Ambiance (A)
Located right next to the fountain, this restaurant offers the luxury of seating indoors with an outdoor setting. I personally found it really relaxing and chilled with the winter breeze.
Food and Beverage (FB)
Instead of mains, my friends and I actually got cocktails and just so happened it was the 2 for 1 cocktail night. Our cocktails were $14 each (regular price).
''Palms Pimms Cup''
Filled with various fruits, this cocktail was exceptionally refreshing. Topped with ginger ale and lemonade.
''Swipe Right''
A shot of Absinthe and Cointreau each. Masked by the combination of apple juice and Fanta, the cocktail leaves a very mild after taste of absinthe in your mouth. If...
To be honest, I ate here because Kinn Thai was not yet open, I was hungry, and this place had room for the pram. But I was so impressed and happy with the choice!
Firstly, you can't deny this is a gorgeous spot, it backs up against the water features in the mall and is very chic and modern inside. There were panel heaters suspended from the ceiling which were a welcome feature as it was quite breezy in the restaurant.
We opted for a collection of grazing plates (six for $49) to share and not one dish disappointed. If anything was not as good, it was the scallops, but that was only when compared to the other stellar dishes.
We had the dips with bread, meatballs (big and juicy),...
The Palms sits in amongst the water features in the restaurant precinct at Garden City. We went for Sunday breakfast and the lack of patronage should have been warning enough. I am very fair and we were seated in a sunny spot. I didn't want to start out by complaining so sat down. We were offered water twice but no menus. Finally came the menus but no offer to take a drinks order. I had to get the attention of a staff member to be able to order. The longest wait for coffee ever (and remember there are only five tables occupied and six staff at this point). A staff member comes to tell us they only have one serve of salmon for that morning's special, can we share it? We agree, expecting to ha...
To be honest, I ate here because Kinn Thai was not yet open, I was hungry, and this place had room for the pram. But I was so impressed and happy with the choice!
Firstly, you can't deny this is a gorgeous spot, it backs up against the water features in the mall and is very chic and modern inside. There were panel heaters suspended from the ceiling which were a welcome feature as it was quite breezy in the restaurant.
We opted for a collection of grazing plates (six for $49) to share and not one dish disappointed. If anything was not as good, it was the scallops, but that was only when compared to the other stellar dishes.
We had the dips with bread, meatballs (big and juicy),...
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Ambiance (A)
Located right next to the fountain, this restaurant offers the luxury of seating indoors with an outdoor setting. I personally found it really relaxing and chilled with the winter breeze.
Food and Beverage (FB)
Instead of mains, my friends and I actually got cocktails and just so happened it was the 2 for 1 cocktail night. Our cocktails were $14 each (regular price).
''Palms Pimms Cup''
Filled with various fruits, this cocktail was exceptionally refreshing. Topped with ginger ale and lemonade.
''Swipe Right''
A shot of Absinthe and Cointreau each. Masked by the combination of apple juice and Fanta, the cocktail leaves a very mild after taste of absinthe in your mouth. If...
We took our two teenagers here for dinner after bowling on a family night out. We felt like we were on holidays with the beautiful surroundings and musician playing in the central Garden City area. We had a few share plates and a main each...and everything was delicious. Service was prompt and very pleasant we couldn’t have enjoyed it more. I had the calamari salad which was light yet flavoursome and my husband had the lamb cutlets which were worth the money as they were huge. The bill was but we had a few glasses of wine in there as well so pretty standard these days price wise. Very enjoyable and we’ll go back for sure.
Great View, Menu looks amazing but Food disappointing!
Taking a look at the menu things were looking up. We decided on 6 small dishes for $50. When the food came out unfortunately it didn't match the excitement. Take for example a chicken dish that had 3 small wings on it with mayo (priced at $13). All dishes had little to no flavour.
Keep the money in the pocket and go elsewhere.
Didn't try any mains so maybe they do better in that area. Service was good and view is nice but overall nothing special.
Summary: overpriced and under delivers.
We tried the NYE menu which looked different from their standard menu and weren't disappointed. Every meal we had was delicious. The fondant was perfect. We haven't tried the normal menu but keen to see if it is anything like what we had tonight. We were well looked after, service was polite and prompt.
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Love the atmosphere of this place. In such a great spot at Garden City, nice to sit out on the water and have a meal. Is expensive though and I feel the food isn't much worth the price so I've opted for their specials. Chips were great! Not much else to say about this place.
Cocktails were great. Setting was amazing. Food... Well lacked seasoning and flavour. Might just go back for drinks. Great sized glasses for having a few.
