Doyle's Deck & Bistro

The setting is nice albeit noisy, but the food left a lot to be desired.

I've been to the Top End and caught barramundi before. From memory the minimum size is 55 cms, so if your fish is less then HALF A METRE long you have to throw it back. The fish finger that arrived on a sea of mash (which, granted, was nice mash) could have passed as a whiting fillet.

The seafood saganaki my wife ordered didn't even nudge the lofty standard set by the fish, however. For just shy of $40 I would expect something other than a plate of deep-fried bits on a slab of cheese. How you manage to make something that thoroughly deep-fried go soggy is beyond me.

Neither plate was worth the 80-odd minute wait nor the cost. The highlight of the night was the fact we managed to keep our toddler amused for an hour plus, beyond both her usual dinner and bed time.

Staff were friendly and apologetic for the delay.