I had a wonderful experience at Darwin! I made a last minute reservations online on a Saturday night for a table of 5 with no problem. The restaurant had a warm ambiance, with tea lights and fresh flowers in mason jars on each table. The service was excellent and our waiter was both knowledgeable and witty.
As for the food, the lamb shank was a bit under seasoned, but laid on top of a bed of fresh peppers and zucchini. The salmon was cooked perfectly, but nothing extraordinary. The most outstanding dish was the avocado shrimp cocktail. It is not your typical shrimp cocktail where cold shrimp is hanging off a cocktail cup; it is consists of seasoned grilled shrimp over an avocado salad. Absolutely delicious and original! For dessert, the apple tart was good, but it is not what you imagine when someone says apple tart. It is more like the apple tart contents were placed on top of a fluffy pastry. The winner was the chocolate banana pudding. It was warm, with molten chocolate all over it, in a small ceramic pot-like dish. Both desserts are big enough to share between 2 people.
I would definitely go back, and from what I heard from neighboring tables, Darwin is a place they often visit as well!