Pavilion @ Salamanca — Restaurant in Hobart

Nice layout, wonderful food, reasonably priced but terrible service. I arrived with my girlfriend for lunch, we were given a booth to sit in as there was only two other tables taken (the other two booths). After ordering some food drinks (and paying around $70) we drank one each and went outside for a cigarette, when we came back in a local man had been given our seat and had a drink and cutlery in front of him, we weren’t approached about why this was so we chose another table and sat down. I went back up to the bar to order and thought I would ask why our table had been given away, to which the barman/waiter replied “I didn’t give it away, I’m here by myself, I can’t cant guard tables for everyone.”

This was extremely disappointing as he seemed to be a really nice man at the start and unfortunately, if you’re a waiter, it is your job to ensure people’s tables aren’t taken, especially when there are plenty of other tables available.

All in all the food and atmosphere was great, the waiter was nice too, however I couldn’t help but get the feeling he was too lazy to take responsibility for his mistake or try...

The service was chaotic. Waiter had to come back confirm what the order was 10 minutes after ordering it. Then, it took another 30 minutes for it to come, only to find a plate of Eggs Benedict in which the toast, eggs and bacon were cold. Eggs weren’t runny as well. Only good thing was the halloumi. As for the other plate, the eggs on tast, it was also cold. This time, not only were the eggs cold but they were also completely boiled (they were supposed to be poached). On top of this, coffee was quite milky so very low actual coffee shot on it. All this for $54 and no apology. In my opinion, there was no excuse for this poor service as the place was only at 40% capacity by the...

Myself and three others wanted seafood and decided this place looked nice, we wondered why it was nearly empty on a Friday night but ordered food anyway.

The staff were friendly and having fun, so much so they forgot to send the food to the kitchen to make which one of us found out after an hour when we enquired as to where our food was. In the hour after we ordered where not much was going on, it hadn't occurred to them to see where it was or remember to follow up. Very inept and we wouldn't recommend, makes sense why they were near empty.

Appears the staff didn't have sufficient training or skills to effectively run...