Bam Bam at Intercontinental Hayman Island — Restaurant in Hayman Island

Whitsundays trip: our stay at the @intercontinentalhaymanisland! Lunch and cocktails by the pool at Bam Bam. . Nasi goreng with chicken skewers: really tasty Nasi goreng, and the chicken was nicely grilled. Good dish. . Squid and prawn salad: I think this dish could have been more interesting. The salad leaves overwhelmed the dish. They could have included other things like different types of pickles, and some crispy fried shallots. The squid and prawns themselves were excellent. . Stirfried hokkien noodles with prawns: super delicious prawns! Noodles were tasty. Can't complain really! . Slow cooked pork belly baos: the pork could have been better - they were a bit on the dry side. Flavours were good though. . Korean fried chicken: the sauce was sweet and spicy - pretty good. The chicken was not quite right - the batter was too thick, and was too much like the batter used for...

Food was a disappointment overall. We started with the grilled Tiger prawns and they were cut in half lengthways and grilled to death with the shell on. Extremely difficult trying to extract the shrivelled meat from the shell.. avoid. Restaurant was not that busy and our booking was early 5:45pm but for some reason our table for two was next to the only family there and it was jutting out into them main walkway of the restaurant. The staff were pleasant and service was fine but we found the menu very limited. The Pad Thai with Chicken was pretty ordinary and it was hard to tell the chicken from the egg in the dish. This was not up to the standards of a good suburban Thai Takeaway. The location, outlook, service and vibe were good though. With refinement of menu and food this place...

Had lunch here yesterday. We were hoping for dinner the night before but it was booked out, so make your reservations early (before you get to the island). It has one of the best views on the island, next to an infinite pool and looking over the beach. The service was lovely, our main server was on his first shift there and he was absolutely fantastic. My friend is vegan and the chef cooked her up a special vegan version of one of the dishes (without us asking, he just offered which is so sweet) and it was delicious. The cocktail menu was also my favourite on the island. Would have loved to have spent more time there, and would absolutely recommend to anyone going...