gabbys79

8 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  8     

We come here often for Sunday breakfast. It's always very nice, good selection and great views and coffee. Recommended!

May 27, 2012

9.3 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  9      Service  9      Value  10     

Came on a saturday night with a Friend arrived at 6:45pm. The line up was out the front door but a hostess would come out to inform us. Are actually lining up to put our name down with another host. Then we would find out wait times. About 20 minutes later we had our names down and told indicatively only that it would be 1.5 to 2 hours. Ok we knew there would be a wait so we were ok. They will phone you when it's your table so you are free to leave.

We decided to wait at the bar and had a couple delicious cocktails from a really friendly bar tender. He was great in helping us decide on drinks. We were growing hungry so he informed us we could order from the antipasto menu. We choose the nachos which are pastry pillows stuffed with a mexican mince, stuffed peppers and green olives. All of which was beyond delicious and had a really super fresh taste.

After another glass of wine it was bordering on 2 hours. Sore back, tired of sitting at the bar and really uncomfortable bar stools were all testing my patience!

Anyhow cut a long story short the wait was 3 hours by the time I sat I was taking head ache tablets (seriously I am not normally a sook) but I have to say the food was outstanding! Delicious peach, rocket and goats cheese salad, pasta that melts in your mouth, breads to die for!

If I had to do it again I'd get there 5pm, put name down, go shopping or to a bar, go for a stroll, and it will last an hour in the bar. We had dinner at 11pm and the wait staff were clearly over it by then. But I'm going back for the food for sure!

Mar 22, 2012

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food  7      Ambience  9      Service  10      Value  7     

Booked for a business dinner for 7. We were greeted and seated straight away.
They explained the menu which was a bit hard to follow but all of my guests also found it hard to follow...! Anyhow we decided on the Chef's menu and settled in.

Delicious fresh creamy oysters were a special, followed by a so-so quail breast finished with a delicious Murray Cod. Food was above average yes but was it Quay or the like standard? No. Just lacked something. The service, wine and ambience all but make up for it.

Feb 22, 2012

5 Average

Food  8      Ambience  8      Service  1      Value  3     

Ok - Yum food and pizza. Being Italian and having a mum who really knows how to cook I can honestly say this is some of the most authentic yummy italian going around... problem is the service is so bad I can't describe it. If you are over being there - sell your business. Change industries, go work behind a desk. But geez its shocking! I haven't seen attitudes and service this bad...

Oct 21, 2011

7.5 Recommended

Food  7      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  7     

Nice tasty food in a much needed new restaurant area in merrylands. Money bags and spring rolls are beautiful and I love the vegetables in the stir fries- only complaint is there is not very much meat at all in a stirfry dish. But overall high quality fresh tasty Thai.

Oct 07, 2011

8 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  8     

We come here often for Sunday breakfast. It's always very nice, good selection and great views and coffee. Recommended!

May 27, 2012

9.3 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  9      Service  9      Value  10     

Came on a saturday night with a Friend arrived at 6:45pm. The line up was out the front door but a hostess would come out to inform us. Are actually lining up to put our name down with another host. Then we would find out wait times. About 20 minutes later we had our names down and told indicatively only that it would be 1.5 to 2 hours. Ok we knew there would be a wait so we were ok. They will phone you when it's your table so you are free to leave.

We decided to wait at the bar and had a couple delicious cocktails from a really friendly bar tender. He was great in helping us decide on drinks. We were growing hungry so he informed us we could order from the antipasto menu. We choose the nachos which are pastry pillows stuffed with a mexican mince, stuffed peppers and green olives. All of which was beyond delicious and had a really super fresh taste.

After another glass of wine it was bordering on 2 hours. Sore back, tired of sitting at the bar and really uncomfortable bar stools were all testing my patience!

Anyhow cut a long story short the wait was 3 hours by the time I sat I was taking head ache tablets (seriously I am not normally a sook) but I have to say the food was outstanding! Delicious peach, rocket and goats cheese salad, pasta that melts in your mouth, breads to die for!

If I had to do it again I'd get there 5pm, put name down, go shopping or to a bar, go for a stroll, and it will last an hour in the bar. We had dinner at 11pm and the wait staff were clearly over it by then. But I'm going back for the food for sure!

Mar 22, 2012

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food  7      Ambience  9      Service  10      Value  7     

Booked for a business dinner for 7. We were greeted and seated straight away.
They explained the menu which was a bit hard to follow but all of my guests also found it hard to follow...! Anyhow we decided on the Chef's menu and settled in.

Delicious fresh creamy oysters were a special, followed by a so-so quail breast finished with a delicious Murray Cod. Food was above average yes but was it Quay or the like standard? No. Just lacked something. The service, wine and ambience all but make up for it.

Feb 22, 2012

5 Average

Food  8      Ambience  8      Service  1      Value  3     

Ok - Yum food and pizza. Being Italian and having a mum who really knows how to cook I can honestly say this is some of the most authentic yummy italian going around... problem is the service is so bad I can't describe it. If you are over being there - sell your business. Change industries, go work behind a desk. But geez its shocking! I haven't seen attitudes and service this bad...

Oct 21, 2011

7.5 Recommended

Food  7      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  7     

Nice tasty food in a much needed new restaurant area in merrylands. Money bags and spring rolls are beautiful and I love the vegetables in the stir fries- only complaint is there is not very much meat at all in a stirfry dish. But overall high quality fresh tasty Thai.

Oct 07, 2011

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  8     

Best chicken within a 20 k radius! Always busy and always yum.

Oct 07, 2011

7 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  8      Service  8      Value  4     

Good food for a kebab shop but super expensive.

Oct 07, 2011

10 Highly Recommended

Quality  10      Ambience  10      Service  10      Value  10     

Best nails doesn't matter who does them- rose is professional and my nails last 4 weeks in-between infills!

Jun 18, 2011

1 Not Recommended

Food  1      Ambience  1      Service  1      Value  1     

Went in late for a coffee and dessert. Were told the dessert menu ordered churros and coffees. Coffees took over 10 minutes to arrive then twenty minutes later churros still no show. When we asked told there was an error and order was not placed, he told us it's ok you don't owe us anything? I beg your pardon but we didn't have anything as the strong bitter tasting coffee was left in the cup. Btw restaurant looks try hard. Not retro but daggy.

Apr 23, 2011

6.3 Average

Food  7      Ambience  9      Service  4      Value  5     

Ok it's a bit of a mixed review. Nice but not great, definitely overpriced. To be honest, Italian food in Melbourne should be done better. We were seated on a very busy night without a reservation which was nice. A waiter asked us if we wanted water and seemed shocked that we didn't, but then never returned to take our order. After flagging two waiters down 20 minutes later we placed our order. The table bread was nice but the olive oil was the worst I've ever tasted. Extremely bitter after taste.

Wine list way over the top, $59 VIC Pinot? Sorry it wasn't great. Calamari entree was really nice fresh and soft but needed salt. Polpette delicious. I had the crab spagetti in a bag, needed salt. Hubbie had sausage rigatoni which was yum and our side salad was hardly dressed. I am not a salty eater but wow- everything needed salt!

Apr 23, 2011