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Watermark Glenelg

Bar Pub Bistro Sports bar Liquor store

One of the Most Reviewed Bars in Adelaide


Address

631 Anzac Hwy, Glenelg North SA 5045, Australia

Website

www.watermarkglenelg.com.au

Contact

+61 8 8294 2300

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.10 (4.2K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 8 am to 2 pm
  • Saturday: 8 am to 2 pm
  • Sunday: 8 am to 2 pm
  • Monday: 8 am to 2 pm
  • Tuesday: 8 am to 2 pm
  • Wednesday: 8 am to 2 pm
  • Thursday: 8 am to 2 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (16) buffet (14) quality (9) great (9) time (8) taste (7) plates (7) dishes (7) Good (6) Great (6)
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  • 4/5 Jon H. 1 year ago on Google
    Cheap buffet lunch at around $25 each for adults. Hot food is served by servers due to covid. Good selection of food and although the quality isn't the same as if it was cooked fresh, it's still very enjoyable and well worth the money! Have a look at my google photos for the offering available on a Wednesday lunch time in October 2021.
    11 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Roberto Jr. C. 7 months ago on Google • 279 reviews
    Great food selections! Definitely a perfect place for food lovers! Happy to have celebrated my Birthday here! 🥰👌
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nate Gil B. 1 year ago on Google • 181 reviews
    Had a lunch buffet there with my friends last Saturday. Food are fresh and taste good 👍. Love the watermelon 🍉 especially when they are unlimited providing. Would definitely consider coming back for their dinner buffet. Heard they would have shrimps and lambs. But not until I am fully digested the food we had. 😊
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jamie R. 1 year ago on Google • 231 reviews
    Fantastic buffet options! Always very satisfied with the range, and quality. Staff were very helpful and friendly. Very good value for the price. Even though the venue was almost full, it wasn't too noisy. One thing I would do to improve the experience is some brighter lighting, was quite dim.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Matthew G. 2 years ago on Google
    It's like the Buffet never went away! Back in all its former glory, in fact probably better than ever. Busy, busy, busy... so book well in advance. No self-serve for the dinner options, but the desserts are all self serve including the soft serve ice cream (and it is the real thing, not the normal sh!tty "frozen milk").
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Alyssa 2 years ago on Google
    Nice spot out on the deck, food was excellent. One comment would be the salad had a bit too much dressing on it but was still tasty
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Heidi B. 1 year ago on Google
    We had the international buffet. Food is always amazing, great dynamic. Easy to book on their website. Went on a Sunday night and it wasn't overly busy which was great. Plenty of options for various diets and llenty of food being served up for all. Been there twice now and intend on many more visits. Reasonable price too for the amount and variety you can eat!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 C C. 1 year ago on Google
    This Buffet is wonderful, so many choices, and most of them taste great. Staff are nice and polite, clean up quickly and price is reasonable, Monday to Friday lunch time is cheaper.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 parth p. 1 year ago on Google • 69 reviews
    We thoroughly enjoyed our meal here. After all, it’s a buffet😋😋😋. So, the food is really yummmm. As it still’s last on my taste buds. Definitely if you are looking to have a good time with all of your family members do visit this place. Just a note here that the food is all you can eat till it lasts. However, drinks will be charged so depending on it you can just grab your plates and get going. It was delightful experience and thank you all for having us there. Taste - Great with most of the dishes that were their for the servings.😋 Money - Good in budget as its a buffet and depends how much you can have😅 Ambience - Good and enough place for people to sit with their loved ones to have a great time.🥳
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 jody z. 3 months ago on Google • 54 reviews New
    I ordered rib eye with two mushroom gravies 50 plus dollars came out with 1 plain gravy and 1 peppercorn gravy that should of set the bar bcoz the rib eye was unedible the chips almost raw, my 90 yr old client chewed threw hers saying this is the toughest piece of meat I've ever eaten I on the other hand took it home to the dog.. didn't complain bcoz I didn't have time as that took 25 mins to come out, change gravy, etc, seriously was the worst meal I've ever had, and I'm not fussy we were so disappointed it's not funny
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Kurt 9 months ago on Google
    Great value and good food. Thats all that matters. Cosy and warm on winter days. Go for the Lamb Shanks and Baked Salmon.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Hashara D. 2 years ago on Google
    I would say it is one of the best international buffets in Adelaide. From Asian to European dishes including a few vegetarian dishes to choose from. Most of the time the restaurant is full. But the food is updated regularly. Clean environment. The bar is open if you need a drink.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nakita C. 9 months ago on Google
    Food was excellent. I was so full, but squeezed in dessert ~ The dessert taste soooo good, I wish I could have eaten more. Service was good and watermarks always does their best to cater for a good seating position also.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Eduardo del C. 1 year ago on Google
