Reviews by feigyg

This review is for The Greek Deli & Taverna, South Yarra VIC

verified email - 07 Feb 2013

I have been to several greek restaurants before and enjoy greek cuisine. I won a $150 gift voucher to this restaurant & made a booking for a Friday night.

My friend and I decided on the Zorba's Banquet for $59.00 per person which consisted of
Meze Platter, dips,pita,olives,capsicum,dolmades,spanakopita, Saganaki, Greek Salad, Calamari, Prawns, a choice of
Mussels or Scallops, (we chose scallops) Meat, Coffee but no dessert
We didn't order any alcohol we just ordered a greek sour cherry juice each which we both enjoyed.

The Food was ok but to be honest with you not as good as other greek places I have been to,
The creamy garlic prawns,calamari,warm pita were enjoyable. The lamb off the spit which I was looking forward to was not very tasty or flavourful so that was a bit of a disappointment.
The service here was pretty good as well as the atmosphere.
I thought the portion sizes were good and we had enough food and were full at the end.
We had a choice of coffees to go with the meal and we chose greek coffee which was ok but very strong,muddy at the end.

I also ordered turkish delight & baklava, latte (which came with a biscuit) and were all delicious and well presented.

This review is for White Village Greek Tavern, Elsternwick VIC

verified email - 06 Feb 2013

I had been here on a previous occasion & was very impressed by the food,service so when I saw that one of the deal sites that I regularly in my email i jumped at the chance.
I took my brother as a thank you gift. The food is delicious,tasty and very fresh I was so impressed I was going to ask them where they get their fetta cheese from, calamari was tender, delicious home made dips were outstanding, the meat off the spit was very tasty, the greek salad was even amazing. Definitely worth going with or without a voucher.

This review is for Borsch, Vodka & Tears, Prahran VIC

verified email - 06 Feb 2013

What a great place to enjoy a few drinks. The food is ok but i think the main reason to go here would be for the drinks. I asked the waitress her opinion on what she could reccommend ordering bad idea I wasn't happy with the dish but luckily I didn't have to pay for it in the end so I didn't leave annoyed and would definately return for drinks.

This review is for The Groove Train, Brighton VIC

verified email - 04 Feb 2013

I was invited here by a relative who was celebrating their birthday at this venue I had heard of the restaurant before but I did not have high expectations.
My cousin ordered a seafood platter for the whole table to share as well as bread, wine
The seafood was fresh,tasty & very well cooked
So for my main I chose the creamy garlic prawns again very enjoyable, came with jasmine rice, salad
The dissapointments were the desserts definitely a let down
i probably will return but go else where for dessert.
The pizzas also looked good too.

This review is for Omar And The Marvellous Coffee Bird, Gardenvale VIC

verified email - 04 Feb 2013

I have head great things about this place so i was looking forward to coming here some time.
Known for their coffee I decided to try a few different types as well as order some food.
I first started off with an Australian grown cold coffee drip which looked interesting and tasted very unique I thought it could have done with some milk too. I didn't mind this I am undecided on wether I would order it again or not but I guess it's a posability.
I also ordered an avocado,labneh smash, with smoked salmon on toasted sourdough which was nice the smoked salmon was not the best though and I would have liked some poached eggs on top as well but they do not offer eggs at all.
I also ordered an affagatto with home made vanilla icecream I enjoyed this and 2 biscotti which I enjoyed and a latte which I thought was very weak and could not taste the coffee in. Overall I probably wouldn't chose this place to dine at for breakfast maybe lunch as their (very short) lunch menu sounded good,
maybe if i was in the area i would pop by again but not really go out of my way to come here not bad though.

This review is for The Estelle, Northcote VIC

verified email - 04 Feb 2013

I chose this restaurant to celebrate my birthday as i had read amazingly positive,raving reviews from the age good food guide, food bloggers.

We were slightly concerned as my mother who accompanied me as well as a few friends,brother were coming and my mother has a long list of foods she does not and can not eat nevertheless we told them and they just said they were ok to give them the list on the night.
They didn't realise it was such a long list but nevertheless were happy to accomodate her.
We all had to have the same amount of courses and being that it was my birthday I had already decided we were all going to have the 9 courses I also chose the adventurous 5 course wine to accompany5 of the 9 courses So we all started with 3 amuse bouches each served on a black piece of what looked like a slate tile that consisted of melon,crispy chicken skin, jerusalem artichoke,with goats cheese all being delicious.

