Bicicletta Restaurant — Restaurant in District of Canberra Central

This is a tale of two sittings. Two radically different meals, a dinner and a breakfast.

Don’t bother with this place for dinner. There’s lots of problems. At dinner the restaurant is noisy. Annoyingly so. Worse, the food is excessively ordinary and stupidly overpriced. I chose the barramundi with whipped ricotta and a capsicum and fennel salad. I would have had major issues with the dish had it been $29, but at $39 bumped up to $42 with the holiday surcharge it was nothing short of highway robbery. I felt financially defiled. It was a tiny piece of fish. Well cooked but still tiny. The skin was cooked though so it wasn’t crisp but rather rubbery and chewy. The salad was small but ok. The whipped ricotta was a tiny little smear on the plate. The whole thing was barely entree size. My favourite thing on the plate was a half of lemon. I tried to squeeze the juice on my little bit of barra. I could barely extract a drop of juice. More attention had been paid to chargrilling the lemon than to ensuring there was still some juice left in it. Ergo, it was there for decoration only.

My loved one had a spaghetti marina which was small salty and just ok. At $32 it was significantly overpriced too. I could go on and on about other aspects of our meal like our overpriced salad and mineral water, but I won’t. Essentially, the restaurant is a poor option for dinner. The food is ordinary and very overpriced. Portions are small. The establishment is aiming for a level that it can’t currently reach.

For dinner, I’d give this restaurant 1.5 to 2 out if 5 only. I would never eat here for dinner again.

Unbelievably, breakfast was a totally different experience. A continental breakfast came as part of our deal. After the dinner experience we were expecting very little joy. But, breakfast is a lot better. Like totally different. They have a super little continental breakfast here. It’s thoughtful, well designed and delicious. Lovely cold meats, good cheeses, really good bread, lovely olives. Etc. Terrific oatmeal and natural yoghurt too. The toasted walnuts delighted in a way I find hard to describe. The coffee was not bad and the available fruits reasonable too. Overall, it’s a good hotel breakfast.

Service was ok both times. Probably students I’d say earning extra cash. They did as well as they could.

This is not a restaurant. It’s a fairly basic cafe really. It’s not a dinner venue unless you’re into basic food at very high prices. Breakfast though is good fun and reasonable. You’ve...

Came here few days ago on Friday night. The restaurant is inside the hotel and hard to find parking. Everywhere is paid parking up the front. The menu is not extensive so we ordered some basic. Lasanga, Carbonara, Pizza and Chicken with Olive sauce and Kale chips. All are OK. They didn't impress. just basic. Carbonara did not taste much, just super basic, I could make this myself and excel!. Portion is very poor. For 28$. But If u order bolognaise, youll get big size. Lasanga taste 👍. Size is a ok. But can do more coz it's just the lasanga in the middle. For 28 dollars. Chicken tastes great, tender and portion is ok but pairing it with oily kale chips, which some of them were only half crisp. Was not flattering at all. Overall was not impressed. Pizza is basic, taste good, dough is chewy. Honestly we came here because we received 50% off. If we had to pay full price, we wouldn't. As part of the disc, we had to order some beverage, the cokes and the ales. They were tasteless because they came from a big drum. So not fizzy, they are like stale drinks. We knew this. Service is good, the waiter that served us fulfilled all orders and got us what we needed. The interior is poor though.. very basic for the $$ they put up. The wall we sat against was super ugly, i feel like sitting against the old and broken bathroom's wall in the 80s. Not instagramable! So yes.. not...

Early dinner time with the Tofu family having missed lunch and we hankered for some Italian. This was walking distance away and opened at 5pm. Orders taken straightaway and also told that Happy Hour at the bar was still open. $15 cocktails sounded good.

Service was excellent; polite, prompt and attentive. Share plates requested and brought without a fuss. Entrees of frito misti and hotpot prawns were quick to arrive. Light crispy batter and accompanied by lemon wedge and house tartare. The prawns came swimming in a tasty sauce begging to be mopped up with some pasta or fresh bread. Small portions both but delicious.

Both salads were well dressed and fresh. Reasonable size and recommended. The burrata was also delicious and fresh.

Crab linguine was overpowered by the chili so the white wine sauce and crab tasted bland. The Lamb pappardelle was delicious and a highlight. Both also small portions more suitable as an entree.

We had to try a pizza and chose the Capricciosa. Light chewy base and a reasonable spread of toppings. A nice size to share.

Canolli and tiramisu for dessert and both were mediocre. Canolli was crisp and the ricotta filling cold. The pistachio crumb was a nice touch. The tiramisu was...