Lively Catch Seafood Restaurant

STAY AWAy IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BE RIPPED OFf. Attended last night and were really looking forward to a great experience. Boy was I in for a surprise. My wife and I ordered wild barramundi from the menu.. The two orders arrived with a really small serving in the middle of a large, deeply dished plate for $37 each. There were no accompanying vegetables of anything else, just the serving of fish. If you wanted chips or mashed potato it was an extra $10 extra per item per person. A plate of veggies was an extra $12 per person per serve. I had two Crown Lager beers and my wife and I shared a bottle of white wine which we bought from home. When we received our bill I almost fell off the chair. Along with corkage of $4.50 per person, our bill totalled $113. That was for two small pieces of fish and two beers. I was starving when we left and had to order a pizza on the way home. That will be the last time we visit this place. Our dining guests felt the same way.

Had a really enjoyable date night there, Robert was our waiter who was not only very attentive but very friendly and provided far beyond expected service, made us feel very welcome. We got the seafood platter, served over several courses and it was very enjoyable, great mix and well matched for each course leaving us very happy with our choice, serving sizes were great too, had just enough room left to share a desert which was also very delicious. We will certainly be back. Thank you for hosting us :)

I’ve been to the Lively Catch many times and always rated it highly, but tonight, my first time back since the shutdown was disappointing. Many of my favourite menu items were gone, the sourdough was stale and barely toasted, not at all enjoyable, my chicken whilst ok was not the quality I had come to expect, the sauce was mixed in with gluggy mash and the serving was quite small for the price. My brûlée was more like a runny custard. We all agreed that the quality was not what we remembered and for the price we would probably not return. Disappointing because it was such a good restaurant.