    This is a case of quality vs quantity. There are prob about 30 dishes or more but only 5 passed the taste quality: chicken korma with papadams, creamy mushroom soup, sweet and sour pork, Hawaiian pizza and lamb shank. The rest are just poor preparation. The roast pork and beef felt like eating carton boxes, it was overcooked and dry and the sauces didn't help either. I tried their dim sum and I almost puked because I really don't know what they put in there, it was revolting. However for dessert, they do have a good selection of fruits, good sticky pudding, soft serve ice cream and that coffee is pretty good. I hope they will learn to improve their main dishes in the future.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Karen P. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice buffet! Drinks are not included but food value is so great. There are many seafood and meat, and I loved the whole cooked massive salmon.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Sam 1 year ago on Google
    Went to the Watermark International Buffet yesterday and to say the least it was an interesting experience. For it to be called 'International' there was surprisingly little variety. The cleanliness of the restaurant was mixed with the servers always keeping tables clean, plates were usually fresh although not all as some plates still were dirty. Service was normally good also except they were taking people unfinished food without saying anything and leaving their finished food. Drinks were all amazing with staff providing bottles of water for the table and unlimited hot drinks included as well as a soft drink machine. Food quality was average, some foods amazing and some foods not good at all, an example of the bad is the garlic bread. We had was burnt and when we got a new piece it was hardly garlic bread. It looked and tasted like regular bread with small amounts garlic spread on top, very disappointing. The Desert bar was also pretty impressive, it does sound better in reviews but they had a decent amount of food that tasted amazing with great presentation. Overall i do still give the restaurant 4/5 stars as the things that weren't impressive were still forgivable and i was impressed by the experience even though it did not live up to my expectations.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 E c. 9 months ago on Google
    A bit of seasoning would do this place well. I understand you have to cater to a variety of tastes, but I found lots of things bland which is sad for food wastage. Put some herbs on things. Salt. Pepper. Have more options for patrons to customise foods if you prefer. I ended up putting some sauce from chilli seafood left in my muscle shell onto the satay so it was better, but this is a visual representation of what I served myself and then actually ate. Pork crackling needed some salt, just tasted of pure fat. Mash potatoes definitely tasted basically like Deb mix. Baked fish was too dry and didn't seem to have any flavourings? Cous cous salad would have been way more edible with parsley and salt. Did I miss the salad dressing station or do you just think coleslaw is plain shredded cabbage and carrot? Most other people at my table also complaining it was bland, and these are people who like it bland 😅 The lamb shanks were nice and tender and you don't see that or the range of seafood too often at a buffet these days. From what I had nothing was overcooked or undercooked.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Giulio B. 1 year ago on Google
    I like this place. Good food, well priced and you can get an imperial pint! Good service too!😊 Added a fifth star 20/9/22 as I just recalled noticing a person of special needs working there who is a very fastidious employee. This is to be commended and hopefully more places like this include others who are often overlooked. Good work all! 👍
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Labannya Margarate R. 1 year ago on Google
    we went on a weeknight dinner. I was worried if they would have good setting on a weeknight. but it was actually good. they had prawns as usual, seafood, a whole Salmon baked, Asian food and a good collection of dessert. loved the buffet on my birthday 🎂
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Ravindu B. 1 year ago on Google
    Everything is perfect. Just plates under not clean well. Foods quality is 👍
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Pia E. 1 year ago on Google
    The Dishes Cutlery Are Dirty!!! Food was made at the cheapest value. The quality of the food was awful. It’s like their trying to save money! Especially the deserts! Just Horrible. Presentation of the deserts quality just horrible. The only food I found decent was the roast Beef and the Stir fry Vegetables. I’m not sure if this is the orders of management or the chef’s doing. Seriously! Needs Improvement In quality taste and A Better dish washer. Mothers Day Money $$$ wasted. And they literally give you 2hours to eat and get out. What a joke!!! :(
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Marcus I. 1 year ago on Google
    Great location, huge grass park for car shows & beautiful new playground for the kids. Bbqs, sheltered tables & public toilets.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Hossain S. 2 years ago on Google
    Very nice spacious restaurant. Lovely customer service. Will come again.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Bonnie 2 years ago on Google
    Enjoyed a delightful cider and prawn pizza in the sunshine. Gorgeous decking area and relaxing atmosphere 👌
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 aims n. 2 years ago on Google
    we had the Buffet and was extremely disappointed. Food was cold. Flavours on dishes were bland. Honey chicken didn't even taste like honey chicken. Sticky date pudding was dry. Very disappointing with this place as years ago the food used to be amazing but now it's a total let down. The staff are extremely sour. We were booked into a private room for seating and we asked one of the girls if we could order 2 schnitzels but she said no to us as we have to have the buffet. Well the buffet was a total let down. Charlie's dinner is way better and better priced and food is always hot. Staff are lovely at Charlie's. Not a bunch of sour grapes who don't know how to treat you properly. My child also had to have the buffet. And she didn't want that so she ended up having mcdonalds after.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Justin 2 months ago on Google • 29 reviews New
    Very tasty meals but portion sizes are abit on the smaller side compared with other similar places locally. Nice outside area but is somewhat spoilt by all the noise with idiots revving they're cars/bikes taking off from the lights. Great customer service, notably Jess who served us twice & was very warm & personable!🙂👌

