Boatdeck Cafe

A great little café, very popular with the locals in Mawson Lakes.
They specialise in pizzas and pasta dishes and everything is fresh, simple and tasty.
I recommend their chicken risotto which was full of flavour!

Pizza has really gone down hill! Where is the toppings? Have always found that this café does use good ingredients but their servings are frugal even their coffee.

Has improved lately with a change of chef maybe? Pizzas are great, service is pretty fast… nice place for breakfast or a casual meal.

Quite a nice café right on the lake. The food is pretty standard café fare I have eaten here for years and never been disappointed. Had the pizza with the lot tonight which was just ok. The salami on it was definitely not mild. Almost wrecked the whole pizza for me.

Food keep it afloat but are the prices the anchor?
Food at the café is great for breakfast but the prices are a bit steep for what you get. The food is not to bad but its the only large waterfront café in the area.
Lets hope the food quality improves to warrant the high prices or the boat deck might go the way of the titanic.

This café has hard floors and way too many tables making it very noisy during peak periods even when it is not at full capacity. If they removed maybe 20% of the tables, the atmosphere would be hugely improved and you would not need to yell across the table to your fellow diners.
This is very much café service, order at the bar & DO NOT forget your table number or you will get frowned upon. You have been warned. You will need to wait for and carry your own drinks to the table too.
The food is regular Italian café style — bruchettas, pastas, pizzas, salads. All good but nothing amazing. Same goes for the coffee. Pizzas are probably the highlight.
This is a great place to go on a sunny day because you can sit lakeside and soak up the sun and people watch.

Better than 3 star, but not quite 4, this place is great if you just want to have a quick lunch with colleagues & know the food will be good.
Their pizzas are probably their best dishes along with my favourites, tomato & basil bruschetta and falafel baguette.
With concrete floors & as many tables as they can fit in, this is not the place for a quiet intimate lunch but for a reliable feed, this is my vote for the best place in Mawson Lakes.

Poor service spoiled this one for me. I was lined up but apparently standing nearer the wrong counter. No staff member was courteous to point this out.
Coffee was average. Will not be making this a regular stop.

16/​12/​2011
I’m not sure why this new chick has been taking me out to quite a few dinners lately, but I’m certainly not complaining :) Especially when we have this pretty lakeside café that proves that:
#1 The Mawson Lakes local council (or whoever’s responsible for the rapid development of this relatively new suburb) have been making a lot of impressive things happen, like introducing new real estate, businesses and shopping precincts!
and…
#2 Good girls can appear out of nowhere!
Boatdeck Café has something for everyone… so whether you’re: in the mood to strap on the joggers, walk your dog, starving for a nice dinner, relax outside the restaurant and enjoy the lakeside view, rap with your new chick, sip something cold and refreshing, get away from work for a little bit, run the stress out of your body, or even catch up on some much-​needed shopping — you can do any of those things here, or around the Café!
Plus.it’s easier to spot than some of the other shops on Mawson Lakes Blvd. The view is refreshing and gorgeous! Take your iPod and your sweatpants, or take your partner (or your new date) along — I know I already have more than twice before!

Location, location, location… So the saying goes. If location was the most important part of running a restaurant then the Boat Deck Café would be a winner. Located directly across from Mawson Lake, the restaurant is always very busy.
Eventhough the staff are busy, (and you can see they’re ALWAYS busy) they are always very welcoming. The menu is surprisingly big with many café favourites on the menu, from pizza and pasta to parmigiana. For my pick I chose a pizza, which had come recommended from some friends.
The toppings were fresh and the base wasn’t at all greasy. The food was a very pleasant experience, though it was the atmosphere of the lake that really completes the experience. With seating extended across the road and out to the lake edge itself, you can have your food bought out to the lake edge for a quiet meal. You do have the buzzing of cars, the joggers and people walking dogs, but these are hardly annoyances.
There’s no need to feel guilty if you overeat, as you can take a leisurely walk around Mawson Lake and work off your meal. If you’re feeling really guilty you could run or jog it! Of course you might not want to do that immediately after eating.
The food is nice, but the lakeside dining completes the experience. Well worth the experience.

Probably the most popular casual café in Mawson Lakes, with the best location right on the Lake, ample seating inside and out, and great cheap food to match.
It’s the easy go-​to place for a spontaneous lunch up north, and they serve pub style meals, pasta, foccacias, breakfast, alcohol and sweets.
The best part about this café is its location, it’s on the main boulevard, which is like the lake esplanade, but they have 5 or 6 tables of 4 across a zebra crossing on the boardwalk of the actual lake.
It’s the closest I’ve eaten to water in a long time, and you can watch the ducks play at your feet almost and smell the sweat of the joggers and bike riders.
The staff bring your food out to you over there too, just not your drinks, and there is always competition to get one of these spots on a nice day.
Definitely somewhere to check out and eat at when in Mawson Lakes, you can’t miss it.