Mazzaro Restaurant

"What an absolute delightful experience! Old world charm at this restaurant. Think white linen table cloths, linen napkins gently placed on your lap, old school maitre d. Impeccable service. Provided a detailed description of the specials, the Chef would be appreciative and impressed. He knew the dishes well and made wonderful recommendations. We had the beef carpaccio- with horseradish - the beef so thinly sliced with shavings of Parmesan melted in your mouth. The stuffed zucchini flowers with ricotta and spinach were perfect. The snapper with potato salad, divine. The deconstructed tiramisu good lord it was good! The service was immaculate. Attentive, professional in all the detail. It was a wonderful dining experience, the food was perfect, the service above par. Do yourself a favour, don’t judge a restaurant if you think it isn’t “high end”. This restaurant hit all the marks, ticked all the boxes. Good food, exceptional service. What a great find!!! An absolute gem. Thank you for our dining experience"

"First time at this restaurant and I will definitely be back! The service here was just amazing. George was very attentive and looked after our table all evening. Such a lovely gentleman and definitely made my first experience here, one to remember. They have a great menu with a lot of variety and everything looked delicious. We ordered a few starters which included this beautiful ‘Grilled Cyprus Haloumi'. It was served with vine ripened tomatoes, olives and asparagus and it was just perfect. We also ordered some ‘South Australian King Prawns’ which were pan fried with garlic and cherry tomatoes. Prawns were cooked perfectly and the sauce they came was delicious! The rest of the entrees included ‘Hawksberry Salt & Pepper Calamari’ which can I just say, was amazing! A lot of times, the batter on calamari can be really thick and oily but this was just perfect because it felt like I was eating the calamari instead of batter. We also ordered some Sourdough bread that came with oil and a whipped caraway seed butter and a fresh Greek salad! I am huge on sharing food, even main dishes. It keeps the dining experience fun and exciting and we made sure we ordered a variety of dishes. For pasta, we ordered the ’Saffron Angel Hair” which included prawns, smoked salmon, wilted baby spinach, garlic and chilli. This was a nice change from the usual seafood pasta dish I order which is usually in a red sauce. One of their specials was a ’Seafood Lasagne’. We just had to order it, simply because we’ve never heard of it before and we wanted to give it a try! This really surprised me in a good way. It wasn’t “fishy” and it was a smooth and delicious dish. For our meat dish, we ordered the ‘220gm Grain Fed Beef Eye Fillet’. It was served with a veal jus, mash potato and kale. Of course, it was cooked to perfection and the mash was smooth and creamy. One of their main specials was ‘Duck Breast’ and this was served with polenta and a beetroot salad. This was one of my favourites for the night. Duck was cooked perfectly and I am a HUGE fan of polenta! The beetroot paired well with the duck and added a little freshness to the dish. We were so full from dinner but we needed to try some dessert! They were so kind enough to serve up a dessert platter which included Crème Brûlée, 3 types of ice cream, tiramisu and a honeycomb and marshmallow ice-cream sandwich with cherry coulis. The tiramisu was my favourite! It was the perfect way to end the evening."

"The staff are kind, friendly and polite. The olive oil is very tasty. All the dishes were delicious, but the dessert creme brûlée was creamy and exquisite."

"Dined here last night with my aunt and uncle who were visiting from Queensland. The manager gentleman was lovely, accommodating and very personable. The food was amazing! Autumn special of $49 pp for main/dessert/drink which is excellent. I had the roasted salmon, biscoff cheesecake and wine. Very efficient service also. All delicious and the atmosphere is lovely looking out to Hyde park which is across the road. Highly recommended and would dine here again!"