Arbre Bar and Pantry - Canberra

Breakfast here is a delight. Lovely food and friendly staff. Dinner on Friday night was abysmal. They had not noted our reservation which had been made via phone three days before our arrival, and we were told that there was no room for us so we were placed on an events table - 2 of us on a table for 14. Service was slow. Food was cold and ordinary on arrival. Limited menu and no bread for starters!? Have brekky here but avoid dinner at all costs.

There was constant fresh food at the breakfast buffet,The staff were constantly cleaning and very friendly.

Our family had dinner and breakfast here during our stay in the hotel. When we arrived for dinner, the restaurant was full so luckily we booked. We had Korean chicken wings (very good), salt and pepper calamari (soggy) for entree and for mains we had Mexican spiced chicken with salad (nice), prawn penne pasta (bland), lamb rack (very nice) for mains and buttermilk pannacotta (good flavours but the pannacotta was collapsing). As you can see, some of the dishes were good and some wasn't. The restaurant was fully booked but I could see only two front of staff running around....needless to say service was a little slow. Luckily we were staying at the hotel and was not in a hurry to go anywhere, They forgot my child's ice cream which was part of the children's meal and I remembered as I was walking. Out the restaurant so they gave us a bowl of ice cream to take it up to our room. We have stayed in this hotel quite a number of times and have always had the buffet breakfast here. This time, I felt that the quality of the breakfast was different to my previous stays. The food was also always running out and I had to ask them to bring out more food.In summary, I guess the food was alright. If I stay here again, I would still have breakfast here and I would give the dinner at least another try since we get discounts as Accor Plus members.

Had dinner here one night. The spiced salmon was spectacular. The watermelon and cucumber side was a bit of a surprise but it worked really well. Thoroughly recommended.

Suggest sharing sides as all dishes were large except the broccoli side dish. Sweet potato fries were verycrunchy but the chunky fries were a miss. Asked kitchen to record as it didn't taste right but still came back soft with frozen taste. Rib eye steak was a very thick piece which meant one side was over cooked, although asked for medium. Overheard next table commenting on fried fish with bad batter.