Cafe Strand - 108 Jetty Road, Glenelg
A perfect 30 degree Summer day in Adelaide definitely calls for a drive down to Glenelg. Jetty Road seems to change every time I see it but I've walked past The Strand a few times and never really payed much attention to it, I'd always thought it's just your average Cafe serving Italian food. However I was in a mood for a wood fired pizza so I thought I'd give it a go.Fancy napkins |
The place was quite busy at 12:45pm, greeted by friendly staff who quickly offered us a table.
We'd been strawberry picking at Beerenberg and wine tasting at Shaw and Smith earlier in the morning, so we weren't looking for a big meal, my wife pretty much was only interested in the salad section.
We looked at each other, and said "whoa" at the same time when we saw the prices. I understand Glenelg is a busy stretch of road in Adelaide, and rent might be a bit high, but one of the salads which interested my wife was $25.90 (The Strand Caesar). We were actually quite interested to see how glamorous a $26 salad could be, so we thought we'd give it a go.
As I've previously stated, the Margherita is my benchmark for pizzas, so this was the obvious choice. As for my daughters they were also not very hungry so we ordered a kid's pasta (bolognese).
Strand Caesar - $25.90 |
I don't have much to say, was just a bit shocked, and still am writing this at night.
With the lack of dressing it just tasted like....... lettuce, bite after bite.
Margherita Pizza - $23.00 |
The kid's pasta ($9.90) also arrived at the same time (no pictures). A very meaty Bolognese which tasted 'not bad' for a kid's meal.
I'm a bit shocked to say, but the kid's meal was the highlight?!
Service - 3.5/5 - usual friendly cafe style staff
Ambience - 3.5/5 - usual cafe style ambience
Food - 3/10 - Overpriced, definitely better pizzas elsewhere
Hayes gives the Strand Cafe 10/20 chops on the Chopping Board.

I absolutely agree with you and yet people still seem to be happy to take out a second mortgage just to eat lettuce. If I'm going to do that, give me a 5 star dining experience. not some noisy cafe over-priced one. Cheers
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