Their signage out the front says Food . Passion . Glamour. and well we went disappointed it was so OTT that I wanted to move in ... a bit hard to live in a restaurant you may say, but I'm sure I could have made do....
The street presence was amazing it was a double fronted shop, bar one side and the restaurant the other but total open between. With several small intimate dining rooms out the back.
The whole place was glamour with a capital G and would fit right in in any trendy high street are back little ally around the world.
The clientele were an eclectic mix from a old guy at the bar enjoying his cocktails to some trendy mid 20's sitting on cushioned benches under the front pink canvas awing's and the canopy of the green leafy trees.
The colour was blacks, pinks, burgandy and pearls beads, with white and silvers and crystals sparkling everywhere, sure it was feminine, but the blokes didn't feel out of place as it was dark enough and boudoir-ish and at any moment you felt as though some " high class lady " entertainment MAY appear!!! But this was only the elision given, or my mind working overtime!!!
But you have to check it out on line Rock and Rose Restaurant Richmond Google it sorry don't have the web address
Had a cocktail to start while we waited for Tamara and Dave and the new bub.
It was a Rosemary & Rose Mojito made with fresh rosemary & mint, rose petals and limes, Caribbean white rum, apple juice and brown sugar. It was served in a large glass flip top lidded jar, interesting was to serve and they were soooo good, how could you stop at one so we didn't. That terrible Muriel...
The theme was also of peace and love with huge bunches of flowers in large stone urns. Loads of cushion in a mix & match of exotic fabric with feather trims. Chandlers of many different types some with pearls hanging all over them others in bright red and black. Louie 15th chairs some painted in black or silver with fur fabric in electric colours and patterns and some had diamont-tees on the armrest.
Black and white pictures of Marilyn Munro and other sexy people and stars from the past, several different flock wall paper in outlandish bold prints.
Tented fabric ceiling in some of the back private dining rooms, and the tables were in dark timber and covered in just enough of an eclectic mix of bric a brac.
Get the picture, really sensual, visual, and so soooo OTT and not the usual, and proberly not what you would fined in many places, but these guys pulled it off...
oh so well and the staff all fitted into the theme also so well, and as for the food well
top end pub grub for sure, not fine dining and not stuffy. We had Thai fish cakes to start and lobster on eye filet steak served with a burnaise sauce on big timber boards with huge English potato chips ... Yum Yum delish and so much visual fun, maybe the gallery back at The Retreat may get a makeover!!!
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