Melt Henley - Henley Beach, South Australia

Sheri T.

I came here yesterday with my husband for his Birthday Dinner. I picked the place based on the photos from Google Reviews and I couldn't be more happy with my choice.

We got the $45pp "Let us Feed you" option and we were fed until we literally popped! Everything tasted excellent, the variety of foods was fantastic.

My husband has a shellfish allergy and the kitchen took extra care to make sure our food was not contaminated.

The service was delightful, I appreciated how comfortable the staff presented themselves, as they felt happy to chat with customers. Which makes me think the environment is good to work in.

The cocktails we ordered were delicious, the new "Seafoam" cocktail was so pretty, and right up our alley.

We were seated right in front of the ocean view which was so special for a birthday dinner.

Absolutely amazing experience overall, will come back again and have already recommended it to friends and family. Thank you so much!

Kapampangan A.

Been here multiple times. The food is always beautiful, like in a fine dining. Limited chairs overlooking the sunset. It can be noisy, as it has a small space with quite a lot of tables. The front of the house service just lacking connection to the customers, seems they are always having enough in their plate.

T C.

This place is average at best. Sadly I have to go back here whenone of the family or friends makes the boring choice.
For a start they sell themselves as a tapas and pizza restaurant. But tapas is spanish and pizza italian.... so it already starts out confused. And the quality of the food and service is more like an average pub than a restaurant.
Truly, the ONLY thing this place has going for it, is the view over Henley beach from a few of the tables.
So lets start with tapas (it's not Spanish); they use tapas just to mean small meals. None of them excel at anything.
The mushroom risotto balls aren't very crunchy and look very unappealing on the plate.And just like the menu before this one and the one before that and so on, they're served with aioli on the bottom and grated parmesan on top.
The charred cauliflower served with cauliflower puree was better on one of the previous menus when it had a smokle tahini instead of the puree.
The haloumi is two small, thin pieces of haloumi with FOUR pieces of bread. That doesn't even equate.
The pizzas are sub par too; they lack substance and flavour, and the dough they use is shockingly bad. The dough is like when you use left over lebanese flat bread (like from Woolworths) as the pizza base for your home made pizzas. It's super thin, dry and so crispy that it breaks apart. The pizzas are also tiny and are cut into even tinier slices.
The mediterranean pizza has baba ghanoush as the base sauce, but you can't taste the eggplant or any smokeyness. The other ingredients, olives, pine nuts etc are there in the smallest portions.
Quality aside, nothing is inventive, interesting or creative at this place. Just small changes that don't necessaily even add value.

Lydz S.

We came here for a birthday lunch. The food was good, the chilli beans though, did not taste the same as melt in the cbd. I was not a big fan of the yiros pizza, i did like the other pizzas though. They were cooked perfect, the base was thin and crust puffy and crispy. We did had a long waiting period before anything came out but it was really busy that day, being NYD. Customer service was ok, the lady we had was not very professional and was not able to make a proper baby chino.

Natalie T.

Amazing food! Great, friendly service and food came out in a timely manner, even with how busy it was for a Sunday lunch with my partner. Baked gnocchi and charred cauliflower tapas were both delicious! Loved the Funghi (mushroom) pizza. Would definitely be back for drinks and dinner next time.

Alain N.

Location 5/5 with nice clear views of Henley Beach. The staff were okay but not great and the food was very dissapointing considering the price. The steak was very chewy and the mains took a bit longer to come out than what you would expect. Would recommend only if you are having drinks and want a place with awesome views.

Pictured: scotch fillet, kingfish sashimi

Liisa G. B.

Great location but for me that’s all that was good about this place. Couple of the staff seemed new, one guy in particular who said he was new and made multiple mistakes with no apology. Pizza tasted average, we were all expecting great flavoured pizza but certainly wasn’t a specialty. The halloumi is the worst I’ve yet had.

Pouria A.

Nice spot in Henly beach area. Decent decor for a beach side restaurant. Friendly staff but not very organised. They totally forgot to bring the salad we ordered with the appetisers. We ordered three tapas dishes and one main course, the flat iron steak. The steak was just perfect! Nice sear on the outside and perfectly edge to edge rare!
Well balanced and seasoning. The tapas dishes were nice but a bit above average. The arancini rice balls were a bit mushy. The kind fish sashimi were not very fresh and cauliflower dish was a bit too crunchy and mostly raw.