Saturday, April 21, 2012

Restaurant Review - Bistro Lilly, The Rocks


Bistro Lilly is in a great location has beautiful decor and mostly great food. I just wonder how long this restaurant will last with its current attitude that fellow eatability reviewers have also noticed. We left at 8:30pm on a Friday night and there were only two people left in the restaurant – says it all really.

We were a party of four. Yes, we had a voucher so you get what you pay for however the entrees were great and three of the four mains were great too. I had trout with sundried tomatoes that were inedible. I thought they had taken to them with a gas flame (but got more gas than flame due to the kerosene infusion) and my friend thought they would wood smoked them but burnt the wood and over smoked them. Tried to politely explain the taste to the waiter but he just snapped “that’s how they’re supposed to be”. I asked him to smell them but got an even snappier “that’s how they’re supposed to be”. I just smiled politely and said “never mind”. For the rest of the night we were treated like lepers.  When we left, we saw ourselves out. They really do not take feedback well.

 Last to mention, trying to make a booking to use our voucher was almost mission impossible. It was hard not to feel bitter about that when the busiest the restaurant got was four tables of diners. When we left, we had a 200m walk to the car. We could not help but notice every other restaurant we walked past in Kent St was packed. It is such a shame ... Bistro Lilly obviously does not realise what they could be if they practices customer service. I will say it again... we left at 8:30pm on a Friday night and there were only two people left in the restaurant – says it all.  Proof attached.

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