I really want to like this place, but they just don't give any reason to…read more We live five minutes away and it's in a great location and convenient for us to go walking to Raby Bay Beach as we often do on the weekends. It would be a great spot to bring visitors, but we have had multiple rough experiences so I guess at a certain point, you give up on them. The latest weirdness - 8am Saturday morning and it was not busy at all, we got there and nobody greeted us so I went up to a waiter and asked if it was ok if we sat in the corner on the patio with the dog, and he pointed at the sign and said with a tone, "As you can see on the sign, please wait to be seated". After that, he went and whispered to the waitress who said we had to sit at the table on the edge of the pathway instead (remember there is no one there, but I guess if that's their rule, so ok). Still the vibe just rubbed us the wrong way and I'm not trying to pay to have an uncomfortable breakfast experience, so we said thanks, but no thanks and went somewhere else.

OK, so this is my favourite place to eat on Raby Bay Harbour. Just a short stroll from the…read moreCleveland town centre through the library square and parkland, the harbour eateries have gorgeous views over the water and some very cool boats moored there. But back to Noci, a family business with a great pizza and pasta menu. We usually go for lunch and share, say, three pizzas between four or five of us. They are about $16 each. Don't expect to come away stuffed though, with the feeling that you must have an afternoon snooze. These pizzas are light, with a thin and crispy base, very like you'd expect to find in Italy. My favourite night time meal though, is without a doubt the sandcrab lasagne. There are good house wines and beers, too, so we like to eat here before wandering up to a show at RPAC, the performing arts centre a couple of hundred metres away.

Sweet Tooth Italian is a family run takeaway tucked around the corner off Main Road at Wellington…read morePoint. The opening hours are a little strange, so I'm sure if all the locals even know it is there! A shame though because I highly recommend it. Even the name of the place made me think I would like it. They specialize in pizza, coffee and gelati. My partner and I got a Capriciosa pizza for dinner. Now, when I say 'a pizza' I mean a huge one. They have a New York 18inch pizza and it is massive. My photo does not do it justice. The biggest pizza box I've ever seen. They have a great special for this pizza plus garlic bread for under $30. I only managed two slices, my boyfriend had 3 and we still had left overs. Nice one! Check out their Facebook page for weekly specials too.