Plates Café Bar Restaurant

A nice enough place when staying at the hotel. The service was very attentive but the food was quite ordinary. My parrot fish was tasty once I extricated it from the overpowering curry sauce, which was easy to hit and spicy for the fish. My wife's risotto was more like soup.

Lovely service, great location but I wasn't wowed by the food. The entree was very nice but the pizza was sadly, not. The doughnuts for dessert were stodgy and the candy bacon didn't match the dish.

Great buffet breakfast. Stayed here recently for business and indulged in a big breakfast after eating very light the day prior while travelling. Lots of different foods to try and all pretty good. The classics - bacon, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, sausages, etc. The sausages were really nice. Not sure what type they were exactly, but very nice. Also plenty of fresh fruit, yogurts, cereals, breads and spreads. Also some anti-pasto type options with crackers, cheeses, smoked salmon, etc. Then there's the sweets table with waffles, cakes, pastries, muffins, etc.Also, if you are a guest and book your breakfast in the day prior you get the full buffet for a bargain $25 instead of $35.I left a full and happy man. Would gladly return.

Overall below average for the area and price. It is basically the restaurant of View Hotel and they don't seem to put too much effort. I decided to try it out after seeing it on the entertainment app but had no references on what to expect as I couldn't find reviews, so I will make this one as detailed as possible.I eat out a lot, and live not far away, so I am comparing with similar price restaurants in similar areas.FOOD: 4 starsHubby and I got the soup of the day and bruschetta for entree, both were good. For mains we both ordered the steak, medium rare. Mine came very cooked, well past the point. I could have complained but gave up (more on that on the service section). Good size portions.SPACE: 4 starsIt isn't the nicest dining room but I am biased here as I like modern. It is nice though, I just didn't like seeing all the breakfast set up for the next day when I am there at 8pm for dinner.SERVICE: 2 starsThey were all polite, so +2 stars for that. But oh boy, they all have a log way to go in fine(ish) dining. Drink order came wrong the first time, steak was cooked well past what was requested, I tried complaining but found very hard to get anyone's attention - mind you that there were 4 staff on the floor and only 3 occupied tables... I barely eat and hubby said I had a sour look on my face, still not once any staff asked how our meal was, it was just have you finished?" and take plates. At the start when I managed to bring to their attention that my drink was not as ordered