I had originally booked this restaurant, on a recommendation, to show off Brisbane to my visiting Irish friend. Unfortunately she was not able to make it, however my partner and I decided to keep our booking and experience what Kingsleys had to offer.
On arrival, we were impressed with the locality of the restaurant and the outside deck offering amazing views of the Brisbane River and the beautiful Story Bridge lit up in all of it's glory. We were seated and then asked three times by three different wait staff if we wanted some water. After that, sadly, there was practically nil service. We were left to top up our own glasses of champagne, had to wait for our Pinot to be served with our main, the bill was thrown on the table and the waiter mumbled something to us about wanting anything else after we finished our main meal. The Singapore Chilli Crab was disappointing with the sauce being too overpowering and not allowing any crab flavour through what-so-ever. It could have been fish-sticks under there for all I knew! (Apart from the shell I suppose!) The Rib Eye Fillet we had for our mains was served by itself, so we ordered sides of Potatoes and Green Beans. I have to report that the Beans were the tastiest part of the whole meal. The Steak was not flavoursome at all and I would have enjoyed one more from the Pineapple Hotel.
Terrible service and average food for quite a hefty bill, the View was not enough to pass Kingsleys Steak and Crabhouse and I won't be back nor will I recommend it to anyone, especially not an overseas or interstate visitor to our Capital City.
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