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Review of MORKS restaurant

Went there recently for dinner. during a business ...

Went there recently for dinner. during a business trip to Canberra. I was excited to try the place after looking at the reviews and the menu.
I have to say, I am stunned as to why people rate this restaurant so high. There was nothing that matched the price tag of the meals. Not the venue and vibe, not the taste of the food, not the portion sizes, not the service. Don't get me wrong - the service and food was good, but not to the standard that you would expect from a place that charges so much for it.

First of all, none of the dishes we tried had much, if anything, to do with Thai food or flavours. Meals were of good quality, however lacked depth of flavour and presentation was boring and below average. We tried the fried tofu with peanut sauce and ginger as entree. Weird combination - I mean who mixes the taste of peanut sauce that you usually get on Satay sticks with Ginger that typically goes with Sushi or Japanese dishes?? Never seen anything like it in Thailand.

The 12hr beef ribs - 3 chunky strips of beef without any form of presentation and zero sides with it - for 50$ ??? are you guys kidding me? On top of that they were fairly chewy and not really tasty and enjoyable to eat.

Then we had had the Spicy pork curry with Roti. Never had that type of Roti before -it was like bits of puff pastry. Not enjoyable at all. The pork curry was watery and lacked depth of flavour, very small portion too and presentation not better than in a food court. And that for 40$ !

We paid 160$ for two people and left disappointed. If at least the food was outstanding then the price would have been ok. But it wasn't.
Would not recommend this restaurant to anyone as you can get a lot better food for much less elsewhere.

Sorry guys but if you charge like a fine dining restaurant, you have to up your game and delivery food that matches the price tag!!!