Garfish

For years Garfish has been a stable for great fresh seafood in Manly, great service, good wine and an ever changing menu. I found a new favorite in the King Prawn Softshell Tacos next to the Snapper Pie and it has all the markings to become even better. I would hope they can widen the Tacos into more choices, they are well worth a try.

Super disappointed after being very excited to go. My husband and I booked NYE dinner here 2021, Booking was for Live music and 3 course set menu.. We arrived... the place was very quiet but relatively full of people, and when I say quiet I mean you can hear a pin drop. the singers were on a break which is fine but the mood on entry in the place was incredibly boring and dull, It seemed like we heard the singers maybe half an hour out of our of the 2 hour seating. we were seated behind a large pole (okie dealt with it). The starter bread was not nice at all, the entree of ravioli was not nice, the mains (fish was ok) the ribs though, the waiter told us they were slowed cooked for hours... absolute rubbish, the amount of FAT on it was such poor quality. We left the chewed up fat on the plate. For $180 per person, we left hungry in fact starving. We did raise this with management on the night. He offered a $14 glass of wine complimentary. I sent an email while I was there, no response. Look, the staff were lovely, the worst $360 we have ever spent. I feel like in this review I can't even express ow awful the experience was for the over priced outing we got charged. Do yourself a favour save your money and don't waste the experience, One of my favourites on the northern beaches is Barrenjoey boat house at palm beach! or the skiff club in manly Similar pricing but worth every cent. unlike Garfish Manly. $360 in the toilet. Really garfish should be returning our money, I haven't asked for it back I left that up to them to decide. but I as a business owner no way would I let my clients experience this nor would I have the hide to charge the money. I repeat they have not even responded to my email, which id be more then happy for you to screen shot and ad to this response to show how I have approached the situation. But each to there own. Im here just sharing a poor experience. which clearly they couldn't' care less. UPDATE to your reply (9.1.22) I appreciate your reply Danen, however I haven't complained about staff shortage. the food was awful so in your response to me, it sounds like your using COVID as an excuse for poor quality food, are you telling me that $360 isn't enough to cover quality food? Correct me if I'm wrong? The place was full it wasn't empty. Any way I will continue to check me emails. we're at day 9. Garfish Manly were pretty quick to reply to my emails for the booking. And we couldn't move seats as we were advised they were fully booked. So on assumption they've seen my email and chosen not to reply

I came to Garfish for an anniversary. Lovely atmosphere, lovely staff, lovely drinks. Food was great, would highly recommend the octopus. The desserts were fantastic! we even got to eat one of the pastry chefs on the night. Unfortunately I can’t give 5 stars as the prawns in the Prawn Tacos still had their tails and it was quite the unpleasant experience. Will definitely be coming back

First day open after Covid lockdown! Staff were super attentive, energised, professional and happy to be there. Started with fried stuffed zucchini flowers and salt and pepper squid with chili jam. Both served piping hot and were great. Main courses of lobster and wood-fire barramundi with matching wines. The lobster was cooked perfectly and a side of lemon-butter allowed seasoning to taste. Dessert was the WolF honey and white chocolate parfait - made with honey from the chef's own local hive including some small pieces of honeycomb - delicious. Also traditional sticky date pudding served in its own mini copper saucepan with icecream - very hearty. All in all, a perfect performance and fabulous way to celebrate at the end of this lockdown!! Garfish retains its reputation as the best seafood location in Manly in my books.

Went for lunch today and had a lovely experience. The food was just divine and our waiter was knowledgeable and attentive. We shared a main salt and pepper calamari which stayed very true to its roots and was perfectly cooked. Mains were the large Morton Bay bugs and the Sri Lankan curry. Bugs cooked over coals are always brilliant and the curry was complex with an adequate level of heat. We thoroughly enjoyed it and will definitely be back. We did come back to have the seafood platter - yum. Photos added.