Marinara Cafe And Restaurant

The food was wonderful. The place is nice and it feels like you’re in Italy (even though I haven’t visited it). The reason why I gave the restaurant low rate is that one of the waiters was trying to be funny, yet he was really rude. I never ever experienced similar experience with a waiter in any other restaurant in Brisbane.

After having a family lunch here I was extremely impressed with the service, the staff, the food and the restaurant environment. The waiters were all very nice, the service was quick, the food was exquisite, there were a lot of menu options featuring authentic Italian meals and the atmosphere was gorgeous. I will definitely be returning here and recommending Marinara to my friends and family

Loved the decor of this place! I imagine on a busy evening it would go a long way to explaining the great reviews. However 😂 On a weekday lunch it's very quiet. So quiet you can hear the Spanish music being played in the kitchen and the Spanish wait staff speaking Spanish to the Spanish chefs. So what I guess, plenty of places in Brissie selling great food with staff that aren't from the foods country if origin! But this place has gone out of it's way to look authentic so the Spanish was kinda funny. The staff were kind though. The food was nothing to write home about however. It was fine, but not memorable and there are plenty of good Italians in Brisbane and even this area. We've definitely had better. It was fine but I wouldn't go back. Maybe I should try at dinner sometime though to see if that's where the great ratings are coming from.

Disappointing for a surprise birthday night out for my partner. We have been to Marinara a few times and after a long break of not dining there, I have to say the service was appalling. The food wasn’t as good as I remember but fine. My two stars are for the customer service and inattention to detail. Rude from the moment we arrived, being reminded multiple times about our seating time slot and only 15 mins after arrival! We had an early dinner so it wasn’t even busy. I had requested a slice of cake to come out at the end, which is their usual tradition of bringing out cake and singing happy birthday- they didn’t even do that. Attitude from staff when questions were asked about the wine and what really topped it off was the waiter for our table chucking the bill to us and saying you have to leave at 7pm and walking away. How rude do their waiters have to be to remind a person who has made a specific booking of the time they need to leave?!! We paid a generous bill, they got their money for a very poor experience. And we left on time with no issues. Won’t be booking there again.