Watsons Bay Hotel

Went to The Gap today with mixed feelings. Yeah naa, I was after a good feed. Superb battered fish and chips is suicidal for me but what a way to go. A plate of greens kinda cancelled out cholesterol clogging my arteries, then there were the sunshine, sky, harbour, yachts bobbing and friendly fellow foodies (try repeating that fast) and large team of efficient servers. Does pub grub ever deserve five stars? In this case definitely. Great management enhances the casual atmosphere. My international guests were impressed. OI Oi Oi.

I learnt about this venue via simple word of mouth – great views, a nice selection and hospitable service. Dan was a familiar face behind the bar, offering a local experience that felt authentic. His friendliness and bar knowledge is unparalleled. He even offered to refill my water bottle for the beach!

Pizza was really good. Atmosphere is very nice. Drink line is crazy. Only comment we should able to order on app for drinks. Staff look overwhelmed little bit but I understand them it was very busy day. Thank you very much We will come back.

It’s a great place for lunch. Good menu..decently priced drinks. However …our plates and glasses (amongst many tables) were not cleared for over 45 mins plus ..it was like a game to us in the end seeing which one of the very many bus boys/girls would notice tables piled high. It was a hot day to be fair. What was extraordinary as you ordered from the QR code at the table you get charged a “weekly charge” and request a tip 😂 for you to order your own food, (side salad $15) provide all the info like I’m at a convention and then see plates and glasses pile up like a food court . Oh and all the chatting amongst themselves having such a great time 😂😂 . Fascinating ..but nice place.

Ordered 2 x Fish tacos plus a couple of other dishes. Food came out super quick considering how busy it was. But… the fish tacos came out as fish and chips. I can push that part aside as the word fish may have been misheard. But when ordering at the bar up stairs, it seemed as though there were a lot of other workers there on their day off and the bar staff were to busy serving and trying to talk to their work friends. I also saw the same guy who served me get approached from another customer about the beer he poured. It was a pint of Super dry and it had NO head on it as he was to busy talking to his friends. Back to the food. The wait staff were good when I explained that it should have been fish tacos and they took the battered fish back. They came back about 10 minutes later with the Fish Tacos. No refund was offered (didn’t expect a full refund) but there was an $8 difference between the two ($16 in total). I understand it was super busy, but some basic customer service would have been good. On the upside, food was good, location amazing! But the service really does need some work in the bar areas.