La Cucina Beaumaris — Restaurant in Melbourne

After reading some of the reviews my hopes weren't high but all I can say is WOW!

I went with my wife late on a Saturday night 8.45 with no booking the place was 3/4 full so didn't think we would get in.

When we arrived we were warmly greeted seated and had our first round of drinks within 5 minutes and within 10 we were served starters which consisted of (3 large) arancini balls and freshly shucked Oysters...both dishes were a delight and left me wanting more! next up our mains of Risotto - RISOTTO AL FUNGO PORCINO E ANATRA (slow cooked carnaroli rice with porcini mushrooms and braised duck in a traditional red wine jus) and Pizza - PATATA (Buffalo Mozzarella, onion, potato, rosemary, chilli)Wood fired pizza. once again amazed at the flavours and one of the best wood fired pizzas I've had in a long time.(Pizza fans definite must try) last but not least the dessert which we both had Mini Pavlova (Chantelle cream, fresh fruit & berry coulis) this was by far the best Pav I have eaten outside of New Zealand (Thanks mum)

From a service perspective - Waiting staff were amazing they knew the menu / wine list with recommendations to compliment the dishes. We were even asked if we enjoyed our meal by the owner Morag Davidson who deserves a mention not often you get to meet the owner when you dine out this was a special touch.

So next time your taking out that someone special or going with a group of friends but not sure what to eat Citrus would be my choice with plenty of variation on the menu which will even satisfy the vegetarians among us.

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Had a really bad experience with the orders not taken correctly and the order for medium/well steak was not done and as from picture you can see they got it wrong. The service was also bad. They Waiter did not understand our order at all and when they took the plates away after the entree they did not replace the napkins or the cutlery until asked and even then they did not bring any napkins.. Also the manager was informed and offered half price on the steak and treated us like we were lying. I would not recommend this place to anyone due to the bad service and the food was not served as ordered. Also willing to testify in court everything above is 100% the truth and maybe we lucked out and got a bad day but the manager should of handled it better and the staff should have been better trained as who gets the orders so wrong and also who takes away cutlery and napkins and does not replace them... We did see the manager later taking to the waiter but even then they should have come over and apologized for the bad service.... We left and will...

We arrived on time and our table wasn’t ready, not a good start Initially the service was good, served drinks, appies arrived pretty quick Then I don’t know what went wrong, but we waited over an hour for the mains But the worst part, we were completely ignored the whole time, many waiters buzzing around Not one came to see if we needed further drinks, or apologise for our food taking so long It’s like they were avoiding our table We eventually enquired as to when our meals where likely to arrive and was met with indifference from the staff The food was ok, just average Italian type fare Our pizza was undercooked, so was a bit oily and bland But the rest of the dishes looked nice and our other guests where happy enough It was a week night and not terribly busy, need to improve the basics or hire more kitchen staff Not an enjoyable experience I’m afraid Let’s see if we...