My wife had been here a few times, so when we came to Australia, it was one place I wanted to visit, because of all the descriptions I had had from her. I was impressed on arrival by the stunning gardens and when we went to the shop, again, I was impressed with what was on offer. What I really wanted to do was to have a meal and watch all the birds coming to the table while we were eating. The food was fabulous and the staff attentive and helpful, unfortunately due to the amount of dogs in the eating area, every time the birds came to the tables, the dogs either tried to get them or started barking scaring them away. If this is the main selling point of this lovely place, why are dogs allowed in to frighten the birds away? The birds were the main reason I wanted to go there, imagine my disappointment to watch these dogs frighten the birds away. Please if you want more people to visit stop the dogs going into the eating area and scaring away the birds. We also noticed dogs walking in a quarantine area. After we had moved tables twice we did manage to get a few birds to the table, at one point there were more dogs than customers.