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HOT: Mondo Organics Restaurant, 166 Hardgrave Rd, West End

By Brek ⋅ March 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Mondo Organics, tucked away in the bottom of west End, seems to divide its patrons and reviewers. I’m surprised at their mixed reputation, as we had a good experience there that is well worth repeating.
Perhaps it is because specialty organic restaurants are not that common, and tend to attract the more discerning diners. Organic eaters, [...]

HOT: Hotel Bravo, Brunswick Central, 455 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley

By CazM ⋅ March 3, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I was pleasantly surprised when I found out my hens night was being held at Hotel Bravo in the Valley, but wondered if it would adequately cater for 30-odd cackling females.
It’s been about four years since my last cocktail at Hotel Bravo, and I’m pleased to say it seems to have maintained its flare for [...]

HOT: Bistro Alegria, Shop 11, 20 Park Rd, Milton

By CazM ⋅ March 1, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve never been shy in alluding to the fact that Park Road’s cafes and restaurants are over-rated. Their flare fizzled out with the turn of the new millennium and as a result, I’ve resorted to driving to Rosalie or the City in search of a lunch-time feed, or what’s worse, packing my own lunch from [...]

HOT: Hanabishi Japanese Restaurant, The Barracks, Petrie Terrace, Paddington

By CazM ⋅ February 22, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Here at BNE: HOT OR NOT we do our fair share of sushi and Japanese cuisine reviews – sushi is the new black after all.
But because of its popularity I believe many establishments think it’s a licence to print money and they cut corners in doing so. I’ve sampled both 1 out of 10, and [...]

HOT: Vagelis, Shop 2, 30 Racecourse Road, Ascot

By CazM ⋅ February 17, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I try not to get sucked into the gratuitous marketing ploys from retailers and restaurateurs that Valentine’s Day often encourages…but as V-Day fell on a Sunday (a night that I refuse to get in the kitchen) I insisted that MM take me out for a romantic meal and a nice end to our hectic weekend [...]

HOT: Coco Bella Espresso, Cnr Lamington and Welsby Streets, New Farm

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ February 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Today’s guest post comes from the Jetsetting Parents, this time sampling the new casual cafe/restaurant Coco Bella Espresso in New Farm.
This eatery site in New Farm has seen quite a few changes of ownership over the last several years, from the “founder” East-West to New Farm Bistro, Bacchus, then The Hutch to the newly-opened Coco [...]

HOT: Desmond and Molly Jones, 615 Stanley St, Woolloongabba

By Brek ⋅ January 20, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

This little café on Stanley Street, half a block from the Mater Hospital, is a favourite breakfast place of ours. Decked out with eclectic vintage furniture and a lively and down-to-earth staff, it is the atmosphere that keeps us coming back to Desmond and Molly Jones, as much as the food and the coffee.
On a [...]

HOT: Mons Ban Sabai Thai Garden Restaurant, 12 Martha St, Camp Hill

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ January 11, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

RM and I were wilting a bit from the humid tropical heat and one night we decided that spicy Thai food was the only solution for our lacklustre appetites. Doing a quick round of Google pulled up ‘Brisbane’s most awarded Thai Restaurant’, Mons Ban Sabai. Based on that slogan, we thought it was worth giving [...]

HOT: Vapiano, 191 Albert Lane, Queen Street Mall, Brisbane

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ January 8, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

Today we have another guest blog from Jetsetting Mum reviewing her excellent recent visit to Vapiano. Lots of exclamation marks!
Another tip-off from Jetsetting Joyce (Ed: Thanks to Eyes Bigger Than Belly and FourThousand) saw Jetsetting Dad and I stepping into Vapiano, an Italian eatery which opened shortly before Christmas in a CBD alley. It’s so [...]

NOT: Grasshopper Asian Kitchen, Shop 6, 36 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe

By Jetsetting Joyce ⋅ January 6, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Today we have a guest blog from Jetsetting Mum, a lady who knows her Asian food (being Chinese and the cooking force in her family).
Having received a tip-off from Jetsetting Joyce that Grasshopper was offering 25% off takeaway for a limited time, I couldn’t wait to download their menu and make a choice of dishes [...]

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