We decided to try out one of the neighbourhoods newest places on Saturday night. We've been watching and waiting for this place to open up and last night we made it there.
On entering the pub we were pleasantly surprised by how busy it was inside. There was a band playing live music kind of jazzy older music. Perhaps a little out of place for the crowd, who were predominantly in their 30's with the rest being exactly as you would expect for the burbs.
We waited to be seated for a few minutes and after no one came to greet us we decided to find a place to sit for ourselves. It's nicely decorated inside with tables, booths and cosy couple seating nestled into the corners.
Our waitress brought the menus quickly but took a long time to come back for the orders. This seemed to be the president set for the night. It's a big restaurant, but I could only see 4 wait staff. Just not enough for the amount of people.
There were 6 of us. We placed our orders for drinks and food. The waitress asked us right away how we were going to do the bill. We told her we were splitting it into 3 couples. My order was 1/2 litre wine, seafood platter and 2 lbs chicken wings. If we'd had any idea how huge the portions were we would have ordered half the amount! Our meal came to $85. Most people in the group chose the same options.
The wings were delicious each wing looked like it could have been a drumstick, smothered in a honey garlic sauce with a side of fries. The seafood had fried calamari, coconut shrimps and shrimp nuggets. Honestly, I stopped eating after the calamari and coconut shrimp. There was just too much food. We ended up taking more than half of each of our meals home. One person ordered the salmon which looked really nicely cooked. It came on a skillet with vegetables and a side of mashed potatoes. And someone else ordered the bacon burger which looked juicy and really good. The only thing to look out for is that they put feta on their garden salad. If you're not a fan, you'll have to remind them to hold it when you place your order. They are very generous with it on the salad.
We had a really good night. We did not feel rushed and everyone enjoyed their food. All the meals came out at the same time and although we didn't see our waitress too often, she was good at her job, knew what we had ordered and what still needed to be brought to the table.