Reviews by AdelaideGirl

This review is for Coffee Amigo, Salisbury SA

verified email - 08 Mar 2014

Excellent. This cafe has it all:
Excellent coffee, quality and taste second to none, and the obviously caring and passionate barista delivers coffee art with every cup - a fun and thoughtful touch.
Superb food - the food is typical of the Latin American country El Salvador, and having travelled to El Salvador myself I can happily say that the pupusas, curtido and salsa are just as good as what you'll buy in the streets and restaurants in El Salvador. Try the quesadilla and pupusas.
Great atmosphere, with happy, hard working staff and authentic Salvadoran tunes on rotation. The cafe is clean, open and fresh with outdoor and indoor seating.
Prices are fair, the opening hours are good.

An amazing little gem in the heart of Salisbury's John street - this place is worth making it a destination in an of itself for a trip. I highly recommend it and can't wait for the chance to go back there again and again.

Approximate cost: $7.00

This review is for Charlie's Diner, Brighton SA

verified email - 07 Mar 2014

Had the Saturday lunch buffet here, which was only $2 cheaper than the evening buffet.

The food was ok but not great - the quality of food is much better at the Watermark buffet. There's unfortunately not a great variety - watery pastas with 2 choices of sauce, pizza, the standard asian choices and roast meat w vegies/salad.

You can refill your softdrink which is good. The dessert bar had a few choices, and ice cream cones which were popular with the kids.

The kitchen was quite slow refilling dishes, and some weren't refilled while I was there. There was a fruit platter at the dessert bar that stayed empty once it was all gone, and wasn't replaced nor the dish cleared for a good hour.

It was convenient for us at the time, but we don't plan to visit again. I would recommend it to friends wanting to scarf junky type food like crazy and guzzle soft drink.

Approximate cost: $18.00

This review is for House Of The Red Dragon, Smithfield SA

verified email - 07 Mar 2014

We (2 adults, 1 toddler) had a family dinner here. The service was quick and friendly, but the only thing they got right with our order was the drinks....!!!

I ordered King Prawn with Cashew Nuts, and got something with pork, chicken, squid and prawns and vegies...lightly braised in a vat of gelatinous something. He ordered combination chow mein and got something with combination meat, vegies...delicately nestled in a vat of gelatinous something.

I had been hoping for something special here, but it was just very poor quality chinese food, cooked with oodles of unnecessary boggy sauce and I'm not sure how the waitress could have messed up such straightforward dishes. She didn't even know what was what when she bought the food out.

We were ravenous so we just ate what we could from what came out; we mentioned the error when paying the bill, and the lady taking payment thought we were questioning the total of the bill - she very exaggeratedly took a deep breath and started to toll out each item on the bill. Unnecessary theatrics for someone that can't decipher a patron's reasonably pronouched "King. Prawn. with. Cashew. Nuts".

The menu was overrpriced in my opinion - most menu items were nudging $20 or over. The dish size is very generous - but if it's poor food that doesn't really make up for it.

We won't be going back and would not recommend.

Approximate cost: $20.00

This review is for Fasta Pasta, Port Adelaide SA

verified email - 07 Mar 2014

Have been here a couple of times recently for a fast meal. The service is always pleasant; there was one problem with an order where I was brought the wrong dish (I had to return it as the one that came had chilli, and I was sharing with my toddler), they took the dish away without too much fuss and brought out a fresh meal. I think it might have been due to noise levels when ordering, it can get pretty busy in here.

When it's really busy you do have to line up, but they get through the line pretty quickly, and you don't have to wait too long for the food. When it's quiet, the food is quite quick.

Overall a steady, dependable restaurant. The food is always a good standard and the service has never been bad.

Approximate cost: $12.00

This review is for Professional Carpet And Upholstery Pty Ltd, Adelaide SA

verified email - 13 Sep 2013

I was searching for quotes to clean carpets in a rental house prior to move out. This company responded very quickly to online requests for a quote, so I decided to go with them even though they were a little more expensive. When I commented they were $20 more than the nearest cleaner's price, he said that the steam clean was amazing etc and worth it for the technical training, equipment etc.

The technician was late by an hour and a bit - which I didn't mind at all, except he waited until 10 minutes before the appointment time to ring and tell me - if he'd called me earlier I needn't have rushed my previous appointment.

The guy was quite quick given how much I had to wait for him to finish the 'technical issues' at his previous job. He was happy to accomodate other service guys I had there while he was there.

After he was done, I wasn't impressed with the quality of the clean. The carpet had heaps of dirt on it still. (I read afterward on the website that they wont vacuum the carpet, you have to have done it first. I personally dont think that's acceptable and it must surely be not standard practise, so the booking guy could have warned me I'd need to have carpets thorougly vacuumed). Go Clean did a vacuum with a big old ancient vacuum before they 'cleaned' the carpet at least.

The guy was unable to get out two spots, whereas Go Clean got all the spots out.

Overall the carpet didn't look that great - maybe steam cleaning carpets is only for la-de-dah brand new wool carpets or something, my cheapy rental carpets didn't come up well at all.

On a side note, when i was trying to find the company website again to do this review, it was extremely difficult to find the actual name of the company - they use about 3-4 names apparently interchangeably which was annoying.

