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We pre-ordered but it still took a while for our food to arrive. We were quite a large group but some of us had to wait quite a lot longer than others on the table. Once we got the meals they were quite bland for Thai food. I had a laksa but it was not spicy at all, had hardly any vegetables and soup but was mainly noodles. Overall the taste was very vinegary. Very dissapointing.

Approximate cost: $15

This was the first time I visited this shop (I don't think they have been open for long) but I will definitely be going back. They have some great products… wine, flavoured olive oils, yummy little gingerbread biscuits, honey with honeycomb still in it, chutneys, olives, you name it. We spent quite a long time just looking at everything. They even offered us a coffee to drink while we browsed. The staff were very friendly and helpful and made suggestions on how to use products. The Persian fairy floss was delicious served layered with berries. They have heaps of special homewares - I loved the chopping board set. Great gift ideas for the discerning gourmet. A little expensive, but probably quite average for a gourmet store – you get what you pay for and the products are definitely top quality. If you like the sound of this, I recommend that you go and check it out.

Approximate cost: $2 - $100's

We had breakfast which was OK but a bit expensive. The vegetarian breakfast was more expensive than the Big Breakfast which was odd. Almost $16 compared with $12ish. The service was friendly and the food arrived quite quickly (approx 4 other tables occupied). The vegetarian breakfast would have benefited from a bit of hollandaise or something because it was a little dry and bland. The spinach and asparagus was very plain and tasteless. Coffee was good.

I have eaten here a few times now and have never had a bad meal. There were 8 of us on this occassion and we all liked our meal. I had the Rice Crusted Ocean Trout (Crushed Crab Potatoes, Fennel Salad, Olive & Black Bean Dressing, $23) and it was delicious (although it would want to be for the price considering we are at a pub). The service was quite slow, but they seemed to be booked out (Friday lunch), maybe one or two extra staff would have helped. The only thing that detracted from the enjoyment was the noise level. The whole pub is very noisy, in the bar and the dining room you need to yell at each other to be heard. Probably too many hard surfaces - if they could solve that problem it would be a great place to eat and drink.

Approximate cost: $18-28

We have been here a few times and it has always been OK (just OK), but we ate here recently and was very disappointed. The menu had changed and there seemed to be less to choose from and their prices had gone up. What we did choose took almost an hour to arrive (and the place only had 2 or 3 tables occupied at the time). The serves are quite small considering the price of a main ($18-$23ish), after all this is a bar/bistro/gaming venue, not a 'restaurant', so we would have thought that the meals would be more like a pub meal serve and price. Taste wise, the food was OK, nothing special. The drinks were very expensive. I had a glass of champage which came in a 'champage glass' that was much smaller than a normal glass (I reckon it would have been half a glass of champagne in a real champage glass), and the bottled beer was almost $7.

Approximate cost: $17-24

I have previously rated the Avoca however I felt I needed to re-rate it because the last couple of times I have eaten there were very disappointing. The menu has changed recently and so the prices have risen, and unfortunately, the food quality and selection has decreased. With only one vegetarian main option on the menu, I had no choice but to have the filo strudel (swiss chard, pinenuts, ricotta & feta) $17- well, it was not good at all. Soggy pastry, slimy spinach and hardly any cheese. My friend had the so called chicken kiev $23, but it was just a very ordinary tasting piece of chicken with a hard garlic butter ball on the side (no lovely melted juicy garlic butter filling here). For the prices you would expect much more. I am not sure what has changed here (maybe a new chef), but we used to visit one a week, but we are looking elsewhere now.

Approximate cost: $17-25

A nice little coffee shop. Only seats a small amount of people and has a very cozy atmosphere. The food is yummy. You don't see this sort of coffee shop food anymore now that the 'cafe food' has taken over. You must try the Frosted Coffee Mint (minted iced coffee), and their Cauli/Broccoli quiche and salad is fantastic. Great coffee. Beautiful homemade meals.

Approximate cost: $10

I have had a few massages here and they are always excellent. They take extra special care with particular injuries or problems and work on these to assist in the healing. Very friendly staff. Quite expensive though.

I ordered a bucket of chips but waited for ages. At one point they got the hot chips out of the fryer to serve chips and gravy to other customers, which was fine, but they didn't put more in to cook for me. They served food to the wrong customers and didn't seem to really have it together. The staff were not very friendly. When I finally got my bucket of chips, it was only full to just below the rim of the bucket. Not great value. The chips themselves were quite nice though.

Great value new and used boats and high quality Marine and Auto servicing. Always getting great feedback from customers. Family members run this business and it really is a one man show so sometimes customers have to wait a little while to get their boat in to be fixed but they don't seem to mind considering the quality of the work which is very thorough and of a high quality and good value.