Hannibal

Walking around Robertson Quay on a Saturday night, this place looked enticing. The menu has a little bit of everything - pasta, pizza, salads and more.

It was two of us, so we started off with a couple of beers. They have Kronenbourg Blanc ($14/ pint), which was delicious, but priced a little steep.

For the mains, I ordered a calzone ($23.50) which came out after about 20 minutes, and only after a couple of servers inquired why my friend had her Hannibal salad ($7) sitting in front of her for 10 minutes without being touched. Timing aside, the calzone was decent, just not 23 bucks worth. It looked huge when it came out, but under all the air and pastry, the filling was a little not filling.

Overall the meal was not bad. It does not deserved to be written off because they gave me a free second beer. Not sure if they knew this or not, or whether it was for the slightly long wait on the calzone. And the location is superb, great for people watching and a nice outdoorsy setting. But.. where it failed was in the price/ quality ratio and the half-assed service. Finally, it gets points for including the GST into the published prices and not charging a mandatory service charge. 

 Went to Roberson Quay and scouted around to pick a place for a quick simple dinner with a friend...

We ended up choosing Hannibal... as it seemed quite nice on the outside.. and good happy hour prices for beers and wines! Food prices seems quite good too..

We were sat a a table that was wonky.... and rocked all night.. the wait staff obviously could see, and one even commented at one point.. but did noting about it..

After waiting for 15 mins to order a beer... i waited another 10 mins to get it..

We were waiting and waiting for service.. all night.. flagging down the waitstaff that just keep walking buy with tunnel vision... in the time me and my friend were there, we also saw 1 table just give up and leave.. It felt like us and other tables around our table were all in competition to get the 4 different  waiters attention to be served. The other table next to us complained at one point, and i had to laugh at the waiters responce, which was \"you just have to be patience and wait\"

When we finally got our dinner.... it was ok.. We ordered a pasta dish and a pizza..

The pasta looked like it had been microwaved.. but actually tasted quite nice. The pizza was great.. but a bit greasy.. but all in all was ok..

We notice through out the dinner, the pizzas come from another restaurant across the walk.. which explains why they told us there would be a 35min wait for a pizza..

We got the bill only to find that the pricing on the menu vs the bill given to us were different for the food items we ordered.,... so you should check your bills people! Its only a couple dollars and not really worth worrying about but its the principle.. we actually told one of the guys about it when we paid him the cash.. and he did not seem too disturbed by it at all.. nor rectify it.

All in all.. the venue is actually quite good, good music, and setting.. For the money we spend the food was of ok quality - nothing great, but not bad...  but the service was beyond bad.. im sorry to say..

This is a great chill-out place at Robertson Quay. My friends & I stumbled on it.

Firstly, they have a good range of beer on-tap. Value is hard to beat during happy hours. In addition, their house-pour wines are equally drinkable & value for money. And did I say value ? Well yes we also tried their shooters. No complains.

What is great is that the finger food is decent. The service was with a smile & good humour.