Waterline Cafe Lunch Review

What a glorious Sunday in Yeppoon. Met up with some friends and after having tea in there newly finished house, which is absolutely awesome with views to die for, we decided to go out for lunch. So this will become my first dining review.

With the town enjoying the arrival of some new eateries, we headed to the marina and the Waterline Café. It is not really new; it’s just had a bit of a facelift, mostly the kitchen area. With perfect weather we new it would be busy so we phoned ahead to secure a table. On arrival we queued in the long line to place our order. This did gave us time to make our choices after I had grabbed a few menus from the till. The young lady at the register was very pleasant and took our wishes professionally, but the table reservation didn’t seem to work. She wasn’t so sure about that. A minor problem as we found a table, maybe not so lucky for the others in the queue as it was very busy.

I was hoping to see Matt the chef and catch up to see how he was doing, we had worked together at Lure Café & Bar. Unfortunately he was off. Now I know what it’s like for customers when they dine at a restaurant expecting to see the chef and he or she is not there, oh well we chefs do have a life too. Anyway onto lunch.

The menu consists of two breakfast items, three kids meals, seven main meals and two sharing plates. We chose the Keppel Prawn and Pineapple Grill $13, very nice too, fresh prawns with seafood sauce and pineapple on toasts. Also the Waterline Works Burger $15 a nice fresh tasting meaty burger, and not greasy from the flat top, a good size too. Also we had the Char Grilled Vegetable Stack $13, at first it looked rather small but nicely decorated with the drizzle of balsamic glaze and parsley. However it was sufficient for the lady eating. As the burgers didn’t come with fries we ordered two sides with aioli $5. A nice china flat bowl came with the crunchy battered fries, a rather small serve I will add. With a couple of kids meals, chicken nuggets and chips $8 and a couple of coronas without lime or lemon, (they had run out), a couple of milkshakes the bill was $78 for four with two kids.

Overall it was an enjoyable lunch the service was good, we also didn’t wait longer than 35 minutes for our order. Will defiantly be back to sample breakfast with coffee and the new dinner service which is totally new as the Waterline used to only cater for  breakfast & lunch.  Sorry no photos this time.