Scott Damien's On The Lake

It was our 1st anniversary and thought we would book a supposed good local restaurant so we tried Scott Damiens, they asked me what was the occasion of which I told them. When we arrived we were shown to a table near an open very breezy balcony and right near a long table with very loud people. The table of noisy people dominated the whole room and we couldnt hear each other talk. We were given water and menus and left alone. We sat for 15 minutes waiting for someone to ask us for drinks..no one came so I had to go searching myself. The prices of food are very high and considering that they cant even provide proper serviettes small paper ones which is pretty pathetic considering they charge $39 for a 200gram steak. We had Oysters Kilpatrick (burnt) and Garlic prawns (5 little prawns in amongst soggy mushrooms and a pile of rice!) Mains included Garlic prawns (larger size, mound of rice the size of Uluru and more soggy mushrooms!) Greek Lamb (tough ...read more

An amazing dining experience in our local area. Well done Scott Damien's on the Lake. Relaxed dining, delicious menu with many choices, nice wines and great staff. #reviewtowin

After a wait staff mistook us for members of another party and neglected us for 5 minutes (we had made a booking) staff made up for it by hovering by out table and giving us extra large serves. What really let this restaurant down was the wait staff who was told we were waiting for our bill and then preceeded to chat to a friend until i had to come up to them personally reminding them that i had asked for the bill. The restaurant itself was unpleasantly noisy, lacked in any defining decoration or style and had staff who clearly had no idea how to wait tables. This place was a last resort and i will not be returning

I thought the food was good, service was reasonable, but the prices were a bit over the top for what you get.

Could not have been more disappointed with this restaurant. We had a 7:30 reservation on a Wednesday night. We were told we needed to order our food immediately as the kitchen was closing at 8pm. We ordered a dozen natural oysters for our entre and they were fine, nothing fantastic but good. My husband ordered a rack of lamb and I ordered the fish special. While waiting for our meals, I was surprised and disgusted at the conversation coming from the open kitchen. Some glass between the kitchen and the dining room would be a worth while investment for this restaurant. My husbands lamb was extremely over cooked to the point that the meat was tough and chewy. My meal was the main concern, apart from looking like a first week apprentice had put it together, there was a hair sitting on top of a piece of potato. The staff kindly asked if I would like my meal replaced and I said it was okay and pushed the potato to the side of my plate and just asked that ...read more