This place is great. its always really busy so you know its good.
the rice paper rolls are beautiful. the food is really fresh & healthy. The restaurant could do with a bit of an upgrade it reminds me of a canteen.

we went there for dinner last night.
The service was amazing. our waitress was fantastic. unfortunately i didn't get her name. we had bruschetta and then my husband had the eye fillet & i had the dijon chicken. everything was fantastic. the moscato i had was delicious. the waitress was extremely friendly and attentive. i would say probably the best service i have had at any restaurant. it is very busy though so i would book so you don't miss out.

i entered a competition with shannons insurance. the prize was for a trip to usa pebble beach. to enter you just had to get a quote for car insurance. My husband tried to a quote for his chrysler. They kept asking him was he a motor enthusiast he said well i love my car and i do modifications to it etc. they asked do you race it. when he said no, they said they would not give him a quote because they said shannons was only for motor enthusiasts. i find this compeititon to be completely rigged.

i love ikea but i found the richmond store really hard work. ikea is generally pretty hard work anyway but their stuff is great. basically at the richmond one you park in a big shopping centre that has lots of other shops and ikea was at the top. we did our shopping at ikea then went to push the trolley to the car. a security guard stopped us and told us not trolleys could be taken through the shopping centre. what they expect you to do is wait upstairs & get someone else to go get the car & bring it up to collect you. Once you have done this you have lost your original parking space. also you could not do this alone you have to have someone with you.
very odd design i have to say. ikea is much better as a stand alone store on a single level not at the top of a building.

this place is very good. it can be very busy though. the food it really good. i had some kind of morrocon curry and it was really tasty. my sister had the wedges. The serves were really big. its a great place to go in winter as it has a toasty open fire and is very cosy.

i use colesonline every week. at first i thought it was much more expensive than shopping at the store and i still think it is slightly more expensive. but the up side is you can really think about your budget and take things out if its too expensive. this way you only spend what you have. you also get it delviered which saves heaps of time. the delivery drivers are really nice and will unload shopping for you in the kitchen if you want. you also usually get a free sample of something everyweek to try.
there have been a couple of instances where something has been forgotten in my order but they have credited me straight away without any hassle.
recommend for busy people especially if you are on a budget.

this is a great place. the salads are amazing. the service is friendly. i recommend booking as it is a very popular place.
the desserts are also fantastic.

i stayed in the crown towers. the rooms are beautiful such great views especially when the fire goes off every hour at night.
the room service is amazing. i suggest the spaghetti bol & the club sandwich is to die for. the pool area for guests is beautiful only drawback is that you need to walk past some very fancy restaurants to get there and who wants to do that in their bather or robe.

i love going to coldrock. there are soo many choices. i usually get low fat vanilla, caramel fudge, forrero rochers and m&ms.
there are soo many ice-cream & gelati flavours and soo many things you can add in. Be warned though it is very expensive the tubs don't seem that expensive but by the time you pay for all the extras it is. however this is perfect for a special treat.

the icecream here is great. hokey pokey is the best. quick service. its not really the kind of place you can hang around though. their choc tops are huge really good value.