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“Fine Italian Cuisine in vibrant Salamanac”

Maldini Cafe Restaurant
Ranked #67 of 612 Restaurants in Hobart
Cuisines: Italian, Australian
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Dining options: Breakfast, After-hours, Dinner, Reservations
Description: Located in the heart of Salamanca, Maldini is a friendly Italian restaurant with its roots firmly planted within the Tasmanian context.
Reviewed 5 June 2018 via mobile

Our third time to Hobart and third time to this restaurant. A bit of a favourite. This time we went for dinner in Friday night and Salamanca was throbbing with people and inside Maldini was full. The menu is not too overwhelming and there is something for everyone. Flavours were great and no doubt we will be back when we go back to Hobart

Date of visit: June 2018
Thank Hodds68
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Reviewed 2 June 2018 via mobile

The food here is certainly the stand out however the service here could certainly use a positive lift. The staff appear to be stuck in the early stages of the depression with very little in the way of a smile to greet and receive guests.
Basic service etiquette wouldn’t dance astray at Maldinis.
We sat to an unturned table, no napkin, no cutlery....... no problem. The waiter planted the menus in front of us with no explanation as to where to locate the drinks menu and no attention to the specials of the evening.
We spotted the specials aboard the posts set up toward the roof and the drinks at the back of the food menu.
We ordered our drinks. The wine was served chilled in a wine cooler (with no ice) a taste was poured and the lid removed. Needless to say the wine had warmed over the course of our meal.
We followed our drinks order with the olives, sourdough and polenta/scallop starter. We received the entrees before requesting cutlery and napkins.
(An apology was offered) neither waiter or waitress had recognised this minor dilemma until we’d brought this to their attention.
The main courses followed some 15 minutes later (a nice break from the entrees) however our salad seemed to have been forgotten. We finished our meals and some ten minutes later our empties plates and cutlery were removed.
Our sparkling water was topped by us, as was the wine. No offer of dessert? So be it. We asked for a lid for the wine ,along with he bill. The bill was placed in front of us, and an ill fitting lid provided from the waitress fanny pocket.
The change was returned to the table, no smile, no how did you enjoy your meals simply the ol’ dump and run.
Sad really, the food here was good, exceptional actually, simple well prepared Italian, would we be back? Questionable based on the service or lack thereof. A shame really but hey if word of mouth echoes to indicate some service training has been provided to the staff? Then maybe ..... after all, the ambience atmosphere and quality are all there..... accompanying beverages are just as important to some patrons as the food, so take care and deliver the experience I’m sure the chef intend to offer his hungry guests. A note also the table two over was served beer in a can, the beer was poured into a flat sitting beer glass. 7/8 ths head to 1/8ths beer. I’d suggest he’d have passed on a top up.

Date of visit: June 2018
Thank LandAndBurrows
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Reviewed 29 May 2018 via mobile

Be greeted and treated by warm and educated staff who are obviously content to answere menu and tourist questions while delivering deliciousness.
Highly recommended, especially now in the chilly southern winter.
A truly enjoyable experience.

Date of visit: May 2018
Thank Walkley123
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Reviewed 19 May 2018 via mobile

Popped in here to get out of the cold and have a hot breakfast.

The food was lovely! But a little $$$

Service was below average, we had a toddler and were put at the furthest away table possible.
One coffee was completely forgotten about and took forever to have someone come back and take our food order.
Improve the service and this would be 5 stars

Date of visit: May 2018
Thank heartmyworld
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Reviewed 15 May 2018

We enjoyed the most beautiful pasta meal we have ever had here. We were outside where they had heaters under the umbrellas. The service was very good along with a good range of wines and beers. The atmosphere outside was electric with people walking around trying to choose a nice place to eat which added to a great night. I could suggest that they reduce the amount of pasta as the bowl was quite large as we found it hard to eat the entire meal. Maybe smaller bowls as the food was amazing. A must visit while in Hobart.

Date of visit: April 2018
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Thank Robert R
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