Fresh User Reviews for Seafood in Sydney

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  9      Service  7      Value  8     

Both the trout pate and the BLT were excellent, and so were the chips. Prices may seem a bit steep considering the only menu is at the counter, and that's where you have to order also. But the portions are so large, I'd conisder this place value for money. The lovely setting is just a bonus.

May 31, 2012

4.5 Below Average

Food  5      Ambience  7      Service  3      Value  3     

Sigh! My general belief that restaurants that appeal to tourists are not much good, has sadly been proved correct on many occasions. For a long time, Catalina was a noble exception. Alas, on last visit the food, although good, was no longer great and the service was, how can I put it politely? Disappointing. bye bye Catalina.

May 31, 2012

9.8 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  10      Service  10      Value  10     

Superb Food! love going there! Chef is v friendly and comes to greet you when food is served. Yeah! you won't find many people there on weekdays as this place suits more for big parties with a spl place for dance. Would always prefer it for my parties and recommend my friends too!

May 31, 2012

1.5 Not Recommended

Food  2      Ambience  1      Service  1      Value  2     

Please note that Italian Village, Waterfront and Wolfies are owned by the same group. We booked for Italian Village through Dimmi, but were seated at Waterfront. Ok, that's fine, but knowing that they could not provide a table that was requested (We were just given any table, not the Reserved one), that is just Poor Customer and Booking service.

Ok, maybe because my name is too exotic, so they could not find me on the list? She had that "I don't understand what you were saying" look. Bad! Overpriced, not so spectacular.

May 31, 2012

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

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  8      Service  9      Value  7     

Great breakfast. High quality ingredients. Bacon ang eggs cooked perfectly.
Coffee great. Friendly, attentive nice staff. They like our poodle also which is a plus. Highly recommended.

May 29, 2012

7.5 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  7      Service  7      Value  8     

Since reopening, Finefish is far better value than previously, while retaining the good quality seafood and good service.

May 29, 2012

8 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  8     

Been a Lipari regular for years, whenever they decide to move a few doors down, we have moved to. A great, simple pizzeria nothing to fancy, but good consistent food and service. I dare say that the last pizza I ordered was a margarita and it was a bit undercooked as the cheese wasn't melted properly but other than that have been very happy with this local.

May 29, 2012

7.5 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  7     

Lovely easy on the eye venue with terrific food, loved the fish pie and the hot chocolate orange dessert perfect finish! Great little Paxton Rose accompaniment to both dishes! The blonde waitress enthusiatic, informative and seemed to delight in her job and passing on her recommendations which were spot on.

Shame the other waitress seemed somewhat disinterested. Nice to meet the chef who obviously enjoys what he does! Keep doing it the way you're doing it! I'll be back!

May 28, 2012

3.8 Below Average

Food  6      Ambience  5      Service  1      Value  3     

I was recently invited to a lunch at Pier as a guest with a small group of ladies recently.

The food was quite average and definitely not the best lunch I have ever had. I found no fault with it, just that it was nothing to rave about. Eyebrows were raised at the 10% non-gratuitous "Gratuity" charged for a Saturday lunch, simply outrageous.
And I didn't feel the love. I had to shout down the waiter who was busy servicing one of the other 2 tables of 4 (obviously a-la-carte and not on the "budget" fixed lunch menu we had) twice. The other table appeared to have walked out. I received my drink part way into being served my entree and was not given a napkin until I asked a couple fo times.

We were charged incorrectly for an non-existent person, then were told that should have checked it prior to payment after we detected their error. (We also didn't know about the surcharge!)

The food was nice but the service was arrogant and unprofessional re a simple and justified bill query.

All in all I had a very average 3 course lunch with one average glass of wine, overlooking a nice not spectacular view, lacklustre service, all for a princely hatted price! (only with no hats!)

won't be going back nor will I recommend which I often do. Maybe I should've stayed home.

