Fresh User Reviews for Has Bar in Adelaide

8 Recommended

Food  7      Ambience  7      Service  10      Value  8     

2012 - Staff are still very friendly and professional and know their food well. The food has definitely got more of an Asian influence under the new head chef. The chicken curry was tasty (great mix of spices) but the presentation didn't have a wow factor (it was served in a bread roll). The venison and lamb were cooked to perfection but some of the side salads/garnishes on the plate didn't work too well e.g. the bitter salad with the venison.

I wouldn't recommend the flounder. The fish wasn't crispy but the side noodle salad was tasty (too bad you can't just get the side salad). Their signature "Hilton" dessert consisting of sago with banana, mango and coconut cream foam served with a banana spring roll and vanilla ice cream was lovely and light and refreshing but could have really done with a sprinkling of mint to make the flavours pop. Luckily I had mine with mint tea.

The lobby seems to be getting louder and louder which is a shame. Diners don't want to be listening to dance music when they eat.

Overall, we were quite happy with our meal. Some good things with the food and it's exciting to see new flavours. However, not all new ideas for flavours worked well. Some effort could be made to make the dining area more separate from the loud lobby lounge.

2010 - Friendly and professional staff who know their product very, very well. We were very impressed by the quality of the mains and loved the fact that all the produce was locally produced.

May 20, 2012

7.6 Recommended

Food  8      Drinks  7      Ambience  7      Service  9      Value  7     

Great friendly atmosphere and fantastic staff.

Apr 25, 2012

6.5 Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  6      Service  5      Value  6     

If there was ever a restaurant that was stuck in time then this is it. Decor and service are really stuck in history (that is, you need to old money to dine here). It is the first class lounge of the Titanic, feels old and stuffy. Such a shame, because the food here is incredible. Some of the best that I've had in Adelaide. On all occasions that I've been here the mains have always been done well and offer very modern and fresh flavours. (Not everyone is bold enough to serve marinated lamb with a watermelon salad.) The wine list is also excellent.

Apr 25, 2012

7.8 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  7     

Wow, this place turns Thai food into "cuisine". The food is beautifully crafted and has an interesting combination of flavours and uses fresh ingredients. The green curry is a favourite of mine. The strange coffee duck dish should be renamed to sugar duck. The syrup is sickly sweet and lacks coffee taste. It's a bit of an expensive option but it does offer an excellent setting.

Apr 25, 2012

8.3 Highly Recommended

Drinks  10      Ambience  5      Service  9      Value  9     

Happy hour on a Sat night? Hence the rating on drinks and value. Not sure who this place is catered for. It plays 90s music but is filled with teens and the token stray middle aged holidayers who are staying at the hotel next door. Too weird.

Apr 25, 2012

6.8 Recommended

Food  7      Ambience  8      Service  6      Value  6     

Who knew that there was such a swanky bar above Rundle Mall? Definitely a place where the beautiful people hang out. The design of the venue is reminiscent of a New York bar. Bar food was quite "gourmet", well as gourmet as you get at a bar. (Roast potatoes instead of chips.) Music was on way too loud. It more of a club than a place to go to for casual drinks.

Apr 25, 2012

4 Below Average

Food  6      Drinks  2      Ambience  6      Service  1      Value  5     

Burgers are mediocre. The bread isn't particularly nice and it was burnt. Nothing too exciting about the fillings but not too bad either. The service is appalling. Bar staff were chatting to friends for over 5 mins while I waited to order drinks. It's quite an expensive pub but okay if you have the entertainment book.

Apr 25, 2012

7.3 Recommended

Drinks  7      Ambience  8      Service  7      Value  7     

Good atmosphere for after work drinks. Worth making it for happy hour.

Apr 25, 2012

9.2 Highly Recommended

Food  8      Drinks  10      Ambience  10      Service  9      Value  9     

What a great place to enjoy a cold beverage and awesome meal after shopping up a storm. Will definately be back!

Apr 23, 2012

4.2 Below Average

Food  6      Drinks  6      Ambience  5      Service  1      Value  3     

Cannot believe this place has such a high rating, must be the location with clientel that are used to not expecting too much, have been twice now walked out the first time due to lack of service and came back for a second try, sunday lunch... busy semi... service bad, tables don't get cleared there is a massive line up just for food and drinks and my poor 7 year old missed out on his ice cream after waiting 15 mins for a scoop and topping, BTW there was plenty staff on and not 1 smile... 1/10.

Apr 22, 2012

7 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  6      Service  6      Value  8     

The Good

An excellent lunch featuring some of the best pasta I have ever had in the form of the tagliolini with a rich sugo featuring many, many chucks of spanner crab meat. The offer of a dessert tasting menu when we could not decide on our dessert options was a fantastic service touch.

The Bad

None.

