Dinner with the engine running
The counter sits two metres from the pass. You'll watch every plate finished in front of you, hear the thinking behind each course, and eat dishes that never make it onto the main menu.
7
narrated courses
Built around the details
Six seats only
An intimate counter with a direct line to the kitchen team.
Seven courses
A narrative menu that moves from raw bar to reef to tableland dessert.
Chef narration
Each course introduced by the chef who built it.
Signed menu
The evening's menu, printed and signed, to take home.
"At the counter there's nowhere to hide — the food either speaks or it doesn't."
Your evening, step by step
From first enquiry to last pour, the experience is choreographed — here's the shape of it.
Start a bookingBook the counter
Six seats, three nights a week — reservations open 30 days ahead.
Arrive hungry
A welcome pour and the first course within minutes of sitting down.
Seven courses, one story
Each plate introduced at the pass — ask anything, the kitchen is open.
Kitchen tour
Finish with a walk through the kitchen and a signed copy of the menu.
7
narrated courses
6
seats per service
30
day booking window
A look inside
Everything in the package
- Seven-course narrated degustation
- Welcome pour on arrival
- Optional sommelier wine pairing
- Behind-the-pass kitchen tour
- Printed and signed menu
- Priority gaming-floor entry after service
$185 per guest
Seven courses · optional wine pairing $95 · Thursdays to Saturdays
Seven narrated courses, a kitchen tour, and the evening's menu printed and signed to take home.
"Two metres from the pass, seven courses, not a weak link. The painted crayfish course alone justifies the flight to Cairns."
James Whitford
Guest, Melbourne
Before you book
The counter menu is built separately each service, includes dishes never served in the main room, and every course is introduced personally by the kitchen.
Yes, with 72 hours' notice — the counter menu is rewritten for each guest rather than substituted.
No — it's optional at $95, and our sommelier can also build a by-the-glass progression on the night.
Yes — all six seats can be booked privately, which makes it one of our most requested small-format celebrations.