Having had an exquisite meal at this restaurant in July, I was really looking forward to eating here again on New Year’s Eve. I ordered the fish of the day with baby potatoes and quinelle of scallop… my partner ordered the pork. I was extremely disappointed when my meal arrived. The fish was dry, the potatoes were enormous, dry and not peeled properly, and there was no quinelle of scallop. A very bland sauce accompanied this meal but had little or no seasoning in it. The staff sought an explanation from the chef as to the potatoes … apparently a different delivery from their supplier … fair enough had they been cooked in an appetising manner … also the ‘quinelle of scallop’ was hunted down and placed in front of me … two small circular rubbery moderately fishy tasting items the size of a 10 cent piece. My partner enjoyed his meal more although the pork too, was very dry. The staff were apologetic and we did get a small discount on the meal. I was told the head chef was on holiday and that the feedback would be passed on. There was a table of four adults adjacent to where we were sitting, who, on their departure commented to me that their meals were terrible also….a shame they did not give this feedback to the restaurant staff. It is such a shame that the calibre of food here has taken such a catastrophic dive as 6 months ago the food was devine… and at $36-$42 a main, one would expect only good quality food be allowed out of the kitchen


19.4.13 Have just had a superb dining experience back at the Solway Grill!! Thank you Jerry and your attentive staff for giving us a complimentary dinner for two in reparation for the below par dinner we had on New Year’s Eve. The whole meal was absolutely delicious … and the service was excellent. Much appreciated and we will definitely be back.

We were not staying in house but dined at the grill on Friday the 8/6/2012. The wait staff were great, as they had a large dinner party entering the dining room at the time we arrived they offered to seat us or to have a drink in the bar until the larger party had ordered, we chose the bar option and did not regret it. We relaxed over a couple of drinks while the staff were still attentive to our needs, regularly checking with us as to whether we were ready to go through or not, we ended up ordering and eating our breads and dips in the lounge and the waitress also took our orders for our mains while we were still in the lounge bar. We were shown to our table a few minutes before our meals arrived, which were sublime. I had the lamb which was absolutely gorgeous and the other three in the party all had the 500g steak that they all really enjoyed.
The food was lovely and the staff couldn’t have been any more friendly or accommodating. Well done, keep it up.

I reserved the “Moments to Treasure” package at the Copthorne Hotel and Resort Solway Park. This package was supposed to include a “2 for 1 Dinner” special. However, the hotel staff would not honor this portion of the package, which tainted my entire stay.

Furthermore, the spa is barely large enough for two people, and the gym and indoor pool are both quite tiny.

Finally, it seems that about half of the rooms (the ones with “bad” views) have parking, and the other half have to park close to reception.

Had deceptive advertising not been employed get us here, I might have rated this place better. However, when a place outright lies to me in order to get my business, as this establishment did, I cannot be happy about it. Thus, I would advise staying elsewhere.

We had booked to stay at the Solway (pre return of the child from school holidays trip) and had decided beforehand that we would eat at the resident restaurant.

Solway has changed a lot since the last time I was there, its been ungraded considerably, which is great because it was a dive previously.

Upon checking in we were told to book as they get very busy, only to arrive at the restaurant that evening to find 2 other couples. Hardly brimming to capacity, but based on our earlier experience of the Cafe Solway I wasn’t going to argue with them.

We both had the seafood chowder for an entree, and I was impressed. Its has quite a few chunky its of seafood including discovering a whole scallop – which was a pleasant surprise.

After being told there was no salmon or lamb, it left few options on the menu, so surprisingly I opted for steak. I prefer my steak pink but not bleeding, but often find its quite often done wrong. The sirloin at The Grill is a nice big piece of steak, but was way overdone. Probably my fault because I asked for well done. But it wasnt just well done, but overdone to the point of being dry. But I do accept my part in that.

Other groups and couples came in to dine as we sat and ate. The thing we noticed was that despite the size of the restaurant, which is relatively big, we were all being seated in the same area and relatively close together. Good for the staff I suppose to manage patrons, but it makes it hard to talk about evryone else when you’re sitting so close to them.

Overall, I didnt think it was bad. Bonus points for the chowder! Staff were friendly, courteous and quick to help out if needed.