Fresh User Reviews in Woolloongabba

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  6      Service  9      Value  9     

Best Thai I have eaten. I order takeaway calamari entree and chicken tasty satay sauce. Delicious and stayed hot for a long time which is rare with takeaways. They are usually going cold by the time you get home. I will return.

Mar 28, 2012

3.7 Below Average

Drinks  5      Ambience  5      Service  1     

The service is beyond disgraceful. I have given it a go with friends and clients 4 times now, on 2 occasions, I actually asked if they'd like us to leave given the absolute disdain with which we were being treated. The male bartender on one occasion had the filthiest fingernails I have seen and who wants a drink made for $1 or $100 by someone that unhygienic.

Bar of the Year in Brisbane 2011? That's a one off. A little bit too cool for school might get you half way there but won't result in a sustainable business.

Mar 08, 2012

2.5 Not Recommended

Drinks  7      Ambience  1      Service  1      Value  1     

Simply awful. I have tried Canvas on a number of occasions each time hoping it would be worth the visit. I am a Gabba local and proudly support the area but this place needs to go. The staff are rude, disinterested and just don't care.

There are far better options available in the area where the staff are friendly, the food is good and they are happy for your patronage.

Mar 08, 2012

6.8 Recommended

Food  7      Ambience  7      Service  7      Value  6     

I read the reviews and agree and disagree with them. Breakfast was a bit average, but dinner was really enjoyable. The service was probably just a bit too slick for Brisbane diners.

Mar 07, 2012

9.8 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  9      Service  10      Value  10     

Thank you for a great night. What a treat for Valentines Day and what a surprise for my girlfriend. She has been talking about this little restaurant, hidden away between a german butcher and the pub on the corner for a long time now. So I decided to make her wish come true and what better day can I pick than the day of love.

Long story short. Don't wait and book in advance. We were lucky to get a table that night. Go and try, the food was so beautiful french and underlined by all the french floor staff. Even the chef is french. The French experience.

Thank you again to everyone who made our night so special.

Feb 16, 2012

9.5 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  10      Service  10      Value  9     

We went to Bistrot Bistro for Valentine's day. The service was very efficient all the courses arrived promptly. The waiter was lovely and helpful with the menu. The brioche entree was nice, the salmon main was a real treat and came with a perfect little caramelised onion tart and wilted spinach and the creme brulee had a lovely creamy texture and plenty of real vanilla, even if the toffee coating on top was a little thin.

The duck main was cooked beautifully. The cheese platter dessert was not particularly generous with the cheese, but came with some lovely fresh bread.

Feb 15, 2012

3.5 Below Average

Food  4      Ambience  4      Service  3      Value  3     

Service must have improved at the door as I experienced none of this rudeness this past weekend, however, step inside the restaurant and it is another story.

I didn't experience rudeness, just very slow service to have the order taken and then another 30 minute wait to receive my food. This was after waiting 20 minutes at the door for a seat.

Breakfast food is below average, extremely over priced, and lacked any substance in its taste. I asked for a side of avocado, only to be told they couldn't do that, as its not offered on the menu as a side. Avocado is offered with the sardines if you chose that dish, but the kitchen couldn't possibly do a side of avocado not offered on the menu. Go figure!

I have to say the cakes looked amazing as you walk past, but I didn't venture here after the lackluster brunch snd was not going to part with any more of my hard earned dollars for poor quality food.

Pearl is an overrated, over priced cafe of substandard food, that I have no idea why the amount of people who go to this place do. I won't be back.

Feb 05, 2012

6.3 Average

Food  6      Ambience  8      Service  6      Value  5     

Creative menu, but small serves and a little over-priced.

Jan 06, 2012

1.5 Not Recommended

Food  2      Ambience  2      Service  1      Value  1     

Avoid! Definitely not a place to celebrate. Terrible service, stale food, hidden costs. Eleven of us went here for a friend's birthday celebration. Half the items on the menu were missing and what was available turned out to be the more expensive meals. We were supposed to have given the restaurant a whole week's notice if we wanted those unavailable items.

The entree breads n dips were stale and one of the dips tasted almost the same as one of the mains. We had bought cake for the birthday boy which the server at the restaurant brought out with plates and forks. There had been no mention of any cakeage either on his menu nor when we actually brought the cake in before the dinner. But $50 appeared on the bill and on questioning we were told that such a ridiculous amount is actually charged in all Brisbane restaurants which we know is not true. He claimed it was for washing the plates and forks he brought out, only there was no mention of this throughout the evening.

When we said we wouldn't be back because of this experience he actually said 'don't come'. Some of the people even fell ill the following day owing to the stale foods. We left with a sour taste in our mouths and very garlicky breaths!

Dec 10, 2011