the curates egg. mostly enjoyed the evening here with my family, but it was like the proverbial egg.good( very, very good) in parts. the calamari was judged by my family to be about the best they'd ever had. crisp exterior and very tender, tasty flesh. i chose the serano ham which i adore, and the accompaniments promised much. but in the end, it was much like a savoury trifle, with all the components fighting with each other. tasty, but overwhelming me.
the main courses were excellent. the pan fried snapper just a delight, and surprisingly, the prawn and scallop pizza (!) about the best pizza i've had in years. beautiful base with a smokey flavour topped by some lovely shellfish.
place is very busy although we were there on a public holiday on a very warm evening. the staff cooed mostly very well, but at times seemed a bit frazzled by the pace and it showed in some occasional lapses
not cheap, but the quality is there and the location is great at the bottom end of hastins st.