Billy's Table

Really impressed by our first visit to Billy’s on Saturday night. Nice intimate space and service was friendly, attentive and efficient. All the food was delicious but the standouts for us were the Calamari, provolone cheese and Butter bean mash. Also had the hummus (which we took home as so full!) garlic flatbread, crispy potatoes, chilli wood fired broccoli and Apple crumble with custard. Very impressed and can’t wait to go back and try more of the menu.

Beware gnocchi bullets!! Staff asked how meal was and I was contemplating whether to say something so I decided I should, not after anything as I was going to eat it anyway. To my surprise, the waitress said “I notice the difference when the chef makes it fresh, the gnocchi is more pillowy,” then proceeded with “enjoy your meal” & walked off. Kinda laughable how much interest they have in customer feedback. Anyway, I paid t her full price of $30 with the side of burnt undercooked eggplant. I’m going to add, the sauce on the gnocchi was delicious so I’m still keen to give them another shot but I hope the boss reads this and reflects on taking customer feedback seriously.

I have been going to billys table for a while now with my partner and enjoy their dinner menus everytime. their pastas, specifically their handmade gnocchi and chilli crab pasta are amazing and dont make you feel so bloated afterwards. their pizzas are straight out of a wood oven and are best eaten hot, 100% recommend their margherita, parmigiana, and prawn olive oil base! for sides, id recommend their woodfired broccoli and baked provolone cheese. If vegetarian and looking for a filling meal, you will not regret their amazing mushroom burger also :)

The Chef cannot cook meat! Total disrespect for customers I was so excited about having a real piece of meat, one of the best Rib Eye at $39... The waitress asked me if I want it "medium-rare", which is my best cooking temperature for beef. The first dish coming to my table was totally overcooked! Also I was shocked to get my rib eye $39 meat cut in slices (irregular slices) mixed with my broccolis. I returned it and asked to have it "uncut". the waitress said it will be 8 minutes... I was thinking how can it cook and rest in 8 minutes? Well, my fears were right... Second serving coming was RAW! Again, cut in irregular slices. Some very thin and some thicker, mixed with the broccolis. I don't understand. There are not 100 versions of "medium-rare". Only one. The chef cut the meat and could see easily that none of the dishes was matching "medium-rare" but still send it to my table... This shows total disrespect to the customer. $39 for one dish is not cheap. They have used 2 pieces of meat and unable to cook this meat correctly. the chef is incompetent in cooking meat. The proof is in the photos. Billie's Table in Croydon is a small restaurant. You can see the people in the kitchen area. I showed my dish to the guy at the pass negating my head that I was not happy. He didn't even come to see me. I had to wait the waitress to finish preparing drinks for another table. No response from the chef. Not even coming to see how my dish was the second time! As I said, not respectful to the customer. They do not deserve our money any more. We will have our outing somewhere else from now on. I was so angry and disappointed, and hungry as well. I am French and we don't mind raw meat in steak tartare. I ate it as it was a beautiful piece of meat even if sliced incorrectly. Please, keep this piece of meat in one piece! I feel it is a sin to cut it as it is a sin to cut spaghettis! We have eaten in this restaurant before, pizza and pasta, which dishes were very good. I would suggest to the chef to either: 1. Learn how to cook meat (obviously they don't konw how to...) 2. Only offer what they are able to cook, pizzas and pastas. I would not recommend this dish to anybody.