Fresh User Reviews for Booking Angel Restaurant Bookings in Brisbane

9 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  9      Service  9      Value  9     

We had a lovely dinner tonight. Went because it was close and the google reviews were great. We weren't disappointed. Butter chicken and chicken madras great. Service great, loved the ambience and the story behind the photos on the wall. We weren't disappointed and will be back. Thank you.

Apr 25, 2012

7.5 Recommended

Food  7      Ambience  6      Service  9      Value  8     

Consistently tasty and fresh, both dine in and takeaway. Staff are lovely and efficient. Good price.

Mar 23, 2012

5.8 Average

Food  5      Ambience  6      Service  6      Value  6     

Visiting for lunch the other day we noted dine-in prices on the lunch menu for the specials are now $9.50 eat-in. We ordered one of the 'standards' - 'Spicy Calamari' which was not as tasty as previously experienced, nor as plentiful. However, it was still served with choice of a small bowl of steamed or (egg) fried rice.

From the 'Vietnamese Specials' the Pork Spare Ribs with Spring Rolls and Vermicelli sounded appealing (and at $10.50 was at the top end of the lunch menu price scale) but in reality presented as a bowl of cold (undressed) vermicelli noodles, topped with water-logged carrot and cucumber - the 'spare ribs' comprising of some very small slivers of cold pork scattered with peanuts and the spring rolls (2) cut in quarters, and again cold.

The accompanying bowl of basically sugar, water and some chopped chilli lacked fish sauce and any real flavour profile and just added to the overall 'sogginess'. Overall, a real struggle to enjoy anything about this dish.

We previously reviewed in 2011 - Have continued to visit this venue over the years and in 2008 things went downhill somewhat but recalled West End Garden offers a $8.50 lunch special menu (they do offer other lunchtime choices on this menu but they are at their normal a-la-carte prices so read carefully).

On the way to the (superb) Valentino Retrospective at MOMA we were after something quick and tasty so decided to drop in last week. Ordered the 'Spicy Calamari' and the 'Mongolian Beef' from the fairly standard (read safe) choices. Both came with steamed or fried rice and we expected the rice to be on the same plate so were surprised when we received a more than decent sized separate plate of fried rice.

The spicy calamari disappeared in record time, the coating was crisp, the calamari tender with a thin spicy sauce spooned over.

Mongolian Beef was more pedestrian but also generous in size and vegies nice and crisp. Service was swift with iced water quickly provided. For $17 we left very full and certainly feeling we'd received great value for money. Noting the large amount of other lunch-time diners we are not the only ones to think this. Try here when next catching a movie at the nearby Southbank Cinemas during the week.

In 2007 I reviewed as follows: Have dined here on numerous occasions over the years. Pretty consistent food. Can get packed on Friday and Saturday nights especially with larger groups. Young staff well meaning but service can be somewhat haphazard. Picks are the Vietnamese dishes: Vietnamese Combination Spring Rolls, Sugarcane Prawns, Kung Pao Prawns, Garden Shin Beef, Salt and Pepper Squid, Spicy Fried Rice, Creamy Prawns.

Mar 04, 2012

9.2 Highly Recommended

Quality  9      Food  9      Ambience  9      Service  9      Value  10     

We had a lovely trip. The food was great and plenty of it. Service was spot on and the entertainment really complimented the trip. Certainly recommend it as value for money and think it is a Brisbane 'must do'.

Feb 15, 2012

6.8 Recommended

Food  6      Ambience  8      Service  7      Value  6     

Clearly a beautiful and memorable location. Building well maintained. Food prior to 2011 was absolutely magnificent and I would have rated 9's on every aspect. I took 2 clients there for a Sunday lunch in January 2012. I didn't appreciate being greeted as "mate" (I am female and yes, I was a regular at Summit Restaurant.

I was embarrassed to have been recognised and referred to as a regular). It's not like I ask them for a VIP discount! On this day, the service was bad. The current menu is the worst I have seen it in 10 years. There must be a new licensee. I won't take client's there again.

Feb 12, 2012

2.3 Not Recommended

Food  3      Ambience  3      Service  1      Value  2     

Dining for two, we were seated promptly but served food anything but, despite ordering platters of entrees and sides rather than main meals. Musical entertainment plays loud cliches and makes conversation strained. When food arrived, quality and portion sizes did not reflect the price, lamb souvlaki had a dusty texture and was soaked in lemon to the point of bitterness, octopus was bland, a side dish of potatoes seemed to forget that potatoes is plural.

