Secret by the parade — Restaurant in Adelaide

Firstly, it is a fine restaurant, but they were not at their finest during our lunch for four. Chef & propietor, Larry, is a wonderful bloke, we had a nice chat & I wish I could provide a better review, but, HE, afterall, did the preparation. The renovations may be smart & modern, but I felt they lacked charm, the ambience lacked warmth & a little sterile. Again, it is a fine restaurant with fine food, but I must disagree with their web page & own words as I did not find it a unique experience of international flavours, more provincial than adventurous. The service was good, but a little forced & going through the motions, perhaps we were too dull as patrons to warrant better. I know new staff need to be trained, but three trainees during lunch on our table? Inappropriate, I thought, considering the reputation of this establishment. The food was good, but nothing special, but the short black that arrived for my partner would barely fill a teaspoon, WAY, too short & this was unforgivable. I would still recommend people try this venue, it has an excellent reputation,, but we four may give it a miss in...

Well where do i start, my wife organised a surprise valentines dinner, and that was amazing gesture on her behalf . And then when you wait 30 minutes for someone to offer you a wine list and some water was just the start,then you order from the Set menu .This surely cannot go wrong ,and then when only half your entree comes out then 15 minutes later the other half ( its not going to be a good experience i am thinking ) .Then i ordered the Pasta and my wife ordered the gnocchi ,one hour later our mains come out and mine was cold and condements as advertised on the menu turned up after the meal the poor staff who were amazing and with the pressure they were under and also so embarrassed by the circumstances,then after another 30 minutes we ended up getting our desert to take away . WITH A RESTAURANT SUPPOSIBLY OF THIS CALIBRE it wasnt even close to being acceptable..the restaurant was only half full and everyones meals were late some people waited for over an hour and people were...

Took a group of 8 people there friday ...I was telling them it was a good place.... my mistake ... certainly gone down hill...service wise... wine not available off their own list .( so no riesling at all ! ) .with dan murphys just up the road ! .. no attempt to get any... desserts off menu .. not available ... get your pasta... no bread ... no parmesan in fact nothing at all... anyway saved me about another $300 off the bill and wont be back unless they can hire some staff who can do the job . Sorry to see what was a good place turn to rubbish... about the only thing the same was the noise level... which I doubt will ever be addressed ...happy to put up with that if they can get back to what they...