Mr. Nick's Kitchen & Coffee Bar 20 Fiveash Drive, Pasadena, South Australia 5042

"What has happened at Mr Nick’s recently? For such a long time, my partner and I ate there on a regular basis, using it as a chance to have some delicious and well-priced meals and enjoy restaurant quality service. After our first experience, we recommended Mr Nicks to many of our friends and family as a great dinner experience. The food has always been consistently good and we have enjoyed the various menus and food experiences that have been offered. Sadly, though we have found our last few visits disappointing. Firstly, of the last 3 visits, twice we arrived at 6:30 to find the place closed even though on Google it is marked (the restaurant) as open until until 8pm. Oh well, Foodland’s loss is Balthazar’s gain. Finally I asked some supermarket staff about this to find out that on Mondays and Tuesdays the restaurant now closes at 5. They admitted this hasn’t been changed online and apologised. Then we came again on Thursday knowing it was seafood night but looking forward to it. Upon arrival, both the seafood and special menus were put on our table. We were both pleasantly surprised to see that on the special’s menu, of the 4 dishes, 2 were non-seafood, pork ribs and T-bone steak, both at reasonable price. Unfortunately, when we ordered these we were told that of the special’s menu, only the entree (Kimchee dumplings) and soup (potato and leek) were available. Oh well. While we understand that items on a menu are sometimes not available, why put a small brown-paper special’s menu on the table with only half of items on offer?These specials could be offered verbally, although to be honest the staff did not appear to be as interested in engaging with customers as they once were. To finish up, while I still feel the food that we had was consistently good for the price, the service has dropped dramatically. I don’t blame the waiting staff as to be honest, I sympathise with them if they are constantly having to apologise for misinformation. This is a problem at a management and organisational level, and this makes us reluctant to recommend Mr Nicks in the future."

"Was really looking forward to my lunch yesterday but the med/rare lamb I was expecting was well done and the couscous salad extremely salty..... a little disappointing on this occasion."

"WHAT HAPPENED? We had eaten many times at Mr Nicks in the past, the service was professional, the meal was always fantastic. The concept of an exceptional restaurant in a supermarket was literally unheard-of in suburban Adelaide. We had enjoyed the seafood tower in the past. We had a friend visiting from the country so we came along early to book and asked if the seafood tower could be done for 3 persons and were assured that the kitchen could accommodate. When we came in for our meal, the staff were not watching for prospective diners, when we did find the waitress she seemed puzzled to find the table set for 3 persons but there it was in front of her. The waitress gave us the menu and a well worn specials menu, we had to ask for a wine list. We asked about the seafood tower for 3 persons and told it was a set menu and could not be done bit of a contradiction to the earlier advice. So back to the huddle..... decided we would go for the seafood tower and CRUMBED garfish. This time had to call a waiter over to order, he plainly did not understand "CRUMBED" which he could not pronounce it and because the fish came battered. That was sent back while two of us shared a disappointing seafood tower. The oysters were good, the prawns were broken seconds, calamari was ok as was the garfish on the tower. All in all the $60 seafood tower and the late arrival CRUMBED garfish with no salad was a disappointment. Would have got better service and seafood at Barnacle Bills at half the price. If you have read this far you will understand how bitterly disappointed I am. Mr Nick time to shake up your staff."

"Not every day you can say you've had a delicious dining experience in a supermarket. Me and 11 other people all ordered for a lunch service on Sunday, and each person left stating how much they enjoyed the food that was served. The laksa was a definite stand out, the perfect amount of salty, sweet and complex. The Choo Chee Chicken was also spoken about frequently, and from what I tried was also delicious. There were a small few hiccups with service, however nothing I would deduct a star for. I would absolutely return, however make sure to book, it gets very busy."

"OMG where do I start. This is Disneyland for foodies. The food and service here is simply amazing. Some of the best seafood we have ever had, so fresh, so tasty and such impressive presentation. We can’t fit get the other things we tried, like the roast potatoes, the burger and hand cut chips, the salad and the sensational drinks. We really couldn’t fault the experience and the absolute professionalism of the staff just topped it off. This is a “must book” venue for the weekends. You can try winging it but you may be disappointed."