Harbourfront Restaurant

This is a restaurant in which bright conversation can be had and it is not overtly noisy — no shrieks and giggles bouncing of cement here!
The seafood platters are heavenly, and for my money, the best in the Illawarra.
We enjoyed the hot and cold seafood platter. Food coma. My only quibble is, and this knocks half a star off, that no rice was served under the hot, charred seafood. In days of old (ie, last March) the silky garlic chilli butter intermingled with the sweet tang of the seafood and provided a fantastic umami sauce for the rice. I didn’t quite like it as much as the grilled bugs or the fresh oysters on the cold platter, but nearly. Bring it back, Harbourfront!
Another half a star deducted for not providing a plain sorbet or fruit option for dessert, at least on request? Usually I want something sweet and cool to end my meal rather than starching it up. Cos dude, is it really that hard to plunk a scoop of gelato and a slab of rockmelon onto a plate and charge me the standard price of a pudding which I will cheerfully pay? I think not.
What else… Oh, the serving staff are good humoured and proficient and made awesome food and wine suggestions, making the experience a real pleasure.
Just give me my rice and fruited ice.