Mosman Rowers Club

Never a good idea to challenge fate. We had been Mosman Rowers for breakfast previously and, although the service then was execrable, the food was very good - so we entered with the rationale ‘how bad can it be?’. Oh dear. The service was as we remembered it (although after a certain amount of elapsed time the concept of ‘service’ ceases to be relevant). The food was not as we remembered it. My brioche French toast was clearly supermarket-industrial-white French toast. My wife’s zucchini and corn fritter was, in fact, a zucchini-free zone (presumably it had eloped with the brioche) and one cannot but sympathise with the chef who, not unreasonably, had assumed from the external charring that the middle was cooked. We could at least complain (we did) and withhold a tip but the waitress – presumably anticipating our reaction from those of previous customers - extracted her own by short-changing me. Only the fact the coffee was ‘all right’ kept them from a perfect score. Avoid.

Never a good idea to challenge fate. We had been Mosman Rowers for breakfast previously and, although the service then was execrable, the food was very good - so we entered with the rationale ‘how bad can it be?’. Oh dear. The service was as we remembered it (although after a certain amount of elapsed time the concept of ‘service’ ceases to be relevant). The food was not as we remembered it. My brioche French toast was clearly supermarket-industrial-white French toast. My wife’s zucchini and corn fritter was, in fact, a zucchini-free zone (presumably it had eloped with the brioche) and one cannot but sympathise with the chef who, not unreasonably, had assumed from the external charring that the middle was cooked. We could at least complain (we did) and withhold a tip but the waitress – presumably anticipating our reaction from those of previous customers - extracted her own by short-changing me. Only the fact the coffee was ‘all right’... read more

I have visited this club twice, using Living Social vouchers.The big breakfast on the deck was enjoyable and certainly a beautiful way to start the weekend. When I visited  for lunch I ordered the short rib (yes, singular) on chips. The meat was tasty and tender but there needed to be something else more interesting than chips on the plate. My son in law had the same and left half his meat as he said it was mostly fat. As he was paying his own way ($30 for main) he wasn't impressed. But the "tiramisu" ($14) was a glass full of cream with two biscuits shoved in the top. No sponge, no discernible flavour at all. Just a bowl of cream basically!I was very disappointed with the lunch. I had intended bringing a close friend for lunch next week but am reconsidering. I'm not lousy but do expect decent food , especially for a special occasion. The service when someone finally  arrived to give us a menu (by that time I had gone looking for one as no one was in the restaurant) was friendly, but overall the lunch was extremely disappointing.Such a shame as the setting is tranquil and parking convenient.

I have visited this club twice, using Living Social vouchers.The big breakfast on the deck was enjoyable and certainly a beautiful way to start the weekend. When I visited  for lunch I ordered the short rib (yes, singular) on chips. The meat was tasty and tender but there needed to be something else more interesting than chips on the plate. My son in law had the same and left half his meat as he said it was mostly fat. As he was paying his own way ($30 for main) he wasn't impressed. But the "tiramisu" ($14) was a glass full of cream with two biscuits shoved in the top. No sponge, no discernible flavour at all. Just a bowl of cream basically!I was very disappointed with the lunch. I had intended bringing a close friend for lunch next week but am reconsidering. I'm not lousy but do expect decent food , especially for a special occasion. The service when someone finally  arrived to give us a menu (by that time I had gone looking for one as no one was in the... read more

A cracking location but its absolutely wasted on this restaurant. Below average food and service. My breakfast order was the mushroom stuffed with goats cheese, poached eggs with tomato marmalade. What arrived was a small slice of sourdough topped with some wizened old button mushrooms and two poached eggs. No goats cheese or tomato marmalade, no flavour and little substance. My friend ordered the Spinnaker, being a standard bacon, eggs, hash brown, sausage brekkie but it was so greasy she left most of it on the plate. The 2/5 is because the coffee was half decent and the morning sunshine on the deck is lovely. No other reason to visit this place however.