Shelly's Beach Pavilion - Williamstown

Great customer service, friendly staff, awesome food and amazing view! This is the gem of Williamstown beach. I highly recommend it!

I came here for a birthday party the food was wonderful the staff could not do enough for you and drinks were great, I recommend the place for a party as it was beautiful.

We had taken up a voucher deal for Shelly's Beach Pavilion and had booked for a lunch in June, but personal issues meant that we had to cancel literally at the last minute. Management understood our situation and accommodated our priorities beautifully.When we finally returned, the weather wasn't as sunny as the first time. In fact it was a bleak atmosphere outside. What better place is there than near an open fire overlooking the ocean on a grey and cold day?The restaurant was pretty empty when we got there and we hoped that wasn't because of a local reputation that we knew nothing about.We were seated by the fire place and offered house wines as part of our deal. Call me a wine snob, but the house red was tasteless. I asked to see the wine menu and chose a much more suitable (and reasonably priced) wine.We began our meal with entrees of Crispy Pork Belly and Prawn Skewers (forgive me for not remembering the actual names of the meals, but it was over two weeks ago since we dined here). The pork belly meat melted in the mouth but the crackle on the pork was different to any I had had before. I suspect it was crisped up in the wood fired oven. It seemed less oily and more delicate in flavour. The Prawns were well cooked and the accompanying sauce was spicy and flavoursome.For mains we had Seafood Pasta and Crumbed Barramundi. There was plenty of seafood in the pasta and it was beautifully cooked. The roasted vegitables that accompanied the barramundi enhanced the fish.For dessert we had Panna Cotta and Ferrero Rocher icecream, followed by coffees.Desserts were superb! Nothing else to say. Yum!The service was fast and helpful, and the time between the courses was more than satisfactory in that we didn't feel rushed or forgotten.Even though we had the discount voucher, and this is a common marketing tool to attract new customers, I would happily go back and pay full price for all of the dishes we enjoyed. Well worth the distance travelled.

Beautiful ocean views, welcoming and relaxed atmosphere. Very friendly and helpful staff. The food was lovely to top it off! Great experience will be back! Thanks to all at Shelly.

We won't be back. Service was good generally although they didn't clear out entre plates with the entre dish until our main course was leaving the kitchen. Arancini was good (8/10). The barramundi was dry. The creamy garlic prawns were way too salty. Even worse was the attitude of the owner who made no effort to recover the situation, other than to say 'I'll have a word to the chef'.