We shall start with the food. First off the Linguine al Granchio Blue. The pasta was cooked al dente with some nice tomatoes, and garlic to give it some more flavour. The chilli also added some spice as well as some nice high quality olive oil. The crab was also delicious with the creamy pasta. Also good portion size. 9/10. Next is the Fettuccine all’uovo con pollo. It had a nice texture with freshly made pasta and well cooked chicken, as well as the Sundried Tomatoes, Mushroom and spinach adding a good amount of flavour. The creamy garlic sauce also added a lot to the dish. 8/10. Thirdly we have one of the specials at the time. The Prawn Risotto. It had Prawn, Sausage and chilli with some creamy Prawn Risotto. It was very tasty and had a perfect texture and was nice and filling. 8.5/10. Now for the Carbonara. It was perfectly al dente with a good portion size of creamy spaghetti. It had onion, guanciale and some things like garlic to make the dish even better. Solid 9/10. The 4th dish my group tasted was the Chicken Ravioli with broccoli sauce. It had broccoli and some sauce to compliment well with the Chicken Ravioli. It was creamy, thick and filling! Anything you can hope for considering it’s a Chicken Ravioli! 8/10. Next up is the Ischia Prawns with Pasta. It had nice and fresh King Prawns, spicy chilli, Garlic and creamy tomato sauce. Unfortunately there was a bit too much pasta compared to the prawns especially considering it was a prawn based dish. Still delicious though and good portion sizes. 7/10. Finally we have the Pappardelle Ragu. It was tasty with al dente pasta with delicious fresh beef and a nice red wine to par with the tomato sauce. 8/10. Next up is the sides! The garlic bread was nice and soft with a good amount of garlic butter. 8.5/10. Lastly for the sides we had the Deep Fried Camembert Cheese. It was absolutely delicious with perfect melted cheese and crumbing. 10/10. We also had some drinks. The chocolate milkshake was nice and cold and chocolatey though all milkshakes are not included on the menu. 7/10. The other milkshake we had was strawberry which just tasted like blended strawberry milk. Not terrible though. 6/10. Now for the service. It was very good with the food coming quickly and one of the waiters have very good humor in them. Added to the experience! All the waiters were all very polite and listen to everyone’s requests. Finally the atmosphere. There was nice music playing with a nice area right in the inner city. It was a bit quiet when we went but we did go early in the evening and there was an Australia vs England game that half of Australia was watching....
Read moreWent here for my girlfriends birthday dinner last night as I had heard good things, and was one of the few restaurants I wanted to try that was open on a Monday night. Ordered a pizza, chilli mussels and the fettucine pasta. I asked for anchovies on the pizza which I was told was no problem, but then the pizza came without anchovies. The waitress asked if we want anchovies just placed on top or a new pizza, so of course we sent it back and got a new one made with anchovies. The mussels weren't properly cooked in the tomato sauce and were sitting on top dry like they hadn't been tossed in the sauce. And the pasta was as meh as I've had in a restaurant anywhere. Nothing was really good. Apart from the mistake with the pizza, the service was overall good. We were surprised how fast the food came out and perhaps that may have been the problem as to why our meals were so average. I did have to go and remind them to bring out the birthday dessert with the candle as I had previously organised, otherwise that wouldn't have come out either. Overall, the dining and booking experience was not great and I had used the online booking function to ask for the birthday cake options, and also emailed them about it but nobody got back to me, and then had to follow up with a call to finally organise it. So don't expect instructions to be followed through the online portal, make sure you call them. Furthermore, my girlfriend is now at home after a night of vomitting and stomach cramps. I wasn't hit that bad, but my stomach is defnitely feeling the effects of that meal and I'll be throwing away the leftover pizza. This was...
Read moreWell we almost left when we first arrived as we were given a tiny table for two on the busy footpath outside the restaurant but I'm glad we didn't! All the staff were lovely but an older Chinese gent in particular who was very funny and charming offered myself and others sitting outside blankets and a discount on the soup of the day. For entrees we ordered the fried squid and king prawns and I have to say, it was probably the best fried squid I've ever had (and I have eaten A LOT of it at many different restaurants). The sauce on the prawns was divine, we had to restrain ourselves from scooping it up with spoons and eating it after prawns were gone 😂. For mains we had the seafood marinara and the pasta with scallops. The scallops were cooked to perfection and weren't skimped on like a lot of places (there was around 10 of them) and all the flavours in the dish were just perfectly balanced. There was nothing too rich or overwhelming but the furthest thing from bland. The seafood marina could not be faulted and it was nice to have some decent mussels for a change that didn't taste weird. Service was very fast and efficient except for the mains which were a little on the slow side, however not surprising considering it was flat out on a Saturday night. We were taken care of and never found ourselves looking around trying to get the attention of staff. Overall, this place is the bomb! I know we will be going back and I highly, highly recommend it to...
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