May 28, 2012

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  8      Service  9      Value  8     

Gatto Matto in place of the old Qui, itself a pretty nice little place in an odd spot behind the Five Dock library. Thought we would give it a whirl considering we were locals and the mrs has an Italian background. We were not disappointed as it was a very nice meal with the only annoying thing being how quick we were served and I mean overly quick.

Tried the fried olives, arancini and pizza bread for starters. All really good, very enjoyable and tasty, as it was being washed down with one of our own nice bottles from home (love BYO) things were looking very good. Being seated right near the front door had its ups and downs as the cold air rushed in with newcomers but not much can be done about that.

Not facing the kitchen I was not aware that our mains were already up when we had not finished entree, the waiter came and asked if we would like our mains 'soon' and I said sure. At that point was impressed they were asking for them to commence (assuming a wait of 15 minutes or so). He came back immediately, entree plates still there and had the mains, pretty much had no choice to keep them.

Mains were both fantastic though, my pasta with meatballs was outstanding and the wife's fish of the day was excellent as well. We left in just over an hour, half a bottle of wine tucked under the arm and no way we could fit dessert in. If they got the timing right, I would have been inclined to give some 10's. Don't be put off though, this is a seriously good place!

May 28, 2012

3.8 Below Average

Food  4      Ambience  8      Service  2      Value  1     

The food was average at best. Servings were sparse especially when charging $29 for a simple salad. The atmosphere of Darling Harbour saved our lunch from being a complete disaster, but the service was severely lacking. Value for money does not exist at this restaurant and if you pay by credit card, make sure you get your own card back at the end of the meal, they tried repeatedly to give me someone else's card back and only reluctantly apologised for the error.

May 28, 2012

8 Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  7      Service  7      Value  9     

My girl and I wandered into this restaurant for breakfast and were very happy with our meal. I ordered the open omelette, which was rich and full of flavor without being too greasy. She ordered the folded omelette, which she loved as well. The coffee had flavor without being heavy. A great meal at a reasonable price.

May 28, 2012

2.5 Not Recommended

Food  3      Ambience  4      Service  1      Value  2     

Experience at this restaurant was beyond terrible.

Dined this restaurant with about 6 people, sat down at a fairly large round table near the back of the restaurant. At first, things were ok. Menus handed out tea served etc.

Ordering the food was fine but when it came for the food to come out, it took about 30 minutes. We were originally going to dine at the restaurant opposite this one, a new Beijing Duck place. But the wait was too long but little did we know, with the time it took for the food to get out of the kitchen we could have dined at the other restaurant.

I should also mention that we were having a vegetarian meal. The waiters didn't seem to take us seriously. By that I mean that our food was so slow to come out, that we wanted to cancel an order as we had already eaten all the other dishes we order, the waiter claimed that "it was already in the steamer". Sounded like some BS.

There were also multiple mix ups with our table that frustrated us further. Giving us fried ice cream Thatr we didn't orde when clearly we were only in the middle of our meal. They also managed to give us the wrong bill, claiming the person was "new" and that was why it was wrong. The waiters also had attitude, not even a smile!

May 27, 2012

2 Not Recommended

Food  3      Ambience  3      Service  1      Value  1     

Sushi Tei used to be my fav jap restaurant for years because of the food, the serving and value and I was always a frequent diner bringing my family, friends or relatives from overseas. However, the recent visit to Sushi Tei has let me down so much that I have decided not to go back there anymore.

Service was poor and staff were young, inexperienced and not responsive to customers. They seem extremely clueless and disrespectful. Here are examples of my unpleasant experience:

The drinks were expensive, small in size and tasteless as they were diluted with heaps of ice. My sister loves their special drinks and they used to be glass full but now they only give you no more than 75%. And the worse thing is we all got sick after drinking them.

Customer service was extremely poor. The staff were young,inexperience, disrespectful and inflexible. There was no customer focus in the restaurant and you can see that from how the staff treat their customers. When we got the bill, we noticed one of the items was charged differently from the price per the menu so we inquired with one of the staff.

To my surprised, she told us that the price on the bill was the new price. I asked her why it was not reflected on the menu that we were given from the start and she said it fell off the menu. I said I don't mind paying the extra but only if that was what I get told first. If this is acceptable, then why bother showing prices on the menu? Why don't you just keep the prices on the computer and give customers a surprise when they pay the bill?

