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Jonah's, Whale Beach

Restaurants, European, Fine Dining, Good For Groups, Romantic and Intimate

Overall 7.7  106

10 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  10      Service  10      Value  10     


I came her to dine for lunch with my daughter a few weeks ago and was really impressed, what a stunning place. The food was exceptional and we left very full after 2 courses. I had the beef for main and the baba for dessert. We didn't get a window seat, but found the lounge very comfortable and it's raised so we didn't miss out on the view. The staff were attentive and helpful and all over a wonderful dining experience.

Sep 19, 2011

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Manly Pavilion - Dining Room & Bar (Closed), Manly

Restaurants, Monuments and Historic Buildings, Walks, Modern Australian, Fine Dining

Overall 6.7  64

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.3 Below Average

Food  3      Ambience  6      Service  7      Value  1     


I don't write many reviews, unless its a really good or really bad experience. This one was really bad.

Good things first: Great location with beautiful views if you go in the daytime (unfortunately we didn't). It has a funky modern setting and you can have a drink in the lounging area before or after. Service was good, although quite pretentious. Keep egos away please!

Bad things: Food and value for money. I went here with my boyfriend on a week night, which was not full but still had a noisy atmosphere, which is fine if that's what you like. Our waitress was attentive and service was generally good although pretentious.

We were very disappointed with the food, which appeared to take on the form of fine dining (i.e very small portions) and also carried the price tag of such, yet didn't come close to being of such a calibre, either in taste or presentation.

The starter was ridiculously small, we thought they were joking. We decided to go with pasta for mains, I had the gnocchi, consisting of 8 tiny pieces and although it was not bad, wasn't that good either. My boyfriend had the tomato based spaghetti with what looked and tasted like heinz canned spaghetti and even had little processed ham chunks in it. Honestly, it was terrible. Cannot recommend this place, unfortunately.

Aug 19, 2010

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Emmilou- Lounge & Tapas Bar, Surry Hills

Restaurants, Seafood, Spanish, Tapas, Vegetarian

Overall 7.3  199

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.8 Average

Food  5      Ambience  7      Service  6      Value  1     


A group of friends and I had dinner here last night and whilst the ambience and food was nice, we were disappointed with the value for money. We didn't even get one piece of the meat dish each, they managed to serve 11 pieces to 12 ppl and then when we pointed it out they didn't do anything about it.

Watch the sangria, its expensive! We all had roughly 2 sangria and 2 glasses of wine each. This and our shared tapas cost us $95 each. Apparently there is also a booking fee, we paid $100 tip or booking fee for the table.

Sep 12, 2009

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Jonah's, Whale Beach

Restaurants, European, Fine Dining, Good For Groups, Romantic and Intimate

Overall 7.7  106

10 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  10      Service  10      Value  10     


I came her to dine for lunch with my daughter a few weeks ago and was really impressed, what a stunning place. The food was exceptional and we left very full after 2 courses. I had the beef for main and the baba for dessert. We didn't get a window seat, but found the lounge very comfortable and it's raised so we didn't miss out on the view. The staff were attentive and helpful and all over a wonderful dining experience.

Sep 19, 2011

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Manly Pavilion - Dining Room & Bar (Closed), Manly

Restaurants, Monuments and Historic Buildings, Walks, Modern Australian, Fine Dining

Overall 6.7  64

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.3 Below Average

Food  3      Ambience  6      Service  7      Value  1     


I don't write many reviews, unless its a really good or really bad experience. This one was really bad.

Good things first: Great location with beautiful views if you go in the daytime (unfortunately we didn't). It has a funky modern setting and you can have a drink in the lounging area before or after. Service was good, although quite pretentious. Keep egos away please!

Bad things: Food and value for money. I went here with my boyfriend on a week night, which was not full but still had a noisy atmosphere, which is fine if that's what you like. Our waitress was attentive and service was generally good although pretentious.

We were very disappointed with the food, which appeared to take on the form of fine dining (i.e very small portions) and also carried the price tag of such, yet didn't come close to being of such a calibre, either in taste or presentation.

The starter was ridiculously small, we thought they were joking. We decided to go with pasta for mains, I had the gnocchi, consisting of 8 tiny pieces and although it was not bad, wasn't that good either. My boyfriend had the tomato based spaghetti with what looked and tasted like heinz canned spaghetti and even had little processed ham chunks in it. Honestly, it was terrible. Cannot recommend this place, unfortunately.

Aug 19, 2010

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Emmilou- Lounge & Tapas Bar, Surry Hills

Restaurants, Seafood, Spanish, Tapas, Vegetarian

Overall 7.3  199

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.8 Average

Food  5      Ambience  7      Service  6      Value  1     


A group of friends and I had dinner here last night and whilst the ambience and food was nice, we were disappointed with the value for money. We didn't even get one piece of the meat dish each, they managed to serve 11 pieces to 12 ppl and then when we pointed it out they didn't do anything about it.

Watch the sangria, its expensive! We all had roughly 2 sangria and 2 glasses of wine each. This and our shared tapas cost us $95 each. Apparently there is also a booking fee, we paid $100 tip or booking fee for the table.

Sep 12, 2009

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