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Suzanne L. reviewed About Life, Bondi Junction

Cafes, Native Australian, Serves Breakfast, Serves Dinner, Serves Lunch

Overall 6.7 17

4.3 Below Average

Food 6 Ambience 2 Service 1 Value 8

The peak hour wait every morning is just horrific. Step up your game, or I will go elsewhere. I am not the only one to notice how long it takes to get served and receive your takeaway coffee of a morning.

Today, they had one person taking order and the same person making the coffee. C'mon Aboutlife for the prices you charge, we need Faster service.

May 30, 2012

Suzanne L.
1

foodhead88 reviewed Sandbar, Dee Why

Restaurants, Modern Australian, BYO, Restaurant Bookings, Water View

Overall 7.2 124

9.5 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 9 Service 10 Value 9

We love Sandbar. A favourite of ours for dinner but have been many times for breakfast also.

The menu is really varied and the food is consistently great. The same faces seem to have been working there for a long time which says a lot about the service. Very friendly and efficient. Great location. Great place. Well done Sandbar.

May 30, 2012

foodhead88
3

Rumpus reviewed Panzerotti Cafe, Sydney

Cafes, Licensed, Serves Breakfast, Serves Lunch

Overall 4.8 13

7.8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 8 Service 8 Value 7

Food was good. We had the amitriciana, napoletana and prosciutto pastas and soft drinks. Waiter got the prosciutto mixed up with puttanesca but he apologised when the mistake was pointed out. In a few minutes the correct dish was brought out. They welcome children but it's better if your kid can sit up unaided as I don't recall seeing any highchairs.

Wish I tried the coffee, after reading other people's comments!

May 30, 2012

Rumpus
46

foodhead88 reviewed Pilu At Freshwater, Freshwater

Restaurants, Italian, Fine Dining, Child Friendly, Citibank Dining Program

Overall 8 208

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 10 Service 8 Value 7

Great location. Perfect backdrop. I like the food but it is a little on the expensive side for what you get. Service is always solid. Good winelist.

May 30, 2012

foodhead88
3

foodhead88 reviewed Seachange Cafe and Grill, Dee Why

Restaurants, Modern Australian, Seafood, Steak House, Vegetarian

Overall 7.4 63

6.5 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 5 Service 5 Value 8

I like Seachange for brekkie. The food is always consistent. Love the Cali.
The thing I don't like about Seachange is that the tables are so crammed in that you feel like you are sitting on top of the people around you. You actually have to stand up at times to allow people to get around you. The staff are young generally so sometimes service can be hit and miss but we go back.

May 30, 2012

foodhead88
3

hucklola reviewed Top Tea House, Sydney

Cafes, English

Overall 6 31

4 Below Average

Food 3 Ambience 5 Service 4 Value 4

Very disappointing experience. The service was friendly, but the waitress was rushed off her feet. Food not of high quality, tea weak. Will not return.

May 30, 2012

hucklola
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Gary C. reviewed Sandbar, Dee Why

Restaurants, Modern Australian, BYO, Restaurant Bookings, Water View

Overall 7.2 124

9.8 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 10 Service 10 Value 9

Awesome dining experience and great service. Espatada is a knock out. I also love breakfast there with possibly the best coffee on the beachs.

May 30, 2012

Gary C.
1

Andrew P. reviewed Little Monk, Pyrmont

Restaurants, Asian Fusion, Thai, Family Dining, Good for Brunch

Overall 7.2 12

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 7 Service 8 Value 8

We love the Little Monk for dine in or takeaway. The pork belly is especially delicious, but everything that comes out of that tiny kitchen is a sensation.

May 30, 2012

Andrew P.
1

mickmick1221 reviewed Maroubra Junction Hotel, Maroubra

Pubs, Italian

Overall 4.1 10

9.6 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Drinks 9 Ambience 9 Service 10 Value 10

The first impression when I walked in MJH’s restaurant was totally different than I came in last time: new decoration, new name as ” MJ’s “ which suits this restaurant and the hotel. New menu with all varieties of dishes which more than only normal pub food (PS, the waitress mentioned few more new dishes are coming up soon).

I ordered a rib eye (served with mushroom sauce) side dish with veggies, the rib eye cooked exactly what I ordered as med - rare, I can say it’s better than I expected, sauce taste nice and fresh with new set of veggies which made it looks gorgeous. Really friendly staff with perfect service provided. Great value, Great food! I definitely will come back again with my friends and family.

May 30, 2012

mickmick1221
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Jacqui G. reviewed Arabella, Newtown

Restaurants, Lebanese, BYO, Child Friendly, Outdoor Dining

Overall 6.2 141

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 8 Service 8 Value 8

I dined here on a Saturday night and enjoyed my time here immensely, and would definitely recommend it to others seeking yummy authentic Lebanese food and a fun lively atmosphere.

Our waitress was very welcoming and showed us to a large table near the front window, and was able to answer any questions we had, we enjoyed attentive but not over the top service which was nice for a change.

The food was the star attraction of course with the lamb shawarma having a fuller flavor than many I have had before, the mansaf dejaj had a very nice tenderized pulled chicken topping which I really enjoyed having never had the dish before. And we enjoyed the belly dancing show (if you’re up for some fun: joining in is encouraged!)

All in all a great night out for my anniversary, with a more unusual treat at the end of champagne and shisha out the front under their cozy heaters. I’m really glad I tried it despite mixed reviews online and thought I’d share my experience of a little of Lebanon in Newtown that I really enjoyed.

May 30, 2012

Jacqui G.
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peterbob123 reviewed Bakers Delight, Eastwood

Bakeries

Overall 6.5 2

3 Below Average

Service 3

The shop assistant was very rude. I didn't buy anything that morning was just making enquiries about something outside the shop and her responses was words like "I don't know what you're talking about" or "what do you want me to do?"
more customer service training is needed I think.

