Despite our extensive coastline, benchmark Australian seafood restaurants are rarer than Venus tuskfish, which puts 24-year-old Fins and its chef and proprietor Steven Snow into the fish hall of fame. Peerless seafood and constancy pervade his menu. The daily line-caught selection still comes three ways – mild chilli miso consommé, Moroccan tagine and Snow’s classic with riesling, lemon and parsley. Holidaymakers, new amours and retirees cluster into the Dutch-Indo-inspired, indoor-outdoor dining room to share local surf ‘n’ turf (Tweed prawns, Bangalow pork) or bowls of Portuguesestyle mollusc risotto. There are excellent catches, too, in the award-winning global wine list, represented by no fewer than three sommeliers, who will match a moscato to the wobbly lemon myrtle panna cotta. Or explore a wider wine world from a bar stool, grazing on the daily offerings in the revamped Pop Up section. Either way, your briny expectations will be met.
This review was made independently for the Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide. The guide’s reviewers visit unannounced and pay their way.
Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide
Wine: ★ ★ ★
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