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I enjoyed the whole experience. Food and wine was swell. Dig the way the menu represents a different region in Italy each month. Definitely will be ba…
Yani.thimios
Ombretta
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This is one of our Glebe faves. Its great that the menu is different each time - every month the menu is from a differ region in Italy. The service is…
Roman1806
Ombretta
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I am a Glebe local and have visited this restaurant twice. The first time was for dinner over two years ago when it first opened. I won't review the d…
Milovic
Ombretta
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8 Reviews on “Ombretta”
This is one of our Glebe faves. Its great that the menu is different each time – every month the menu is from a differ region in Italy. The service is very professional and efficient. The pasta dishes are always excellent – best lasagne I have ever had. Very reasonably priced too – $25-$28 for pastas and $30-$35 for mains.
I am a Glebe local and have visited this restaurant twice. The first time was for dinner over two years ago when it first opened. I won’t review the dinner being so long ago but I do remember it being very nice, a couple of teething issues as it was the first week, but overall a good experience. This review is for the breakfast. My husband and I visited on Saturday morning and sat outside on the footpath on the cute green tables. There is also an undercover outside area at the front of the restaurant. The seating area has a lovely ambience and is a beautiful place for a morning coffee. It wasn’t too busy and I was eagerly awaiting a delicious pastry and a coffee to start my day. I had walked past the breakfast menu for the last couple of months thinking that it looked very delicious and couldn’t wait to try it. Unfortunately, my experience was a bit of a disappointment. I was expecting to be munching a delicious Italian pastry with my coffee. As my husband perused the menu I went inside to see what pastries were on offer. On the footpath, they advertise a pastry and coffee special and on the menu itself it says ‘See our display of assorted pastries at the counter’. Excitedly I made my way to the counter imagining all sorts of heavenly Italian pastry delights, instead I was greeted with exactly two types of pedestrian looking pastries – a crossiant and a fruit danish. Disappointed and confused, I retreated back to my table, telling myself that perhaps they had a mad breakfast rush and all the delicious sfogliatella and bomboloni had already disappeared, but knowing in my heart this was unlikely as it was 9.30am and we were one of two tables. Instead I settled for toast with jam – a strange choice you may think (there were a delicious looking ‘non-french toast’ on the menu but I wanted something simple and not too large). I tend to judge a breakfast establishment on the quality of their toast – I mean if they can’t get toast right then you really have to question the rest of the food. Sipping my coffee which arrived quickly (and was good), I was feeling quite peckish. The waiter arrived and with a flurry set down my husband’s ‘bre-bre- breakfast roll’, a roast beef and fried egg roll which looked (and he confirmed was) very delicious (though he did say that it was a little on the smaller side and if you were particularly hungry one may find it not quite enough). And then the toast arrived. I blinked and looked down before me. One small piece of sourdough cut into 3 strips with two pats of Allowrie butter and a little dish of berry jam. Let me repeat that, for $5 I received one small piece of toast. The toast itself was delicious as was the jam – a good quality rich berry jam but the size of the toast was absolutely ridiculous. When one orders toast I think a reasonable expectation would be that a serve is 2 slices. For an extra $2.50, I could get a whole loaf of Sonoma sourdough down the road. Charge customers $6 and supply two slices but $5 for one slice is just a bit too cheeky. And I am not 3 years old, I do not require my toast to be cut into ‘soldiers’ unless they were trying to make it look like there were more pieces on the plate.I really wanted to love this place for breakfast, unfortunately I won’t be rushing to go back which is a shame. As we live locally, weekend breakfasts are very much part of our routine. There is so much potential for strong weekend morning trade at Ombretta – it is such a cute restaurant and such a lovely spot for breakfast. Hopefully they will rethink a few things, it would be wonderful to see this place bustling in the morning.
Ok! So brace yourself for honesty! We visited this morning with 2 other friends after our morning tennis. Menu looked OK, coffees were good and creamy, food was rubbish! I asked for scrambled eggs on toast and was told by the waiter I couldn’t have scrambled eggs because the chef thinks it’s boring and to that end they don’t make it! REALLY? WTH! If you’re going to make foods you like, then you shouldn’t open your cafe to the public! What breakfast place doesn’t make scrambled eggs? I ordered frittata instead – I shouldn’t have bothered! Absolutely rubbish, junk! My gf ordered 2 poached eggs on toast – she got 1 poached egg and a massive slice of bread lumped on the side. Frankly, we thought we’d check this out bcos we hadn’t been before but it’s not worth the time! No wonder it was virtually empty!
It’s ok nothing special…. Saturday night dinner – starter was good but main course was bland and uninspiring. Service was poor and staff seemed annoyed that they had to work on a Saturday night and having to interact with customers. Will not be returning.
Dined here on a Sunday night a few weeks back. Overall the service was passionate & capable however a few pedestrian mistakes such as not offering water however this did not impact on the experience.Salumi plate to start was great quality especially with the Byron bay buffalo mozzarella. The pasta cooked al dente with a well balanced sauce.The fish of the day was mackerel, succulent & very well cooked.The winelist is very small yet concise with some smart & interesting Italian drops.The menu traverses the regions of Italy so expect a different style of food each day. Great experience & would definitely return.
A class act. I ate here on the recommendation of a friend. Menu is totally in Italian, which seems difficult until the handsome Italian waiter comes and explains every menu item to you! Food is delicious, service casual but attentive and ambiance low key and intimate. A great dining experience.
This place is great. Avoid Fri & Sat nights if you can and the experience will be better. A neighbourhood gem.