Xanders Restaurant

Had a marvellous meal the other evening. Great setting, very friendly and efficient staff. The chef altered my entree size meal to a main when I asked if this could be done. The food was cooked magnificently and the presentation was superb. Its not inexpensive but excellent value for money. Would definitely return if here.

The food was delicious but overpriced in my opinion. We had the prawn cocktail and the top fish finest for entree. We then each had the fish of the day which was also very good. You could tell all the ingredients were fresh. The service was excellent and the staff were very welcoming and friendly. Note that you have to book ahead of time, we called in the same day and the restaurant was nearly fully booked.

Delicious food, some of the best we’ve had on our trip so far. Highlight was the chocolate nut tart for dessert. Price matches the quality of the food. Service was friendly. Kids meal was appropriately sized and delicious. Pencils and a colouring book provided also kept my child happy. Also, they were very accommodating to dietary requirements. Highly recommend this place.

Over $200 for 2 people and we didn't order desert... Ordered the 'crispy duck' for main, at over $40, and it was 4 shavings of duck in a huge amount of batter with sweet and sour sauce. We couldn't taste duck at all. Waited 10-15 minutes to be offered desert (no thanks), in a restaurant that only had another 2 groups. Very disappointed, as our last experience a few years ago was brilliant.

It been 6 months since last feedback . - in that time new owners - November 2016 table service was very good - so was the location - entree - we had seafood kabab - it was excellent. a dozen oysters - natural, tempura, & Kilpatrick - except it wasn't kilpatrick - it had bbq sauce and red diced capsican . - which provided a interesting yet odd taste. The disappointment was the steak - first they had two choices, make that one - they were out of steak on the bone ( 7pm on Saturday night) so I ordered the other rib eye 7 veges. Just prior to serving, waitress advised they were out of potatoes - however they would do fat cut chips cooked in duck fat. sounded good. What turned up was 4 chips that looked like they had come out of a frozen pack and were soggy. the vegetables accompanying were terrible, overcooked carrots and 3 stalks of brocolli - the disappointment was the steak - whilst it was cooked perfectly - the chef had drowned it in salt - and thats all i could taste. I tried cutting the outside off to no avail. this was $46 . - they gave a $10 discount - when clearly 90% of the steak left and none of the vegetables eaten. the fish my wife had was very good. i suppose it was partly my fault for not calling staff over, as soon as possible, However - if the chef tried to fix - my wife would have been waiting for me to receive and finish new meal. I should have taken a photo of the steak - the presentation could have been a lot better. the restaurant should not have charged for this meal . - the bill was still over $200 for 2 people. i just got the impression that its about the money becuase we could hear the head waitress talking about the cost of staff.

Came here as a treat to celebrate our fourth wedding anniversary. Ordered the steak. My wife got vegetables with hers, and one of the veggies was carrot. How would you expect carrots when had with steak? Because hers were really hot. Aggregating this issue is the fact that my wife doesn't cope with spicy foods. But you wouldn't think to ask, are the carrots spicy? Because that would be like asking if the meat is past it's use by - of course not! Anyway so eventually we got a glass of milk and my wife suffered through the rest of the night. Nobody topped up our water. No discount on mains after messing up the carrots and ruining our dinner. Nobody came and asked how things were after we initially flagged the carrot issue. Nobody really cared. The steak was okay, but you can get better food with more "expected" flavours at the pub next door. It was a real shame to blow our anniversary dinner on this place. Don't come here - go to the pub instead.

I really wanted this place to be good... it wasn’t. Which is a shame because we chose to dine here for our anniversary dinner while staying in Stanley. My meal came out (steak and veggies) and the first bite I took set my tongue on fire. The carrots had some sort of insanely spicy chilli on them. I am very sensitive to spicy food and did not expect carrots to be fire hot. The waitress took them and could provide no explanation as to why they were hot and had the attitude of: these things happen. I ate the rest of my meal anxious as to what else on my plate could be unexplainably hot. My tongue was sore the whole time and now I’m home with a headache. Anniversary Meal ruined and they couldn’t care less. Sad. Ps: They didn’t even offer to replace the carrots which was a main part of my meal. All over quite disappointing :(

I have eaten a lot of scallops in my time but this entrée was just meltingly delicious! My husband said the same about the calamari entrée. I had the best salad with grilled vegetables and walnuts & the blue eyed trevally pan grilled. Definitely my favourite meal in Tasmania so far! My husband had the rack of lamb and vegetabkes & said he would drive here to eat again! Just an awesome relaxed atmosphere & views. We loved it. Having the choc nut tart. Thank you!