Fantastic location to grab a quick bite for the beach or dine in comfortably. Great spot

Approximate cost: $10

Great range on the menu. Great food and a nice beach location. Due to the size of the restaurant and the number of tables they have, it can get quite noisy, but otherwise no complaints

Super busy but in a fantastic location right next to the beach. Perfect for families, with HUGE servings that are very affordably priced.

Nice restaurant next to the beach. Always busy, but it's pretty large so there is no queue to get the table. Very nice stakes, good pasta.

Amazing sized meals & super cheap!! My husband and I ordered a main calamari & a large pizza. The pizza came home with us. The calamari was a massive serving!! Delicious. Family friendly, perfect location for warm days, walk straight onto the pier or the beach.

Approximate cost: $60

The food is great. My fussy partner loves it so it must be good! Large portions so they give us empty boxes to take food home. Other resturants refuse. Service is great and have been here often. Walk on the beach is nice too.

Lovely place to eat with a great view, always busy and very friendly. Loved the meals I have had there and the meals a pretty large in general so good for the money you pay per meal. Only problem I really had was it seems like they have tried to squish in as many tables as possible so there is little room to move.

Always busy there especially in the summer. I love how its set on the beach. I do find customer service can be fairy slow and some staff don't really seem suited to their job. Portion sizes are huge! most of their food is nice but there is that odd one that isn't that great. But each to their own I say!

Sofia's meals are massive, you defiantly will walk away full. The value for money is great. And the meals are very tasty. Customer service is great. This place is always busy in summer as its right on the beach. They also have yummy ice cream!

Definelty alue for money. The portions here are massive. We always come get the seafood platter. It is humongous. I always share with my partner. I love the calamari here also. It's by the beach and its always good after dinner or lunch to go on the beach. The staff here are sometimes off its the fairies. But we always go back.

Went for lunch, shown straight to seats and not rushed to place an order. Meal portions are generous (entrée size of pasta and seafood meals most adequate) and staff are very friendly, prompt, welcoming and always smiling. Will go back again for the great service and delicious fresh food.

The food is great, especially the risotto, and the pizza is nice.
When ordering, the waiters are patient, but it does take a long time for them to come around to you.
They are very kind but maybe some entertainment in the restaurant would be good, like maybe some music.

bit pricey for a normal meal but if it's a birthday (we usually go here for birthdays) it's not bad given that it's on the waterfront

their pizzas are pretty good though, decent value

staff are fine, food is okay, but it does get busy and too noisy to have a nice, proper conversation without having to raise your voice a bit (lots of families, that's why)

sometimes it gets too cold outside and too hot inside, and it's a bit of a maze to get to their toilets but oh well

Sofia's is gross!!!!! It is loud and noisy and dirty. All the wait staff are rude and dressed inappropietly for work in short skirts ect. I did not recieve one smile when I was there. Their servings are massive and cheap but just think of the quality of what your putting in your body. Not good! I had a vegitraian pizza and got violent food poisening. The kiosk isn't bad if your after some quick deep fried goodness to complete your day at the beach but do not! go in for a meal!!!! terrible service and possable food poisening!. Such a disappointment that there are only 2 resturants on the Frankston forshore and one is such a let down.

Great family restaurant cheap meals and huge servings. It is always crowded and very noisy so not the place to go for a intimate dinner, but great for family or an adult group.

Other Sofia's in Melbourne serve reasonable food. Unfortunately this franchise gives you trough of inedible garbage for a few dollars. Yes its cheep-and nasty. So disappointed one of Frankstons only eateries on the beach is a rubbish as this. I wouldn't go there again if they paid me!!

Approximate cost: $10

It's nice but to small. Most of the time it is very crowded and noisy.
The meals are HUGE. Service is great. It is very filthy/dirty at times.
It is a great place to bring your little children but not a fancy place you would go with your husband/boyfriend ect...

Approximate cost: $26

A place to eat with the family. Food is great and there is always way to much. Staff are helpful. Prices are great too. Great location, right near the beach!

Serving sizes are HUGE! Definitely do not need an entree and a main. Service is quick, but it feels like it is a ship them in and ship them out style. Certainly don't feel like you can sit around and chat. It is also always crowded and noisy. The gelati is fantastic.

