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User Reviews on Frattini
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Frattini is a rather charming looking building located on Marion Street - one of Leichardt's main arteries when it comes to the lifeblood of food in the area. Upon entering, we had to wait at least 5 minutes, standing in the middle of the front dining room before we were even acknowledged. (I tend to minus points when I'm made to stand like shag on a rock whilst the rest of the diners are thinking "What are they doing, just standing there?")
That aside, once we were seated and bread brought to the table, we found that we had neither plates nor cutlery to eat them with. Were we to just break the bread and then whack it on the table? Anyone? Bueller?
On to the main event. If you like your food:
a) over salted
b) dripping in oil
c) over-cooked or
d) smothered in so much cream you start to wonder if your heart will survive the meal
e) all of the above
Then you're in luck. Frattini might just be what you're looking for.
Food crimes abound in the entree course: Aside from taking delicately flavoured ingredients such as Zucchini flowers, and Sea Scallops and (figuratively) stomping all over them by drenching them in either too much oil or too much cream, the Poached Oyster Mushrooms in Chilli and Garlic resembled a filmy soup of overcooked mushrooms floating in a vat of oil.
Hoping for a more promising main course of Prawns Al Sugo (cooked in a tomato-based sauce), Grilled, Baby Barramundi, Veal Bosciola and Stuffed Veal Skewers, we waited for more than half an hour until these were served.
Suffice to say that I was rather surprised to find a child-sized wading pool-worth of oil sitting underneath the overcooked (though not devoid of taste) veal. The Barramundi itself, which should have been firm, was soft and melting in texture, not a good thing when the fish in question is by definition a firm-fleshed one (this is a sign of extended freezing).
To boot, this harrowing tale of bad food set us back over $250 for 5 people prompting some of us to wonder why we didn't just flush the cash down the toilet and saved the hassle.
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fooderati -
See my reviews 1 , 05 May 2008
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Food 7 |
Ambience 8 |
Service 10 |
Value 8 |
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We were a table of 8 and service was timely and professional. Apart from the noisy ambience, which was appropriate for a bustling Italian eatery, I had no problems. The level of noise was at times fairly significant which meant I mainly spoke to the person next to me, but she was nice so it was fine by me.
As it got late and the place became half full, it was perfect. The food was around 7-8 of 10; I had the Osso Bucco which was a decent flavour and texture but not a masterpiece. We were the third last table to leave at 23.30 on a Tuesday and there was no perceptible push. Overall a pretty good experience.
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anthonyje -
See my reviews 2, 24 April 2008
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Service 7 |
Value 1 |
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This was a big disappointment...food was very ordinary and I thought overpriced. I know everyone has opinions, well in my opinion it would have to be the worst restaurant I have ever been to and I wouldn't go back there even if it was free, simply a waste of a good evening.
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barry -
See my reviews 1, 19 April 2008
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Food 8 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 8 |
Value 8 |
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Despite the varied reviews on this site, we had dinner (8 people) on Saturday evening. We booked for 8pm, and were promptly shown to our table, at the back of restaurant. It seemed that every other table was already occupied when we arrived.
It crossed my mind that the service might thus be slow, but our waitress quickly sorted out drinks and menus, and we ordered about 8:20.
Our entrees arrived promptly, and most were very good. The whitebait fritters, scallops and vegetable risotto were particularly good. I had the field mushrooms, which were a bit disappointing...just 3 small grilled plain mushrooms and a few lettuce scraps.
Mains were similarly prompt, and not one of our group had any complaints about their food, which included 2 seafood dishes, veal shanks, schnitzel, and my very tasty veal pamigiano.
Our waitress was excellent - always seemed to be there when we needed her, and was very efficient and pleasant to deal with. We thought that it was overall good value - zero corkage, complimentary bread and vegetable plates with the mains.
The only downside was that it was very noisy, and so hard to converse to anyone not right next to or opposite you. Partly this was due to one very loud nearby table, and also because we were in the smaller area at the rear of the restaurant. Overall, a good experience, and good value.
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d&p -
See my reviews 15, 03 February 2008
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Food 7 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 8 |
Value 8 |
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I know these ratings are very subjective, but I felt I had to add my own comments when I saw someone else had given it all 1's. We like Frattini's! When we lived in the inner city, we would go once a month. Now we live in the Mountains, we go less often, but every opportunity we get.
One telling incident was when we drove past at about 11:30 one Monday morning, thinking "I wonder if they're open for lunch". They were! The place was half full and buzzing with locals and regulars. Not bad for a place that's a bit away from the main part of town! Some things are better than others. We often just order a selection of entrées: whitebait fritters, ricotta dumplings w/ gorgonzola sauce, beef carpaccio. For a reasonably priced restaurant, it is highly recommended and good value.
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Mike C -
See my reviews 1, 04 January 2008
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Food 1 |
Ambience 5 |
Service 4 |
Value 1 |
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I like to try new food places, and Frattinis looked very cute and authentic. I took a guest staying with me out wanting to introduce them to one of the many lovely dining places in Leichhardt. Unfortunately, Frattinis reminded me why I always should try, before I take guests. Food, seafood that was off to the point of inedible, granted that put me in a bad mood but the other dishes were pretty plain in a home economics in year 7 type of way.
Service, mediocre at best, Price, my theory is out of the three (Food, Service, Price) you have to have two to make it a place you revisit. It wasn’t screamingly cheap. If you frequent it and it works for you, great! (some people must go there because they asked if we had a booking) so go enjoy. But to new comers I wouldn’t go unless you want to spend the evening annoyed that you wasted a perfectly good eating opportunity on this place.
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badaba -
See my reviews 1, 06 December 2007
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Food 10 |
Ambience 10 |
Service 10 |
Value 10 |
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I live in Leichhardt. I eat everywhere. My wife and I know the owner and find him and all staff very helpful. We take guest there from all over the world. Not once have we had anything but fantastic service and food quality. To read some of the negative comments makes me wonder if these people actually went to Fratinis, if you don't want to get ripped off and don't mind a little ambient noise (it is a happy Italian restaurant for heavens sake) you cannot go past this Italian Restaurant. No I am not related to the cook, nor do I have shares in the place. If I could buy some I would.
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Stephen L -
See my reviews 1, 12 November 2007
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Food 1 |
Ambience 1 |
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Value 1 |
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Very disgusted in the whole experience. We were seated for two right in front of the kitchen servery. First off still waiting for garlic bread. The bell would ring for food that is ready to be taken out at one stage I think it was about seven minutes till someone came leaning over food to put orders in the kitchen but still walking away leaving food there getting cold.
The food we ordered we found to be undercooked and very under average for a restaurant. Very rushy service entrees over mains straight out. The table beside got everything at once, behind that the table had left with all plates on there when the patrons had left a good half hour very disgusted.
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jl079 -
See my reviews 2, 13 October 2007
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Food 5 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 6 |
Value 4 |
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Comfortable atmosphere although a tad noisy - service was fine. Am sitting on the fence about the food - nothing great but not bad. I guess so many Italian places do the same thing it's hard to stand out. It's a little pricey, don't we fooled by the pasta prices on the menu, they are for entrees, you'll need to add an extra $6 for a main portion (it's in the fine print!).
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Eduardo -
See my reviews 22, 31 August 2007
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Food 7 |
Ambience 8 |
Service 7 |
Value 6 |
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This place certainly looks and feels nice. I have no real complaints, but it just didn't make me want to rush back either. Thought the portions were a bit small for the price.
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Reco Dean -
See my reviews 6, 16 July 2007
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