Review: Brick Bay's Glass House restaurant is a feast for the senses

Review: Brick Bay's Glass House restaurant is a feast for the senses
The Glass House restaurant is cantilevered over the lake. (Image: Supplied)
Helen van Berkel
It took more than two hours between our arrival at the Brick Bay Glass House restaurant and our first course being placed in front of us.  Those two hours were filled with wonder and exploration as my dining partner and I trod a boardwalk through a cool early-winter bush packed with sculptures created by contemporary New Zealand artists. First was Rohan Wealleans’ Psychosis Chamber of the Oracle, spotted from the driveway as we entered the Brick Bay Sculpture Trail property.  Once we had parked, our hands filled with a...

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