Picasso's Licensed Family Restaurant, Hampton

My friend loves this place and insisted we come here it's not really my cup of tea but he was paying so I thought why not.

It's a family owned and run business which is nice to see.

The food is nothing special though and could be improved.

They are an italian restaurant that has alot of choices (which isn't a great sign) because it means they would have to have alot of ingredients and if they are not selling them they could freeze them or use old produce which shouldn't be used.

It was fairly quiet when we got there.

Service was quick. The produce they use isn't of great quality but passable I guess.

I ordered a chicken breast served with seafood,in a creamy sauce served with vegies.

A huge dissapointment I had was with the tiny shrimp the intestinal trap was still intact in all it's all glory and displaying themselves to the world.

There was also some bones on my plate from the smoked trout they used for the dish.

My friend ordered a pasta dish and was pretty satisfied to me it looked nothing worth going back for.

I always have to have a dessert so I ordered a creme caramel and was very dissapointed because it wasn't home made it was a store bought one which wasn't very good. I do not like store bought creme caramel. They taste like plastic this one was no different.

I could probably buy myself.

Overall it was ok but I like to go out for a meal to eat things I really enjoy and can't make myself so I probably won't return if I can help it.

Though I understand that it was a Friday night, we waited 2 hours 40 minutes for a pizza delivery from this place and we live 7 min away. We called them 4 times over the course of this awful experience and each time were told that it was 'almost ready' or 'on it's way'. We ended up cancelling our order and getting pizza from another place - which had our order ready within 15 min.

Picasso's have the best value pizza in Bayside. It's only $9 per medium pizza if you pickup and the quality is great. This is not your average Domino's pizza. They also have cheap but good take-away pasta dishes. You can also dine-in.

We've been to Picasso's a couple of times now for takeaway pizza and we were pretty underwhelmed both times. The first time I thought my pizza was just OK and my husband thought his one was nice.

The second and most recent visit was not an improvement on the first. While the value of the pizzas is quite good, it doesn't make up for the fact that they are just too bland. My gourmet vegetarian pizza just tasted of bland cheese; none of the vegetables had any flavour. My husband had a traditional pizza and even he agreed that it was bland and that the cheese was chewy (he is generally pretty easy to please so it was surprising that he didn't like it!) Even the garlic bread that we ordered was pretty average.

It seems to be a popular place, so there must be something good about it (perhaps the pasta dishes are better than the pizza). The prices are good but don't make up for the lack of flavour. Probably won't be going back anytime soon.

A friendly and honest Italian family restaurant. Unpretentious, good food, friendly staff and reasonable prices..MASSIVE desserts!

Great takeaway pizza for quite cheap. Very honest about waiting times. Quite expensive as an eat in option.

This looks from the outside to be takeaway only, however there is plenty of seating towards the back all overlooking a clever water feature. Perhaps not the place for a intimate meal, but excellent value and very generous servings from bright bubbly staff. Obviously well suported by locals!