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User Reviews on Bella Costa
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Food 5 |
Ambience 5 |
Service 3 |
Value 4 |
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At 2.30pm on the weekend with the restaurant barely half full, we had to wait until nearly 4pm for our food. The excuse was that there was a larger table at the front that had priority - I'd hate to know how long we'd have to wait if the resteraunt was actually busy. As per the previous comment, the crepe was poor and seemed as though it was microwaved in a few minutes when in fact we had been waiting more than hour.
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suti -
See my reviews 2 , 18 August 2008
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Not Recommended |
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Food 3 |
Ambience 2 |
Service 3 |
Value 3 |
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The restaurant lacks any form of atmosphere, the service was very average to say the least and the food was very mediocre. I ordered the crepe which was thick, stodgy and lacked any flavour tasted like a lump of old rubber! Will not be rushing back in any hurry.
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ndobner -
See my reviews 2, 16 May 2008
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Food 8 |
Ambience 8 |
Service 8 |
Value 7 |
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Bella Costa has improved a lot since I last wrote a review for them.
I decided to give them another chance seeing as I had Entertainment Book vouchers to use and I must say I was pleasantly surprised.
Service is good and the food is delicious. The mid-week special is value for money as well. A great local place.
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Shire Girl -
See my reviews 7, 13 May 2008
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Average |
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Food 5 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 5 |
Value 2 |
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The food at Bella Costa generally tasted good and was nicely presented but was to small for $40 a plate, we left still a little hungry and a little broke.
Oh and after reading Carrie1's review about the knife stuck in the top of the damper with two lone star butters on the side, we had a good laugh when we were served the same thing.
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RandleFlagg -
See my reviews 3, 23 April 2008
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Recommended |
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Food 9 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 7 |
Value 9 |
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Opting for the $40 3-course set menu, my five spice calamari was both delicious and beautifully presented. I had a veal dish for main, incredibly tender with a lovely mushroom-based sauce and two veggies. The chocolate parfait for dessert was equally fantastic.
My only complaint was slow service due to missing staff, but the manager was very apologetic and was aware of the problem.
We'll be back!
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quannum -
See my reviews 5, 03 January 2008
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Food 9 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 8 |
Value 6 |
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Service was super, the waiter was especially good with kids, making my grumpy seven years old laugh a lot. The food was excellent and only got a lower score because portion sizes were very small, however would definitely return.
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janey 473 -
See my reviews 1, 15 December 2007
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Highly Recommended |
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Food 9 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 10 |
Value 9 |
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Had a lovely dinner. The $33 mid week 2 course deal was great value and serving size such that I couldn't even finish the main course. Staff were friendly and I appreciated their follow up phone calls when I accidently left my wallet on the floor when we left the restaurant.
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ert -
See my reviews 1, 20 September 2007
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Recommended |
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Food 5 |
Ambience 8 |
Service 8 |
Value 6 |
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We visited this restaurant for the first time a few weeks ago. At first glance the place was packed with people, a good sign we thought! We sat down and discovered soon later that the service was also very good. We all had the special entree, stuffed king prawns and they were great.
A friend and I decided to go all out and ordered the Lobster thermidor, the 1/2 size for $39? I think. This was a big mistake, the lobster was completely drowned in sauce.. but not the oh so lovely thermidor.. this was so bad it could have been an entire jar of mustard poured over the lobster.. we couldn't actually taste the lobster at all. I know there is a small amount of mustard in thermidor sauce but this was obviously a mistake!... it was inedible. My friend had the spaghetti marinara and it looked lovely and full of seafood..no mustard in sight.
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THE CLAW -
See my reviews 1, 15 August 2007
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Highly Recommended |
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Food 10 |
Ambience 10 |
Service 10 |
Value 10 |
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Best seafood platter ever, great choice of wines, desserts were fantastic and the staff were very helpful and friendly. Yum. The only place to go for a seafood platter..
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chonny87 -
See my reviews 3, 14 June 2007
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Not Recommended |
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Food 3 |
Ambience 3 |
Service 2 |
Value 2 |
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My friend and I had a disastrous midweek dinner. The restaurant was the busiest along the strip, enticing us in thanks to the "That many people can't be wrong!" mentality. Evidently, that many people can be very wrong. We were given a tiny table against a wall that we almost had to climb over people to reach since the tables are packed so closely together. Service was slow and unprofessional, and made the experience resemble dinner at Fawlty Towers.
We ordered the Petaluma Riesling, the most expensive white in a very average selection. When our waitress went to the bar to get two glasses, she began scrutinising one under the light. Not content with that, she took the glass to the cashier's area to view it under a brighter light. Horrified, I assumed she'd realise that if there was that much doubt over whether a glass was clean, the best bet would be to select another one! Instead, she brought the same glasses to our table and examined the suspect one further under the overhead light in front of us!!!
When she put the glass down I immediately spotted something stuck to the inside and pointed it out. She simply said, "Oh, ok...", but rather than get a new glass, she washed out the dirty one and dried it with an old tea towel!! We should have walked out, but as it was 8.45pm and we were starving, we tried to grin and bear it. When the food arrived, we were sorry we stayed. We laughed at our damper, a large bun with a knife stuck vertically in the centre, and two foil packets of Allowrie butter on the side (vs the olive oil or properly presented butter we expected).
We both had swordfish, and it was the worst I'd ever eaten, inedible in parts due to the poor quality of the fish and the preparation. When we politely asked a waiter to close the door (which diners kept leaving open as they departed) as it was cold, he made a sarcastic remark before begrudgingly walking over at a snail's pace. I realise that food and service in the suburbs usually never compare to city standards. However, in my view only a local who wanted to dine close to home or had never sampled other areas could will themselves to enjoy this place, as food, service, and atmosphere are dreadful.
Never have we been in a restaurant where one wall is littered with Responsible Service of Alcohol signs!! We soon figured out why, most patrons were groups of young locals who were (girls included) swigging beer out of stubbies and becoming increasingly raucous. If you're thinking of travelling to eat here, don't bother.
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Carrie1 -
See my reviews 6, 05 June 2007
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