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9 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  10     

After our horrible dinner at Berardo's on our recent trip to Noosa, we tried 2 other times to get a reservation at Maisie's. Diners be warned. This place's servings are big. My wife and I shared a half dozen oyster mornays as our entree and seafood soup. Taste and presentation was miles above Berardo's lousy food. We were blown away and in food heaven.

We shared a surf and turf (steak and lobster) combo. Leaving room in our stomachs for the decadent desserts. We had a chocolate and cherry pudding and a virgin (minus the alcohol shot) affogato. Best $90 bucks we spent on dinner in Noosa.

Sep 08, 2008

3.5 Below Average

Food  2      Ambience  6      Service  3      Value  3     

We visited Noosa and stayed from August 29th - September 3rd. On 1st September monday night, my wife and I visited Berardo's for dinner. Our expectations read on this website fell flat.

We had seafood chowder entree to share, my wife ordered the wagyu rump steak done medium rare, I ordered the seafood risotto. The seafood chowder tasted like potato puree with 3 mussels and 3 small pieces of fish elegantly placed on the plate. Food temperature was good, but 2 of the 3 mussels did not open properly and tasted fishy/off.

The wagyu rump steak was just a normal piece of rump steak, no 'marbling' in the meat and the medium rare was cooked more like medium/medium well. Pale pink center with a chewy leather boot texture.

The seafood risotto was undercooked, the rice grains were less than 'al dente' and my jaw muscles had quite a good workout. Taste wise, I felt that the seafood risotto was anemic and failed to capture the wholesome goodness of the seafood ingredients. We are well travelled people and have tasted the seafood risottos in Italy and compared it to the paellas in Spain. We felt that overall, the meal was a failure.

Service was ok, but I rank it low. We were ready to leave after the meal and asked the captain for the bill/cheque. He nodded and somehow something caught his attention and he went to the bar to clean the wine glasses for the next 2 - 3 minutes. We had to gesture to him 2 more times before the bill was finally presented to us.

Sep 08, 2008

9 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  10     

After our horrible dinner at Berardo's on our recent trip to Noosa, we tried 2 other times to get a reservation at Maisie's. Diners be warned. This place's servings are big. My wife and I shared a half dozen oyster mornays as our entree and seafood soup. Taste and presentation was miles above Berardo's lousy food. We were blown away and in food heaven.

We shared a surf and turf (steak and lobster) combo. Leaving room in our stomachs for the decadent desserts. We had a chocolate and cherry pudding and a virgin (minus the alcohol shot) affogato. Best $90 bucks we spent on dinner in Noosa.

Sep 08, 2008

3.5 Below Average

Food  2      Ambience  6      Service  3      Value  3     

We visited Noosa and stayed from August 29th - September 3rd. On 1st September monday night, my wife and I visited Berardo's for dinner. Our expectations read on this website fell flat.

We had seafood chowder entree to share, my wife ordered the wagyu rump steak done medium rare, I ordered the seafood risotto. The seafood chowder tasted like potato puree with 3 mussels and 3 small pieces of fish elegantly placed on the plate. Food temperature was good, but 2 of the 3 mussels did not open properly and tasted fishy/off.

The wagyu rump steak was just a normal piece of rump steak, no 'marbling' in the meat and the medium rare was cooked more like medium/medium well. Pale pink center with a chewy leather boot texture.

The seafood risotto was undercooked, the rice grains were less than 'al dente' and my jaw muscles had quite a good workout. Taste wise, I felt that the seafood risotto was anemic and failed to capture the wholesome goodness of the seafood ingredients. We are well travelled people and have tasted the seafood risottos in Italy and compared it to the paellas in Spain. We felt that overall, the meal was a failure.

Service was ok, but I rank it low. We were ready to leave after the meal and asked the captain for the bill/cheque. He nodded and somehow something caught his attention and he went to the bar to clean the wine glasses for the next 2 - 3 minutes. We had to gesture to him 2 more times before the bill was finally presented to us.

Sep 08, 2008