Agenda

Overall great dinner out and would go back again to order what we had and experienced tonight! Service was good, staff were nice, relaxed and not pushy but didn't make us wait at all. Atmosphere was quiet and relaxed. Making talking easy We had their award winning Eye Fillet Steak which as always was delicious, tender and succulent. We also had the fish meal which was delicious and different, the Kingfish seemed to enhance the flavours and the soft crab was something different but tasty. We don't normally go for fish/seafood but it was a good choice. The Lemon Delicious dessert was really good and very lemony! It didn't disappoint like many other lemon desserts (except lemon meringue/curd) tend to do. The Chocolate Peanut Butter Lava Cake was quite a heavy dessert as expected but was cooked just right and was delicious. Tad more peanut butter in it overall would have been good but wasn't unhappy.

We started with the scallops with pork belly. The scallops were well cooked and not rubbery, and the cheese and sauce alongside really complemented the sweetness of the shellfish. The confit duck was tasty and moist, with an excellent accompaniment of kumara and ginger that offered a nice sweetness and spice to compliment the duck. The eye fillet was good, but not amazing. I noted the table next to us had theirs cooked much better, with less of a gradient from sear to inner. It was still an enjoyable steak, with a very well executed potato rosti as a side. The chocolate and peanut lava cake was good. The hint of peanut really made it shine, though it could have done with more nutty flavour inside. The Bombe Alaska was tasty. The salted caramel ice cream inside was very nice. However, the meringue was a bit too thick for our liking, and the taste of alcohol from the flambe was a bit strong. We came for an early dinner, and the ambience was very nice. Over the course of the night, however, the acoustics seemed to amplify and echo the sounds of other tables and made it difficult to hear.