dairokkan

5 Average

Food  4      Ambience  4      Service  7      Value  5     

We ordered 5 dishes to share: sizzling BBQ duck, salmon with papaya salad, chili calamari, chicken with snow peas and sweet and sour pork. The duck was tasty, the salmon too (although it was overcooked and dry), the calamari were overcooked and chewy, the chicken and the pork were bland. The service was good but the food was totally mediocre.

May 24, 2010

5 Average

Food  4      Ambience  6      Service  6      Value  4     

Had coffee here, big mistake. It tasted burnt, it seems the very young baristas need a bit more of experience.

Mar 20, 2010

9 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  9      Service  9      Value  9     

Had the honey buzz smoothie and a pesto cream cheese sandwich, super yummy! Service was good and quick, and everything looks and tastes fresh.

Mar 20, 2010

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  9     

Excellent fresh and tasty pasta and very good service. We shared garlic bread and bruschettas, I tried the bread which was nice. I had the gnocchi with Pastabella sauce (pesto + napoletana), it was delicious and generous in size. I tried the fettuccine puttanesca, very nice too, and the other dishes ordered in our group (lasagna, spaghetti marinara and cannelloni) looked really yummy.

Only one person didn't like her dish (the spaghetti marinara) because it had chilli, which was not mentioned in the menu. After checking the reviews here we ordered 3 tiramisus to share, which were indeed super yummy and fresh. The service was excellent, the only downside was that we had to wait long for the dishes to be served, but they came all at the same time and at the right temperature.

Mar 03, 2010

6.3 Average

Food  7      Ambience  6      Service  5      Value  7     

Went for lunch yesterday with my sister and my husband. Food was good, not excellent but good value for the money ($38 for 3 lunch specials, 2 beers and 1 green tea). The service was the big downside, we requested extra plates for sharing to two different waitresses and both put seemed bothered by the request (they gave us the plates, though).

Mar 03, 2010

5 Average

Food  4      Ambience  4      Service  7      Value  5     

We ordered 5 dishes to share: sizzling BBQ duck, salmon with papaya salad, chili calamari, chicken with snow peas and sweet and sour pork. The duck was tasty, the salmon too (although it was overcooked and dry), the calamari were overcooked and chewy, the chicken and the pork were bland. The service was good but the food was totally mediocre.

May 24, 2010

5 Average

Food  4      Ambience  6      Service  6      Value  4     

Had coffee here, big mistake. It tasted burnt, it seems the very young baristas need a bit more of experience.

Mar 20, 2010

9 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  9      Service  9      Value  9     

Had the honey buzz smoothie and a pesto cream cheese sandwich, super yummy! Service was good and quick, and everything looks and tastes fresh.

Mar 20, 2010

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  9     

Excellent fresh and tasty pasta and very good service. We shared garlic bread and bruschettas, I tried the bread which was nice. I had the gnocchi with Pastabella sauce (pesto + napoletana), it was delicious and generous in size. I tried the fettuccine puttanesca, very nice too, and the other dishes ordered in our group (lasagna, spaghetti marinara and cannelloni) looked really yummy.

Only one person didn't like her dish (the spaghetti marinara) because it had chilli, which was not mentioned in the menu. After checking the reviews here we ordered 3 tiramisus to share, which were indeed super yummy and fresh. The service was excellent, the only downside was that we had to wait long for the dishes to be served, but they came all at the same time and at the right temperature.

Mar 03, 2010

6.3 Average

Food  7      Ambience  6      Service  5      Value  7     

Went for lunch yesterday with my sister and my husband. Food was good, not excellent but good value for the money ($38 for 3 lunch specials, 2 beers and 1 green tea). The service was the big downside, we requested extra plates for sharing to two different waitresses and both put seemed bothered by the request (they gave us the plates, though).

Mar 03, 2010

6.8 Recommended

Food  6      Ambience  7      Service  7      Value  7     

Had a great (and huge) chai latte but a not-so-good lentil and beetroot salad. The lentils lacked flavour and the salad was too dry.

Oct 25, 2009

9 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  9      Service  9      Value  9     

Had a piece of amaretto cake and chai latte the other day after dinner, it was amazing! One of the best places for dessert I've been to in Sydney.

Oct 25, 2009

8 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  8     

Had lunch there on Saturday, the service was very good (even when one of the guys seemed to be new as he didn't know much about the items in the menu). I had the French omelette with salmon, ricotta and capers pesto, my sister had the roasted pepper, beetroot, tomato and caramelised onions sandwich. Both were yummy and the size of the portions were ok.

After that we had a piece of blueberry cake, plus a capuccino and a latte. The cake was nice, but the milk in my sister's latte was burnt. The capuccino was good but not amazing. We paid $36.50 for the meal, overall a good value for the money, although it was not the best cafe lunch I've had.

Oct 25, 2009

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6.5 Recommended

Food  6      Ambience  6      Service  8      Value  6     

Went for dinner last Friday with high expectations after reading eatability's reviews, but the experience was not so good. Food was good, but I've had better Vietnamese somewhere else and my local cheap Viet eatery. My biggest concern was the hygiene, the napkins were really dirty and my sister found two hairs in her food.

We ordered the pearl balls that were good but not amazing, crispy potato prawn (best dish of the evening), beef flame boat, stuffed boneless chicken, mixed vegetables and steamed rice. Again, the food was ok but nothing special. The place lacks ambience. The service was good, but I don't think I would go there again or recommend it.

Oct 25, 2009

9 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  9      Service  9      Value  9     

Went for lunch a couple of weeks ago and ordered the Let's Do Lunch menu, i.e. Azuma Kushiyashi bento: wagyu sirloin with soy garlic sauce, one prawn kushiyaki, one zucchini kushiyaki, seared tuna salad, pickled seaweed, miso soup, Japanese rice, plus beverages (a glass of Brown Brothers white wine, a Coopers beer or a 500ml bottle of sparkling or still water, and green tea or coffee). Everything was absolutely delicious, the service was excellent and the price was good value for the quality and quantity ($35 and we left completely full).

Oct 25, 2009