Wavecrest Bar & Bistro — Restaurant in Hopetoun

After travelling for 15 hours without being able to eat anything substantial I was really excited to arrive at this bistro. They have a great atmosphere and the menu is good with options for everyone.

However, it was packed and when I made my order I was told it would be at least an hour wait….Fair enough, I was starving so said I was happy to wait. I’m fact I was so hungry I asked if I could order a double serving of my meal to make it bigger.

After two hours of waiting I went and checked where my meal was and the wait staff said there had been a mistake and went to get the chef. The chef came out and offered no apology 😂 he was angry ..at me…. He asked my why I waited so long and said they won’t be making my food and that’s it. Oh.Ok. I am not sure what I did wrong. I was trying to be patient since the bistro was packed and they had told me to only order food if I was willing to wait “at least an hour”.

The uncaring, unapologetic and unnecessary attitude towards me from the chef was really surprising. Everything’s shut now so I guess I’ll eat in twelve hours or so :)

We all make mistakes. The place seems great. Would I ever risk going there if I was starving after a big 15 hour day driving? Nah lol

This sign they have up on the wall...

I was part of a group of 5 that went to the Bistro for a celebratory dinner on Fathers Day. We ordered a bottle of sparkling wine, and was rather rudely told by the manager to go to the bottleshop on the premises and get it myself. I purchased the bottle as directed then sat at the table. When the bill arrived, I was horrified to discover that we had been charged CORKAGE ($12) on a bottle that we had purchased on site from them! When we questioned it, we were told the charges were correct. The meal itself was entirely forgettable, with a seafood chowder seemingly filled with frozen corn a low point. We won't be back. EDITED AFTER RESPONSE FROM OWNER. Restaurant charges are there to compensate for the restaurant experience. Being sent to the bottleo on site was poor form no matter how you cut it. Enjoy your market while you have it. Eventually international travel will return, and domestic tourism will return to normal levels, and suddenly, local business will become important again. When that day comes, please don't whine about how locals need to support local businesses. Enjoy this economy while...

Love neighbour invited us for dinner, I have steak sandwich ,my son have fish and chips,my love sissy have pasta,mylove husband have steak sandwich and my brother have..im forget...all food delicious the size huge...and environment magic..I don't know the changes the room so beautiful...the owner care much what our meals..etc..wow,,,to be honest..sometimes u hear something different.....our time...there excellent..and the price for our meals ..im no pay the bill sure..my sissy pay it.. the night..is beautiful..home happy..and sure we going there again..high recommended..and we ends up.. bring home some food the meals huge..can't finish it.. Local businesses..they there in good intentions for community..they hard work good feedback..deserve

setting factory the phone all pict I took gone..otherwise add photos..to show..the meals that night...mmmm..beautiful food beautiful...