The first course - we were served were the heirloom tomatoes & fior di latte sweet tomatoes, creamy cheese we all enjoyed this course nothing unique or inventive though

2nd course - Ora king salmon,green apple & coffee
I think this dish was nice but not outstanding

3rd course - Scallop,black miso seaweed was nice, the scallop was fat,delicious without roe just the way i like it the whole dish was pretty tasty

4th course - Coorong mullet,ox heart tomato & calamari Everyone really enjoyed this dish a friend proclaiming it was his favourite dish of the night

5th course - Milawa chicken,foie gras & smoked potato
this was my favourite dish of the evening the chicken was absolutely melt in the mouth tender a unique, delicious tasting dish

6th course - Sher wagyu,burnt carrot & horseradish
A Highly, enjoyable tasty dish I'm not so sure how unique though

7th course - olive oil sponge,pumpkin & salted caramel
This was not bad but we all thought they could have done better

8th course - Summer berries,lemon verbena & mascarpone

9th course - Bannana,chocolate mousse & milk biscuit

Over all the experoience we had at estelle was pretty good bt to be honest with you I was expecting something a bit more unique,inventive The desserts were nothing to rave about
Would I return? It's a possibility but I have to get through most of my wish list before hand.

This review is for MoVida Bakery, South Yarra VIC

verified email - 04 Feb 2013

Having been familiar with the movida brand I was desperate to come here and taste their donuts,pastries,pies,bread,cakes,sandwhiches,tarts etc I was expecting amazing things. I got there at about 130 and there were no sandwhiches available i was ok with that there were however lamb pies,sausage rolls, donuts, other goodies So i ordered a lamb pie which was absolutely heavenly and the most delicious mango rice pudding donut the quality is extremely high as are he prices portion sizes are quite small but for the quality you get what you pay for. Divine. I will be back. Although parking can be little difficult.

This review is for The Wolf And I, Windsor VIC

verified email - 20 Jan 2013

A won a competition giving me a $100 voucher to The Wolf and I.
I checked their website to see the menu a few times & thought it seemed pretty good I can usually tell if the food at a restaurant is going to be good by their menu & pictures of the food. I made a booking for a Friday night and took my mother as a treat.
It's a difficult place to find a park on the street but we found one in a car park that didn't cost anything and wasn't too far away :)
So parked and went in to the pub/restaurant. I was nervous at first because it was more pub like than restaurant and extremely noisy inside ( and out)
We went in down the back where the restaurant part was and had a look at the menu which was the same one on their website.
I thought about having a cocktail but I declined and being not much of a wine or beer drinker & I didn't see cider on the drinks menu I didn't order a beverage at all and stuck with the water. Mum just ordered a diet coke which she seemed very quick to devour.
We ordered the chicken terrine to share with home baked bread
We really enjoyed this dish & the presentation was outstanding,colorful & beautiful to look at like a painting. We were both very impressed. I kept telling my mother see I told you the food would be good. It tasted delicious too.
Now here's where I made the mistake of not listening to my gut feeling I ordered a rare fillet of steak nicely charred on the outside but was lacking seasoning and with a bernaise sauce also extremely lacking seasoning I should have ordered some other dishes to share.
Mum enjoyed her dish of gnocchi with a sweet corn sauce,spring onions and sage butter. They also have the usual pub fair ie burgers, parmas,fish & chips (probably much yummier & more exciting than your usual pub meal though and unique and tasty dishes such as FLOUNDER SHOOTING STAR
(STJERNESKUD)
Danish rye bread, salad leaves, marie rose dressing, shrimps, flying fish roe (lumpfish roe), asparagus which I am thinking maybe I'll order next time.
The ladies next to me ordered around 4 dishes which they shared I was envious of them the food looked seriously stunning that's ok We will order them next time we come.
For dessert I had the pavalova mascarpone vanilla mousse and fresh berries and kiwi delish. Mum ordered a bailey's creme brulee with (housemade) licorice icecream.
All in all we were very impressed chairs were a not very comfortable and the place was unbearably noisy but the food was worth going for. We will be back (maybe on Tuesday or Wednesday next time) Maybe when it won't be as noisy
The portions sizes were very decent too and I liked how you could see into the kitchen.

This review is for Matteo's Ristorante, Fitzroy North VIC

verified email - 10 Jan 2013

Having consistantly getting top reviews in the age good food guide since 1996 I decided to choose this for my birthday.We decided to go for the degustation but as there are things I do not eat I had to email the restaurant my dietry requirments which they were more than happy to comply with. A lovely restaurant with great service, food,atmosphere,decor and very comfortable which is extremely important to me. I enjoyed the dinner and would definately return.

This review is for La Luna Bistro, Carlton North VIC

verified email - 10 Jan 2013

The family went here to celebrate my brothers birthday he had been wanting to come here since seeing Adria on various tv shows and hearing that he loves his meat. 3 of us had the degustation which we mostly enjoyed the stand outs were the steak,sausage,cheese souffle. They also cure all their own meats and small goods which i find really cool.
The restaurant is particularly known for it's carnivorous options but vego's and pescatarians need not fear you will not go hungry. Great service too