Friendly and helpful staff as of being a regular customer they basically know my meal order!…read moreDelicious 'Chicken Polo Avocado' with a tasty pancake for lunch and dinner. Always come back and would recommend for a lovely lunch or dinner catch up.

Their website actually states they are open from 11am till "late" every day so I just put 9pm to be…read moresafe. Am sure they would be open later on weekends. I went here recently with my mother for lunch one day. I was quite surprised at how nice it was. Great sized portions and a good variety. The prices were very good for the food quality and quantity. You do have to go up to a counter to order your food and drinks. Which is kind of odd but I guess easier to manage. The restaurant is nice inside and the toilets were really clean, which is always a good sign in a food place! Would definitely go here again.

Gluten free pizzas are great. Love the toppings, staff always friendly and helpful. Haven't dined…read morein here yet as we usually get take away.

Authentic and welcoming. Great staff great vibe. Live music adds to the ambiance. A regular haunt…read morefor us

We had the Benedict Diablo and the Breakfast Burrito. They we both delicious. Good value for money…read moreand the coffee was good too. Definitely worth a stop for a bite to eat.

First time in McLaren Vale. We chose this Cafe due to a number of people inside, seemed to have…read moremore than the other cafe's in the area. We enjoyed a very nice pepperoni pizza, with a well made tasty coffee. We found the service was friendly and helpful. Understandable a number of customers enjoying lunch, as the menu had good affordable options. We left very satisfied and pleased this was the Cafe we chose.

Woodbake Oven is located in the heart of Stirling. It is a bakery of sorts that offers a pizza…read moretrade on Wednesday evenings. This store is really famous for it's bread, baguettes and tarts. The bread sold here is really fresh, crisp and fluffy. It is more of a French style of cooking bread. It is really lovely! They sell pre-made baguettes for lunch trade that look amazing. I have yet to try one, but there is always a line at lunch. Apart from the bread, I have tried their pizzas a couple of times. The toppings offered are not complicated. A few ingredients is all that is needed. I feel for this store it is more about the base than what is on top of it. The base is cooked really well. Nice thickness and it is crispier than other bases I have had. If you want more on your pizza you have the option of adding more toppings. As for the desserts, they are divine. The pastries are perfection and fillings deliciously naughty. Perfect for a treat for the weekend. A lovely couple own this store and are very welcoming and happy to help. They really look after you and make you feel welcome. So, if you are after a bread stick, pizza or dessert head to Woodbake and give them a go!

To review Woodbake, you can't just review their pizzas, and it is a shame that this place is listed…read moreas "Woodbake Pizzas" on some sites; so I'll give a run down of the rest of the business before I do that. According to my sources, Chris Broadfoot trained under famous French Chef Paul Bocuse and therefore knows what he's doing. When you enter the shop, you are usually greeted by Chris' partner Nancy who is lovely and very accommodating. As I've only been there at night I haven't seen everything that they offer, but what I have seen is great bread, pastries, and savoury and sweet tarts. Chris is always behind the counter preparing some baked good and getting it ready to go into the wood oven at the back corner of the shop and dresses like a traditional French baker. The pizzas are fairly minimal, but you can add extra toppings. They are a bit pricey, as is most of his products, but they are the highest quality and I always enjoy everything I buy from Woodbake.

Great food! Fully laden pizza, good Fish & chips, friendly and efficient staff delivery is always…read moreon time ,

Hands down the best pizza in town. We go nowhere else…read more Very good service. Very clean and obviously fresh food. Run by a wonderful family. 100% recommend this pizza place!! Salads are brilliant too!!

Best pizza eva will be going there much more. Great service…read morevery kind people. Good old style pizza bar.

Great family owned place. Good prices and a wide selection on the menu. Seating is somewhat…read morelimited, but a great place to stop and grab a bite.

PIZZA!! I am definitely a fan of their pizza, in fact I'm sure they know me by name now. They have…read morea great range of toppings and even have a 'Gourmet Pizzas' range as well as their usual pizza menu. I love a pizza that isn't laden with grease. Their pizzas are really tasty and they use fresh ingredients where they can. They deliver and have various pizza specials on the go. If you're in the area, they are a must for a Friday night pizza night!

Not once have we received a correct order from this restaurant. I ordered a Yiros Pizza tonight to…read moretry something new from them, as they are a "Pizza & Grill" restaurant I figured it'd be fine. Instead I got a bland pizza without the tzatziki sauce on top, which is pretty damn important for a yiros anything. I've always had high hopes because I've heard good things, but I guess that's only for dine-in customers.

