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Restaurants, Bars, European, Modern Australian, Has Bar

Overall 6.3 36

7.3 Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 7 Service 6 Value 6

Am taking advantage of my Entertainment Card, dined here about a month ago, it is expensive, however, with the 25% discount it wasn't as expensive. Wait staff ok, a bit hit and miss and, perhaps, too friendly given we were a couple and would have preferred our space.

Our scallops entree was sensational, we both chose a steak meal for our main and were pleasantly surprised at the portion size and inclusions (not like other fine dining where you get a mouthful of meat and have to order sides to fill the plate)!
This is an expensive restaurant and may need to pick up the service a bit but in general ok.

As previously mentioned, I have given a scathing and harsh review of Mezza Grill Lebanese in Mona Vale, however, it is fair and just when paying $45 per head for a banquet of grilled meat and dips at Mezza Grill with no service to speak of, and high $30's for a main at Barrenjoey House.

Jul 20, 2010

Limani Seafood Restaurant, Narrabeen

Restaurants, Mediterranean, Modern Australian, Seafood, Family Dining

Overall 7.5 81

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful

9 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 8 Value 10

Dined here on Saturday evening, took advantage of the offer in my Entertainment Book - 25% off bill up to $40! Even without the Entertainment Card discount, this restaurant is very good value, particularly because we could bring our own wine with the corkage only being $4 per head - value+

The portion sizes were very generous and very well presented. I love the way my scallops were served, parsnip mash then the scallops were presented in a short crust pastry in the shape of a scallop shell. Great to be able to have anything on entree list as a main size if we wanted and sides served in large or small quantities even better.

Staff are very friendly and knowledgeable and although we had BYO wine they still poured it for us throughout the evening. My review of Mezza Grill in Mona Vale is quite scathing and harsh, however, I believe it is just when you compare with them with Limani.

Great food at a good price, we will definitely be back!

Jul 19, 2010

Mezza Grill, Mona Vale

Restaurants, Lebanese, Hip and Trendy, BYO, Entertainment / Music

Overall 6.6 34

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful

1 Not Recommended

Food 1 Ambience 1 Service 1 Value 1

Extremely unhappy regular will not be returning!

I do not rate myself as a food snob, however, in my professional life I am exposed to many good eateries, caterers and venues and I find reviews a valuable tool when making my dining choices. I believe that more of the public should write an honest review on web-sites such as Eatability. Restaurant competition is fierce, therefore, restaurants need to be made aware when a patron has had a terrible experience.

At Mezza Grill the food is ok, however, on our recent visit we were bitterly disappointed at the hefty increase in prices and no longer having BYO. The cheapest bottle of wine was $25 and was nothing more than a cheap and nasty $2 clean skin with a Mezza Grill label on it. If this was meant to impress then it fell way short of the mark, and even more offensive was the waiters dumbfounded expression when we asked him if he was going to pour the wine, surely this is not too much to expect when we purchased the wine from the wine list, instead we were made to feel as though we had done something wrong, go figure!

Further, it’s extremely arrogant giving themselves the kudos of being “The Best Lebanese Restaurant on the Northern Beaches” given there is no other Lebanese Restaurant on the Northern Beaches with which to compare them to! They need to come down a few pegs and see themselves for what they are, a small Lebanese restaurant on the corner of a laneway in Mona Vale.

The location is not at all inviting, the inside is cramped and noisy, if you are seated outside alongside the laneway you are exposed to car fumes, pedestrians walk through between the tables and you are subjected to cigarette smoke from the smokers huddled outside the TAB which is next door.

Mezza Grill you aren’t a fine dining establishment, serving your food on a fancy plate and a few minor renovations are not worthy of your over inflated prices. If you aspire to be fine dining then you definitely need to lift your game and make the changes to match the hefty prices. To be honest I was insulted to be charged $45 a head for a few dips and bread with a few pieces of meat on a stick and unceremoniously thrust a cheap bottle of wine that I had paid $25 for.

I won’t be back, my hard earned money will be much better spent at one of the many good restaurants along the Northern Beaches strip.

Jun 16, 2010