Giardini

Overall 7 - Food 7, Ambience 7, Value 7, Service 7

i can say this was the very best Italian style (I can't spell Mediterranean) restaurant i had found in Perth for a long time, in my personal opinion.

the options were varied and suited all palates. the lunch was long and lovely. and noisy and "noise" all at once

love it   (mwah ha ha - August, 2009)

Overall 7.3 - Food 8, Ambience 7, Value 7, Service 7

Food was great. Only (minor) criticisms I have is that the tables are packed in pretty close to one another and we felt a little rushed to order, eat and move on to free up the table.   (September, 2008)

Overall 9 - Food 9, Ambience 9, Value 9, Service 9

The meal was really nice and a great time was had by all who joined me for the meal. Thanks, we will do it again some time.   (August, 2008)

Overall 7.8 - Food 8, Ambience 6, Value 8, Service 9

We had a great time. My parents and my two daughters and I went on Wednesday night for my daughter's birthday celebration. The place got packed around 7pm but we enjoyed the food and the service. Our waiter even sang Happy Birthday (tunefully) when he brought out the cake we took.   (July, 2008)

Overall 6.3 - Food 7, Ambience 5, Value 5, Service 8

Myself and my girlfriend spent dinner at Giardini's for her birthday. While the wait staff were very attentative, it got to a stage where we had 3 different wait staff coming over and asking if we had finished our meals. Within one minute of finishing our entres we were served our mains (way to quick). While it is great to get food served quickly it felt like we were being rushed out of the restaurant, before I had even put my fork down on the plate the mains were cleared . This meant we could not really enjoy the atmopshere throughout dinner. The food was okay and the price was above average but that is standard in Perth these days!!   (ricstars review - See my reviews (3) - April, 2008)

Overall 3.8 - Food 2, Ambience 4, Value 2, Service 7

Giardini's was not our 1st choice for lunch... but as the 1st restaurant wasn't serving lunch for another half hour we strolled over and decided to give it a go. The waitress was prompt asking us for our drink order. We decided on one of the bruschetta dishes... which was okay, but very puzzling as it had melted cheese on top?? Having dined at many venues, including overseas, this was a first... and hopefully a last... Our mains consisted of a veal dish which was bland and nachos which I have to admit were quite disgusting. I chose the bacon, onion, tomato nachos which I figured would be a salsa with overtones of bacon flavouring... wrong! This dish appeared to be nothing more than a "very lazy" effort.... imagine a poor pizza topping of shredded bacon/melted cheese with a blob of tomato paste on the side.. After attempting a few bites I left the remainder of this dish... and still have the aftertaste bothering me now!!! All in all, a very poor experience and definitely won't be revisiting nor recommending to friends.   (October, 2007)

Overall 5.8 - Food 7, Ambience 7, Value 8, Service 1

Today, myself and two girlfriends decided to > catch-up over lunch and > at > > Giardini’s Cafe on Oxford St in Leederville.>> We had lunch and all three dishes were $18.90 > each. When the bill > arrived > >> I noticed it came to $71.20 so I spoke to the > passing waitress who > took > >> the > >> bill and said she would have it corrected.

>> “Debra” the part owner of the Cafe came over and > quickly informed us > that > >> the Bill was correct and when my friend disputed > this she lashed out > at > >> her and told her to “SHUT UP” I was shocked and for the first time in > my > >> life I > > was speechless.> > Debra then insisted she get a calculator to add up > the bill. We were > > trying to tell her that 3 x $20.00 = $60.00 but > she would not listen > and > > got very> >> very angry. Debra finally added up the bill > which came in at around > >> $57.00 and at that point realising that she had > made a mistake just > threw > >> the calculator away and stormed off - not even a > hint of an apology!! We got up and left the $60.00 on the table. >> Out on the footpath we could not believe the way > this Debra spoke to > us > >> her customers, she was yelling in front of all > her customers and > there > >> was no apology for HER error. But it was the way > she spoke to us > which > >> left us feeling very very angry, so we decided to > return and ask to > speak > >> to the manager.>> Debra had great joy in announcing that she was a > part owner in the > café > >> and that we were not welcome back there and to > GET OUT! Needless to > say > >> going back there is the last thing on our mind.

>> All we did was query an error that was made on > our bill. But for > Debra > >> the part owner of this cafe to lash out at her > customers the way she > did > >> today and tell us to “shut up” is something I > will never forget......> > Giardini’s in Leederville is certainly a place not > to visit if you > don’t > > want to be abused!! >>Please pass on to all your friends so they don’t > get caught going > there...   (Damien - September, 2007)

Overall 8.5 - Food 9, Ambience 8, Value 8, Service 9

very tasty food indeed with great service to back it up!   (9/10 plates - September, 2007)

Overall 8.5 - Food 9, Ambience 8, Value 9, Service 8

Food was good - waitstaff cheerfull if a bit preoccupied.

Squid was terrific!

Thanks   (Donna - January, 2007)