Restaurants
Out of Africa
I've not been here in years, having come since its inception and since my last review I'm so impressed with the service. From the moment we arrived, a guy ran to assist us down the stairs, the three waitresses who attended were beautifully and warmly friendly, joking and chatting. They recommended food portions well and overall just made you feel happy that you chose OOA to dine at. The food as always is consistently delicious, there is never a fault there. The service however will have me encouraging friends to go asap.
There's not a lot not to like about this place. The food is so delicious and full of flavour. We made sure to try the traditional African foods and can highly recommend the tangines and meatballs. Atmosphere was great too as was the cocktail menu.
It is lacking a traditional dessert though but it's a small price to pay for an otherwise enjoyable dinners
The food is always amazing here, although service can be a little hit and miss.
Not one of the seven people at dinner had previously eaten here and all commended on the choice. As we weren't incredibly hungry and after a big meal the price was great, about $30 each including a bottle of wine. The entree of the Breathless Briouts were the biggest hit - think African version of a spring roll dripping in fruity sauce.....just delicious!!
As for service, it seems there is a lack of training of staff and I have noticed a number of staff interactions / instruction conducted in front of the diners. They are helpful and friendly, just not overly skilled staff - which may well come down to the training they receive from management.
The cookbook is excellent also, one of the girls loving the meal so much she went back next day to purchase the book. The Moroccan Meatballs are now also my signature dish when inviting friends over for dinner!!
Great, hearty food with fantastic combinations of Moroccan flavours. Their signature dish is the meatballs which is pretty good, and the special I recently had was lamb backstrap which was amazing.
Friendly service and lots of attentive staff; Always full to the brim on a Saturday night, I'll be back here at some stage soon!
