All form, no function. This place looks great. Too bad that…read moredoesn't translate into the experience. The food was ok, but a little pricey (I had the chicken and quinoa salad), and there are no vegetarian options or allowances for dietary requirements. The coffee is terrible and burnt. The only salt has seaweed in it. When we asked if we could get a steak knife they didn't have any. The service is slow, and the waiters seem to be experts in avoiding eye contact.

Fathers Day and there's a nice hum at Rees & Rees and co-located cafe, Bertsy & Co. I came for a…read moreheart starter coffee and some cake - because I deserve it! Chose the Florentine. To die for! Best ever, and when I commented on this to a couple of the Bertsy team members, they smiled knowingly and said it was an old Italian recipe. North East Victoria continues to benefit from its long and rich Italian history. Rees & Rees and Bertsy & Co have become a local favourite. Somewhere to relax and enjoy the ambience, beautiful homewares, good food and warm service.

Small but generally good selection of wine and beer. We found some local and nostalgic wines that…read morewe debated getting. We settled on a bit of both. They were super cool about us taking our time. Very cool having the Big W right next door. We were able to get most of our party shopping done in one stop. Woot!

The funny thing was that this place had an exhibition on, and the exhibition basically consisted of…read morea single painting. Then again, it is a regional art gallery, so they generally don't tend to be all that large, or at least this one wasn't particularly large. Mind you, the painting did happen to be a rather famous Australian painting, and there were an awful lot of information, and sketches, associated with it as well. It was a shame that they didn't have other rooms where they had local art, or at least a collection, though because I didn't have to pay to go inside, that certainly was a bonus.