May 30, 2012

peterbob123
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Rumpus reviewed Maranellos Woodfired Pizza Ristorante Concord, Concord

Restaurants, Italian, Pizza, Vegetarian, Family Dining

Overall 7 23

8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 8 Service 8 Value 8

Had a Maranello pizza, a spaghetti bolognaise and garlic bread between 2 adults and 1 little kid for weekend lunch. It was plenty. Pizza was tasty, pasta was good but sauce a little bit on the tart side. My kid must have enjoyed it, he ate 2 cereal bowlfuls of the pasta.

Food was good, was glad when the staff changed the music to some latin stuff. I'm not keen on pop music during my meals.

May 30, 2012

Rumpus
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Rumpus reviewed Darling Sea Breeze, Rozelle

Seafood Stores

Overall 9.4 2

8.8 Highly Recommended

Quality 8 Ambience 9 Service 9 Value 9

Been here 3 times in the last 2 months. I've had the battered fish and the grilled fish of the day. The battered fish is good, but the grilled fish is so tender and flaky with a nice herb mix scattered over the top. Good value and good fish.

May 30, 2012

Rumpus
46

miti reviewed Redleaf Pool Cafe, Double Bay

Cafes

Overall 6.8 10

9.3 Highly Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 10 Service 9 Value 10

The Redleaf Pool Cafe is such a gem. Excellent location. A pleasure to spend breakfast or lunch, or just drop in for coffee, whilst looking out to such a stunning view! Food is nice and wholesome.

May 30, 2012

miti
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Lucy A. reviewed Hog's Breath Cafe, St Marys

Restaurants, English, Steak House, Has Bar, Has Cafe

Overall 5.1 21

9 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 9 Value 9

Had one of the best steaks after a long time. I am not really a steal eater, but I do like to eat at hogsbreath cafe. The steaks are cooked for 18 hours and tastes delicious!

May 30, 2012

Lucy A.
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arvana reviewed SparQling, Burwood

Restaurants, Pizza, Outdoor Dining, Serves Dinner, Serves Lunch

Overall 6.9 9

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 7 Service 9 Value 10

My first time visit to this restaurant was very pleasant. My friends and I were unaware of how massive the serving sizes are! In hindsight, we could have ordered one chicken schnitzel and easily shared it between three people with hungry appetites!

The food was very tasty and the service was excellent. I would go back here again.

May 30, 2012

arvana
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mauglee reviewed Harbourside Indian, North Sydney

Restaurants, Indian, Serves Takeaway, Restaurant Bookings, Menulog Delivery and Pickup

Overall 6.5 74

4.5 Below Average

Food 6 Ambience 8 Service 1 Value 3

The food is quite good. My friend had butter chicken with plain naan and rice and she's quite happy with the meal. I had lamb Vindaloo with plain naan and rice which is alright but the lamb was dry.

The service, however, was bad. They quite pushy in terms of selling their food. They keep asking us if we want some popodums, like, 5 times. Then they keep asking if we want wine or entree, over and over again when we already told them no we don't want wine or entree, and dismissing me when I tried to order some mango lassi.

At the end, they short change us altho it wasn't much but still we'd like to have our change. Maybe they have an automatic tipping system when you pay the bill.

Overall, we decided not to go back there anymore.

May 30, 2012

mauglee
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northshore reviewed Wooden Spoon Bar & Restaurant, Cremorne

Restaurants, Modern Australian, Has Bar, Restaurant Bookings

Overall 7.6 2

7.3 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 6 Service 8 Value 7

We were really impressed with the calibre of this new local, which we booked after a recommendation from a foodie friend. My partner and I ate entrees and mains, all of which were beautifully presented and offered interesting flavour combinations that worked really well. We cleaned our plates!

The wine list has some good choices of international as well as Australian. We enjoyed a lovely Rioja.

The dessert selection also looked appealing, but we decided to leave it until the next time, which will hopefully be soon! The only point against this place is its ambience, the lighting is a little too bright and we felt a bit exposed with the high ceiling.

All in all the food was excellent and the service very attentive.

May 30, 2012

northshore
3

jenlee282 reviewed Rhodes Phoenix, Rhodes

Restaurants, Chinese, Yum Cha, Citibank Dining Program, Has Bar

Overall 6.3 147

6.5 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 5 Service 6 Value 7

I go to this yum cha alot due to location. I always take a chinese friend with me as they find it hard to understand me (aussie). I find the prices are average. The service is a little rushed as its always busy. I love the food, variety and taste and will continue to dine here.

May 30, 2012

jenlee282
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meee reviewed Icebergs Dining Room and Bar, Bondi Beach

Restaurants, Italian, Vegetarian, Fine Dining, Hip and Trendy

Overall 6.4 258

4.3 Below Average

Food 5 Ambience 6 Service 3 Value 3

Firstly – the view is spectacular. However, this isn’t enough to make up for the incredibly slow service, the tatty furniture and the average food at ridiculous prices.

We were seated along a couch on one side of the table and although it was stuffed with cushions you could see all the wear and tear on it, making it look like furniture from a youth hostel rather than a nice restaurant. Similarly the metal surfaces needed polishing and there were crumbs on the chairs.

We arrived at 12pm for our lunch booking and didn’t get our entrees until 1.30pm. It then took another hour for mains. We had asked repeatedly about the delay and in the end we wanted to leave before the mains even came. When they did arrive they were really average and somehow things which should have been flavour-packed were bland. The only mains that some of our group enjoyed were the simple grilled fish, although again the sauces served with them were nothing special. And for $35+ dishes you feel ripped off.

I wouldn’t come back here, there are far better places around.

May 30, 2012