Manuka Steakhouse ACT — Restaurant in District of Canberra Central

I believe the taste of the food can be improved for this price.

I was really hungry (a whole day without food) so I ordered a "mixed grill for two", which itself alone costed $95. In terms of portion size, it was not big so I finished the "grill for two" myself alone.

In terms of the sausage, it was grilled well to have crispy skin and chewy texture. However, there not much of a taste to it as it was not seasoned well.

The prawns were plain, with not much flavour. It was also a bit overcooked so it tastes very dry, I finished three bottles of water that day.

(Due to my mild allergy to lamb which I found out recently, I asked the lamb to be replaced by prawns so I did not get lambs skewers)

For the sirloin steak, I asked for a well-done like I always do. The steak was nice but I was expecting the steak to come with some sauce or gravy, which they did not offer in the set. So I ordered additional peppercorn at the end for $5.

The buffalo chicken wings tasted nice and I am a fan of that.

Not much to comment on the sides as the veggies and mash potatoes were simple.

As for drink, I did not order drinks here.

Overall, it was a not a cheap meal (costed me $100+ without drink) and the portion size was not big. So I am expecting the taste of the food to be good. But most of the items were flavoured to a mediocore level, and even the sauce to go with a steak is not included in the set.

Thus I do not...

Horrible Valentine's Day dinner experience. My girlfriend and I had already planned out our dinner with the set grill for 2 in the menu. We were told only after trying to order that we could only order the very expensive Valentine's special menu. Then what's the point of giving us the normal menu to look at? The food was only par with only the oysters standing out. The steak was bland and oily, the desert could not be finished. Service was horrible. We were told by the waitress that drinks were included with the price which was why we chose to order drinks. (Made sure it was the correct information by asking twice) However this was not the case and that drinks weren't included in the already very pricy menu and was forced to pay extra. Will not be dining there again, much better steak house alternatives.

Reply: you need to stop the cap, your waitress made the mistake assuming the steaks were 45 each (says 35 on your menu,) the entrees were decent. How do you address the blunder by the waitress and the fact that we weren't allowed to order anything except the special menu. We were going to get the mixed grill for 2 which is 65, the...

I went for dinner on a Friday night around 7pm and it was fairly busy but we were able to get a table for two. We were greeted by very friendly front of house staff. We started off with the cheesy garlic bread for entree, just needed a lot more garlic.

I ordered the Surf&Turf Medium Rare unfortunately, it came out Rare so it could've done with more resting time. The Quality of the Steak was okay for the price it wasn't the best "prime sirloin" and only having one choice for side's was abit disappointing. Enjoyed the prawns they were really best part, nice&fat.

My Partner ordered the Crispy Skin Barramundi which he thoroughly enjoyed and said it was cooked well.

We ordered a bowl of chips and the double cream mushroom sauce (needed to reduce down abit more) .

We ended the night with a shared dessert the Date and Banana Pudding. It was nice, but just tasted like cake. Couldn't taste the banana. And the burnt sugar tasted really bitter which is probably why there wasn't much on the plate.

Overall, it was an okay experience the food gives off Bristro vibes just more pricey! We spent $128 for two people which also included...