Flying Fish

Ph: (08) 8554 3504; Po Box 804 Mc Laren Vale, 1 The Foreshore Horseshoe Bay, PORT ELLIOT 5212 www.flyingfishcafe.com.au

Modern Australian, $$, ** for Ambience
Open: Lunch 7 days noon-3pm; Dinner Fri-Sun 6pm-9pm; Licensed, Corkage $5 Bottle; Cards AE DC MC V EFT, Seats inside 60, Seats outside Yes, Kids welcomed
Chef (Leigh Irish, 2007-10-29) Owner (--)

Mietta's Review
In 2001 new owners took over the Flying Fish (named after one of the many ships wrecked here in the nineteenth century), but the views are still the same, directly overlooking swimmers, anglers and the occasional winter whale. It has the casual charm of a seaside verandah. There is a takeaway kiosk next door and they do butterfish in batter with fat chips. Very pleasant place to while away an idle hour or two.

Other published opinions

Gourmet Traveller 2008 Australian Restaurant Guide "Shore-sitting the Southern Ocean's cutest cove, Horseshoe Bay's Flying Fish does a cone of flathead and chips famous for attracting the passing parade"

Adelaide Advertiser 2006 "On the foreshore at Port Elliot, so close to the beach you could toss a bread roll from the table and hit a sunbaker on the sand, this eatery serves upmarket meals in the restaurant and famous fish and chips from the open deck every day for lunch."

Gourmet Traveller 2006 Australian Restaurant Guide "So close to the beach that you could toss a bread roll from your table and hit a sunbather, the Flying Fish serves upmarket meals in the restaurant and legendary fish and chips from the open deck every day for lunch."

Gourmet Traveller 2005 Australian Restaurant Guide "This is a place so close to the sea you might expect fish to fly right onto your plate. The dining room has a wonderful aspect, surrounded by floor-to-ceiling cedar windows overlooking the bay and adjacent park."

Advertiser Food & Drink 29/12/04 Debra Bogle "Dinner at the Flying Fish is best begun before dark, I was told, so that you can enjoy the sunset over Horseshoe Bay. On the foreshore at Port Elliot, so close to the beach that you could toss a bread roll from the table and hit a sunbaker on the sand, the Flying Fish serves upmarket meals in the restaurant and famous fish and chips from the open deck every day for lunch."

The Advertiser, 18/2/04, food&wine, Tony Baker,'Situated on one of SA's finest beaches at Horseshoe Bay, this is another converted kiosk with a dream location.Good food, local wine and the kind of setting other people travel halfway around the world to seek.'

Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide Australia 2004,'Seaside restaurants don't come much better than this...with a playground to one side and a bowling green to the other...has a broad-ranging menu with just enough fish and seafood dishes to give it credibility...a master at sourcing good regional produce.'

VE+T, March April 2003,' offers good food, a great beachside atmosphere and a very respectable wine selection.Relaxation is unavoidable.'

The Weekend Australian, 11-12/11/03, David Penberthy,'is one of those restaurants with such a magnificent setting that they could serve nothing more than Chiko rolls & you'd still sit there smiling...while seafood dominates , there is plenty of choice for the meat dependent'