Review Mazzaro - Sydney

I had a pleasant experience. It was pricey as expected for a restaurant but worth it for the quality and large portions. The staff were friendly and quite welcoming. I had the salmon and it was delicious, my bf had the pork and it was 2 large cutlets (a tad bit undercooked to his liking as it was pink in the middle) but tasty. Also ordered potatoes on the side ($8) as I thought it was small portions but was wrong. Very delicious would recommend

Elegant setting, made better by the very amicable waiter / manager. The linguine wasn’t cooked right, it was tougher than I expected so knocking a star off for that. Good selection of wines. The Greek Salad was good.

I visited Mazzaro restaurant for the first time a few days ago. We were having lunch with my friend. I liked absolutely everything about this restaurant- the cuisine, the place, the atmosphere and the great service. It is conveniently located close to Hyde park, Central Station and Town Hall.

We shared a wonderful meal with friends midweek. Superb menu and wide choice of wines. Service was deft and welcoming. We had a great celebration in a quiet and formal setting. Highly recommended. In addition, menu offered tasty GF options! We will be back again!

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.

Awesome restaurant, the food was amazing, friendly service. Everything was beyond delicious, perfectly cooked and generous portions. Would definitely recommend. My daughter would like to give 10 stars** for the most perfectly cooked eye fillet she's ever had and her dessert was to die for.Thank you for such a wonderful dinner.

No frills, no nonsense, just good food. I had the braised beef cheek and an eye fillet which were both very well prepared and presented. (The sizes could have been a little bigger, but then again, I eat a lot.) I can recommend them for anybody looking for a good meal in a pleasant setting with a storefront towards Hyde Park.

Myself and my partner went here for his birthday. Both the food and service were absolutely amazing. Would definitely recommend!

Had dinner here on a Monday night ... the restaurant was almost empty so lacked ambiance and decor needs some updating as a bit dated. Had a wagyu rump ... was good but not memorable. Service was attentive as you would expect for a quiet night. Overall it’s OK but is in need of something to make it memorable. Respectable prices though. Not bad, not great ... average.

Food was good but service was average/non-existent. We came here on a Wednesday night. The restaurant had less than 10 people. I was shown to my table and basically ignored whole night. If we wanted a menu, a drink, order food (or anything) we had to wave down a waitress. We found this really odd service since it looked like a nice restaurant and there was easily one waitress per table . The food itself was tasty and big portions. When paying the bill the waitress asked us to leave her a tip. I hate being asked, especially when she did not proactively engage us the whole night. Everyone on our table felt uncomfortable with this request however we left a tip and left.

Excellent food at reasonable prices for the Sydney CBD - around $30 to $35 for a main. We had lunch on a Friday and the service was great even though the place was packed. And the barramundi was beautiful.

TERRIBLE SERVICE, RUDE STAFF, BAD FOOD....POSSIBLY THE WORST RESTAURANT I HAVE BEEN TO IN SYDNEY.<br/><br/>I decided to try this place after seeing it had a good rating on google and wanted to try something new for my date night. We made reservation, and when we got there, saw the restaurant is more than 2/3 empty on a Saturday night. This should have been our sign to leave, but we were fooled by the fake ratings of this restaurant, so we decided to stay. <br/><br/>A women answered us at the door, but didnt even bother to walk us to our seats. As we were sitting, she hadn't even said 2 words and right away as we are still trying to sit down , she asks "what do you want for drinks" Then, she grabbed the dinning napkins and literally THREW IT on us. Me and my partner looked at each other with absolute utter shock "did this just happen", Did she just actually THROW the napkins on us??. At this point in the service, i was convinced we should leave because you can already foreshadow what is going to happen, but my gf said lets not let one rude lady ruin the dinner. <br/><br/>After that a gentlemen started attending our table(i think it was the owner). He was nice, but very quite and expressionless, It made us a bit uncomfortable. We ordered the Calamari for starters and the prawn pasta for entree. The calamari was very bland and chewy and tough, no lemon, no salt , no flavour.In all fairness, i told them about my herb allergy so they put the garnish on the side. However, it still could have had lemons and salt and pepper. Definitely was not fresh and had been previously frozen. <br/><br/>The pasta came, it was DISGUSTING. It was tough and chewy, no flavour whatsoever and soaked in OIL(look at pics). No sauce other than the oil. It was covered in raw spinach that was crunchy and not sautéed . I waited for one these 2 people that was attending us to come by(keep in mind the restaurant is almost empty) and ask how the food is, not one of them showed up. I finished my food but my gf couldnt even finish it and left it 2/3 full. They literally come to the table and clean without saying one word or asking us how the food was.When you see that one of the individuals has barely touched their food, you generally get a sense that they didnt like it, so the very least is you ask "how was everything tasting?" Then again, the rude waitress(possibly owner's wife) comes and literally THROWS(no exaggeration) desserts menus on the table and walks away, without speaking one word to us. We didnt even want dessert, we just wanted the bill and to get out. The nicer gentlemen came by after 15 minutes and said, "nothing?", and we asked for the bill. Again, not word of communication, not asking us how the food was. It all started to make sense why this place is empty on a Saturday night in a prime location. The bill was $100 between the 2 of us, and we didnt have any drinks or dessert. I would have felt better if i had lost the $100 in the casino because at least i would have enjoyed my time doing it . NEVER AGAIN!