I will not use this company again. Until I can afford la-de-dah carpets that are fastidiously maintained by my butler prior to any professional steam clean.

Approximate cost: $120.00

This review is for Go Clean Carpet Cleaning, Adelaide SA

verified email - 13 Sep 2013

I had 4 rooms cleaned with Go Clean after reading reviews on womo.

I had thought that the operator would move the furniture to clean the carpets, but they didn't move anything as far as I could tell. I'm not sure if they're supposed to or not though.

I paid for the four room 'womo' special, which is just their normal special anyway. One of the 'rooms' was a bedroom, which with the QS bed in there, there was not very much floor to clean at all, and again, the bed wasn't moved - so I felt a bit annoyed at having that count as a room.

The carpets came up quite well, the guy vacuumed before doing their cleaning thing, and warned that a couple stains might not come out but they did.

Overall, having had another carpet cleaner in since to compare with (Go Clean being much better), Go Clean do a good job for a reasonable price. I will probably use them for the next clean.

Approximate cost: $100.00

This review is for Chickens Plus, Woodville SA

verified email - 16 Jun 2013

I grabbed a chook and min chips for a lazy and calorific lunch at home.

The chicken was fine, normal like any other chicken shop - chips were ok but nothing inspiring...i like a bit of crunch and these chips just looked a bit wrinkly and sad. There were a couple of extra things on the menu/in the hot cabinet that don't always appear in other chicken shops - chicken wingies and a pork roast with crackling that looked really yum actuallly.

The store is nice and big, and when I drive past it often appears packed out, so that's good. Ok range of drinks but the only milk drink available was FUIC. Which isn't so much a problem, but one likes to hum and har before deciding on a beverage, you know?

It was a little pricier than other chook shops. Service was really fast and cordial. Parking is good, though might be a squeeze at peak times.

Overall ok, but I'll probably not go back there.

Approximate cost: $24.00

This review is for Dial A Conveyancer , Adelaide SA

verified email - 15 Jun 2013

I've used Dial a Conveyancer on at least 4 occasions when buying and selling Adelaide residential real estate, over approximately a 14 year period.

Neville and his team are very experienced and provide exceptional service. For my first purchase, Neville took plenty of time to sit with me and go over important details relevant to my situation and what I was buying - I definitely went into the sale with my eyes opened thanks to Neville's advice. On a couple of occasions, Neville's team have assisted me in achieving settlement extremely fast - within 3-4 weeks.

I'm dealing with them right now on a purchase, and once again I've been delighted with the professional approach and how the settlement process has been made seamless and simple. And very, very fast.

Neville also helped me with a sale transaction once where he drew up the sale contract (I managed to sell without an agent) and provided conveyancing for me as seller as well as the buyer - seamless.

I've mentioned Neville's name to various real estate agents who have asked who my conveyancer is and most agents know who he is, and those who do know him express confidence in his abilities.

The best part about Neville's service is the price. It's absolutely reasonable - most banks and brokers will tell you to factor in around $600-$800 for conveyancing - last time I worked with Neville it was less than $400. That was a while ago - I'm not sure how much it is today.

Definitely recommend Neville Lea Dial a Conveyancer to anyone buying or selling real estate in Adelaide.

This review is for J L & J K Bevan Master Plumber, Glenelg East SA

verified email - 15 Jun 2013

I've used these plumbers a few times now - the reason for recurrence of issues is not their workmanship but inconveniently located tree roots + overhead apartment issues...

Today I called as muck was welling up through the kitchen sink - yuk - so I called on a Saturday and asked for immediate attendance - they were here and it was fixed within 1 and a half hours.

The guy who answered the phone was courteous, I didn't need to tell him my address twice he got all details first go, overall I couldn't fault the experience.

I also once had to chase up a bill that was around 2 years old - I called their office with only my address as a reference and a vague 3 month window of when the job had been done - the lady found the job and emailed me the invoice within 3 minutes and waited on the phone until the invoice had come through.

In terms of cost - I don't really have many other plumbers to compare prices with, but they seem reasonable and when the job gets done along with great service - if I'm paying a premium then I don't mind. I think the cost is probably on a par with other companies.

This review is for Clark Rubber, Richmond SA

verified email - 04 Jun 2013

We went to Clark Rubber to get some of that non-slip lattice matting that you can cut to size and use in kitchen drawers etc, and one of those draught stoppers that slide in under your doors. The lass that helped us was polite but not really friendly, and chatted away a bit with her colleague while we were transacting at checkout.

The disappointing thing is that the non-slip matting was horrendously expensive, especially when we realised on our next visit to a $2 shop, they carried the same thing for a couple bucks, whereas we paid nearly 10 times that much. Ditto for the draught stopper - we found them @ a $2 shop and ended up buying them from the $2 shop for the rest of the house, and guess what? The $2 shop ones are still working where the expensive clark rubber one has caught and caught and caught over time and eventually been destroyed by the door open/close action.

I've used Clark Rubber for quite a few things in the past and shudder to think at how much I've been ripped off over the years. I wouldn't be surprised to find that they mark up their prices anywhere from 500% to 10,000% - without exaggerating. In future I'll do whatever I possibly can to find the products I need anywhere but a clark rubber store.