Ball and Chain, Hobart

Oysters where nice enough and the staff friendly, every one seems friendly in this state.

The atmosphere is one of a large family restaurant, and not really in a good way

Jaws Sushi, Hay Street, 2.5 stars

Busy, fast service, lots of choice.

Expensive, watch out for this it's easy to send a lot with the cost per plate thing, lots of westernised dishes.

Overall - Just a little disappointed with the quality

Ohnamiya Japanese, Applecross, 3.5 stars, Not open late

34 Kearns Crs, Applecross 6153

Always busy, basic bento box food. Great service.

A quick and tasty mid week meal.

Jade Dydnasty Seafood Restaurant, Northbridge, 3.5 stars

News Years feast.

The food was totally tasty and excellent.

The service completely absent.

We will go back for a regular meal to see what it is like. Hopefully the service is ok on a regular night.

Mussel Bar Fremantle, 4.5 stars

Mussel Bar Fremantle (The)

Fremantle

4 stars

24-07-2007

What a great location, down of the water. It was a cold and windy night when we went, being inside and looking at the weather was just heartwarming. The Ambience is this place is just relaxing and all the tables get a great view, they have done a great job.

We all tried a different mussels dish and all where first rate, the mussels are the small, sweet and nicely cooked and sauce is delicious and rich, the chips were also some of the best chips I have ever had (and I have had a lot of chips!). A point to note might be the spicy scale. We asked for medium which was on the mild side for us, we will try hot next time we go I think. (Update: Little Creatures Mussels are even better, the experience is very different)

Service was overall excellent. Service is such a difficult thing to get right. The service during the usual service events was excellent, the ordering, the delivery and removal of plates all very nice, with a good level of personal interaction and professionalism. If there is something they could improve it is the service outside those usual service events. For example, no one offered us more water or more wine (which we did not want but still when the bottle is empty is nice to asked). The table next to us spilt a glass of wine which resulted in a fair amount of activity at the table, no one appeared to notice although several servers where around, someone should have been there with a towel to assist. Service is difficult balancing multiple tasks, for me to get 5 stars there could be just a little more attention to the room outside the normal service events and beyond the 20 things that I am sure is going on inside all of the servers heads on a busy night.

Overall we will be back I, perhaps on a nice warm day next time.