Paradiso Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Central

2021

Almost one year later, we went back for our Department party to Paradiso. I was expecting a delicious meal in mind, with having decided on braised lamb at $40. I just wanted to compare my last meal with that of the present. My other colleagues had ordered chicken, beef and pasta.

Again, we were DISAPPOINTED, to say the least, the food we ordered, particularly the quality has gone from bad to worse. It may look good in the picture, but where it matters, it is truly a travesty, in light of how much it costs.

This time the volume of music being played at the whim of the DJ was loud and annoying (with music stopping and starting) as well as the genre of music not suited to the patrons present.

Maybe Paradiso is a Restaurant/Night Club, Dear owner please choose one.

A restaurant should be where people come to enjoy food and company and not be assaulted with noise.

It seems in Fiji people are attracted by loud music into shops, buses, restaurants and other public places or maybe, most of us are deaf.

Getting back to Paradiso, I am rating them a 2 from 3, as of 2020.

Unfortunately, I will not be going to Paradiso for food that is blend and extremely loud music.

2020

The food that I ordered was well done, but not so for my two other colleagues whose Italian food was just too spicy.

The environment is alright, but the live music was just too loud to have a conversation over dinner.

The service provided was good, preparation of food was done within reasonable time.

It is once in a while...

My wife and I went out to dinner with two other couples. We did not make a reservation. We were seated at 6:15pm. We ordered at 6:20pm. My wife and two others in our party ordered a sirloin steak meal. They reach asked for a dinner salad, as one of their sides. Another in our party ordered a salad. Myself and another person ordered a calzone. I originally asked for a Chicken Cordon Bleu meal, one of their 9 main meals that they serve. For whatever reason, it was not available. We waited an hour to be finally be served. The steak meals were cold, and did not come with the salads. The meat was under cooked, even though they all asked for medium. It was more like medium rare. Our calzones arrived 10 minutes after every one else's meals were served. Mine was partially burned on top. They were much more spicy than expected. They contained bongo peppers, which are similar to the Habanero chili pepper. Our waitress never checked on us after taking our orders. We had to get up and approach her to check on the status of our meals. We requested water twice. We had to wait a long time, even for it to be delivered to our table. My wife and I had the same exact meals as one other couple at our table. Yet we got charged $10 more than they did. The cashier seemed unsure how to resolve the problem, but eventually handed me a $10 bill. The setting is nice, but we were sorely disappointed with our experience....

This was my first time at the restaurant and meeting a very close friend of mine after a very long time (7yrs) this was the best spot. We had a great time, although there were some mix up with the pre-orders (sent to someone in a different department so we had to wait awhile). Then with the little misunderstanding the food arrived at the right time but we still had to re-confirm as some food ordered were not served yet. We arrived at 7pm and left a little close to 10pm. Some of the changes we noticed with the same dish that was ordered and brought in on different intervals were the consistency of the taste. For example the first dish served at around 7:30pm had the right proportion of salt and the same dish served at 8pm had no salt at all. But the staff were helpful and they assisted us with the best Service. Their kind gestures kept things at bay. I still would recommend this place provided that when you pre-order your food that its sent to the right department and just follow ups...