Aquacotta

9.5 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  10      Service  9      Value  9     

Absolutely delicious pizza, I recommend the seafood one it's amazing. Friendly staff and great ambience. Loved the jazz music they played. Not a great variety of wine but overall lovely experience. I would rate it the best Italian pizza in the area. Loved it loved it loved it. Will definitely go back there again.

Apr 25, 2012 

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  7      Service  8      Value  9     

Walked in there on a Friday night to beat the commotion of finding a decent place to eat and the selection was great. Service was good, ambience was comfortable (though I would have loved classical Jazz than mainstream jazz) but I was more impressed with the wood fired pizza. I rate it as one of the best in the area. Its a must Try.

Apr 22, 2012 

4 Below Average

Ambience  7      Service  1     

We went to this restaurant around 5-6 pm on April the first on my sister’s birthday, it was cold, raining and windy outside, and we had a reservation 2 weeks in advance which they claimed there was none but we were fine seeing as the restaurant was nearly empty.

When we first entered the restaurant was nearly empty at the time and we were seated in front of the door. The waiter came to us as soon as we sat down without giving us a chance to look over the menu and demanded what we wanted to drink, basically without no knowledge of the drinks available it turned into a guessing game as he was vague about what was available, we took this in good part and ignored the lack of service.

Then as people came in the wind would blow in making my sisters cold and uncomfortable seeing as we were seating directly in front of the door, so we asked one of the two waiters, who originally seated us, if we could move to another table because it was cold and he gladly agreed.

This is where it all started to go sour, when we moved tables the other waiter who gave us our menu’s realized we had moved tables and reacted offensively by glaring rudely and angrily at us multiple times and then aggressively grabbed and threw the wine menu that was left on the table back onto the stack while continuously glaring our way, he continued in this manner by throwing cutlery they had placed on the table we originally sat at back onto the pile.

When he finally approached to take our order and we informed him that we had asked the other waiter before if we could move and were given permission and that we saw his rude mannerism and glaring, he was unapologetic and just wanted us to order to get it over and done with. At this point we just paid for our untouched drinks and left bringing a disappointing end to my sister’s birthday.

Since we weren’t able to try the food due to the rude service we cannot comment on the food. The place looked nice, cosy and welcoming in décor (but not service). I would recommend taking your money elsewhere, as I would rather spend my money somewhere with better service.

Apr 05, 2012 

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  9      Service  9      Value  7     

The service was very attentive and friendly. We loved the food.

Dec 13, 2011 

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  8      Service  9      Value  9     

Great place, friendly staff and delicious gourmet pizza!

Aug 23, 2011 

7.3 Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  6      Service  6      Value  8     

All food was great, we ordered 2 entrees, 3 mains and 3 desserts, 3 coffees and a bottle of wine. Both entrees were delicious (rocket salad and garlic prawns).
Pizza - delicious but Way too much cheese. Seafood hotpot (Aquacotta), one of the best ever! Chicken Parmigiana, lovely. Tasted great and looked beautiful on the plate.

Loved the tomato base sauce in all the Italian dishes. Tiramisu and Mille Fuille were Huge and delicious and the gelato at this place is smooth, rich and creamy. Just to die for!

Our mains took ages to come as there was a party (of about 20 people) there but they brought us over a free garlic pizza to eat while we waited, which we didn't ask for, which was a nice touch.

And the grand total? Under $140 including alcohol and we were very full and satisfied. We're definitely coming back here.

May 22, 2011 

6.3 Average

Food  7      Ambience  7      Service  6      Value  5     

I've been to this place a number of times, My first time was about a year and a bit ago when it was not as busy. The food was beautiful and the service was great, the price wasn't too bad either. I'm not sure what has happened, but recently the prices have increased with the food quality not as great, the service is always up and down, can be great sometimes and can be poor.

The pizza's are quite nice, but the pasta's are very average. For the amount of money you pay, you'd expect more. One thing to try is their Nutella Rollata, which is absolutely amazing!

Overall, its a hit and miss, the restaurant deserves a try, but depending on the night you may have a good or pretty average experience.

Apr 26, 2011 

4.8 Average

Food  7      Ambience  7      Service  1      Value  4     

Food is above average but very expensive. But what really lets this place down is the service. Our only night here - we had the most inattentive waiter in the world. He was too busy setting up tables and wiping down glasses and cutlery to serve us. And fighting with the pizza making chefs. So not professional - I would rather spend my money some where with better service.

Apr 18, 2011 

6.3 Average

Food  6      Ambience  7      Service  7      Value  5     

Dinner here was enjoyable, but given the proximity to other Italian restaurants I doubt we will be back soon. The mixed entree was pretty good, but nothing exciting. I asked for my main dish, the salmon, to come out medium rare and it was medium well. My partner's steak was a bit sinewy and medium rather than medium rare. Having said that the zuppa inglese was to die for and so was the other dessert, the gelato.

The restaurant is interestingly decked out and quite nice, the service was a little casual. It was okay, but I'm looking for great when I spend that kind of coin.
Nice concept but needs some attention to detail.

Nov 29, 2010 

5 Average

Food  3      Ambience  6      Service  8      Value  3     

Very expensive, and small dish was served.

Sep 10, 2010