Mesh

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Location: Ground Floor, Crown Promenade Hotel

Link: www.crowncasino.com.au/dining/venue/1160/mesh

Cuisine: Modern Australian

• A seafood buffet consisting mainly of oysters and prawns with some sort of fish and squid salad

• This was accompanied by the usual salads and sauces (a thousand island and seafood cocktail)
• Dips and bruschetta (sic) were also a part of the buffet. They were eatable although the corn chips provided were too salty and would cause a heart attack to anyone who had a lot of it

• A main meal was also included with choice of lamb, chicken, fish , porterhouse steak and roast beef which was also accompanied with a choice of sauce
• Lamb: cooked nicely with the a bit of a pinkish tinge, however it was lacking in sauce and we had to ask for more which took a while so the meal went a little bit cold

• Porterhouse: according to reports, dry and not recommended although the mash on the side was very nice

• Chicken: according to reports, also dry and not recommended also

• Each person was also permitted to three drinks of their choice although limited to beer, wine and soft drink. They were a bit stringent on these choices, as I asked for tea and it was not allowed.

• Dessert buffet included a variety of small cakes (mango cheesecake, orange cake), jelly, mousse, Portuguese tarts, and ice-cream. Only the mango cheesecake was worth recommending.

• Cheese Platter: brie, blue and cheddar

~Atmosphere~

• There were quite a few birthday celebrations on the night which made it slightly loud and the place was packed
• Although a bit loud at times, we could still converse with each other.
• The only negative aspect of the crowd was that, at times, patrons had to queue up for the seafood buffet

~Service~

• Good overall
• Raman (sic) was our waiter, and informed us of the main meals and was kind when one of our party was eager in filling out the drinks sheet
• When the wait staff saw we had finished dishes, they did take them away, so this aspect of the service was good.
• But the second batch of drinks that we ordered did take a while to be served (approximately a thirty minute wait)
• The service was also quite slow on the extra mushroom sauce we ordered, and we had to remind them of our order a second time.

~Price~

• $42.00 per person
• For a seafood buffet, this is quite good value, because one only has to eat two dozen oysters and a main to roughly break even, and the cost included drinks and dessert
• Would return for a special occasion or large gathering

Overall Impression: 8/10