"Yum! Lovely (hidden) Italian restaurant in Canberra. We visited her for a weekend and was recommended this place. The pizzas were oven toasted and delicious, the gnocci were light and fluffy and full of flavour."
Will be going here for New Year's dinner however given our booking experience we are a little apprehensive. No response to emails and when we phoned the promised call back for booking was not forthcoming. Finally after several attempts a booking was secured. I wanted to remain positive however that our dining experience would edeem this establishment.
So on the night we arrived and after looking at the menu online we were keen to try a few things. We were then presented with the fixed menu for the night. This had not been mentioned at any time when the booking was made and, considering the available choices offered we would probably have decided to eat elsewhere. The food was presented...
Will be going here for New Year's dinner however given our booking experience we are a little apprehensive. No response to emails and when we phoned the promised call back for booking was not forthcoming. Finally after several attempts a booking was secured. I wanted to remain positive however that our dining experience would edeem this establishment.
So on the night we arrived and after looking at the menu online we were keen to try a few things. We were then presented with the fixed menu for the night. This had not been mentioned at any time when the booking was made and, considering the available choices offered we would probably have decided to eat elsewhere. The food was presented...
that is a story of two sessions. two radically different meal times, an evening meal and an breakfast they do not worry about this place to dinner. there are many problems. at dinner the restaurant is loud. that's annoying, bad, eating is too common and stupid. I chose the barramundi with stroke ricotta and a capsicum and fennelsalat. I would have had great problems with the court if it had been, but with the holiday supplement it was nothing short of the autobahn robbery. I felt financially troubled. it was a tiny piece of fish. well cooked, but still tiny. the skin was boiled, but it was not crunchy, but gumy and chewing. The salad...read more
Tucked away at the back of Bicicletta is a little hole in the wall that faces the herb gardens. It’s part of the restaurant but serves takeaway sandwiches and what seems to be a coveted quiche that we’ve never been able to get our hands on. We sampled the prosciutto, tomato and mozzarella toastie served on ciabatta. The sandwiches are thoughtfully heated in the pizza oven, which only takes a couple of minutes but provides the sandwich with a depth of flavour. A little secret within New Acton and one we can surely recommend for an inexpensive but mighty tasty take away lunch.
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The Dear Luncher marauds his way around the country sometimes and he's currently visiting the nation's capital. As The Dear Luncher has a bit of a lazy streak, opting to dine at places near the accommodation is preferred. Bicicletta was one such option and it did not disappoint. Popular eatery in amongst several hotels, The Dear Luncher was treated to a swift dinner that involved pizza and red wine. Well worth a visit if you are in the vicinity. A truly authentic Italian experience.
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the manager david has no customer service skills and was rude from the beginning. we were not sure if it was just us, but we were resurrected (and sad) to look around the restaurant all night and treat other tables on similar wise. Hopefully he had only a bad night, otherwise I hope he is able to find a career more suitable for his personality, such as data entry or dig graves. fortunately, eating was okay.
Hard choice- the risotto...the fettuccine...the linguini....after much internal debate I ordered the seafood linguini and it was delicious and fresh and good portion size for but it did need more bisque as it was a little dry. Would have been nice to have parmesan offered too. Wait staff friendly but slow and inattentive. But the food is worth going for!
It's nice to feel like your eating home cooked meal away from home which is exactly the experience I had this evening on a one night work trip. Linguine ai frutti di mare had the freshest seafood the right amount of chilli and the perfect amount of sugo that gets left on the side of your mouth when you suck up the pasta. Very impressed ????
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Brought the whole family along for dinner and was told 'no worries' re baby, we have baby seats which they do, heaps of them but no where to change a baby. When I asked if there was a change table was told to use the bench in the mens toilet!! Thanks for that. Had to ask for our drinks 3 times but food was ok - very mediocre experience.
Yum! Lovely (hidden) Italian restaurant in Canberra. We visited her for a weekend and was recommended this place. The pizzas were oven toasted and delicious, the gnocci were light and fluffy and full of flavour.
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