As good as the view of Brisbane city is, unfortunately, Cove Bar Dining fell well short of expectations. In fact, it was more like its movie namesake, The Cove. It all started with an inability to have our group seated and for a small pram to be located near the new parents - the suggestion to just leave the pram 'over there' (a few metres away) was interesting to say the least and we came up with our own solution. The food - so much of it was cold... admittedly, more careful reading of the menu would have assisted us, but the staff could have explained the menu for us all before - just to let us know what was on offer. Anyway, when ordering the food, it seemed all too hard for us to order larger portions of entrees (easier to just provide two entrees). The food itself was obviously professionally done, but the amount of cold produce was alarming. I had the John Dee Rib Fillet, which was probably the best meal to come out - it was simple though. The orange foam that came with one of the guest's whiting was obscure to say the least. For the price, I think that we all felt a underwhelmed. Won't be coming back here unless there is a significant change to the menu - beautiful surrounds, but poor quality and value.

Approximate cost: $34

This is such a great spot to chill out on a Sunday afternoon. On the river, great wine selection, good food. The olives are a really good buy to accompany your wine! You get loads of them all different types. Dinner was really good, not a huge amount of food but excellent quality & flavours. I had the fish and it was delicious. The service was rather lacking, but once we called the waiter over he was more attentive. Only one wait-person looking after each side of the restaurant. We sat in the more casual side but found that the waiter wasn't really looking around much to see if anyone wanted anything else. Apart from that the whole experience is well worth repeating. Very enjoyable.

Approximate cost: $140.00