Reviews by leighs2

This review is for Baileys Brake & Clutch Ipswich, Bundamba QLD

verified email - 18 Jun 2015

Recently had major brake failure with our family car and needed work done immediately due to having a heavily pregnant partner and children that rely on the car to get to school and rugby.
The major work was carried out the same day we contacted Baileys and was booked in a few days later for some non critical work as well. We found the staff honest and up front and easy to talk with.
Parts replaced:
-REAR ROTORS (supplied)
-pads front and rear
-Park brake drum pads
-brake fluid flush
-rear calliper rebuild
Around 5-6 hours labour.

Will definitely recommend B.B.a.C to anyone that needs an honest mechanic around Ipswich.
I'd take my vehicles there again for sure.

Approximate cost: $900

This review is for Alaturka, Darwin NT

verified email - 14 Jun 2010

Last night (13th June) my partner and I had the experience to dine at Alaturka.
As we walked through the shop front like door it was obvious that the place was not as busy as previous nights that I had seen the restaurant however the amount of tables crammed in to such a small area suggested that it could cater for at least the entire team of the soccerroo's as long as nobody tried to stretch.
We were greeted by one of the waiter staff that was tending to another customer and as he scratched his head and looked around he found a table for 2 in the middle of the restaurant but against the wall and pointed in that direction. now as for the table lay out this proved to be quite a maze just to get to the table. once there it was obvious that the table had not been cleaned and after 5 minutes a different waiter approached us and asked us if we wouldn't mind moving to another table as the table we were sitting at had not been made up and was unclean. Moving to another table we were sat right next to the bar and in the cause way to the kitchen and had the constant traffic of the waiters hurrying past our table. The waiter took our order for drinks but some how between the 2.5 metres between our table and the bar got a Heiniken confused with a red wine.

The entrée we ordered was some kind of lamb mince in a pastry that was deep fried that had a suspicious taste of an all Australian meat pie.
The other was Feta cheese in a pastry wrapped into fingers and again deep fried,and served with a garnish of salad and a dipping sauce. this was quite nice and a good entrée.

The mains were a char grill lamb kebab pieces served over a assortment of capsicum tomato and other vegetables quite a nice generous serving dish however with the lamb being quite potently charred in taste.

The second dish was not quite as expected but turned out to be diced grilled salmon with an assortment of vegetables and fresh tomato's with 2 deep fried looking things on top with an assortment of 3 dipping sauces. Upon asking the waiter what exactly the deep fried things were on top he was unsure and went to get a female employee to answer my questions. when she arrived she picked up my partners fork and started prodding my deep fried things and informed me they were potato and then made her way around my plate telling me what was there. Well.... lets just say I know what potato is... And this was not potato, well at least not real potato, (I beleive that it may have been packet potato balls squashed then deep fried). Once again a hearty generous dish but with very little salmon, however the small portion of salmon that the chef did decide to part with was quite dry and lacked a lot of flavour.

After this it was enough and we didn't really want to see what could possibly go wrong with the dessert so asked for the bill. 20 minutes latter when the bill did arrive in its wooden box it was quite unreadable and didn't have a total so upon asking the waiter for the total he rudely pointed out some chicken scratch in the far left corner of the bill, no where near the neat little box that clearly states "TOTAL".

I believe this restaurant is capable of good food. Unfortunately its the restaurant's untrained or lack of knowledgeable staff and lack of real atmosphere that lets it down. Sure there is some great culture and art on the walls and quite a bit of effort has been made to make it seem really authentic but you cant help but feel that your in an over crowded rented Cafe and being served by back packers.

Approximate cost: $40

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