Bommie Restaurant
Hamilton Island Yacht Club
Hamilton Island
Positioned as the premier dining venue on Hamilton Island does create some expectations and Bommie lived up to them comfortably. From its imposing entrance in the creatively designed Hamilton Island Yacht Club, to its delicious modern Australian cuisine and excellent wine list and through to its decor and position it exudes sophistication.
We started with a few drinks of course. Sir chose a rum based Caribbean Sea cocktail while M'Lady had a refreshing ginger beer. It was lovely sitting in this beautiful timber lined room with sweeping floor to ceiling glass windows.
Soon the house baked sourdough arrived with whipped truffle salted butter, as well as a delicate amuse bouche. The bread was absolutely delicious, and the light and very tasty butter went perfectly.
For starters, M'Lady had the refreshing yellow fin tuna with salmon sashimi, ginger, capers, cucumber and black caviar. It was a great seafood combination, delicately presented, full of colour and very tasty.
Sir had the slow braised beef cheek with house made gnocchi, warrigal greens and pecorino. The gnocchi was beautifully light and fluffy and the rich meaty accompaniment added a lovely richness to it.
Mains were next and Mlady uncharacteristically chose the grain fed beef tenderloin served with carrot, pumpkin. Brussel sprouts and jus. The meat was wonderfully tender and juicy and cooked perfectly medium as ordered. She really raved about this dish.
Sir chose the house made fettuccine served with bugs, prawns and king fish roe all in a cream of cider reduction with gremoulata. There was no shortage of tasty seafood here and the delicious creamy sauce went perfectly with the al dente pasta and protein.
Although he was having seafood, Sir still headed to a red, admittedly a light one. The wine list here is extensive and varied, as you’d probably expect in a fine dining venue like this.
Desserts next and M'Lady chose the chocolate mousse with spiced grapefruit, mandarin and rosette biscuit. It was a work of art - but a delicious one. The sweet and citrus combinations worked well together and the texture variations from the crunchy biscuit were equally great.
Sir chose the leche asada with puff pastry, vegemite and dolce de leche. It was like a pastry filled with creme Catalan and the vegemite gelato had caramel notes to it. It was a wonderful finish to the food.
Sir paired a glass of De Bortoli Noble One with his dessert as he loves his dessert wines and is also quite partial to a Noble One!
We left Bommie Restaurant very satisfied and very impressed. They also have a lovely outside bar that's on our hit list for next time!
Bommie Restaurant was impressive and will definitely be on or list for our next visit to Hamilton Island.