We recently ate at Mezzalira and were totally shocked by the rudeness of the owner / manager. They messed up our order, and when we said something to the waitress the manager came over to us and was so rude, basically told us it was our fault, said to my wife that if we couldn’t afford to eat at a place like this then don’t come, and ...

I understand now why Mezzalira has lost its chef hat, the food is over priced, the service is terrible and the place has no ambience. The owner needs to eat at "The Italian" in Melbourne if they want to compete in the Italian fine dining space. The general opinion in our group was that none of us will be returning to Mezzalira.

This is supposed to be fine dining, but first impression is that it was once a cafe that has dimmed its lights and doubled the price. The decor is outdated, the staff not very professional and the wine list fairly average, especially by the glass. The food was fine, but not for the price that was charged. Very disappointing and will not be going back.

I must say that I had been looking forward to dinner at Mezzalira all week as I'd read great things in the Sydney Morning Herald and in the Gourmet Traveller Good Restaurant Guide.

Booking was 7:45. We clearly had the worst table in the house, in the way of all the staff and in the perfect position to cop a cool canberra draft everytime the ...

i'll be the first to admit that i am no fine dinning connoisseur. luckily my girlfriend is and it was not just my ignorance. we were in canberra for a couple of days and came to this restaurant around 7pm. they were pretty much empty but decided to put us at the table right next to the bar. i asked if we could have a better table, but was told ...