Restaurant & Pub Reviews

[Booney]

The Palais, Semaphore :

Having wed there 20 years ago to the day we went back there to celebrate.

Upstairs the Ballroom is no longer the main function space, the marquis on the foreshore caters for that, upstairs is now the bistro.

Wednesday night is steak night, 300g rump with chips for $16. Sauces, $4, reef (prawns and calamari) $9, I went with the reef, Mrs Boon with the pepper.
$45 with salad and veg bar.

Now, I rate the Alberton Hotel salad and veg bar, it's dependable, the Palais might just rival it. Not as much to choose from but excellent what was on offer. Roast pumpkin, whole baby carrots, beetroot, cheesy spuds and broccoli and cauliflower on the hot side. Pasta, Singapore noodle, potato, garden and mixed bean on the cold side. I went roast side, all really good.

Steak came out in a timely manner despite there being a table of 20 odd ordering just before us and around 20 other people in the room, fairly busy.

Both the pepper and the reef came out in a bowl, ney, small bath on the side, I don't mind this. 3 nice big prawns, 3 squid rings and some bits and pieces of squid tentacles, my favorite.

Steak was perfect medium, just enough fat on the edge to keep a man happy and make a woman complain.

Panhead Pale Ale ( If you haven't before and you see it, yes, yes indeed ) $9 pint, Rockfords Alicante, $11 glass, they have to get you somehow.

3 beers, 2 wines, meals total $94 so for the two of us it was up there but being a special occasion meh, so what, good memories flooded back, some laughs, some tears for those who aren't with us anymore.

Food - 9/10, the chef is clearly on top of things
Value - 7.5/10, tap beer and house red without the reef would have made the dent smaller
Atmosphere - 9/10, looking over Semaphore jetty on a nice summers night what more could you ask?

Overall 8.5/10

Wandered down and back up the jetty, back along Semaphore Rd to Sweet Amber where a couple of night caps were in order, some pale stuff for me and some hard* lemonade for her. Miss Boon collected us after Junior dropped us down. Great way to celebrate the night.

[HH3]

For somebody who has lived in the Port Adelaide area half of my life, I've never been to the Palais.

[Booney]

For somebody who has lived in the Port Adelaide area half of my life, I've never been to the Palais.

Wednesday night, steak night, go.

[JK]

Mrs K and I had our wedding reception at the Palais too, coming up to 10 years so cheers for the idea Boonman, might have to follow suit. She'll love it too because, whilst we haven't been there in a fair while, we've always been big fans of the grub at the Palais.

EDIT: Scrap that, anniversary is on Oaks Day, will have to postpone the nuptial reminiscing til after the Spring Carnival.

[The Dark Knight]

The Palais, Semaphore :

Having wed there 20 years ago to the day we went back there to celebrate.

Upstairs the Ballroom is no longer the main function space, the marquis on the foreshore caters for that, upstairs is now the bistro.

Wednesday night is steak night, 300g rump with chips for $16. Sauces, $4, reef (prawns and calamari) $9, I went with the reef, Mrs Boon with the pepper.
$45 with salad and veg bar.

Now, I rate the Alberton Hotel salad and veg bar, it's dependable, the Palais might just rival it. Not as much to choose from but excellent what was on offer. Roast pumpkin, whole baby carrots, beetroot, cheesy spuds and broccoli and cauliflower on the hot side. Pasta, Singapore noodle, potato, garden and mixed bean on the cold side. I went roast side, all really good.

Steak came out in a timely manner despite there being a table of 20 odd ordering just before us and around 20 other people in the room, fairly busy.

Both the pepper and the reef came out in a bowl, ney, small bath on the side, I don't mind this. 3 nice big prawns, 3 squid rings and some bits and pieces of squid tentacles, my favorite.

Steak was perfect medium, just enough fat on the edge to keep a man happy and make a woman complain.

Panhead Pale Ale ( If you haven't before and you see it, yes, yes indeed ) $9 pint, Rockfords Alicante, $11 glass, they have to get you somehow.

3 beers, 2 wines, meals total $94 so for the two of us it was up there but being a special occasion meh, so what, good memories flooded back, some laughs, some tears for those who aren't with us anymore.

Food - 9/10, the chef is clearly on top of things
Value - 7.5/10, tap beer and house red without the reef would have made the dent smaller
Atmosphere - 9/10, looking over Semaphore jetty on a nice summers night what more could you ask?

Overall 8.5/10

Wandered down and back up the jetty, back along Semaphore Rd to Sweet Amber where a couple of night caps were in order, some pale stuff for me and some hard* lemonade for her. Miss Boon collected us after Junior dropped us down. Great way to celebrate the night.

Never had a made meal from the Palais, always quality food from my experience. Real good pizza.

[The Dark Knight]

For somebody who has lived in the Port Adelaide area half of my life, I've never been to the Palais.

You're not a true Port Adelaidean then.

[JK]

For somebody who has lived in the Port Adelaide area half of my life, I've never been to the Palais.

You're not a true Port Adelaidean then.

Bought his own computer?