  • 5/5 John R. 3 months ago on Google • 10 reviews New
    Nice place, Foods nice but don't ask them to do some think special. I asked them when I ordered on line when I arrived to say happy birthday to my mum they seen the message I said some think as I could see the message on their screen too but the girl would not say nothing she just looked at the message. And asked a waiter to take us to our seats. It was a special day for mum and last time we went to Charlies the person on the desk greeted mum by saying happy birthday. A small customer favour goes a long way just three small word Happy Birthday Irene.

  • 1/5 wittythe w. 1 year ago on Google
    The food was dry, not tasteful, lack of flavour. I didn't like any of the food the desert was the best part but yet that wasn't that great either but better than the food. I definitely won't be going back since I went there tonight with my wife for our one year anniversary and what a let down expensive expected good food but was very disappointed trust me if I could of got a refund I would of definitely will not be coming back or highly recommending this place to anyone I would rather go to Charlie's where I know the food is amazing.

  • 3/5 Anna B. 2 years ago on Google
    I only had the fish which was nice & fresh, along with some salad. The rest of the food did not appeal to me, the staff were friendly enough. I did not pay as it was a birthday, it was very crowded so seems popular.

  • 2/5 Suzy R. 2 years ago on Google
    Went there for lunch this week and it was the worse meal that I had ever had there. Traveled all the way from Elizabeth as have enjoyed meals there before. Was told on arrival that 1.30 was the cut off time for items to be refreshed, that was fine with us but the food that was on offer was stone cold and the meat was dry as. Also not one waiter removed plates from our table, all of the used plates were still on the table when we got up and walked out. Was so disappointed, paid full amount for a very sub standard meal and service.

  • 5/5 Andrew B. 2 years ago on Google
    Great selection of food. Pork n plum and honey chicken are the best I've had lamb shanks are tasty. Dessert, something for everyone. Can't go past chunks of honeydew and rockmelon! Profiteroles are damn tasty!

  • 2/5 R N. 2 years ago on Google
    Might have been having an off-day but I really can't give any more than 2 stars. Half the meals on the table were ok but half were not acceptable. A 40 dollar steak with a terrible cut of meat- tasted terrible, very chewy even though it was med rare. A pizza that came out 20mins later than other meals and covered in chili despite a request of no chilli. It would be terrible for anyone with specific dietary requirements as the staff had no idea what was in the food, and one staff member didn't even know the pizza size ("it's 8 slices, not sure how big. One person worth") The staff did refund the steak which was nice of them. The place was noisy, but clean.

  • 5/5 Te Awhina W. 2 months ago on Google • 2 reviews New
    Food was great! Love their prawns! Such a great variety of seafood dishes, salads, mains and desserts! $40 for 4 huge plates of food! No complaints from this food buffet lover!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
    • ✓️ Free of charge street parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Food
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Food at bar
    • ✓️ Happy-hour drinks
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Drive-through
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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