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Pandanus Restaurant: Restaurant Reviews

Lord Howe Island, Australia
02 6563 2400
4.0 of 5 stars 35 Reviews
Cuisines: Italian
Good for: Romantic, Special Occasion Dining
Dining options: Dinner, Reservations
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Good for: Romantic, Special Occasion Dining
Dining options: Dinner, Reservations
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Sydney, Australia
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12 reviews 12 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
15 helpful votes 15 helpful votes
“Intimate and enjoyable island dining”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 January 2012
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My wife and I dined at Pandanus on our final night.
We very much enjoyed our shared antipasto plate, with grilled prawns and vegetables, bruschetta and guacamole as well as cold meats and shaved cheese. Highly recommended.
Mains offered a choice of 4 menu items plus a special. We both had kingfish - I had the crusted fish from the menu and my wife a grilled piece of fish from the specials board. We had a glass of white wine each (different varieties to suit our tastes).
We shared a very well made chocolate eclair for dessert and had espresso coffee each, which was the best coffee we had all week.
For $130 for we thought Pandanus was very good value. The only negative was the presence of mosquito friends on the verandah, and it would have been better if repellent had been more readily available (we had to request it).
Special mention needs to be made of the very friendly service from each of the 3 waiting staff on duty.

Visited January 2012
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Brisbane, Australia
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11 reviews 11 reviews
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8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
“Local food, local people at pandanus”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 January 2012
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While the menu is rather limited, the food is fresh and fish is local. No choices for vegetarians, so let them know in advance and they will create something delicious for you.

Visited January 2012
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Sydney, Australia
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“Warm, inviting atmosphere compliments fresh, tasty food and friendly service”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 January 2012

Book ahead, especially Fri nights. The restaurant is not BYO. Try the chef's signature fish dish which is amazing. Save room for the delicious desserts. Wherever you are staying on the island, they have a comfortable, spacious mini bus with a lovely driver to take you home after the meal.

  • Visited January 2012
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Atmosphere
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Food
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Adelaide, Australia
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23 helpful votes 23 helpful votes
“lovely atmosphere and good food”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 January 2012

we had dinner here on our first night on the island. There seems to be two different menus here depending on the day of the week. We had the non asian menu. My partner had prawns for his entree that he said were lovely. I had steak, chips and salad for my main and it was very nice. The staff were very helpful with my onion intolerance. My partner had crispy skin pork belly for main and the skin was fabulously crisp. I'd go there again.

Visited December 2011
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Canberra
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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
“best in LHI”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 December 2011
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person found this review helpful

Lovely ambience and good service though be warned that you may be sitting outside and on our visit those doing so were clearly cold. We went on a Saturday night when they have asian style food and we found overall it was our best dining experience. The desert was however a bit disappointing.
We also went to the Bowling Club for pie night on Monday which while a very different experience was most enjoyable. The modern cafe in Ned's Beach Road(Humpty Mick's?)had good bread for sale and good food but we only had breakfast and snacks there and not dinner. It has an enjoyable ambience and good service but the coffee was ordinary. Had great hamburgers at Thompsons store. We also ate at Greenbacks which had good fish and chips but was cold-all tables are outdoors and the service was friendly but amateurish. Ate at Milky Way too-don't bother.

  • Visited December 2011
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Atmosphere
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
    • 4 of 5 stars Food
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