Dinner at Docklands

The Quay Bar & Brasserie, Docklands

So this is where we ate last night.
It was ok.

Good food and ambiance let down by service.

( no reading of the specials, and the wait for drinks and sides in a near-empty establishment at least gave us something to joke about while we passed the time )

It's a stone-grill, so the menu is really based around fresh meat and seafood you cook yourself at the table.

I cook every night.
This is not a novelty for me.

I order mine prepared by the chef, in the kitchen ( there is a tiny part of the menu that allows you to do this ). My meal is excellent.

I do not envy the boys who opted for the cook-your-own option, although it looked very nice. My steak was dressed already and cooked to my liking: a no-brainer really.

It's a $40 steak, cook it for me !

Their website is quite odd. It amused me that amongst the perfectly normal gallery pics .. there was suddenly this pic ( click to enlarge ):

Hmm - yes, The Quay Bar & Brasserie ... the place to be seen exhaling your ciggie with your bra-straps hanging out.

How European ! How Urban Chic ! How Youth Market !

Afterwards we retired to the bar part of the restaurant.

I usually don't pay much attention to public restrooms, but these smelled divine, and I think the mixers were the ones we have been quoted on for our upcoming if-we-can-afford-it-gee-aren't-bathroom-reno's-exxy-these-days bathroom renovation ;)

AND, I got picked up at the bar !! By a sharp dressed, well spoken, nice-smelling bald guy. He was quite dishy, and I wasn't even bothering to suck in my tummy. My husband saw it all, so hopefully he'll take better care of me in future, lest I get snatched up by some hot cool suave bald guy. I think he might have been the bar's owner actually, and was sussing me out for future patronage. I'm sure he cooled noticeably when he found I didn't live in the area....

Oh well..