Hoosegow

A large restaurant (previously an Italian eatery), the place has had a basic spruce up and now trades as a South American inspired restaurant. The restaurant name sounds a bit Asian? The menu options are good and the wine list is ok too (good to see a lot of boutique local wines).
The blackened Cajun (Cajun so the menu has mixed influences which is good!) squid was good but they put chilli powder in seasoning with out menu warning and too much but so long as you like chilli (my gf couldn’t eat it) it was good. The steak was a too dry (funnily enough I still didn’t mind it) but definitely Argentine open charcoal grill style. The barramundi was a bit muddy but the seasoning and cooking method hid it enough still meant it was nice. (Good chefs avoid buying barramundi when its muddy don’t let them tell you it’s acceptable it’s not! It’s a sign of stagnant water or unclean aquaculture)
The staff were friendly and even though it took 20 minutes to get a beer (and we were first ones in restaurant) the rest of the meal came quick. The presentation was amazing and despite the problems I had an amazing taste residue left in my mouth after and I think the chef knows what he is doing and you really feel like you ate in South America so if you live on that side if the city, really there are very few if any proper restaurants to compete with it. I would definitely go back!!!