Heirloom is the in-house restaurant in the Fraser's Suits Hotel. I was dying to try this restaurant. I truly enjoyed my visits, and they have put together a menu that is both healthy and yummy. The food reminds me a lot of the food that was served at the now-closed Solomon's Cafe in Mount Lawley.
Their buffet breakfast is not worth the price unless you eat a lot in the morning. Otherwise, it is overpriced and you will be happier and pay less ordering a la carte. I didn't see anything exciting or out of the ordinary, and way below other buffet breakfasts I have experienced in hotels overseas.
The chia pudding was absolutely yummy. Very fresh and creamy, crunchy flavoursome nuts, sago pudding sort of texture, and the berry compote at the bottom was delicious, and not too sweet. I ordered a soft boiled egg as side. Two were served to me, and when I said I had asked just for one, the explanation (lie) was that they serve the eggs in pairs. Nevertheless, the eggs were perfectly cooked.
The muesli breakfast should be called something else because there wasn't any muesli in my muesli. It was carrot "muesli". To be honest, the breakfast was yummy and it didn't taste of carrot, it has a great colour, great textures and flavours, so I loved it. However, I was expecting a proper muesli. Carrot is not a muesli, pardon me. I ordered a soft boiled egg as side. There were only three tables with people, but it took the kitchen an eternity for my breakfast to be served, and the two things came apart despite being ordered at the same time. This time they got the number of eggs right but it wasn't a soft boiled egg, it was a slow-cooked egg that had gotten cold by the time I ate it.
Thee zucchini lasagne tasted great thanks to a olive-and-tomato pesto that enhanced the flavours of the raw zucchini. However, despite this being a late lunch and the restaurant having three tables with people, and only one to serve (mine), the food took a while to come, and the lasagne came mostly cold, a bit tepid on some parts. I get that the raw zucchini is going to be cold if it is raw, but if the rest of the ingredients were hot, one would not get the whole dish cold. This was a bit of put off, really, because it was not summer when I visited and one expects lasagna to be hot.
The Moroccan carrots were wonderful in their simplicity with a very soft dressing, mint, crunchy almonds, some sultanas and quandons.
The pork belly was really lovely, regarding textures, quality of the meat, and flavours; however, there was less than a spoonful of pure on my dish, a few drops of sauce and the pork belly was quite solid, not juicy or grassy, so once the sauce and puree ended, that is, in a second, the dish turned into a very dry thing to eat.
The kale side was really good. Kale is a fussy vegetable to cook, not easy to get it right re crunchiness and coction. This here was perfect and the sauce really complemented the Kale.
Heirloom is a hotel restaurant. Although pleasant and comfortable, it lacks character and doesn't feel like a proper restaurant. At night the ambience improves considerably. They use paper napkins in the morning but fabric ones at lunch and dinner, something I really appreciate.
The waitresses are lovely, but the service at the kitchen is slow, something I found inexcusable because they charge you top buck and there were very few people during any of my visits. Moreover, in one of my visits, a lady who arrived way after I did was served before I did and was given the royal treatment, something I always consider unprofessional. The service was mostly slow, the food seemed to take quite forever to come out despite the very few people in the restaurant, they were getting the orders wrong and there was a clear lack of communication between the kitchen and the rest of the staff; also between the reception desk and the restaurant reception as I was told that the first breakfast was included in my booking and I didn't sign any receipt, but then I was told at reception that no way and was treated as I was trying to cheat a meal.
The food is overpriced in most cases because, except for the meat and fish mains courses, the ingredients used are very cheap and the portions quite small.
OVERALL
Worth a visit! Yummy healthy food. Overpriced. If you are into Paleo food or healthy food you will especially like it.
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