Stella E Luna

Very cool location in Parkhurst. The restaurant is quite small and cosy and the owners are friendly. Great location for breakfast - they do poached eggs really well and give the fruit salad a go.

Once upon a time this was a pleasant little Italian restaurant. Either it has changed hands or the management has just stopped caring. These people simply have no clue about what Italian food is, or what good food is. Inferior ingredients, sloppy presentation, bad service. From dreadful food all the way to flat draft beer. Why do Johannesburgers put up with this rot? I ordered a Caesar salad, my partner ordered a spaghetti arrabiata. Firstly the Caesar salad arrived with a heap of greasy fried chicken bits on top, whereas the menu offers chicken as an optional extra which I did not ask for. Honest mistake, I'm sure most people order it with chicken (at this establishment the chicken is seriously dripping in oil though) I sent it back, and when it returned, it was a plate of lettuce (not Cos lettuce which a Caesar strictly should have) covered in bacon bits, with a boiled egg cut into quarters. Oh, and some fried noodle looking things which were obviously their answer to croutons. No anchovies. No dressing of any kind, never mind Caesar dressing (which is quite specific, and what entitles something to be called a Caesar Salad.) I asked why their were no anchovies, and the sheepish waiter said "we are out of anchovies". It's the key ingredient of a Caesar salad. The arrabiata was just the most bland and pitiful plate of Fattis and Monis with no tomato flavour, no hint of chili, and accompanied by the classic dive-restaurant condiments of forlornly stale Parmesan and rancid chili in oil. And the draft beer was flat. This kind of restaurant should not be rewarded with our patronage! It is clearly a case of shocking management. When my partner went to complain to the manager there was no apology forthcoming, and he remained skulking behind the bar where he seems to have dug in.

Went for a Xmas/year end dinner with friends - terrible food, poor service and overpriced beer (R58 for a Stella draught - really even a crafty doesn't normally cost that much). Chef/kitchen staff need to go on a cooking course...

Friendly staff. Limited stock of beer (apparently due to a killer night, the night before). If try them again. At least they had ONE of each of my substitute beers. :-)

Good italian restaurants. Their Fume pasta with tomato, vodka and bacon is one of my favourite dishes anywhere

Food was great and the service was pretty good too. Will definitely come back again. Nice atmosphere for a date 😊

Great atmosphere. Nice calm place to have a drink

Great place, always has space for our labs