The Meal

House bread with olives and olive oil

Arancini alla Boscaiola - Lightly fried risotto croquettes flavoured with wild mushrooms, black truffle and parmesen

Fiori di Zucchine - Lightly fried zucchini flowers filled with ricotta cheese and pine nuts, served with tomato relish

Tagliolini con Granchio - Fine pasta ribbons with a rich sugo of Queensland spanner crab meat, tomatoes and basil.

Pappardelle con Anitra - Handmade broad pasta ribbons with roasted duck meat, red capsicums, spinach, pinenuts and olive oil.

Dessert tasting platter - semifreddo, Torta di cioccolate, zabaglione, panna cotta amongst others

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Apr 22, 2012

5 Average

Drinks  5      Ambience  5      Service  5      Value  5     

Service is great, friendly staff, ambience is awesome, last review what did you expect on Saturday night.

Apr 13, 2012

9 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  7      Service  9      Value  10     

Beautiful location, perfect to take visiting friends and family. The food is always fresh and flavoursome. The seafood is cooked to perfection. Authentic desserts that pair well with the drink menu. Staff are always well informed and friendly.

Mar 31, 2012

3 Below Average

Drinks  7      Ambience  1      Service  2      Value  2     

Went to Redlove late on a Saturday night hoping for a nice place to sit with friends and drink a delicious cocktail. As a cocktail lounge, this place did not deliver. It was full to maybe twice the capacity a lounge should be, though that amount of crowd would be fine for a booze barn/ nightclub like HQ, if that's what you're after, it'd be fine for you. We also hoped that the presence of the pods, etc, would mean it was a good place to sit comfortably and talk, not so, as the size of the crowd meant people were constantly pushing into the pods just in the normal business of walking around, and the music was too loud to talk at all.

As a dark and crowded nightclub playing remixed 80s music, Redlove is just fine. But as an exclusive, luxurious lounge, as they present it, it's useless.

Mar 26, 2012

10 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  10      Service  10      Value  10     

Honestly, It is so hard to fault, it was perfect. As you drive up you wonder what you're in for, which is part of the appeal. We were part of a group of 20, ordered Ala carte, I'm a Chef and all the guests were foodies, so we are knowledgeable. Other restaurants in the Adelaide Hills wouldn't allow group bookings unless they were on a set menu?. Probably because they want an easy buck with minimal fuss. Maxamillians delivers with ease and grace.

The service was amazing, they were almost mind readers. The style was very traditional, perfect for the Autumble get together. All 20 of us came away commenting it was 'memorable', the wine was great too, Well Done, thankyou.

Mar 26, 2012

5.3 Average

Food  3      Ambience  10      Service  5      Value  3     

My partner and I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone and we have no plans to dine at Auge again. Such a shame as the atmosphere and styling of the building were simply beautiful.

The food wasn't memorable. For the most part the meals were bland and lacking presentation. The Agliotti had chewy edges where the pasta had been joined but had not been rolled out to the thickness of the rest of it, as it ought to be. There were bone fragments in the rabbit gnocchi.

The desserts we're plated for too long, the sorbets appeared to have melted to half their original height by the time they reached us. The "tiramisu" (and I use the term loosely) was a peculiar adaptation of what is normally a lovely dessert.

The coffee was outstanding, possible the best coffee I've ever had.

We were not asked at any point if we were enjoying our meals. The service was confusing, several people looking after our table of four. They seemed over staffed and unorganised.

If I had to use one word to describe this venue it would be "complacent".

Mar 19, 2012

7.8 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  9      Service  6      Value  8     

Delightful tapas and pizza place. Lovely ambience, really comfortable chairs, and delicious food. My only complaint would be that the waitstaff need a bit of prompting, and that $10 for a Knappstein or Vale Ale is a bit rich.

Mar 13, 2012

5.5 Average

Food  7      Ambience  8      Service  4      Value  3     

We were really looking forward to a special night out but couldn't get a babysitter so had to bring our kids along which wasn't a problem as they were really well behaved.

Our entrees and dinner were quite nice, not exceptional though and the desserts sounded lovely on the menu but were disappointing and my glass of wine not even a quarter filled. Our major complaint was the level of service. Each of our courses was incredibly slow to arrive and this can't be related to cooking meals for the kids as they only had garlic bread and a kids meal and the waiters were slow to take our orders. All the people around us arrived and left in the time that we were there.

Our kids are young and managed to be very well behaved and stayed in their seats for the most part but by the end they had effectively been sitting still for 3 hours which really wasn't fair on them. I would have thought that it would be a priority to get the couple with the 3 kids served and out as quickly as possible, not leave them to be the last.

Had the food been great I would probably have gone back without the kids but it really wasn't worth the trip.

Mar 11, 2012

7.8 Recommended

Food  5      Ambience  6      Service  10      Value  10     

Great topping but the base is way too thick for me. Also found the pizza really salty (and I love salt). Great service and price. Thinner base and it would be a great pizza.

Feb 17, 2012

8 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  7      Service  9      Value  8     

One of the better Monte Zuma's. Great service and the food is decent. Very filling meals so no need to order too much.

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Feb 08, 2012