All I'm going to say is that the seafood was off and we had to leave the restaurant without eating a thing. It ruined what was meant to be a great night out.
Always see this place busy near my work and went in for a meal. Tried the garlic prawns for entree and shanks for main. Let's just say the prawns were delicious and the shanks melted in my mouth. We were very impressed by the food and lively atmosphere. Soy latte with honey I ordered came out perfect and not burnt like most cafes do to your soy. Big thumbs up! Will be back again.
I have been to this place a few times and thought it was ok but the last time I went(since they have done it up mind you) wasn't a very good experience at all. The drinks weren't served very fast and we were told there was no bourbon even though there was. Once we got our overpriced meal it lacked the flavour this place once had. I didn't even finish my pasta because it didn't taste like much. The meat was chewy and not tender at all. If an overpriced tastless meal is what you're after eat here.
Last night I held my work dinner at Macchiato, party of 33 people. Firstly, the service started the moment I called Macchiato enquiring package deals for the group. I was promised I’ll receive an email within the hour regarding my query.
This was fulfilled and the price was in my budget, which is certainly value for money.
My colleagues were impressed by my choice. As they loved the interior especially the lights and couch like chairs. We had 5 types of pizza which were all a hit! The favourite was the BBQ chicken and a pizza called Macchiato! Service was great – as I had been kept in the loop on when to expect the pizzas by the floor staff. Waiters were prompt on the “beverages” demands by my colleagues.
Overall my group were very impressed by food/place/service. I would certainly recommend Macchiato. I would say to those who’ve had a bad experience in the past, just to give it another go as they’ll be surprised!!
If they continue to keep up the same level of service that was provided last night and the same quality of food being dished out, they’ll have plenty of repeat customers. I’ve quickly shot through an email survey amongst my colleagues, they too back my opinions on Macchiato. Happy customers x 33
Had lunch here mid-week and ordered a pizza. The pizza is a crispy woodfired one with a thin base and it was delicious. It is not cheap though and there is only (medium) size but it does taste good.
Service was polite and efficient but no one went that extra mile to ask if sides, entrees etc were required. But I wasn't really concerned about that as it was only a break from work. I'd go back for another pizza during lunch.
I've been to this place lots of times, with mixed degrees of satisfaction post-meal.
Their staff aren't very friendly and lack a desire to help you. They are also not very attentive at all. I sometimes have to wait a bit before they realise I'm standing there waiting to be seated! One of them also has a habit of slamming plates/cups onto the table, I attribute that to his stress and inability to realise what he's doing can be quite rude.
I think nothing's really worth it there, it is overpriced for what it is. If you do go, I would only recommend ordering the pizza. Everything else is not really that great!
When you go there, expect for a long wait until you get their food. They are often very busy, though I'm not sure why the management can't figure out a way to make things more efficient so that customers don't have to wait that long.
Why would you still go to this place despite its poor management and staff? Because there's nothing else to eat in the city! Sydney is lacking in quality and tasty dining options, Melbourne is so much better in this aspect.
Yes and I probably wouldn't go here without some sort of discounting device, eg Entertainment Card. It wouldn't be worth it otherwise.
I will never go back to this place again. The platter of seafood I ordered was extremely oily and tasteless, calamari rings were soft like they had been pre-fried for hours and chucked cold on the plate. The steak, despite asking for med-rare, was well and truly cooked through, and burned. There was a rich film of oil on the plate which was half finished, yes, I couldn't even finish it.
We were there on a friday night, so, perhaps, it was the busyness...but there is no excuse for awful food like that. Just in case you think I'm a fussy eater, I think pub food is fabulous and this was nowhere even close to that. No idea why there is a line at the door!
I have been to this place a couple of times, and both times it's been way below average. The staff do not listen to a thing you say. I ordered a pasta with no parmesan, it came out and was covered in it. Asked for Herb bread, they brought out pesto bread, asked for a mineral water, they gave me a lemon lime and bitters. After complaining, they referred me to the staff who couldn't be bothered listening to me.... kept talking to someone else while I was talking to him. I seriously can't understand why this place is so busy all the time.
Wow! I guess its hard to please everyone. I came on friday night and it was packed. I can't complain for not getting seated soon without a booking. I eventually did after 30 minutes. There was 5 of us. We had a macchiato pizza, lamb shanks, spaghetti beef, greek salad and another pizza with prawns. We thought everything went as good as it could have and the food was incredible.
Had I read the comments on this site first I may never have gone. I also can see that most unhappy people are entertainment users so value would never be good.
My feed back is great restaurant, great food, value is good. Go to qld and see the prices up there. Now that's expensive.
Also I don't think I'd trust this site again for other peoples negative feed back. I'll stick with the good ones.
After reviewing the comments here in this site, we dared not to try too many other stuff but just stick with pizzas and they are great. We had Athen pizza and Macchiato pizza. Nicely done with fresh ingredients. Its a tuesday night as well. Maybe they weren't too busy and it helped. Used EB card which turns out good value otherwise its a bit overpriced.