Local ingredients are evident in this venue with simple lunch choices of burgers, pizza and salads. We chose the salads - a chicken caesar (pictured) that was generous and tasty and confit duck with toasted cashews, rocket, tomato and orange to balanced the richness of the duck. Wine available by glass or bottle. Satisfying to see the featured Queensland Wines, The Witches Falls Syrah (from Tamborine Mountain) was delicious. Lunch was filling so passed on the delicious looking deserts, including the local themed cheeseboard. Service was good and welcoming and a pleasant spot for lunch, overlooking Brisbane river with some views of South Bank. Dinner menu is more extensive and bar snacks are served from 3pm.
We visited this restaurant for dinner. A nice and quiet place with a nice view of the city. Lovely staff.
Food was nice but expensive for what they offer. I had cherry ripe dome for dessert and I didn’t like it. I don’t like frozen stuff much though.
There was only one vegetarian option in mains and that was mainly cherry tomato. It was tasty but only cherry tomato? Sounds a bit boring; doesn’t it? If you’re vegetarian you might need to think a bit more about visiting this restaurant...
I agree with Diana that I may not visit this restaurant not because of the Groupon deal. Same as her situation, we were offered to change to buffet with $20 extra per head but we kept the original deal last night. The venue is nice and comfortable, particularly we can overlook the Southbank view through the window. Ordered the Oyster with Ponju dressing, Seafood Bouillabaisse for starter. Both of them were above average. however, the main of Prime Eye fillet and Rib Eye were slightly down by the quality even though the culinary skill made a perfect med-rare steak. I suggest the chef to pay attention to their plating on steak dish since ours were too plain and lack of aesthetic effect. I think a hotel grade should be better than normal café. Overall experience was good.
We actually had a coupon deal for this establishment or we would never have thought of visiting. The food, it's presentation & the service were quite outstanding, we were very impressed. On arrival we were offered an option to have the buffet, but stuck to our original plan of al a carte . I ordered the barramundi which came in a thick juicy chunk on a bed of perfectly cooked vegetables. The partner was also suitably impressed with his lamb chops- there was a generous portion of three to satisfy his carnivore instincts.
Loca Vare Fans. This was the type of night that any hotel restaurant manager can be challenged by. Torrential rain hits - guests in the hotel stay into order room service or dine in the restaurant & you're probably not staffed for the onslaught. The staff at Quays handled the evening very well considering and managed to maintain a smile even when a diner bumped a waitress with arms full of cleared plates resulting in smashed plates all over the entry & kept walking without an apology.
Quays support loca vare or the 100 mile diet concept with the menu engineered around local food and produce. We enjoyed duck spring rolls with house made chilli sauce for starters and fish of the day for our mains. The fish was perfectly cooked, fresh and tasty. We finished with a local cheese plate and enjoyed the fantastic view out to Southbank as the storms cleared. All the food was really enjoyable and it's a great to see local produce being showcased in a hotel to inter-state and overseas visitors.
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