Sofia's Family Restaurant

Found this place while visiting the area and walking along the foreshore. It was a bitterly cold winter evening. The staff welcomed me warmly and were very friendly and helpful. I ordered the veal scaloppini and a glass of wine. It wasn’t fine dinning and it was a huge serve, but it was delicious and value for money. Staff made me feel really welcome and food was good, can easily recommend.

Very hit and miss today. I went with my boys for a Thursday night dinner. 3 meals ordered. Small pizza was great. Cabanaro Fettuccine tasted great expect that we found a large piece of shrimp in the dish. The meat grill platter was terrible. Porterhouse steak overcooked and bland. Lamb shank dry and bland. Pork ribs overcooked and bland. Checken skewers overcooked. The bacon and chips were nice. The garlic butter sauce was not a sauce but slices of garlic butter. If the food was hit enough I might have been able to melt it on the steak but no luck. I mentioned all of this to the server who did mention the shrimp to another worker who responded with "ok". No manager to speak of or any response to my feedback. Very poor quality of food and managerial service. I won't be back, not for a while unless I stay hearing that they are improving. They seam to rely on their location being on the beechfront.

Update 13/6/22: We ordered 2x large The Lot pizzas, and it was still just as good as when I visited two years ago. Generous toppings; very fresh, flavoursome ingredients; piping hot. I particularly enjoyed the crispy onions, olives, and hot salami. Lovely, friendly, welcome service. June 2020: Reading the reviews to this place, I was very skeptical about visiting. However, it seems they have been either subject to grave exaggeration or unrealistically high expectations. I ordered a Small "The Lot" pizza, and was very satisfied with it – served straight from the oven, with layers of well flavoured toppings. The staff were very friendly and accommodating, and the restaurant was clean and well lit. The beach surroundings were a bonus.

A fairly nice coffee from a place that would be extremny busy in summer. Due to the location on the beach and the casual vibe I found the sign at the door "no bare feet" and "no bathers" to be slighly ironic. I imagine that in summer there would be a large numbers of customers not compliant with the sign