Cafe La Via

First time visit and it's a mixed feeling. At the beginning we thought we weren't welcome because I've made an online booking and the boss wasn't aware of it, but he still arranged a nice table for us. It was a nice place, plenty of space and big tables, definitely comfortable but a little dark. Coffee, the smoothies and food are yummy, rather small portion which is not what the other reviews said. It was a long wait for food to come after the order when it was half full in the restaurant, I'm sure they can earn the 5th star when their kitchen cooks a little faster :)

Very quiet for a Friday night. Although we came around 8 pm. Really nice friendly service. The owner or manager came out and helped us pick our food. I wish they still had just a normal lasagna rather than just the eggplant one. Anyway. My meat was lovely. I did ask for it medium rare and got it pretty cooked though. Still tender so I was happy. I found the jus was a bit overpowering in flavour but he had asked if u wanted it on the side so I can’t fault that. The broccoli and croquet was AWESOME. I would say the meat was too over priced at $34 but I guess it’s a wealthy area. We shared a pizza after as well and I couldn’t fault that. Beautiful beautiful pizza. Next time I would go just for pizza and try a few starters. The waitress was nice but very apologetic for doing nothing wrong. She was great just needs a bit more confidence!! She’ll get there over time. The function area up stairs I’ve heard is really good too. I would go back but not in a rush. I’d recommend going with an open mind and build the numbers. Has potential to be a very busy restaurant.