[Booney]

For somebody who has lived in the Port Adelaide area half of my life, I've never been to the Palais.

You're not a true Port Adelaidean then.

This point would be quite difficult to counter in any debate on the subject.

[Booney]

For somebody who has lived in the Port Adelaide area half of my life, I've never been to the Palais.

You're not a true Port Adelaidean then.

Bought his own computer?

His what?

[JK]

For somebody who has lived in the Port Adelaide area half of my life, I've never been to the Palais.

You're not a true Port Adelaidean then.

Bought his own computer?

His what?

Pewta

[JK]

SCOOPON Deal @ The Grand Chancellor (Hindley St)

Thought I'd give this one a go, the $40 Surf n Turf deal (for 2 people) included:

- 2 Steaks (with both Seafood Sauce and Pepper Sauce provided)
- Coupla Prawns each
- Decent Size Salad
- Mac & Cheese
- Plenty of Chips
- 2 Glasses of Wine (plenty of choices were available)

Young lass who greeted us was friendly and gave great service. Food arrived in a prompt fashion, steaks cooked perfectly. If we were paying Menu prices we wouldn't have had anything to complain about, but for $40 this was a steal. I've seen the deal pop up a few times and I believe it runs until April or May, so I'd highly recommend to anyone that might be interested.

Deal rating: 9/10

[Lightning McQueen]

SCOOPON Deal @ The Grand Chancellor (Hindley St)

Thought I'd give this one a go, the $40 Surf n Turf deal (for 2 people) included:

- 2 Steaks (with both Seafood Sauce and Pepper Sauce provided)
- Coupla Prawns each
- Decent Size Salad
- Mac & Cheese
- Plenty of Chips
- 2 Glasses of Wine (plenty of choices were available)

Young lass who greeted us was friendly and gave great service. Food arrived in a prompt fashion, steaks cooked perfectly. If we were paying Menu prices we wouldn't have had anything to complain about, but for $40 this was a steal. I've seen the deal pop up a few times and I believe it runs until April or May, so I'd highly recommend to anyone that might be interested.

Deal rating: 9/10

I've looked at that one, cheers, I have a few waiting to be used.

[LMA]

The Palais, Semaphore :

Having wed there 20 years ago to the day we went back there to celebrate.

Upstairs the Ballroom is no longer the main function space, the marquis on the foreshore caters for that, upstairs is now the bistro.

Wednesday night is steak night, 300g rump with chips for $16. Sauces, $4, reef (prawns and calamari) $9, I went with the reef, Mrs Boon with the pepper.
$45 with salad and veg bar.

Now, I rate the Alberton Hotel salad and veg bar, it's dependable, the Palais might just rival it. Not as much to choose from but excellent what was on offer. Roast pumpkin, whole baby carrots, beetroot, cheesy spuds and broccoli and cauliflower on the hot side. Pasta, Singapore noodle, potato, garden and mixed bean on the cold side. I went roast side, all really good.

Steak came out in a timely manner despite there being a table of 20 odd ordering just before us and around 20 other people in the room, fairly busy.

Both the pepper and the reef came out in a bowl, ney, small bath on the side, I don't mind this. 3 nice big prawns, 3 squid rings and some bits and pieces of squid tentacles, my favorite.

Steak was perfect medium, just enough fat on the edge to keep a man happy and make a woman complain.

Panhead Pale Ale ( If you haven't before and you see it, yes, yes indeed ) $9 pint, Rockfords Alicante, $11 glass, they have to get you somehow.

3 beers, 2 wines, meals total $94 so for the two of us it was up there but being a special occasion meh, so what, good memories flooded back, some laughs, some tears for those who aren't with us anymore.

Food - 9/10, the chef is clearly on top of things
Value - 7.5/10, tap beer and house red without the reef would have made the dent smaller
Atmosphere - 9/10, looking over Semaphore jetty on a nice summers night what more could you ask?

Overall 8.5/10

Wandered down and back up the jetty, back along Semaphore Rd to Sweet Amber where a couple of night caps were in order, some pale stuff for me and some hard* lemonade for her. Miss Boon collected us after Junior dropped us down. Great way to celebrate the night.

I remember when they reopened the Palais some time ago myself and a couple of other pist idiots wandered down one Thursday night after footy training and found their storage room open, we ended up rolling out 3 or 4 kegs of beer then tried ringing everyone we knew to come down with a trailer or ute. Ended up with no takers so we decide to stash the kegs in nearby bushes and a skip near the waterslide and went inside to drink more in the hope of retrieving our loot the next day. I never made it back the next day but one of the guys went back and couldn't find a thing

[amber_fluid]

The Palais, Semaphore :

Having wed there 20 years ago to the day we went back there to celebrate.

Upstairs the Ballroom is no longer the main function space, the marquis on the foreshore caters for that, upstairs is now the bistro.

Wednesday night is steak night, 300g rump with chips for $16. Sauces, $4, reef (prawns and calamari) $9, I went with the reef, Mrs Boon with the pepper.
$45 with salad and veg bar.

