Sandbar Cafe and Restaurant

We have dined here many times. We did find the food has gone downhill slightly. We enjoyed the evening. The Snapps desert is to die for. We were well looked after. Thanks you.

Amazing service! Scrumptious food! Excellent And location with a view to Dee why beach!

Have eaten here previously, and had many coffee stops. Food and wait staff is very good. However, the attitude of owner/manager is appalling; instead of making you feel welcome, he just wants to tell you what you can't have or are eligible for; he may as well have had a 'go away' sticker on his forehead! We arrived early, as we were going to enjoy a couple drinks before the meal which was booked for 5.30. All DeeWhy bars offer happy hour 4-6pm, so we decided we'd have our drinks at the Sandbar first, at 4.30 and then order food etc at 5.30.
However, the manager when taking our drinks order asked whether we were eating so I let him know we had booked but at 5.30. When he realised we must be a First Table booking he promptly told me that happy hour drinks were not included - we should've just left then and walked to the bar next door and returned at 5.30!? But I said we were not booked for an hour so surely we could buy drinks as any other patron?
When I went to pay for our meal, he actually gave me the full price print out and said we had to buy full price drinks to enjoy the discount on the food!? Was he for real? Oh yes! At the end of the day there was just 2 of us- you pay $10 for the table, it doesn't save you a fortune, and indeed the attitude ruined our Sat night.
Not happy at all!! I did retaliate a little by stating I could then understand why the restaurant was practically empty compared to the others along the strip!

Went out for a catch-up dinner with a couple of friends. We all had a delicious meal followed by sharing the sumptuous desserts. Service was prompt and un-intrusive. Atmosphere was great and conversation was easy without excessive noise around us. Great menu options for people with dietary restrictions as well. All round great night.

Nice meal, we enjoyed it.

Very nice food reasonably priced
Excellent staff
Recommended

Fantastic location, awesome food and lovely (handsome) staff

Had a beautiful dinner lots of selection

Excellent food, excellent staff.
New owners have upped everything several notches.
Dinner was new to me, but I go for breakfast 3-4x/week. Always great.
Loved dinner!

A nice serving of beef espatada and rainbow trout. But the stand out dish was the sticky date pudding. Thank you for a lovely night.

Delicious food - loved my salmon poke bowl. Kids loved their meals too.

You have to have espadata it's incredible and the sauce OMG to die for

Great meals had by all. Mojito was amaZing!
Family friendly. Definitely go back.

Excellent service and great food - enjoyed our meal

Great food, great selection, salmon poke bowl was delicious as too the seafood curry, good size portions and good drinks and service very friendly.

Fabulous as usual

Love going to Sandbar, very hospitable and great food and this offer made it even better! Staff made a fuss of our toddler with crayons, paper and attention. Lovely evening!

Always a great experience.
Awesome service and food once again.

Great service and great food.
Very kind to our 4yo
Very enjoyable night for us.

We had a lovely time and the staff were so attentive and accommodating. We will definitely be visiting again!

The food was good. Unfortunately, the service not so good. The restaurant only had a few tables with people and it took over 40min for our main meal to be serviced. I asked for ice (for my wine) twice, and i never received it.

Great food and great service

We had a lovely meal. The kids enjoyed everything and so did we. Highly recommend this place.

Excellent food and service

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It doesn't get much better than this place

Off to Sandbar my family went
For what was a special birthday event,
My son was turning eighteen years
He sat down and ordered his first manly beers!
The mains were generous and totally yum,
The desserts were divine, we devoured every crumb!
They gave us a jug of delicious cocktails
That's when my boy began his tall tales!
We spied a cruise ship while admiring the view
As the candlelit tables gave a nice hue.
Whilst our budget didn't stretch to a cool sports car,
Our son was grateful for a meal at Sandbar.

Our group of 4 ate everything on our plates. Delicious. Highly recommend the grilled chicken and haloumi salad. Unfortunately we had a rainy and windy night and 2 of us were getting a bit wet at the table but we just shuffled along a little and all was well. Lovely evening.

Lovely meal at Sandbar as usual- Malay Seafood Curry is just delicious, and 9 year old asked if we could come there every night for dinner, so the kids meal ticked all the boxes!

Food was great, service was great! Would recommend

Had a good night , meals were liitle small how ever enjoyed the evening great view.

We had such a lovely meal - thank you!

Fabulous food very well presented with great service and great location

Lovely evening at Sandbar. They accommodated us with an outside table so our dog could accompany us. Food was lovely, especially the prawn linguine. Service was prompt and faultless.

the food was amazing, the service friendly, and I would definitely recommend it to my family and friends, and I will be returning in the near future for another amazing meal

Our mains of barramundi and chicken mango salad was delightful. Dessert of sticking date pudding was amazing. Thank you for the lovely food.

Great venue, food lovely, view great.

We had an enjoyable evening, the staff were friendly and attentive, the food was plentiful. An overall great dining experience.

We really went through the menu last night with the 4of us trying all different dishes ...wow so scrumptious ...from the fish n chips to the seafood curry and the coconut prawns with dipping sauce and seafood pasta ...all delicious ..my mouth is watering just remembering last night ...we never have dessert but last night we had the sticky date pudding and butterscotch kietch and ice cream ..after a tiny taste of the butterscotch kietch I pulled the plate towards me and announced IM NOT SHARING

Wonderful time at Sandbar, food was delicious and right across from the beach.
Staff were very attentive and very helpful with our little kiddies. Provided kiddy menu, cutlery, cups etc. Recommend the Baked Haloumi. Yum!

The location of the Sandbar restaurant is great, opposite Dee Why beach. The food was excellent, great presentation and very tasty.
The service was friendly, on time and caring. Highly recommended.

Great location, lovely helpful staff and good quality food. We will definitely be back!

The restaurant service and food were both very good would highly recommend it and will go back again.

Great venue with beautiful view. The service was good and the staff were friendly. The starter (burschetta) arrived quickly and was delicious. The mains took a while to arrive, but it was a beautiful spot to sit and chat. We all enjoyed our mains, fish and chips and prawn linguine, although there could have been more prawns in the linguine. Drinks we ordered included cocktails, wine and beer and all were good. A very relaxing evening, good food and great view, definitely recommended.

The food was excellent, perfectly cooked and the service was outstanding.

Beautiful setting. Great service. Food was fine. But the espetata will be what we return for.

This is our second time at Sandbar. Some of the menu items had changed which was really nice. The goat cheese and beetroot entree was delightful and the dessert was amazing.
A definite return visit is in order.
Thank you to the lovely attentive staff.

An excellent meal was had by all. Service was very good and the restaurant had a cosy and very pleasant atmosphere. Will definitely be visiting again.

nice atmosphere. friendly service. great location.

Very accommodating for young kids.

We had a very enjoyable meal at Sand Bar - very good food and reasonably priced. We'll be back!