Karoo & Co The Old School 205 Mona Vale Road, Saint Ives, New South Wales 2075

"Went for breakfast here with my family - there were 8 of us plus a pram and there was lots of space around the tables to manoeuvre. We booked online the night before (easy process) but there were free tables to walk-in. The fire was going and the decor is lovely. There is a whole back glasshouse section that would be beautiful to sit in for dinner, and an outside area with heaters that would be nice for an arvo wine on a warmer day. Service was great. Food was excellent. Best fritters I’ve had. Will definitely be coming back!!"

"We had our wedding anniversary dinner here with our kids and the food was lovely, although if you don't want pizza or pasta the options are limited. The stuffed zucchini flowers were great. Nice restoration of the old school building with an enclosed verandah."

"Popped up myself after workout. Could be the manager, bar staff and the waitress were very attentive and nice. Meal is great value and portion. Overall very much enjoyed. Been here before with family, and it was nice too. Well done team."

"Amazing pizza - got the meatlovers and prawns takeaway - great dough and flavour! One of the best pizzas I’ve had in recent times!"

"What a disappointing evening! This will be the 4th time visiting Karoo & Co. As you can imagine visiting the 4th time we must have really liked it in the past! Looks like things have changed. It was a very special occasion as my brother in law was visiting from the US and we were gathered as a family to pay tribute to my late father in law. We arrived. And we were given a table that was quite spread out so we ask if possible if we could moved to the table behind us that was empty. We were told no it is not possible as it was booked! ( the people that were there before moved from that table inside the restaurant so it was an opportunity for us to move). The 2 hours we were there the table remained empty so really don’t understand why we were told it wasn’t available … We placed our order close to 6:45pm and our entrées and the food for our kids arrived at a good time. However from the time our entrées arrived and our mains arrived we waited longer than 1 hour! We wanted by then to cancel the mains as our kids were so tired of waiting they have finished their meals and had ice cream and watched some cartoons so really no much they could do to wait!) so finally the mains arrived around 8:20pm. We started eating but it was obvious we needed to get the kids home so ended up getting take away containers for the mains! And just like that our evening finished. Could not get dessert or coffee…. Went home hungry and disappointed! The service was friendly but really inexperienced. No one checked on us the whole evening. We had to try constantly get the attention or even go inside the restaurant to order drinks. We ordered sparkling water at the start of the evening and kept asking where the water was and finally got the water 40mins later. The cutlery and napkins were taken away when the entrées were finished so when the mains finally arrived nobody gave us cutlery or napkins and the waitress was no were to be seen so my husband had to get up and helped himself to some cutlery and napkins for us from the cabinet nearby… The food still good but really not worth the trouble or the money!"