Reviews by exoticsz

This review is for Urban Retreat Cafe Lounge Bar, Doncaster East VIC

verified email - 15 Jun 2012

It's closed down and thats a pity. This place was ultra friendly with cool staff and mum helping out. Food was great and super fresh and loved. I miss the brothers who owned it as they looked after my workers. Pizza was only a few days a week which was a pity. Come back dammit!!

Approximate cost: $20

This review is for Leo's Fine Food & Wine, Kew VIC

verified email - 15 Jun 2012

Be prepared to PAY!!! As you descend from your mere vehicle you may feel out of place. The car park is covered with BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Audi....it could be mistaken for a prestige car sales lot! Once inside there are 2 areas of this shopping centre. One is epic and clean and very sorted, the other is ...hmmm, well you can tell its been there for a while. Don't let it detract from the superb quality of cheeses and meats available. Everything on the shelves looks like its only seconds old and I must admit i have seen items on the shelf that are cheaper than Coles. SAN MARZANO tomatoes are here if your a Pizza freak and that is one of the reasons I Love it. It's a must...go only once, but go!!

This review is for Beaurepaires, Doncaster VIC

verified email - 15 Jun 2012

Go there with cash, when it's quiet and you cannot go wrong. Lots of tyre places in this area fighting for competition and this is the one to be at. They also have second hand tyres if you need to get away with something cheaper like most of us do so ask for them!! Bob Jane across the road is not as good..too many cheifs there. The workers here know thier stuff so give it a go.

This review is for Joes Garage, Fitzroy VIC

verified email - 15 Jun 2012

A keeper! It's been up and down and hot and cold!!! It's now an institution that has prooved itself to be a winner. Always great to come here with mates and have a few things onthe menu all at once! Blue Train's original maker was responsible for it and the guys who took it over have kept it in ship shape! Love the originality and always a place to come home to when some grounding is needed after a long flight. Good on you guys. Go there, this place is cool!

Approximate cost: $25

This review is for Automatic Cafe, Southbank VIC

verified email - 15 Jun 2012

The sister cafe to The Blue Train was a great place to be. After the sale of Blue Train this was the only cafe style place left owned by the guys who started Joe's Garage. It's got a nice buzz and kind of cool effect going on. The food is ok but not great as any cafe style dining is. The waiters are fun and buzzing around on coffee 'high's' !! Do it a least once...

Approximate cost: $28

This review is for Blue Train Cafe, Southbank VIC

verified email - 15 Jun 2012

Sold to Dimattina coffee some years ago the place has had a bit of a shift. I used to call this place home and virtually dined here every night when in town. If you can get over all the weird waitresses with tattoos and piercings you might settle down to some average overpriced food. Years ago when the old crew owned it the place was pumping and the food was great. You could shout your mates and they would all come back..these days its the opposite. I still go every now and again to 'hope' something changes but.....
On the plus side they have a good bar!

Approximate cost: $30

This review is for Mosskito, Clifton Hill VIC

verified email - 15 Jun 2012

Huge place with Huge meals! This is where you go for the Big Screen entertainment area. When the tennis or world cup is on and Australia for tennis or Italy for soccer are playing the atmosphere is fantastic. The food is sometimes hit and miss but it is really dependant on who's cooking and if they can keep up! You need to get a nice waitress too because some are just 'over it'.. Don't let simple things deteriorate your evening because it really is a good place to bring friends and 'hang out' .. prices are a tad high for my liking or I would be there more often but definitely a favourite for our crew.

Approximate cost: $35

This review is for Skinny Dog Hotel, Kew VIC

verified email - 15 Jun 2012

I finally went here after after hearing the non stop talk on the size of the parmigiana's they serve. It's a lovely place, out the back towards the infamous Leo's supermarket, is where you want to sit. Anywhere else and you get the feeling your not going to enjoy it. At the time we were lucky to have a friend working there and we really got looked after with food and drinks so huge bonus for that and big thanks to the girls. The food is....well, i suggest you don't eat for a week before you go here. The parma is the Only thing to order and you can feed a family on it. It is beyond me how it could naturally be this large, more from an elephant than a chook! Go there, it's worth a try and you will go back! Just remember, it is a pub.

This review is for Via Veneto, Carlton VIC

verified email - 14 Jun 2012

This place is Iconic, I take International clients here and they love me for it. The food is what you expect in a busy street like this with all the competition. Great Lasagne and I could go for seconds but there's only so much room! Fantastic to see after all this time they are still pumping out quality food.

This review is for Michelangelo's Pizza & Pasta, Burwood VIC

verified email - 14 Jun 2012

It looks great from the outside and you think that you might get lucky here. Unfortunately your not. It's really hit and miss and lots of people are wondering how it survives. I would love this place to be as good as it once was but a bad chef moment is all it takes for some people. Lets hope it comes good.

Approximate cost: $25