Staff are friendly, but do seem inexperienced. When I spoke to the senior staff afterwards, he was brusque and instantly defensive and overall seemed more concerned with the showmanship rather than quality of a restaurant. Potential clients should also be aware that this is an establishment with age-specific and time of day-specific menus, and as such is not suited to dining with a moderate appetite.

Jan 28, 2012

6 Average

Food  4      Ambience  6      Service  8      Value  6     

We love Greek food and chose this restaurant to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary lunch in December. Usually choose fish but both thought the Duck in Apricot/Orange Sauce would be a nice change. Bread and dips were great but the duck was awful. So dry and tough we had to ask for grill knives but still couldn't get the meat off the bones. The duck had possibly been grilled and the sauce tasted thin and bland like it came from a can.

I asked the waitress to tell the kitchen staff to cook the duck properly if he was going to continue serving it and we received apology. Duck cost $16.90 each. We were told we would get a discount when we paid bill, but nothing was taken off the total amount of $63. We did not want to cause a fuss and left feeling very disappointed. Not sure if we will go back again.

Jan 28, 2012

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  9      Service  10      Value  7     

My partner and I ate dinner here on a Wednesday night. We started with garlic bread, with a glass of red wine, and a beer.

Then my partner had the Seafood Marinara, he said it was really good, fresh seafood, beautiful flavour, and the chef wasn't too light handed on the garlic, we Love garlic.

I had the Ravioli with pumpkin, it was delicious, it took both of us quite a while to finish our meals, they were pretty big servings, not the usual 2 pieces of pasta as a main.

We thought this place was a big more expensive than we are used to, but we enjoyed everything we ate that night, which is hard to achieve as my partner is a chef himself and is so hard to please.

We will definitely be back again, we also thought it was nice how the owner came and checked on us, adding a personal touch.

Jan 20, 2012

9.5 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  10      Service  9      Value  9     

Wonderful place to eat for a special occasion. Ambience is great and food is well presented and delicious. Definitely going back there again!

Jan 12, 2012

7.5 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  8      Service  7      Value  7     

Opted for the romantic dinner package for 2 to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. Our table next to the window was set up with silver heart-shaped confetti strewn on it, with a complimentary box of 4 chocolate truffles. The sweeping panoramic view of the city lights of Brisbane added to our dining experience.

For starters we had champagne cocktail, followed by the chef's appetizer and entree before the main meal (crisp skin Atlantic salmon), followed by a yummy assortment of desserts, and cappuccino. The meal portions were smallish but well-presented and delicious.

Despite it being mid-week, the restaurant seemed busy enough and grew to be somewhat noisy as the evening progressed. The staff were friendly and pleasant, although the service could have been a bit quicker.

Overall, it was a most memorable night out.

Jan 05, 2012

3 Below Average

Quality  2      Food  1      Ambience  3      Service  8      Value  1     

Yep another appalling experience review here. My husband and I spent $400 for the New Years Eve cruise on the very top deck. For this we assumed it would be a classy night out filled with bubbles, fine dining (even with the canapes that was on the menu) and quality entertainment to dance to.

Well what a joke it was. I am so upset that we paid the money for the disgusting night it was. We were served party pies, spring rolls, mini pizzas, samosas - and I am not talking about homemade here, I still can't believe they served this. The good thing is that there were around 4 choices of beer and wine. There was limited staff to wait on the patrons. A lovely man did his best to get around to some of the guests, but it just didn't cut it and the trays were left in the middle of the deck where you helped yourself.

Generally, all of the staff were really lovely and welcoming (the only +). I enjoy having a fun night out but at $200 a pop I didn't expect to be surrounded by young, loud hooligans - I thought it was going to be a classy event! The music was cheesy DJ tunes that even as a professional dancer I did not wish to dance to.

However, the view was lovely and my husband and I did our best to enjoy ourselves. I do not recommend wasting your money...get a city cat!

Response from Management:
Hi rose2012,

We are sorry that the New Years event was not as you were expecting. All our feedback from both our vessels for this event has been so positive. We thank you for taking the time to offer your feedback and are grateful for it as we are constantly striving to improve our product and services. We will certainly pass on all of your feedback to our staff and use your feedback for the development of this event at the end of 2012. Thank you again.

Jan 01, 2012