Garum By Guy Grossi

Went there for a drink with some bar snacks, the quality of the food is average, duck liver was nice. They have happy hours between 4:30 to 6pm, half price drinks (some, not all) and bar snacks. The bar snack is bit pricy if not half priced. It is nice place for having a drink after work and staff are friendly.

Meal started off good with the sourdough which was a nice touch given we were all pretty hungry on arrival. Ordered the duck liver pate as an appetiser, which was really good! The wait for mains after was around 30 minutes. Ordered the cacio e pepe ($24) and clam and crab tagliolini ($28). Portions were extremely small for the price and pasta was done slightly under al dente and there wasn’t any crab in the tagliolini at all either. Clams were underdone and most of all, the pasta was bland and disappointing. One of us had been here before and highly recommended this place to visit. She commented that it never used to taste this bland. Informed the staff of this in case it was a genuine mistake on the restaurant’s part and were asked if we wanted to order more food instead. No real care for our feedback and no efforts made to clarify the situation. Waited another 35 minutes for our dessert even though this was ordered at the start of the meal. Tiramisu ($18) was alright but the mille feuille ($16) was dry and the ratio of cream to pastry was poor. Huge waste of money. Waited another 15 minutes and had to ask staff twice for the bill. Extremely disappointing. Definitely would not recommend for a nice dinner out.

Food is delicious and staff is very friendly. I’d only have to say that some portions seem too small. It just depends on what you order. And we waited for our food for quite a while. Also, the room is a bit noisy, which is not very suitable if you want to have a romantic or a business dinner. Overall, I’d say that it’s a nice place and worth a visit.

Beautiful setting but very intimate with other guests, could hear their conversations more than our own. Food was sensational, a must try! We did get someone else's food at one point and ours kept going to the table next to us; staff probably need to learn the table numbers but cannot fault the food and the lady that took our orders.

We came for dinner on Wednesday evening at 6pm, unfortunately I forgot the waitresses name who took care of us but she was phenomenal, her service was faultless and anything we asked for she rushed off immediately to get for us. We also asked if we could have a sneak peak at the private dining room before we left and she organised it with the manager for us. A really lovely girl and a great worker you have there! Secondly, the food was amazing! Wasn’t a single thing we could fault and we’ll definitely be booking here again for dinner and our private function.