Virtue Restaurant

Fantastic flavours, unique and interesting for visiting Australians. Great wine list. Very good at accommodating gluten free requirements. Slightly overly enthusiastic waiter who gave a 5 min spiel about everything great on the menu before we could interject that dietary requirements meant we couldn't eat many of those things.

Although the food is good (not sure that it’s worthy of a James Beard award) and they were great about accommodating dietary restrictions around gluten and dairy, our overall experience was pretty terrible. From the moment we walked in we were told we were on a time restriction. In other words a timer starts when you’re seated and you have exactly 90 minutes to get through your meal. We were pressured to order even though a third member of our party wasn’t there yet (stuck in traffic) so we had to call her and get her whole order so they would stop pressuring us. They literally said, “we have to take your order within 15 minutes of seating you”. In the end all three of us regretted spending that much money to feel rushed and uncomfortable. They rushed us through dessert and when it was time to pay the check they made that process super awkward too. There is a $60 reservation fee that they refund to your check so if you’re splitting the check it gets complicated. The ambiance is fine albeit a bit noisy. I DO NOT recommend wasting your time here.