The view of Frankston pier is great - and the prices are very reasonable. The service, however, can be very slow sometimes (at peak hours on weekends) - once we had to wait for our meal for 40 minutes!

Approximate cost: $15

Who closes the only beachfront restaurant's kitchen at 9PM on a Friday night in Summer!

They wouldn't even serve us cake, which comes out of a display and requires no chef preparation!

Makes no sense to me!

Bit of confusion with the waitress at the start when she was taking orders (basically she walked away from us) and it was really a struggle to get her to understand our order. Great quality and quantity in the meals that were delivered. But a word of warning it appears all meals come with vegetables, so ifyou want chips and salad then that is an additional $2-50 on your bill for each one (what the?)

Approximate cost: $18.00

Huge servings, tasty food and good service. Tables too squashed and the restaurant is rather noisy due to bare floors. Hard to access toilets are downstairs which makes it difficult with little kids. The place can look a little grubby at times but the cheerful service and size of servings compensates for this. The take away pastas and pizzas are amazingly good value at $7.90 for a large. I am a regular customer and always enjoy my meal, eat in or take away.

Approximate cost: $15

What a fantastic place to eat out, eat in doors, outdoors or takeaway. The food serving is absolutely amazing. Very genorous sizing. Have been their a few times with friends and can never get through the meal. Fresh, fast, tasty as!!

Approximate cost: $20.00

I love the ambience, we can see the beach from the window. Pasta was really good. My favourite dish is garlic prawns served with rice. Huge fresh tasting prawns. The portions for all their dishes are huge, so we always order the entree size that cost $14.50. Another favourite order is the fried calamaris.

Approximate cost: $23.50

having gone there for my son's birthday,i found mostly good service a little slow,the only comment would be tables to close to each other and a major thing only one toilet for men women and the disabled,it was clean but not exactly what you would expect from a resturant.

Approximate cost: $10

Sofia in Frankston is really nice. You always know you're going to be full after eating there and the price is really affordable. Great for family lunches after a trip to the beach or on the way to Mornington... And during summer, these massive gelato ice creams are the best! Really enjoy it everytime.

I love Sofias. But not Sofias Frankston.

After going three times (as generally I love Sofias in other locations), and ordering takeaway a number of times, I have to say that I have never been so disappointed with the food. I was embarrassed when I invited guests to eat with me there, as the food, while generous in size, was very bland.

I did not feel that staff that we dealt with were very gracious or accommodating.

It's in a beautiful location, right on the Frankston Pier. Maybe this is the one reason they stay in business. Notwithstanding, I notice that other reviewers have had more positive experiences than me, so perhaps my expectations are just too high.

I've given it a low value rating because even though you pay peanuts for the huge servings, it's awful. The pizzas are dripping with oil and tasteless, meat is bland, veggies bland.

After Reading some of the reviews below - I GOT TO SAY - Lets Keep it Real...

Sofias is an 'Easy' kinda of Place, with Real service, well cooked food at great prices.
I can honestly say, you cannot get what Sofias offers anywhere else - Good Food at a Great Price & the Sea View - wonderful... and if your there one night & you find yourself asking 'is the staff looking after me as well as i would like' just look around at the other 300 guests they need to service too - shit, i would hate to be in there shoes...
So please people, lets all take a deep breath & just ENJOY the experiance - book a table with friends, share some food & drink some wine while looking at the Sea - Enjoy Life.

Plus i'm told Sofias Frankston is been run by a new manager now, and YES what a massive improvement. The food was Fresh, Tasty and those always Massive portions... which make for great left lunch the next day... its GREAT VALUE.
Also may i suggest, on a nice winter night sitting in the heated decking tent; its so romatic like an Arabian Night, with a great waiter 'Lenko' looking after us, it was wonderful... well worth the experiance. All in all a great new experiance in Frankston... they are really lifting their game.
so forget all the old stories & try them out again - for a casual night out with friends, partner or family, its well worth it.

Approximate cost: $25

Great food, with HUGE portions. Entree pasta was big enough for a main, very decent price for the meal. Fast and speedy service. You have the option of eating inside or outside which can be nice in the sun but the ugly exterior plastic marquee prevents you from overlooking the beach which would of made it and even better meal.
Only negative would be that theres so much food left over from such big serves you have to take it home in a doggy bag.
Seafood Marinara -- was beautiful
Garlic bread -- very bland