Wow - all I can say is wow!…read more It took us a while to visit Carmel's Cafe Bar And Grill, mainly because I remember this place when it was the magnificent silver service restaurant Limeburners, then Awganix. I pine for those restaurants, especially the former ... but I digress ;) Carmel's is a more informal affair, but the food is magnificent - I'm not using that word lightly either! We started with warm house-made bread served with olive oil, olives and dukkah - absolutely delicious. For main I ordered the Kansas Style slow smoked red gum 'Pulled Pork' - here's the description: 'Smoked over red gum for hours, served with a fennel, apple & mixed nut slaw, cheese and spring onion potatoes and a fluffy buttered roll. A sure favourite!' Oh yes, I'm already dreaming of when I can have this again - the pork just fell apart when I skewered it with my fork, and had a spiciness which wasn't too overpowering, but gave it a bit of a kick. I'm not normally a coleslaw person, but this was delicious - the potatoes served under the pork were an unexpected treat! This meal was seriously mouth-watering - and only $26! The serves are enormous (I think they are competing with The Barn next door), and way too much for me ... but I made a valiant effort, and made sure I ate all that pork!! My partner had Dave's American Pork Ribs - dunno who Dave is, but he sure knows how to cook ribs - yummy!! This is definitely not a place to take vegetarians - there are a few token veg menu items, but the meat is definitely the star of this place. I would have given Carmel's 5 stars - but there was a very loud table of 12 seated right next to us, and they were so loud and obnoxious that we couldn't really have a conversation between ourselves. I noticed that there was a separate room nearby, and think that the staff should have moved them into there so the rest of us could enjoy our meals in peace. Apart from that, I am very much looking forward to coming here again and sampling more menu items ... that's if I can get away from that amazing pulled pork ... hmmmm ... ;)

Today we were at Carmel's in McLaren Vale. A restaurant in the heart of South Australian wineland…read more Hubby and I have been here many times before although it had been at least a few years since our last visit. Although we arrived fairly early - 6pm - on a Thursday (steak specials night) I was surprised that there weren't many people there. Last time we came was on steak specials night too and it was packed! When I got the menu I understood why. While the steak specials are ok, they are not what they were last time I was here. Last time I'm sure they were under or around $20 each, this time they were about $5 - $7 off the regular price. Still, I knew the quality was going to be good so I didn't mind too much. I love the ambiance inside this place. Music playing softly, dim lighting, lots of wooden tables, an enclosed and added on paved outdoor area and a lovely fireplace going right behind us. I thought the menu had lots of great options even for non meat eaters. I was intending to eat steak tonight seeing as I was here so I had a look at the specials and noticed a 300 gram black onyx rump. I probably don't get out much but I hadn't heard of black onyx before so I asked the waiter. He was very lovely and said he'd go and check with the chef as he didn't want to misinform me. The waiter told us simply that it's a cross between Wagyu and Black Angus beef. That sold it for me so I decided to go for that. Now every time I've ordered steak I've asked for it medium-rare but always thought it was cooked too much. I was just a little afraid of what I'd get if I asked for it rare. I mentioned this to the waiter and he said they could always put it back on the grill if I thought it was too rare so I chose to have it cooked rare. Hubby went for the 350 gram scotch fillet which he chose to have cooked medium rare. We also ordered some bread with a trio of butters. The bread was really nice. Very toasty warm and crispy and those delicious butters just melted on it when we buttered it on. My only complaint was there was not enough bread to the butter! We were hungry and went through those few slices very quickly. The butters were seeded mustard, tuscan herb & garlic and bacon jam. I liked the herb and garlic one the best. The seeded mustard was ok but I didn't notice a strong taste. The bacon jam was also ok but it had a strange sweetness to it. It was a great starter though, accompanied by a delicious house cabernet sauvignon. The mains looked soooo good when they came out! The Black Onyx is on the left and the Scotch Fillet is on the right. I'm not going to review them separately as we both were in raptures with our meals. The meat was just so gorgeously tender and I definitely made the right choice in ordering it rare. The waitress who brought the food out to us came back a few minutes later to make sure it was ok but the original waiter who'd seen us at the door, also came back a little while after that to make sure it was ok for me and that I didn't want it cooked a little more. I thought that was really great service. I honestly wanted to go into that kitchen and shake the chef's hand. I don't have steak very often so I want it to be good when I do and this was really exceptional. I didn't try any of hubby's but gave him some of mine and he said they had similar seasoning but mine tasted "meatier". I'm not sure what that meant but he liked it. The fries and salad were really good too. You can tell they source quality ingredients and are proud of what comes out of their kitchen. As mentioned, this was not our first trip to Carmel's and I have to say we have been impressed every time we've gone, whether we've had steak, pasta or pizza. The food and service have always been great and I would definitely recommend this place if you are wanting a nice night out.