Table Forty Three

Just terrible, I was indecisive about where to have dinner. After walking around Darwin I took the easy option to eat at the hotel. Don’t do it. You can forgive the service and atmosphere, it is what it is, staff were pleasant. The food was horrific. I had the crispy skin Barramundi with greens, pommes gaufrettes….fish was ok, the rest was inedible.

Great friendly informative staff. Food is delicious, well presented and reasonably priced in Darwin (semi-budget). Warm and visually engaging decor, free WiFi, clean, relaxing and spacious. Ice long flat black is bitter, acidic, flat white has good froth thickness and light strength. Open cut chicken sandwich well presented, not overly salty (7$). Fluffy omelette is the right size,not filling, not overly salty. Table 43 is connected to the Mantra hotel. Well worth trying.

Ordered the barramundi for my wife and a medium rare Wagyu steak for myself. The fish and all accompanying veggies were excellent, however the steak was dry, overcooked and had no Wagyu marbling at all. For $36 it was very disappointing. We did need to have it as take away due to lockdown but we collected it as soon as it was ready and ate immediately in our room upstairs. If I were served it in the restaurant I would have sent it back. Today saw the restaurant manager who offered to ‘let the chef know’ - no offer of any restitution at all - pretty poor response in my opinion - it’s not whether you make a mistake or not, it’s how well you remedy it that counts. A complete fail on this occasion