50 Unley Road
Unley SA 5061
0414 157 974
NOW I'M NOT GOING TO LIE TO YOU, this was NOT an enjoyable dinner. It was anything but. My husband and I love good old fashioned Italian food. The real deal, authentic, basic, nothing fancy but just enough to transport you to the country and make you feel all warm and fuzzy. So for our 3rd wedding anniversary we thought we'd use the opportunity to have a beautiful dinner at a newer restaurant that, from what I had read, promised to serve old school Italian food.
From the moment we walked in I felt a sense of disappointment creeping in. Ambiance was completely lacking. In fairness, it was early in the evening so there weren't a lot of customers, however aside from this there was something about the whole place which felt somewhat sparse and cold. I did like the randomly placed pictures of pinocchio over the walls, it was just a pity the colour of paint on the walls was so depressing.
From here it continued to get worse. Two new waitresses had been placed on at the same time, which meant twice the mistakes and twice the frustration for us. I'd asked for a nice Italian wine and we received an Australian wine of the requested variety. When this mistake was corrected, the Italian bottle was slightly corked. When our glasses were filled up wine was spilt down the sides, and after the initial pour of water and wine we were left to top up our own glasses. The complementary olives were rancid and there was no plain crusty bread with our pasta meals or even on the menu for that matter. All the small touches you'd expect from a restaurant were missing and we were left with a series of mistakes that after a while became laughable.
Unfortunately the food was just an extension of the night we were having. Poor. Our entrees of Funghi Orvievtana (mushrooms with pancetta and cheese) and Voul au Vonts, were as basic as a Sunday evening whip up.
For the Main we had Tagliotini Scoglio (pasta with fresh seafood) and Tagliotini al Granchio (pasta with crabmeat). On a positive note the homemade pasta itself was good. Unfortunately it stopped there. My meal tasted like pasta with butter. There were a few nice pieces of fresh seafood however at no point did the flavour of the seafood impart into the rest of the pasta. It was bland, boring and a huge disappointment. The crab pasta was not much better. There was at least some flavour to it, however nothing on any other crab pasta I have eaten or made myself.
I could go on with more of the mistakes and stuff up's that went on in the short time we stayed for dinner however I think you get the picture. Being just a tad obsessed with food, I almost always enjoy eating it, even if its not all that good. On this occasion it was really hard to drag out anything positive from the whole experience which is such a disappointment and was totally unexpected. Final words... To keep my nose short; I do not recommend this restaurant.
The Eatery by CK
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