Overall excellent experience, very theatrical fit-out and dishes, some of the best views you're going to get in a South Australian restaurant with a few strange or poorly thought out aesthetic choices.

Upon arrival the menu was immediately provided, somewhat against the norms in most fine-dining venues and also differing in that it offered choices for each course. Maybe its personal preference, but despite how spectacular the majority of the food was when I'm at a special occasion venue like this I much more enjoy both a surprise for each dish, but also the choices being made for me.

The appetisers and snacks provided were undeniably glorious and full of diversity, I can't think of anywhere I've been more impressed with them. The little caviar snack, cos lettuce and the mushroom broth provided at the end were particularly delicious. Mains were spectacular, perfectly cooked melt in your mouth Wagyu and the Pork belly equally impressive. Loved the way the bread came as its own course, provided with a selection of 4 butters. Virtually everything up to the deserts was stunning, however these were somewhat a letdown even if still very tasty. Not sure why one of the desert options was a sorbet when also being served a reasonably large sorbet pre-desert (absolutely delicious and better than the deserts themselves) also. The persimmon tarte was an artpiece, but somewhat bland.

Obviously they're likely geared more towards wine pairings, but the non-alcoholic drinks pairing was tasty but dull, and often didn't seem to fit each course with any thought. Not a fan in general of non-alcoholic drinks pairings such as this which are ultimately just a set of cocktails with the alcohol missing.

Opinions seem to differ on the fitout but personally I wasn't a fan, especially with an exit sign glaring down across the middle of the room which seemed like poor design, and maybe its an Adelaide thing but the lighting was far too harsh in terms of the spotlights on each table. On the other hand the spaciousness and room between each tables was fantastic and the view can't be beat in SA. The music in my opinion was also too loud and clearly just playing off a bad generic CD that didn't fit the restaurants vibes, with a few genuinely grating vocalists. Again it felt like not a lot of thought went into this, for $190 even small things should be watertight.

Overall the food here was among the best I have had in Australia but underwhelmed by what are a few poor choices or lack of thought here.