Cornelian Bay Boat House

Had lunch here recently and found the quality of service, quality of the food and drink options to be very good. The location and view makes well for a relaxing way to spend the afternoon. We extended lunch well into the afternoon and was made to be very welcome throughout even though they were preparing for the evening session (we didn’t stay by the way). We will be back!

Cornelian Bay is the perfect place to take the olds for a picturesque lunch or dinner. It’s got a great menu – a nice blend of adventurous starters and classic mains, as well as surprising desserts with plenty of options, something to suit everyone.
The Boat House also deserves massive props to being so accommodating for my friend’s small wedding party reception after her original reception restaurant in Swansea closed its doors only a couple of months out from the wedding date. Every other party member was coming in from out of town, but between the bride’s emails to the manager John and my popping in for a couple of in-​person visits (and meals!) in the lead up to the big day, the evening was all we could have asked for.
I look forward to seeing whether they do end up sorting out a separate small dining room, as while we were separated from the rest of the restaurant, we didn’t have the privacy that would have better benefited reception speeches – having said that, there were only seventeen of us so the speeches didn’t go for very long, and didn’t have to be projected TOO far! We also had a bit of a laugh joining in singing happy birthday for another table of diners. We did also seem to just have one poor girl allocated as server to our table as well as other tables in the restaurant, and before we were a few glasses of wine down each we could have done with an extra server (or even two), but once the belts were unbuckled there was certainly less concern.
In the end with all things considered I’m happy to leave four stars for the Boat House, as the wedding reception was an extraordinary situation and my two solo meals there were exceptional.
Hot tip: always check out the oyster specials of the day. The oysters are always awesome but the specials can take them to another level! Plus the chowder is divine.

I had lunch here with a big group of people for a year-​end function. Located on the beach at Cornelian Bay, Boat House Restaurant has a perfect view of sailing boats and the Tasman Bridge. I chose Grilled Tasmanian Salmon for main course, which came with toasted nori, pickled ginger and enoki mushroom salad. The salad was great!
I had Fillet of grilled Trout with white beans and garlic for entrée, which was quite nice. But most of the other participants took Warm Salad of roasted Pork Loin (with fresh apple and honey & seeded mustard dressing), which looked so yummy that I would have changed my decision if I could.
Their Boat House Pav was quite good too. The pavlovas had crispy outer shell and soft & chewy centre, which were rated very good by the Australian participants in the function.
What I did not like here was that their services were very very slow. Half of my company was unable to stay until the coffee and tea time and I was not either. When I left the restaurant with some of my companions, we were there for 3 hours and just finished our desserts in a few minutes and we did not know when the coffee and tea would come. But we were no longer able to wait. It was lunch time and we all needed to be back to work. If the staffs would have been able to speed up their services, it would deserve 4 or 5 stars.