Barretts Restaurant

"We have been here twice at Pullman Magenta Shores Resort but first time at the restaurant for dinner. The mussels was amazing in a very generous portion for an entree. And the main I had the pumpkin ravioli, which was nice."

"Beautiful venue and a gorgeous set up for Mothers Day today, however, for $80 per person it was just not worth it and very disappointing. To note: our booking was for 3 people at 12pm for 90minutes. Firstly, it wasn’t a very good look seeing staff running back and fourth right on 11:50am/having guests packed at the door, then to be seated at 12:10pm and told we only have until 1:30pm (after being seated late and already knowing this information upon booking). We were asked when seated whether we were ready for our high tea, which we replied yes however, we did not receive this until 12:45pm. Unfortunately, for $80 there was minimal food, in addition, the sandwiches were not fresh (I’m presuming made the day before in prep), these were freezing cold from the fridge and felt practically stale. I’m not sure how you could go wrong with a plain cucumber and aioli sandwich… sorry to say. There were 3 of us at the table and on some plates there were only 2 of some items, leaving one of us to miss out on a few things. We also ordered hot tea at the end which also took 20 minutes. Once it was brought over we were then reminded to leave in 15 minutes. The tea was scorching hot so we could barely drink it before our time was up. Not once were we asked how our meals were. We even heard tables around us complaining about the quality for the price which deterred us even more. Upon payment, we were also not asked about how our experience was, just told to pay. I’m presuming some people had already said something so the staff steered clear of even asking. I also hate to say it, but we even ran into some local Magenta Shore residents who said they won’t step foot in the restaurant due to the price they pay for poor quality food. Super disappointing. Though, I commend the set up and flowers (besides being placed up against a concrete pole that defeated the purpose of sitting next to the window). We understand that things happen and business may be understaffed or unprepared due to behind the scene issues, I totally understand that. Again, the idea was there but it all felt really rushed and pricey."

"We dined here on our last night and thoroughly enjoyed our meal all four of us. Curtis the waiter was lovely and very knowledgeable about what was on the menu and what he recommended. What an asset to your team. All the other staff were lovely too."

"We thoroughly enjoyed our dining experience at Barretts Restaurant over the Easter Long Weekend. We enjoyed a truly spectacular high tea on Saturday. Each morsel of food was a delight and just so yummy. It was washed down with some bubbles and finished off with a superb coffee. All of the staff were attentive, friendly and went out of their way to make sure that we were having the best experience possible-which we did! A special mention to Lucy, the manager who was delightful and gave us recommendations for dinner that evening, which we followed up with. The restaurant seemed to be happy and it was also exceptionally clean. We will be back! Highly recommend!"

"One of the staff where we are staying at the nearby Accor hotel recommended this restaurant as an Accor Plus member so me and my fiancé decided to have dinner here. The ambience of the restaurant was really nice but there are some comments that we would like to share with regards to the food. We started with the sea salt and caraway sourdough, the elements of the dish was nice but the sourdough as advertise with sea salt and caraway is lacking on flavour. For to share we ordered 2 dishes which is the scallops and arancini but I suggest make the food portion divisible by 2 since its to share. The arancini is missing some flavours and its on a bit bland side, good thing the date mayo was phenomenal to save the dish. For the mains we have the sous vide chicken and bouillabaisse, the chicken was nice but nothing special on the other hand the bouillabaisse was sensational but I didn't get my saffron potatoes with it and then again the sea salt and caraway sourdough just tasted plain sourdough. For dessert we had the ricotta bread & butter pudding and vahlrona chocolate cake, the vahlrona is amazing, very classic combination. The bread and butter pudding which is supposed to have malt ice cream tasted just plain vanilla ice cream. Overall, I would still recommended the restaurant, some dishes just needs some polishing. By the way, the service was great too."