We had a great time here. The food was beautiful, great service and a nice atmosphere. Glad we went would come again next time in Sydney. Thanks

Service was fantastic food also. Great if you want to spoil your other half or feel fancy. Consider eating 2 courses however as both myself and my partner were still keen on more food after our mains.

Now this was a great surprise. Located below the Hyde Park Inn, across from Hyde Park, I’d passed by it many times. It looked traditional and non-descript. Boasting a Mediterranean menu, I’d never had a reason to try it until we needed a quick meal, but wanted a nice meal, before going to see Riot at the Spiegeltent during the Sydney Festival. My dishes were particularly tasty: beautifully done, very rich meat dishes.

Good food, we all enjoyed it. But the service was terrible. I went with 4 family members (all over 70 years old). There were two waitresses working on that evening. Both of them took the desserts out together. The taller waitress was trying to put the plate in front of my aunt but my aunt wasn't aware she was standing next to her. So the waitress said: "excuse me, excuse me" - aunt didn't hear it due to her bad hearing, so the waitress yelled at her "hello!!!". We couldn't believe what we heard. <br/>Before that we tried to ignore her rudeness and inpatient customer service such as rolling her eyes while my uncles asked her how many sides do you think we need for the table. Plus she said "what do you really want" to me when I tried to change how I like the steak cooked while she was still taking my order. <br/>We would like to go back again for the food but with that type of service, no thank you.

Honeycomb and Marshmallow ice Cream Cake $12.50---- Let me start off by saying that Mazzaro's desserts are ... amazing.

Nice To Be Spoilt. A client took me here a few months ago and I felt spoilt and special. The food was excellent, as was the Italian wine and the service top-notch. I'd definitely make a comeback.

I'm in love!. The service is fantastic, the wines extensive and the chefs really know how to consistently give their customers a seventh heaven experience. The barramundi is a favourite and a must try, the ravioli was delicious. The desserts are something of an obsession for me the times I've been... they used to have fresh chocolate truffles (yum!) I would suggest the dessert tasting plate where you can experience an affordable one of each ;-) I think for only $18.<br/>As a warning, everything - especially the wines they don't do BYO are a bit on the pricey side. I have to say though, it's definitely worth saving your pennies for.

Nice. I had the saffron angel hair pasta; it was delicious but VERY oily, a LOT of olive oil when you're near the end. THe garlic bread was possibly the best i've ever had. and the creme brulee was AMAZINGGGGGGG. The mains were costly, mine cost $33 decent serve. my friend got the ravioli 3 pieces of rav for $29....<br/><br/>but the service was amazing and i would definitely go back for the creme brulee.

Great food - superb service. Little known secret tucked away opposite Hyde Park South - between the CBD and Haymarket. Modestly priced mains and entrees, great desserts, very obliging staff. I eat there quite regularly, and I'm never disappointed. Worth a visit - lunch or dinner.