The food itself was good, but the overall experience with the entire restaurant cannot justify the $140 pp pricing we paid inc one drink pp and not including any desserts.

Front of house

It was clear the team is not experienced enough to run the front of house with efficiency and not able to create a welcoming, customer focused experience that one would expect with at this price point. The host, there seems to be 2 hosts at the restaurant, but it was difficult to tell as they also shared many other duties of the waiter, like serving dishes, clearing tables and managing other waiters. Their mannerism feels dry and matter of the fact and didn’t provide a welcoming atmosphere. And since they were sharing many other duties, they left many customers waiting to be greeted once the restaurant gets busy. The waiters/waitresses, they all felt uneasy and tense and quite understaffed. When serving they were hesitant at where to place the food. Looking around, the few waiters around weren’t fully sure which tables are which and there were food brough to our table that weren’t ours. At times there were food or sauces left on the table after a course, and we had to request it to be cleaned.

Food

For entre we ordered garlic bread, which was just very average and was $24 for 4 pieces. The rock oysters were extremely salty, and the presentation was strange to leave the shell enclosed. Steak tartare was good, if it was $20-30, but it was $42, it wasn’t wagyu or anything special and can’t justify the pricing. Buffalo calamari, was pretty good, the spicy tartare sauce was a bit redundant as the buffalo hot sauce was much better.

Mains

Rocket pear salad was a bit salty for some of the people but overall was nice and refreshing. Toothfish I personally didn’t have much, but my mum seems to enjoyed it and she finished it all. Sous vide beef short ribs was tender, but the barbeque sauce was overly sweet and generic. Tomahawk Steak, this is the big one and was supposed to impress us. Served table side, was able to get a good insta story out of it. The meat and sauces was good, comparable to any other steak house. We originally tried to order the 1kg Bistecca but apparently, the kitchen only had 2 x 500g which we didn’t want, so we changed to the tomahawk.

Sides

Grilled sweet cord ribs was great and everyone enjoyed it. Truffle steakhouse chips, there were plenty of truffle, only wished if the chips weren’t so thick. Portabella mushrooms was nice and had a great umami taste.

Dessert

N/A, we didn’t order any, partially because we were quite full, but mainly because by that time, the restaurant was quite busy, and we didn’t have a waiter around for a while and we didn’t well like waiting anymore.

Overall

The food was good but can’t justify the pricing, especially if you look at the overall service. If you were after a good steak and customer service, look elsewhere, probably Meat and Wine for a better experience. If you are after the waterfront view, then maybe it’s worth it??