Don't be put off by the initial answer to your request for a reservation. The friendly staff will give you a sitting choice of either 5pm or 9pm. Whilst 5pm might seem to early, accept it and wait for the show of your vacation to begin whilst you eat a fabulous meal. 5pm is important. The staff sit you down, and you are allocated a waiter who acts in your interest throughout the evening. The sun will start setting from 5:30, hence the time of the first reservations, and you can watch through the floor-to-ceiling windows across the Pacific Ocean as the last of the surfers brave the cold and powerful waters, catching waves; skies, meanwhile, change from blue to orange, to purple to black.
Whilst you may have it in your mind that a 3-course meal is in order, you are treated to mini-courses in between your ordered courses, which take the total number of courses up to 6 or 7! As each dish arrives, you are taken through what is presented on your plate; where your fish was caught, what tomato reduction is drizzled over your steak, or the origins of the golden raspberries that are presented on chocolate wafers with your bill. Fine wines, reasonably priced, set meals where your drink and food are perfectly matched. Everything seems to have been thought of. The views are Mother Nature's part and create a superb destination. Six of us sat down at 5pm and were still eating at 9pm - so eat lightly through the rest of the day. An amazing experience - for dining, drinking, and Pacific adventure. Not to be missed!