Belluci’s - Manuka

Was out for a long awaited night with the girls. When we arrived we got excellent service from one waitress who looked after us well. Part way through another waitress started looking after us and she was very short and rude. We requested the bill and she said nothing so my friend asked again to which she responded quite rudely 'I heard'. The food was very average, good pizza but not so good pesto pasta, way, way too much oil and didn't taste fresh. Wouldn't recommend this restaurant - there are plenty better.  03/07/2012

Absolutely delicious pizza's, starters and most mains. Although my first experience with crumbed eye fillet was less than inspiring.  16/06/2012

Well when my girlfriend and I sat down the waitress was very open and kind. She offered us the choice of still, tap, or sparkling water. I wanted still and orded still but she brought a bottle that had not been opened at the table and was in the same tall glasses as tap water. We tasted the water and it was like it was from the tap in the bathrooms. I would normally not be so picky about water but if I am paying $6 for water I want what I ordered as a paying customer. I told the waitress and she looked at me as if I was stupid and she got really upset with me as I uncovered there little scam of ripping off customers. Tried to cover it up with "sorry its an old stock of water we have, haha yer right OLD water. Food was ok but it felt like we were shunned and not a great experience over all .  31/01/2012

I too had a billing issue with these jokers: I upgraded my oyster order to a dozen, and got charged for two halves; my rum n coke order was seemingly forgotten, so I reminded a nearby waiter -- only to receive another "1 for 2 special" -- as evidenced by the bill. I liked the "smoky" pizza, but it was way overpriced for its size; not to mention that the mayo (albeit homemade) was what really made it savory anyway. Never again!!!  20/01/2012

I did the wrong thing and looked at reviews, then I remembered that only the people with a bad experience write reviews! The food was amazing! Service fantastic! And the food at the right price, I will definitely be recommending this!!  13/11/2011

My dining experience at Belluci’s was amazing.  21/07/2011

I thought I would give Belluci’s another go after a previous bad experience with the bill. I shouldn’t have wasted the time or money. I ate lunch on 05/07/2011 at the Manuka restaurant with my two children. I ordered the Penne D’Nuja and the kids ordered a Tropicale pizza. Both items were on their lunch special menu of $21.90 plus drink which is currently being advertised on their website and in the front window of the restaurant. The Penne D’Nuja was probably the worst pasta dish I have had and this includes pasta from takeaway hotboxes. The penne in the dish was very obviously dried packet pasta which had been extraordinarily undercooked and was still hard and tasted stale. Al dente it was not! The sauce was tasteless and bland. The kids enjoyed their pizzas but hopefully you can’t go wrong with a pizza. At no time during the meal was I offered any complimentary drinks as part of the restaurants lunch deal. Finally the bill arrived. I was interested to see if they would charge the special price for my meal. They did not. I was charged the full price for all dishes that were supposed to be on the specials menu. I did not say anything or make any complaint because I took the point of view that I had given the restaurant a chance to redeem themselves and they failed miserably, and in my mind dishonestly, when they failed to make good on their own special so proudly being displayed in the front window.  11/07/2011