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Anthony Blackhurst -
3 months ago
My wife and I have eaten at Dino's regularly during the past ten years. The service is always excellent. The maitre-D and his staff are welcoming and always make their clients feel special. During the past week, we have taken friends for their first visit there, for a Saturday lunch, and been taken there, on a very busy Monday evening. The winning specials menu board has changed little in recent years and the formal printed menu has always been an exceptional backup. Worth mentioning is that the oxtail I enjoyed on Saturday was the best I have enjoyed there - and the food preparation is always of a high standard, so that was no mean feat for the chef! My wife chose her favourite - prawn risotto - and our friends loved their pasta off the specials board. (They live some 30 kilometres away but are determined to return and to combine their meal with a visit to the second hand book store next door - that we also frequent!) Monday night saw us eating pizzas and salmon rosti. What was not eaten went home with us. Dino's have a good wine list but are also happy for us to bring our own, subject to a corkage charge. Every visit is a happy experience and, whilst we like to sit outside in summer, winter evenings are spent cosily inside, chatting about the artworks and enjoying the buzz. Dino's is frequented by many locals, on a regular basis, and so we reserve our favourite tables ahead of time.