I wrote a review for this restaurant three years ago giving it five stars, but after a number of subsequent visits, I need to amend this to one star.

The food is lovely, however the service and overall experience are terrible, which is a real pity. Main courses arriving before we've even finished entrees, and then as main courses are arriving we're asked to order dessert... because "the kitchen is closing". At 8pm. Then having forced us to order dessert between mouthfuls, they forgot one of them.

At $50+ per head (without wine), this is a restaurant who is clearly only focussed on extracting as much money as it can from its' customers as it's certainly not cheap, and they have zero care about the service and experience. You constantly feel under pressure to eat faster so that the front of house staff can get you out the door so chef can shut up shop as quickly as possible and get home to Netflix. They're lucky there aren't many other options in Kiama.

Note to the owners: If you want open for dinner, don't close the kitchen at 8pm, and don't take our 7:30pm booking. If you want early nights, just open for lunch, or maybe it's time to choose another line of work if you don't like the hours.