Anthony Roberts
28/05/2023
Dined here at 'Limestone' on Saturday 26/5, with my wife, here's a summary and tips for others.
- take a jacket and perhaps gloves and beanie, as the restaurant was freezing, especially if you're anywhere near the sliding door to outside that opens every 90 secs
- the counters for food orders are segmented and on the opposite side of the dining area (the left) which is hidden as you walk. It is hidden and as you walk in not easy to see. There is no obvious signage as to where the restaurants are. It took about 50 mins from ordering to get our food, a chicken parmigiana and fish and chips. Given we had a 6pm booking, and attending a 7pm show, we did not have enough time to finish our meal after ordering which was annoying. I politely queried where are meals where after half an hour and was told ' another ten minutes' another 15mins no meal and I went over and asked again and was told 45mins was standard wait time and people were told this, which I wasn't. The food just ok but portion size was definitely on the small side, particularly with the fish.
The 'tables' are tiny as I saw a family of three crammed onto a little round table. There was there strange chairs with metal backs that looked.
I hadn't eaten here for ten years and the ambience resembles its name Limestone and is neither very warm nor friendly. it's actually dark and grey and is seperated by strange wooden walls that are neither private nor healthy and we were treated to a sick kid coughing through it next to our table while eating.
- Bar service was pretty slow, often one person serving a long line of customers. It seemed generally the food and beverage division were unprepared with handling a busy saturday night or understaffed.
- QR Code ordering signs only appear to apply to ordering of drinks, thought this was a bit strange.
There are other clubs in Canberra with warmer more comfortable facilities where service is much more efficient.