Now, I rate the Alberton Hotel salad and veg bar, it's dependable, the Palais might just rival it. Not as much to choose from but excellent what was on offer. Roast pumpkin, whole baby carrots, beetroot, cheesy spuds and broccoli and cauliflower on the hot side. Pasta, Singapore noodle, potato, garden and mixed bean on the cold side. I went roast side, all really good.

Steak came out in a timely manner despite there being a table of 20 odd ordering just before us and around 20 other people in the room, fairly busy.

Both the pepper and the reef came out in a bowl, ney, small bath on the side, I don't mind this. 3 nice big prawns, 3 squid rings and some bits and pieces of squid tentacles, my favorite.

Steak was perfect medium, just enough fat on the edge to keep a man happy and make a woman complain.

Panhead Pale Ale ( If you haven't before and you see it, yes, yes indeed ) $9 pint, Rockfords Alicante, $11 glass, they have to get you somehow.

3 beers, 2 wines, meals total $94 so for the two of us it was up there but being a special occasion meh, so what, good memories flooded back, some laughs, some tears for those who aren't with us anymore.

Food - 9/10, the chef is clearly on top of things
Value - 7.5/10, tap beer and house red without the reef would have made the dent smaller
Atmosphere - 9/10, looking over Semaphore jetty on a nice summers night what more could you ask?

Overall 8.5/10

Wandered down and back up the jetty, back along Semaphore Rd to Sweet Amber where a couple of night caps were in order, some pale stuff for me and some hard* lemonade for her. Miss Boon collected us after Junior dropped us down. Great way to celebrate the night.

I remember when they reopened the Palais some time ago myself and a couple of other pist idiots wandered down one Thursday night after footy training and found their storage room open, we ended up rolling out 3 or 4 kegs of beer then tried ringing everyone we knew to come down with a trailer or ute. Ended up with no takers so we decide to stash the kegs in nearby bushes and a skip near the waterslide and went inside to drink more in the hope of retrieving our loot the next day. I never made it back the next day but one of the guys went back and couldn't find a thing

They were the days.......................
Good times.

[Booney]

Zaks Pizza and Grill, Fulham Gardens Shopping Centre

Mrs Boon worked for Zak's Mum and Dad many moons ago in Phil's Deli, Davenport Tce, Richmond and Zak has inherited the ability to knock up top tucker from Phil.

I went the "Steak Sanga" meal, scotch fillet, bacon, egg, onion, cheese, lettuce, tomato and sauce on a ciabatta roll, chips and 600ml drink for $21.90.

Perfect size burger meal, think a bit bigger than Nordburger ( which I always think are a touch small ) and not as big as 127 Days Road ( which I always - not always - think are too big ).

Scotch fillet nice and tender, well assembled so it didn't fall to pieces, not too greasy to need 50 napkins to get through it.

Food - 8.5/10
Service - 8.5/10
Value - 8.5/10

[Dutchy]

Is that the same Zak that had their shop firebombed at Seaford twice in recent years?

[Booney]

Is that the same Zak that had their shop firebombed at Seaford twice in recent years?

It is.

[Jimmy_041]

Is that the same Zak that had their shop firebombed at Seaford twice in recent years?

It is.

Flame grilled?

[woodublieve12]

Going to Fudds tonight... Great burger joint in Aberfoyle Park...

[Booney]

Shifty Lizard Brewery - Willunga :

Nice little spot, it was either an old deli or pizza bar or something, seats around 30 inside, around 12-15 down the driveway/beer garden outside, 8 out on the footpath/frontage. Aircon inside, under umbrellas in the driveway,

It was their first weekend of offering an "extended menu", basically panini toasties. they'd sold out of a couple of styles as they were a bit overwhelmed with the amount of patrons in yesterday, they can also order wood over pizzas from the place down the road. I missed out on the panini I wanted, but for $8 the one I got with roast beef, cheese, pickles and relish was bloody good.

With 7 beers on tap I tried a paddle for $15 ( 4 butchers - good value ) I went the Sesh'n Ale (4.2%) a crisp, lighter pale, the Pale Ale (5%) which is your traditional, robust pale, the IPA ( 6.5% ) your modern hipster IPA and the Shifty Lizard (7%) a hibiscus infused purple people eater. I took away a mixed 6 pack for $28.

Nice spot, would be easy to be packed on a nice day if a group popped in.

South Coast Brewing - Willunga :

In an industrial estate this is a very much a start up facility. The bar and vats are in a shed, the tables under cover are under a flat tin roof ( think 1970's carport ) and there's some seating under umbrella's in the car park / outside area. Not sure about food on offer, I don't think there was a kitchen so.....

Again went the tasting paddle ( 4 beers, $12, smaller than butchers ), I went the Southern Session Ale, blonde, summery, crisp, the Porties Pale Ale, bit dark for my liking, heavy coffee/chocolate notes, the Maslins Red Ale, more nutty, still a bit chocolatey and the Bitter Sou'Westerly which had Friday night football in the winter months written all over it.

I took away a mixed 6 pack for $32.