Sandbar Beach Cafe

This place is hard to beat. Great location for a meal. I suggest a good feed and then a nice stroll along the bay. There is a tram stop within 300m of the place. I go there every visit to Melbourne.

I love the view from this restaurant café and atmosphere is great but I will not go back there often. Because everything is pretty pricy for housewife like me ! Don’t get me wrong, I love everything I ate there and drank but just most of food starts from $ 20 and if you choose a basic food and add chicken or beef, another $ 5 so that makes &25/​28 before ordering drinks and if I had another coffee after that, it will be easily $ 30 over lunch. My friend who have never been there organised lunch there today but I don’t think I will go back there for a while. Last time was year and a half ago with brunch with friends and I did not find much of menu changes. I think carrot cakes and cake pieces should be $ 4 – 5 and not $ 6 for that size. Just not local friendly but touristy price. Today, I ordered a cup of flat white and came with messy spilled plate with very overused cup. Service could have been a little more attentive considering our table had easily $ 150 value of order. Plus you need to order at the counter before you eat and not sure why pay more and get less service !? I had Garlic prawns with saffron rice with cream sauce which was very nice. Generous portion great but rice was a bit dry. Will go back again in a year of casual coffee break.

Great place to while away an hour on a Saturday morning.

On a beautiful Melbourne spring day does it get any better than riding your bike along the beach? Yes, it can get better! If you ride along the beach and work up a bit of an appetite, stop at the almost newly renovated Sandbar for some really good summer food.
I had been craving some really good fish by the beach and was only slightly disappointed but mostly satisfied with the tuna steak that I just ate here. Smothered with a spicy harissa paste the tuna did not come the way that I asked, rare in the middle, they cooked it all the way through. Still very tasty though, I left a happy man.

An amazing eatery with a literal on the beach style setting with views peering over the bay onto the skyline. This stylish and relaxed bar and restaurant is extremely popular during summer. I have only ever sampled from their snack menu, but can assure you their Trio of dips w warm Turkish bread $ 15, Bowl of Shoestring Fries w garlic aioli $ 9.0 Bowl of Wedges w sour cream & sweet chilli $ 12.0 were a great share idea to snack on and something to accompany a chilled sav blanc. Always a great spot to people watch and the beauty of its location means you can easily slink of the beach and be sipping on a cider in no time.