La Baia Bar Cucina - Food VIC

4 /5 Spoorthy Reddy: We found the place through google while looking for a nice restaurant around st kilda. It was a quite and sunny afternoon. We sat outside and the st kilda views were just so calming and beautiful. The staff was nice, but it was difficult to grab their attention with the doors closed as other inside tables started getting filled, would’ve been nicer if they paid more attention to the outside table as it was just us. We ordered and started with the drinks first. The staff set a platter stand on the table when we got the drinks, that put me under the impression that we were getting the food immediately. However the stand sat between us awkwardly for the next 15-20 mins while we had our drinks. Maybe next time bring the stand when the food is ready ? Apart from this the food was very good. Ate more than we had expected. Loved sitting by the beach and sipping wine. Overall it was a good experience.

5 /5 Junie June June: Lovely small restaurant at a superb location! Dishes are yummy and ingredients are fresh! The ladies tonight are friendly, efficient and polite! The summer pizza was so yummy, the scotch fillet with sweet potato fries were cooked to perfection, risotto was creamy and chocolate souffle is a must! Definitely coming back!

5 /5 Simone: We were invited into La Baia Bar Cucina to a enjoy a lovely dinner. When we arrived we were greeted by the welcoming front of house and were kindly shown to our table. The interior of the restaurant is warm and cosy. We choose a glass of wine each. The Headliners Shiraz (McLaren Vale) and the Silent Waters Pinot Noir (Adelaide Hills). Both wines were lovely to drink. For our Entrées we had the Arancini di Manzo (beef) w/herb aioli and the Bruschetta Classica w/Grana Padano cheese. The Arancini came with 3 good sized arancini balls. They were a lovely flavour. The Bruschetta had a generous amount of tomatoes. Nice fresh flavours. Our Mains were the Gnocchi di Zucca al Burro Fuso e Salvia and the Lamb Rack. The gnocchi was absolutely delicious. So soft and pillowy. Wonderful flavours. The Lamb Rack was amazing too. Perfectly cooked, very tender and delicious ingredients served with it. Burst of heat from the lentils. After enjoying such delicious entrées and mains we decided on sharing a dessert, the ‘Nutellotta’ (Nutella Pannacotta w/blood orange sorbet & toasted almonds) It was delicious and a lovely dish to finish off our wonderful dinner. A nice and relaxing restaurant. There was nice music playing through the night. All of our dishes came out pretty quickly. The presentation of all dishes were great. Great service. We would definitely visit again - 5 stars! We thank La Baia Bar Cucina for a lovely Friday night dinner. All of our opinions are genuine and are based on our experience at the time of our visit.

4 /5 Angie Bee: Ive been here before when it was a Thai restaurant but this was the first time trying it after changing hands and becoming Italian. Its in a perfect spot with easy parking and space to have big groups or small tables of two. The ambiance is lovely and theres beautiful music playing. The menu has a reasonable selection (unless you dont eat seafood or pork/ham), and something for everyone, Im sure. Entrees came out in good time and were presented really well. Mains took a long time to come out, and while later we found out that its because the kitchen staff arent back to full numbers because of Covid, this wasnt made clear to us during the time, and someone could have at least said to us "sorry, it wont be much longer", but no one did. Some tables were served out of order (one of my big pet peeves). But when everything finally did come out, it was really delicious. My gnocchi was perfectly cooked and soft and flavourful and the sauce just perfect. The desert was great too. Id definitely come back again. The staff were very friendly and tried to make things right. That goes a long way with me. I know places are struggling, so I wont let the nearly 50 minute wait for main meal to become a lingering issue. Just know that if you come here, youll have a great meal and good food experience. Its priced well and delicious too.

1 /5 Pila Adem: Terrible and disgusting staff! I just had a 2 weeks ago and to be honest I like the pizza. Then I went today to have same thing and went to grap the menu to make sure I have the right thing to order. But in the meantime the waiter come and with her Nasty look and try to talk to me very unprofessional way. She said are you waiting someone when I am reading the menu. Anyway in Australia to find such a dictator and unprofessional staff is absolutely unbelievable! The management nees to take this seriously. while the place is making the best food, because of unprofessional and bad staffs its unfair to loose customers!