Food Rating's Guide
Owen's O's
The O's are restaurant ratings that take into account both hype and price. They are as follows. (All positive O's are subject to at least 3 visits to ensure consistency) -3 O's = poor food, poor service, overhyped, overpriced, (poor wine paring). On all levels a disappointing experience -2 O's = Poor food, overpriced, overhyped and overall a bad experience. -1 O = Poor value for money. service is mid, food not well cooked. A disappointing, letdown of an experience Meh = about right for what you get and price, walking away not unhappy. (50+% will fall in Meh) 1 O = Food well cooked, good value relative to price and hype, pleasantly surprised, good experience 2 O's = Food very good, perfectly cooked. Service good. Priced reasonable or cheap relative to what you get. Walk away impressed with the experience. 3 O's = Price reasonable, food impeccable (every course), extremely satisfied with the experience. Extremely underrated relatively speaking.
O's
Bar Conte (O)
Reasonably priced, the pasta is consistently cooked well. Service is good, drinks are made well. Overall a positive, good vale experience.
Moon (O)
Food, very good, each course cooked well. the soup is a bit of a let down but all other cources bring it back. Is BYO which is a plus. Service is mid unfortunatley, vibe is a little cheap for a $120pp 5-course degustation. However, food makes up for it. Overall a worth while experience. (Shit's all over chinchin's)
Le Foote (O)
Great produce coocked over large fire grill. Wine list extensive, very good service. Good value for what you get.
-O's
Templo (Hobart) -OO
The single most infuriating dining experience ever. One expects from Hobart, great produce from an intimate place such as templo. You could not tell. Small dishes or mid produce. One dish was just a quarter of 1 letuce with a singular anchove on top. Service was poor, had to sit on a shared table with 6 other people. Full of art wankers who thought they were something special. Was truely appalling. the Only reason this isn't getting -OOO is because they cooked the wontons fucking perfectly. Only got one sausage for a main course. Left starving. Definitely do not go. This place should not exist.
Icebergs -O
Was the meh(ist) of experiences. Gets a -O for the wine pairing.
They try to tell me that Chandon brut is something special, all wine fairly crap. Disappointed given it's icebergs.
Food - Mid for price
Service - Mid for place
Vibe - Influencer cringe
Pelegrino 2000 -O
Pasta overcooked, salad was inedible. Waiter convinced us to get more food than necessary. Over hyped (hard to get a table) and pricy for what it was. Overall a disappointing experience.
Vibe - decent tbf