Name: Orso
Item: Orso
Rating: 4.5
Author: @natsmyfoodlife

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Saturday 26 August 20232023-08-26 22:01:51
Ambience

Low

Food

Service

Kindly shared by @natsmyfoodlife

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Orso is a modern Italian restaurant infused with European influences. It’s a beautiful space located in a beautiful bluestone building.

Chef’s Menu $90 pp

+ Carrot and Thyme Jam Tart (8/10) with whipped ricotta, pistachio and truffle honey. What unique flavours! Couldn’t really taste the thyme but the carrot in this tart was so good and with the truffle honey it was such a nice dish to start off with.
+ Kingfish crudo (7/10) with lemon Creme friache, sun dried tomato, fennel and basil oil. Kingfish was quite a thick cut and I wasn’t a fan of the seeds in the dish as it gave it a weird texture. The lemon Creme friache needed more flavour. I could only taste the flavour of the sundried tomatoes.
+ Burrata (9/10) with red wine caramel, salted zucchini and bay leaf oil. My favourite dish of the night because of that red wine caramel sauce! It was devine. I could have drank it all but I had to control myself. And that burrata was smooth and lovely.
+ Spaghetti with prawns, mussels, squid, chilli, roast tomato and bisque (7/10). I was looking forward to this dish the most but I was disappointed as I could mostly taste the chilli. There was too much chilli and not enough flavour from the seafood in the bisque. I have also had better quality seafood so this dish was a bit disappointing.
+ Lamb shoulder (7/10) with mushroom and gravy. It just tasted like a roast lamb and gravy to me. Lamb was cooked well though! Just could have been better for a fine dining restaurant. It just tasted like a roast lamb you will find at a pub.
+ Pear tart (8/10) was so nice that it is perfect for winter or Autumn. The poached pear on top and maple inside gave you a cozy feeling.

Overall, restaurant rating: 8 out of 10 ✨✨✨✨. Orso is a bit overpriced so worth it to get the chef’s menu. The venue is beautiful and the staff are friendly here. It would be lovely for a special occasion but I wouldn’t go back in a hurry.

I enjoyed the ambience here.
Seated: Inside
Day of week: Thursday
Time: 6:00 pm
2 years ago
foodieling

Thursday 16 December 20212021-12-16 23:25:29

Ambience

Low

Food

Service

Orso is quite a spacious establishment and though it has quite a big seating capacity the noise level is quite low. We went as a group for a work dinner and there were a few tables of groups around us. We had no trouble hearing conversations across a the table and we were a group of 8.

Service is friendly and attentive without being too invasive or interruptive. Helpful with suggesting wine pairings too. Food is good and well paced as we did the feed me menu. We had dishes with different types of proteins and some fusion flavour profiles throughout the meal kept it interesting. Also meant there was something for everyone. Portions were generous with the feed me menu.

3 years ago

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