Gilda Restaurant & Cafe — Restaurant in Melbourne

We went to Gilda's Restaurant in Reservoir a few times for dinner, and it was great. We also booked it for a private function, which also was great. The food was delicious, and nobody left hungry. So we decided to book again for another buffet-style function, and our guests knew the food was plentiful and delicious. However, this time was a disappointment. Our first course was antipasto platters, which wasn't enough for all our guests to get a serve each. We were promised bottomless pizza, but were given all margaritas rather than a variety of pizzas. There was one green salad, one pasta salad, and some lasagna, and penne pasta, which was rather ordinary. We also got some calamari, which was scattered sparsely on top of large bowls of chips. When we asked for more, we were told they were out of calamari. We were also meant to get two regular-sized bottles of soft drinks per person, which, when we asked, were told wasn't included. But we did get them eventually. Then we were charged more than our original quote, and told us they were charging the kids adult prices. One of the kids was two years old, so didn't warrant getting charged an adult price. The reason for charging extra, they said that they were not making any profit. In the past, this restaurant owner has been very good but this time we just felt that we didn't get what we previously had gotten in the past. We felt he was skimping on food and cutting corners. Two of our guest were going to book up coming functions based on our first function but have now decided not too. We also won’t be...

I ordered online and just had to say—I highly, highly recommend this place! The food is absolutely amazing, and the team behind it is even better.

A special shout-out to Mario and the staff for going above and beyond. I arrived about 20 minutes after the kitchen had closed, but they were still so kind and generous, and they made sure I could still collect my food.

Mario was incredibly patient, supportive, and provided truly excellent customer service. The food itself? 10/10. Five stars all the way!

Thank you so much to the whole team—I’ll definitely be back, and I’ll be recommending you to all...

I was totally surprised to see a restaurant cook a real carbonara, unfortunately it tasted like lemon rind- i understand the same sauté pan gets used all day long, ever heard of washing it? This dish should be creamy with lots of pecorino Romano and egg yolk. Unfortunately it was way overcooked scrambled eggs the pecorino was abysmal, the dish was dryer than cardboard. One star for actually using guanciale and one for the kids pizza which also wasn’t great, the base was fine but the sugo (sauce) was acidic and sour. I’ll also mention it was a delivery that took forever. I definitely...