Well the beer garden is great for a sunny day - a windbreak could really help but the lawn by the beach is very nice, popular with families and even had music playing on a Saturday afternoon. The rest of the tavern’s fairly ordinary, so I wouldn’t bother in bad weather. Food’s standard pub food - fish and chips were pretty good, both very crispy - but at very high prices (so is the beer, $10 for a schooner) and they only take cash.
Endeavour Taven Lancelin is located just a few minutes drive from the main town centre and overlooks the Indian Ocean with 180 degree views of Lancelin's beautiful white beaches and sand dunes. Lancelin is the perfect location for a day trip or short stay being just over an hours drive from Perth. Your dog is welcome to join you (on a leash) in the beer garden area. You can enter from the car park via the side of the tavern to the beer garden that overlooks the beach. There are several wooden picnic style tables with shade umbrellas. You can tie up your dog around the tables so they can sit in the shade underneath.
Truth be known, all the rating comes from the location, location, location! This place claims to be the best beer garden in Australia and I think it probably is. We arrived in time for sunset and enjoyed a balmy hour or two with a meal and a mojito. We also had food but it was largely unremarkable and over priced. The boys shared a seafood basket and a kids chicken nugget basket. He had a pepper steak sandwich and I had a warm beef and noodle salad. The seafood and chippies are frozen and the salad was more noodles and lettuce than beef. The steak sandwich was the most satisfying meal but it's hard to get that wrong. Even the beer he had was flat. Would I go again? Of course! It's the best beer garden in Australia! Where else would you be on Australia Day?
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