table with a great view of the Marina. WE did not have vouchers so "Yes" the prices were not cheap but where else are you so close to the Marina? The Restaurant was clean & well prepared. However I see a few items that could be tweaked. Some of us found the timber chairs VERY hard & uncomfortable. The Entry & the Bathrooms could do with a mini makeover to freshen them up. And the Restaurant could use some plants & dividers to make it a little cosier & some more Nautical items added for atmosphere. Otherwise WELL DONE....
This is the worst place I have been to. It was my anniversary and the staff spoiled it. The waiters need to go to fine dining school. Throwing the plates on the table was vwry rude. The food was appalling. Never again.
Diana. Am giving this restaurant a like tick mainly for the incredible view right on the water, feels like a rustic sailing boat. I didn't find the place dirty (as some have suggested here), just rustic & somewhat authentic (it is a boathouse, shed? after all!!) The staff were all OK (they may have taken the previous comments on board. The prices are a little high but we did have a coupon deal. I found the entree to be OK (we had the bread with dips) the main I was disappointed with, I had the salmon with balsamic dressing & potato gnochi with spinich & button mushrooms. The spinich & mushrooms I could hardly see, the pasta looked like it was out of a packet, & the sauce overpowered the whole dish, was very strong. Actually ruined a rather good piece of salmon for me. My friend enjoyed the barramudi. The desserts were OK when they eventually arrived took 30mins after the mains to come.
Fresh and Tasty Seafood. Very nice restaurant. View was spectacular - seafood fresh and tasty.
I read some average reviews, but these appear to be from people who purchased coupons for a cheap meal and wouldn't be happy anywhere!
If you want good seafood then give Wilsons a try. We will be back soon.
A Must Try Restaurant!. Absolutely Superb! What a lovely night we had. The food was incredible, the service perfect, and the view and location just amazing. The restaurant was recommended to us as a must do Seafood Restaurant in Brisbane. We are glad we tried it, and will be back over and over now. Prices were very reasonable, and the waiters not in our face like other places trying to make us buy more drinks. Lovely atmosphere. 5 Stars Wilsons!
Lovely food. Nearly didnt go here because of all the negative reviews but so glad we did. The seafood platters were great! All us of thoroughly enjoyed our meals
Lovely. This was our first visit to Wilson's and we were fortunate enough to be able to use a voucher for the experience. Our waitress looked and behaved very professionally and the food was nice with lovely presentation. We were seated in the window and our guests enjoyed the spectacular view. If i had any complaints it would be that the food took rather a while coming (about an hour from when we sat down). I imagine that this would be because they were preparing it and it was a large meal. Mid-week they have half price lunch meals and we also enjoyed some very delicious deserts at very reasonable prices. We will be back.
Relaxing Sunday. Just dinned at wilsons, had a great lunch sitting overlooking the manly harbour. Great seafood and surprisingly, for a seafood restaurant, really good steak, cooked to perfection.Staff attentive and friendly, which helped make it a very relaxed long lunch. We can see us becoming regular patrons, for a long relaxed Sunday lunch. Better than the mother in laws Sunday roast!!!!
This place is perfect for lunch. We didn't book for lunch but got a table for 2. Not to busy, just right. The seating inside has views across to the Bay. Very clean and the staff are dressed to suit the settings, very professional.
Food and drinks matched the service and quality of food. Looked and tasted a delight, matched to the views! Menu has enough variety to satisfy any hunger! Choice of steaks is cheap to very expensive for certain tastes.
Seating is comfortable and the layout is open. There is extra seating and a takeaway outside.
Would definitely recommend this place for lunch, not to expensive and unbelievable food.
We dined in the restaurant. Excellent location overlooking the marina. Lovely crisp interior. Food was delicious from oysters for entree to the sandcrab linguine and seared scallop risotto (melt in your mouth). Great wine selection. Service made our night (thanks Ella!)
We'll be back
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What a beautiful place for lunch date. Delicious sashimi, Morton bug sliders, delicious fresh prawns and yummy cocktails. I choose Beach bum cocktails and passion fruit margarita. The service is great. Definitely will come back.
It is hard to understand why we didn't visit this place before after all these years in Brisbane. The lovely view sea views and coastal design set up the mood for dining. We love the restaurant's menu and like to have the Hot & Cold Seafood Platter ($99) as well. We couldn't order the seafood platter in the restaurant, so we left and sat outside for the "fish n chips".
Overall the food is good, and we enjoy ourselves.
I hope that they could add the Hot & Cold Seafood Platter to the restaurant menu.
Very busy place. Managed to get a picnic table in the outdoor area. It was nice and sunny with a beautiful sea view. Food is great. Fresh seafood. Cuffin is delicious 😋 will definitely be back
Amazing food in a beautiful venue. Every meal fresh in produce, taste and presentation. Starter, main and dessert all as good as each other, put this vogue gem on your list, you won’t be disappointed.
A really nice spot with water views on 3 out of 4 sides of the venue. The food was very nice and the staff were friendly. Not the cheapest (we ran around $100+ per person for lunch with drinks), but the price seemed appropriate for the venue. Would go there again.
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