The Meatball Company | 71-73 Melbourne Street, SOUTH BRISBANE QLD 4101
I
spent most of the day baking at home today. Feeling quite
proud of myself for successfully making salted caramel macarons, I
declared to the other travel bunnie that I demand to be taken to the
recently popular “The Meatball Company”.
The
Meatball Company can be found on the ground level of the newly
refurbished The Fox Hotel, which is conveniently situated across the
river from the CBD.
The
décor reminds me of one of the hip eateries in SoHo, New York City.
I really like the black ceiling which is filled with chalk-like
drawings of cute cows and sheep, you know, all the fluffy cute
animals that you would like to be made into delicious meatballs.
The
menu is simple. You've got six different meatballs and a number of
sides to choose from. Unless you are extremely hungry, you'll find
that one serve of meatballs with a side would be sufficient to
satisfy your cravings. We had the pork & veal with a chili,
tomato & roast pepper sauce and
chicken & sweet corn with iceberg & crème fraiche
($15 for each serve of three
generous sized meatballs).
The
pork meat balls were delicious and the sauce had the perfect amount
of spice, whereas the chicken meatballs had a slight sweetness with a
hint of cracked pepper. I thoroughly enjoyed both of them and I think
they are great value. We also had a side of seasonal
greens with garlic butter ($9)
and roasted potatoes with rosemary salt ($8)
to share.
The
service was pretty good and very friendly at the start, however as
the night went on and the restaurant got busier, it was pretty
obvious that the two waitstaff were not enough to cover the entire
floor. It took fifteen minutes before we could get anyone's attention
to place an order for a strawberry and cream ice-cream
sandwich ($12). If we didn't
wait for another twenty minutes for the dessert to come out, I
probably would say that we had a fantastic gastropub style meal.
For
$1 more, I would've had a perfect grilled popcorn parfait
at Esq and let my taste buds run
wild. So, I'm going to be honest and say that the ice-cream sandwich
was below my expectations.
I
would definitely go back for more meatballs, but if they don't put
enough staff on the floor, I would have limited expectations for
their service.
Total
Bunnie Dollars Spent: $65.
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