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User Reviews on Costa Do Sol
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Food 8 |
Ambience 3 |
Service 4 |
Value 7 |
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Judging by the other reviews, we fortunately got them on a good night. It was late, 9 pm, and the place was quiet, so, perhaps, that's why our meals were not overly delayed, but not prompt either! Anyhow, we ordered a Garlic Prawns to share as entree, then I had a steak and partner the Barramundi. The entree was a large serving which was a pleasant surprise. The mains where tasty and cooked well.
The wait staff were amatuers, but friendly enough, but scarce once mains were delivered. I asked for advice regarding their Portuguese wines, but no-one in the place knew anything. The young head waiter merely advised which was the one more often ordered. We took his advice and the wine was acceptable. In summary, a pleasant meal with large servings. I am likely to try the other Portuguese places in the area before going back.
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Edcaneat -
See my reviews 8 , 29 October 2008
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Recommended |
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Food 6 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 7 |
Value 7 |
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I felt I should review this place for a couple of reasons. 1. I had a voucher for this place 2. It's stumbling distance from home 3. The reviews had been so poor thus far I wanted to see just how bad it could be. I was pleasantly suprised. A bit of a lack of ambience. Dead roses on the tables, very busy road outside, good music though.
The food was ok. I've had better and I've certainly had worse. We ordered baby octopus, chicken skewers and calamari. The octopus was nice, beautiful charcoal flavour. The skewer was weird. A massive chunk of butter was melting down the skewer which made it very oily. The calamari was chargrilled too. Not what I expected but still nice. The sides left a bit to be desired, very unoriginal and unflavoursome salad, nice chips.
The service was pretty good though. We had a young guy who was very attentive, cheerful and had the whole place under control by himself. The bill was reasonable, but then we had a voucher. I wouldn't rave about this place but given the previous poor reviews I'd say don't avoid it, just don't expect gourmet.
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SarahDib -
See my reviews 3, 22 September 2008
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Recommended |
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Food 8 |
Ambience 8 |
Service 6 |
Value 8 |
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Been there once but for sure will come back. Loved the size of the portions and the taste of the food! Just the service is a bit slow for Australian standards but that's the way it's done in Portugal, so.. Looking forward to going back.
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lulauffer -
See my reviews 1, 29 August 2008
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Not Recommended |
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Food 3 |
Ambience 2 |
Service 1 |
Value 1 |
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The worst dining experience I have had in Sydney. After the initial order no member of staff came near our table to see if we wanted to order any drinks while we waited the hour and a half it took for our meal to arrive, then only half of the order came. I had to ask several times for the rest of the order while food was delivered to tables around us who had ordered after us. When the rest of the order finally arrived, it was obvious that at least one of the dishes had been sitting under a hot lamp for quite some time. With the sauce congealing and the 'steak' tough and overcooked - should have been medium/rare.
Asked to speak to the manager, who blamed everything on the chef, and seemed to have no awareness or control over what was going on. The only almost apology was the offering of dessert on the house which we did not take as didn't fancy waiting another hour and a half for it to arrive. No reduction on the bill. We will definitely not be returning.
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TheWeeYin -
See my reviews 1, 05 July 2008
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Below Average |
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Food 5 |
Ambience 3 |
Service 1 |
Value 3 |
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Rude wait staff that everything you ask for is a complete chore! entree took 35 minutes, mains an hour and a half. My bottle of wine was way finished by the time mains arrived so it didn't really matter that much that the food was average.
corkage $5.50 per bottle, sparkling water - $7 for an el cheapo bottle.
Twice I had to go to the counter to ask for service. Overall don't go there -there are far better deserving restaurants around.
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purplelf -
See my reviews 1, 13 May 2008
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Food 7 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 1 |
Value 5 |
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Service was very slow and amateurish. Only the boss seemed to know what he was doing. Were the others still being trained by him on a busy Saturday night?
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michaelgh -
See my reviews 3, 29 April 2008
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Below Average |
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Food 6 |
Ambience 3 |
Service 1 |
Value 2 |
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This is the second time we have been to Costa Del Sol. The first time was terrific so much so that we encouraged relatives to join us last night. Our second experience was so far removed from the first that it was as if it was a different restaurant. A grumpy head waiter took us to our table and took our order. Took our own wine but ordered some soft drinks and water. The "coke" was some cheap and nasty brand and had decided to order more with the meal but no waiter came near us for almost an hour!
We had only ordered mains but waited an hour for one of them to arrive. We called over the waiters a few times but got no response. The first of our main courses arrived, then the sides for the other two, the second and third orders arrived about 15 minutes after that and one was wrong. The fourth order finally arrived 15 minutes after the others. The replacement dish arrived just as we decided to leave. We will never return.
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Chris and Paula -
See my reviews 2, 13 April 2008
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Food 6 |
Ambience 5 |
Service 4 |
Value 4 |
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I went there for a quiet sunday dinner with some friends. I was expecting good food, friendly service and good atmosphere... unfortunately I got disappointed.
The food was just ok (we shared several dishes) but absolutely no atmosphere, the service was a bit rude, I was just wondering if it is a crime not to order coffee or desserts at the end the meal?. I won't come back.
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helif -
See my reviews 11, 10 March 2008
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Below Average |
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Food 5 |
Ambience 5 |
Service 1 |
Value 2 |
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Never been here before. Thought we'd take a gamble as we only had 1 and a half hours to get back home to watch our favorite TV show. (5 minutes away) Big mistake. It was a reasonably busy Saturday night. Orders took a long time to be taken. The head waiter publicly scolded the poor assistant who passed on our request to have our orders taken. Entrees took 1 hour to arrive. Gin's and tonic were completely flat and had to be sent back. 90 minutes after arriving, my partner tried to move things along by informing the senior staff that we were ready for our main course now.
The lady (senior staff) scowled at us and said tersely "You'll have to wait". I was deeply shocked and outraged. Had we not been waiting so long and were now so hungry, I would have walked out at this point. The food was tolerably good, but difficult to enjoy since the overall experience was so horrible. We missed our favorite TV show. Just don't go there.
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See my reviews 1, 02 March 2008
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Food 1 |
Ambience 2 |
Service 1 |
Value 1 |
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Sunday 3/2/2008
My partner and I ordered the paella ($55 overall for the dish).
The head waiter did not smile once and had a very poor knowledge of what was in the paella.
After 30 minutes of waiting (that was OK as it is expected for a good paella) the meal was delivered.
After the first few mouthful it was quite apparent that this was the worst paella that I/we had ever tasted.
The chicken was dry and overcooked.
The prawns and mussels were rubbery and overcooked.
The rice and peas were tasteless.
We alerted this fact to the owner of the restaurant. All she could say was SORRY and scurried off not to be seen again for the rest of the night.
We asked for the bill (no discount for their poor effort), paid it and left vowing never to return there again.
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lousyd2000 -
See my reviews 1, 03 February 2008
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