Monteleone Restaurant

Been here an handful of times, and service is inconsistent, but food is usually good. First time dining here, we call in and the kitchen is still open, drive in and get seated. Order our food and the waiter comes back to inform us the kitchen was closed, but they were "willing" do make easy meals. Order a pizza, no pizza dough left, and pretty much anything we picked, the kitchen didn't have. They ended making an entire pizza to make up for the hassle and it was okay.

The next time we dined, the food was lovely. Seafood was amazing. Rather good experience.

Now, third and last time I visited. Brought a couple of girlfriends with me to have a baby free evening for all of us, and I'd recommend the venue. Place is packed (good for business), but it was horrible noise. Just people shouting over one another. There was nothing to absorb some of the noise. Food comes out, chips were raw. You could tell they weren't cooked enough by the colour. Send them back, the next lot was burnt. Come coffee and dessert. Coffees were average, slightly bitter and gelatos weren't amazing.

Won't stop us for visiting again, food just is a bit inconsistent.

If you're after a nice intimate setting, during the week is the best time to go or so, we've found.

Amazing food, amazing servive and nice atmosphere. The coffee is great too! The addition of the cheese shop is also a nice touch- I would recommend this place and go back again.

dont listen to the horrible reviews just keyboard warriors with nothing better to do with there life than be negative!I dont usually review resturants etc but i had a great experince here!!!
This place is great, the food is amazing.

This place is a family run business and the owners and staff/family made us feel very welcome. with the owner even coming over to sit down and have a chat. which is very rare these days!

Highly recommend will be going back regularly :)

Don't believe anything else you've read about this place.... Never believe all you read, I say. After reading the reviews on this site, I was reluctant to try this place today. HOWEVER, it's true what's said about the majority...there's simply no pleasing some people, especially the perpetual whingers. Otherwise all I can conclude by some of the negative reviews is that those people are probably habitual Macca's & KFC diners, & just don't know good food. Things do go wrong in restaurants, & this can sometimes affect the food & service, & I'd be willing to bet that there are more loyal fans of this place than there are knockers. This place is nice...not fine dining, but still nice. We had lunch here today & although it was very quiet, possibly only a dozen diners, the service was very good. Our waitress was delightful, considering she's only been working here about a week. The food was also very nice, in fact the pan-tossed olives were excellent. They were a perfect little something-to-pick-at-without-ruining-your-appetite, while we waited for a late-comer to our party. They had the perfect amount of chilli, that made them really moreish. We also had a cheesy garlic pizza thingy, which I normally don't eat because most places pile on so much garlic it burns your taste buds making it unpalatable. But, this one looked so nice I just had to have some, & it was perfectly cooked, with just the right amount of garlic & that gorgeous chees. For mains, 2 of us had the fettuccine with scampi & crab, & as a foodie, I can honestly say it was very nice. The ONLY criticism I have is that we had to ASK for a claw cracker & they only had the one, but it was no big deal...after all we weren't in a million-dollar plate seafood restaurant. However, a small bowl of water to wash our fingers after picking our crabmeat would also have been appropriate (although I really didn't mind licking my fingers clean). Then one of us, had a pizza (that seriously looked good & that was confirmed by the recipient), & the other had what looked like a perfectly cooked piece of salmon (again, confirmed by the diner). To finish, 3 of us had the panna cotta, (which I personally don't like from anywhere), & they loved it. I did try a little because I was told it was served with the mascarpone from the cheese factory on-site, & again the only criticism I have is that is was supposed to be served with a raspberry coulis, but instead came out with strawberry. It was still nice, but we should've been advised, simply as a courtesy. The thing that impressed me most is that the place was spotlessly clean, especially the toilets; now I've eaten at a lot of so-called fine dining, or 'on-trend' places that could honestly learn something about cleanliness from these lovely people. So all in all, it was a very nice meal, in a really pleasant setting, with a nice waitress & some very sweet & hospitable owners, who showed us immeasurable patience, (we had a 4.5hour lunch); you couldn't ask for anything more.

Booked a table of 14 for a birthday. We all had a great time, meals were huge and Woodfired pizzas to die for. Drinks were well priced, staff friendly and service overall very good.If you have a big group can recommend this place.

Superb meal at a superb restaurant. Tonight we had the best meal at a hidden treasure in the city north. We were a group of 12 the service was quick & fabulous. Outstanding wine selection brilliant gnocchi, excellent coffee, The food the ambience was consistently terrific for all at our table. Happy customer

Great fresh food and good service couldn't fault anything on our visit here