The food was the worst of any type I have had in years and years. We ordered the $45 share menu and selected fish tacos, cauliflower, lamb shoulder and courgette flowers. Olives and bread came “complimentary”.
Firstly the olives looked as though they were left overs from another table; so few and so small, with no thought to presentation. The toasted bread was dripping in oil - a theme throughout the whole meal.
First up of the share plates was the fish tacos. These were deep fried ... deep fried?!?! The menu said crisp tacos, but who in their right mind deep fries them? The contents were flavourless, I couldn’t taste any fish, and caramelised onion was a wrong choice by the chef; just terrible.
The courgette (zucchini) was passable, though deep fried again. The bland batter was all I could really taste.
The cauliflower was OK, but again dripping in oil.
The lamb was cooked well, but the flavour was completely hidden by the excessive amount of salt. Did someone knock over the salt cellar?
Their website states: “ We believe by using extra virgin olive oil, citrus and quality sea salt as our base seasoning we can keep our approach to food light and relatively simple.”. Trust me, olive oil and salt is nearly all you can taste in every dish.
I left feeling completely ripped off. Why didn’t I complain at the time? Because I thought each dish might be better than the previous, and I just wanted to get out of the place at the end. I couldn’t be bothered to go through with the confrontation. The wait staff were too nice to have to deal with my complaint.
I just don’t get how a place like this can get away with serving such bad food. Is it that it’s on the northern beaches and people are easily pleased; I wouldn’t have thought so. Is it because the people don’t know what it should taste like? Maybe.
Obviously I won’t be back, and I would not just never recommend it, I would actively recommend to avoid eating at this place.
