Summerland - Lebanese (Bankstown)

Once again review is not published @ Eatability yet.
However this is a copy.


Food 8 Ambience 10 Service 7 Value 10
My partner and I really enjoyed the experience. We ordered the banquet for 30 dollars, and received 18 courses which included baklava and Arabic coffee, which kept me up all morning. lol Was great coffee!

The food was generous and plentiful, and the freshly made hot bread made on site was very special. Most Lebanese restaurants don't make fresh hot bread.

The Baba Ghanoush was fantastic as was the Hommus.

I would love to return with a larger party; Its a great place to hold a birthday or work function.

The entertainment was unexpectedly excellent. We loved the old Arabic man on the Casio keyboard singing all night; The belly dancer was fun and the special entertainment at the end was standout. One of the boys (about 10 yrs old) from a birthday function asked to perform Michael Jackson's Billy Jean and he was a great dancer. He had all the moves as well as the black hat lol.

We had such a fun night, waitresses were efficient and friendly, food was generous and tasty and the ambience a treat. The value was second to none.

I recommend dining on Saturday night for the entertainment value.

Will definitely dine again soon.

Villa Moura - Portuguese (Rouse Hill)

The following is a copy of my recent review of "Villa Moura".
It has not been published at Eatability yet.

Food 8 Ambience 9 Service 8 Value 9
My partner and I dined for the first time recently and we were very impressed. The restaurant had a great feel to it. A sense of family - The family owned business wanted us to really SAVOUR their food; We really felt at home.

The chef and owner is quite a character lol. He made sure he spoke to every table dining the night we went. He was very passionate about his skewers and made sure we knew he was now upgrading his skewers from 18 to 22 lol.
I would love to try a skewer degustation lol...Or even an all you can eat skewer night.

We enjoyed the skewers, with two sides, which we shared. Everything we ate tasted great. The beef and lamb were very tender. The pumpkin and spinach risotto was very tasty. The polenta fried squares light n fluffy and great with my cab sav.

I would have liked to see a choice of sides in terms of a vegetable skewer. How great would it be to enjoy a meat or seafood skewer, and also enjoy a vegetable skewer too, instead of the traditional sides. Something like: eggplant, zucchini, onion, tomato, capsicum, pineapple, sweet potato, etc...

The other thing would be, to be able to purchase multiple skewers without the sides...The average skewer comes with your choice of two sides for approx. 26 dollars. However what if you were still hungry? I would like to be able to order a bonus skewer on top... or be able to order skewers without the sides.

Next time, and there will be a next time, we will share a meat skewer with a seafood skewer, but would still like the option of a char grilled vegetable skewer. I would have liked to have been able to order 3 skewers between my partner and I, and not have ordered an entree.

There are so many great sounding dishes on the menu besides skewers, like the Paella or the Cod. The skewers concept is such a feelgood and enjoyable novelty, it would be hard to go past it next time.

It was great to see the father and son so passionate about their food and Peri Peri sauce :)

It was well worth the 20 minute drive from Baulkham Hills. The only thing we could say is that we would have enjoyed a dessert menu which was homemade. Something which was a product of Portugal would have been a great finisher to a fine meal.

It is certainly a place we would encourage larger groups, particular family to enjoy the comfortable warm atmosphere and great food. In fact based on our first experience, I would be confident in ordering just about anything on that menu, and have it come out at a high caliber.

We noticed some local cinemas near by, so it just may be a good double to catch a movie and dine in at Villa Moura.

Great quality food, service, atmosphere and value. Id like to see a karaoke night done there lol. With the chef first up on the mic. Would be a fun night.

Finally there is a restaurant with great food and value in the Hills...Thanks for a great night!