foxyrattus

6.5 Recommended

Food  6      Ambience  7      Service  9      Value  4     

The food was very uninspiring, it lacked originality and intensity in flavour. My bland cannelloni was drowned in unseasoned tomato sauce, the king prawns in white sauce were nice but unremarkable, and the garlic pizza was no different from generic take away pizza. The tapenades that came with the garlic pizza tasted as though they come from a jar.

It's not that the food was bad it's just that the price of the food didn't match the quality. There was nothing unique about the menu, it could really be improved by adding some dishes like rabbit ravioli in a burnt butter sauce with sage.

It felt as though they haven't developed a clear idea of what the restaurants identity and character is. They are charging upmarket prices with excellent service but the food is unmemorable, there is paper over the tablecloths and fake candles. It’s a very odd middle ground.

May 04, 2012

3.8 Below Average

Food  1      Ambience  6      Service  4      Value  4     

I decided to boycott this restaurant after getting served a burger with off mince, the smell of the meat was clearly bad and the colour of the meat was wrong. I don't think it would have been possible to cook the meat without knowing that the meat was bad. I think the cook just didn't care and assumed the customer would be too stupid to notice. I was still charged for my replacement burger...poor form.

Mar 09, 2012

5.5 Average

Food  5      Ambience  7      Service  5      Value  5     

Had the yum cha and was disappointed, most of the dishes were quite bland, the only tasty ones were the haloumi cheese with calamari and the slow cooked lamb. After serving all the dishes the staff acted annoyed when we asked for more, even though it’s meant to be all you can eat. Considering there are only 2 nice things on the yum cha menu paying $35 is a rip off.

Also the bean mix that came with some bread at the start tasted exactly the same as the canned 4 bean mix.

Mar 09, 2012

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  8     

Such a great little cafe/deli, I'm in love with the hot salami and goats cheese. The sandwiches and pastries are very tasty thanks to the use of good quality ingredients. The deli is my favourite place to pick up sandwich ingredients.

Mar 09, 2012

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  9      Service  8      Value  8     

I've been to this cafe for breakfast a few times and have always received good service and tasty food, the coffee is really good and the eggs benedict is the best I've ever had.

Mar 09, 2012

6.5 Recommended

Food  6      Ambience  7      Service  9      Value  4     

The food was very uninspiring, it lacked originality and intensity in flavour. My bland cannelloni was drowned in unseasoned tomato sauce, the king prawns in white sauce were nice but unremarkable, and the garlic pizza was no different from generic take away pizza. The tapenades that came with the garlic pizza tasted as though they come from a jar.

It's not that the food was bad it's just that the price of the food didn't match the quality. There was nothing unique about the menu, it could really be improved by adding some dishes like rabbit ravioli in a burnt butter sauce with sage.

It felt as though they haven't developed a clear idea of what the restaurants identity and character is. They are charging upmarket prices with excellent service but the food is unmemorable, there is paper over the tablecloths and fake candles. It’s a very odd middle ground.

May 04, 2012

3.8 Below Average

Food  1      Ambience  6      Service  4      Value  4     

I decided to boycott this restaurant after getting served a burger with off mince, the smell of the meat was clearly bad and the colour of the meat was wrong. I don't think it would have been possible to cook the meat without knowing that the meat was bad. I think the cook just didn't care and assumed the customer would be too stupid to notice. I was still charged for my replacement burger...poor form.

Mar 09, 2012

5.5 Average

Food  5      Ambience  7      Service  5      Value  5     

Had the yum cha and was disappointed, most of the dishes were quite bland, the only tasty ones were the haloumi cheese with calamari and the slow cooked lamb. After serving all the dishes the staff acted annoyed when we asked for more, even though it’s meant to be all you can eat. Considering there are only 2 nice things on the yum cha menu paying $35 is a rip off.

Also the bean mix that came with some bread at the start tasted exactly the same as the canned 4 bean mix.

Mar 09, 2012

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  8     

Such a great little cafe/deli, I'm in love with the hot salami and goats cheese. The sandwiches and pastries are very tasty thanks to the use of good quality ingredients. The deli is my favourite place to pick up sandwich ingredients.

Mar 09, 2012

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  9      Service  8      Value  8     

I've been to this cafe for breakfast a few times and have always received good service and tasty food, the coffee is really good and the eggs benedict is the best I've ever had.

Mar 09, 2012

8 Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  7      Service  7      Value  8     

The food here is amazing as long as you embrace the hot dishes. All the curries and hot stir-fry's are delicious and unique with the thai vegetables. Probably not the best place to go if you like the very mild dishes like pad thai and pad see ew. Their specialty is definitely with spicy food, the pad prik king and jungle curry are particularly amazing.

Jan 24, 2012

5 Average

Food  2      Ambience  6      Service  6      Value  6     

Very westernised Thai food, the dishes were either sickeningly sweet or completely bland. Dishes that are meant to contain chilli like the red curry and pad prik king didn't seem to have any heat whatsoever. The food was like the thai food that you get at food courts. Definitely the most boring thai food I've had.

Jan 24, 2012

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food  10      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  8     

I've been twice for lunch and it was amazing both times, the food is so delicious and beautifully presented that you wonder how on earth they did it. The flavours are so perfectly balanced and everything was seasoned to perfection. Even the bread is amazing. I'm always trying to think of excuses to go back.

Jan 12, 2012

5.8 Average

Food  5      Ambience  7      Service  7      Value  4     

The breakfast was very bland, everything was ok but there was nothing special about it. Nothing was done to enhance the flavour of the food, for instance the mushrooms and tomatoes weren't marinated and the bread wasn't up to the standard of other cafes in the area. It was just plain uninspiring food.

Jan 12, 2012

2.3 Not Recommended

Food  1      Ambience  6      Service  1      Value  1     

Paying prices you'd expect from a gourmet fish and chip shop and receiving exceptionally average food and very slow service was a big disappointment.

After waiting 45 minutes when I was told it would only take 10 minutes I received a piece of barramundi hacked to pieces that looked like scraps of leftovers, it sat atop soggy undercooked chips. Hungry as I was I couldn't finish a thing. I also got a potato scallop that was tiny and dripping with oil, the batter was falling off revealing the thinly sliced scrap of potato underneath. Probably the worst fish and chips I’ve ever had

Jan 12, 2012