However, she would not admit their fault and kept arguing that there is nothing they could do and the price on their computer is the correct price. She did not seek any other ways to solve the situation but kept on arguing until I asked to speak to her senior staff. Even though they eventually agreed to forgo the extra charge, the senior staff or the staff did not offer their apology at all. It was very disappointing that a happy family dinner has turned into such a sour and awkward situation.

The serving size was so much smaller than it was. For example, the Phoneix Roll used to be quite filling and cost only $15 each. Over the years, I noticed the reduction in size, although the number of piece remains the same. The rice was also over cooked.

If you asked my opinion, I would honestly say that the food is still good but be prepared for poor service and small serving size for the price you pay. I think it is to do with the new management or new chef.

May 27, 2012

6 Average

Food  5      Ambience  6      Service  7      Value  6     

We just went unplanned towards Cremorne area for a night out for dinner and I left this place so disappointed. I didn't want any of the mains on the menu so ordered a couple of the starters which were quite expensive for they were. My husband got the pork belly for main and it was a very fatty piece with little actual edible meat on it, that had been microwaved, just disgusting! There are much better places in the area with better value too.

May 27, 2012

9.5 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  10      Service  10      Value  9     

I have lived in Balmain/Rozelle for forty years and was unaware of Pellegrini's, which is a shame.

I discovered it on Eatability when searching for a restaurant with water views for a family of 12 celebration on a Sunday at lunch. The day was gorgeous and sunny, making the view stupendous.

We had fabulous service without being intrusive. The morning started with a call from the restaurant to check on our preferred seating. We were made to feel welcome and received excellent service.

The food choices were expanded beyond the menu and we were all extremely happy with our choices of both entrees and mains.

I was a little anxious having read some poor reviews below and therefore want to assure readers that we had no complaints whatsoever and have already discussed that we will be returning.

It is just a shame we found out about this restaurant only now.

May 27, 2012

2.3 Not Recommended

Food  1      Ambience  3      Service  4      Value  1     

Very disappointed in the quality of the food. For such a well known restaurant it was expensive, overcooked and lacked any kind of presentation, like going back to the 60's, just lacked beetroot on the plate.

Service was slow, we waited 50 minutes between entree and main. The only service that was prompt was the pouring of wine, which was to their benefit given the length of time between courses.

We will not go back there, there are too many better restaurants to choose from.

May 27, 2012

4.8 Average

Food  6      Ambience  8      Service  1      Value  4     

My family and I visited Huntley's Cafe this morning to celebrate my elderly mother's birthday.

The food was nice (albeit quite pricey) but my party and I were 'blown away' by the rude, impatient, terse (I could go on) service we received from a senior waitstaff member, who, from the look of previous reviews, continues to hold a position at this cafe, for which she is entirely ill-suited. She made us all feel very uncomfortable, which significantly reduced our enjoyment of the occasion.

The other staff member - whom I believe may have been the manager or owner was delightful but sadly we won't be risking another encounter with 'the grouch' so won't be returning. This lady must be impacting your return business Huntleys Cafe!

May 27, 2012

9.8 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  10      Service  10      Value  9     

5 of us ate there for lunch. The food is among the best Lebanese food any of us have eaten, with two of us having eaten many times in the Lebanese restaurants in Cleveland St, Surry Hills,in the 1980's, and another two eating similar food travelling around Jordan and Egypt.

The new chef prepares everything fresh on the premises. The set menus are a great option if, like we found, the menu is overwhelming. We ordered 4 set menus for 5 people and there was still too much food, though it was all delicious.

The service is spot on, interested and caring, and always there well before we needed to ask. They even brought out a chocolate slice with a candle on when the waiter found out it was my sister's birthday.

Vegetarians are well catered for and the waiter was very particular in pointing out what food I should avoid (dairy and wheat intolerance).

This place is highly recommended and we will definitely be back!

May 27, 2012