Pappa Dom’s Townsville

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   Mark

   Tropical QLD

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 17, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   My partner and I were very disappointed, the reviews are the reason that bought us here to try. I don't have the biggest expectations for an all you can eat buffet. But to charge $80 including the dessert and soft drinks for 2 and then serve thier customers cheap, generic, tastless poor quality food is just crazy. Salad bar was very disappointing, I think even a rabbit would be disappointed. The service was nice, but please stop hovering over customers like a vulture while they're still eating and having a conversation. Dessert was ok but still underwhelming and the softdrink was warm and flat. The fixed that problem with a small bucked of ice on the side I found myself confused about the 4+ overall star reviews thinking it was just me, but a small conversation with neighbouring tables also complained it was very disappointing and feel ripped off. Quite frankly, we felt the same.
   

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   damien

   Tropical QLD

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 15, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   food very poor, hot drinks, pasta sauce out of a bottle just need someone the knows Italian cooking as they don't
   

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   Stacey

   Tropical QLD

   2 reviews

   1.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on November 9, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Food was pretty Average to be honest, we were meant to sit outside but the music was way to loud, so chose to sit inside, it was just as noisy, the value was expensive, the soft drinks were watered down and flat and the soft serve was to runny. Maybe it will get better if people really tell you what it's like. People raved about it, I won't be going back in a hurry, I will just head to Franks instead
   

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   Nannette

   Tropical QLD

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 8, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   It was our first time there and we actually loved it, Booked a table for us, the atmosphere was great the staff was great the food was awesome, it is what we needed after a long week of work and to catch up. The only disappointing thing was the drinks and dessert. The cups could of been a little bigger for what we paid for and the dessert bar should of had a more variety than just Mousse, Jelly and Tiramisu, other than we will be going back. So if you just want to relax and have a relaxing all you can eat Pizza & pasta this is the place to go.
   

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   Glenn

   Tropical QLD

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 7, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Friendly staff and a nice little space. Nice deserts!
   

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   Paloma

   Tropical QLD

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 7, 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   The original price should include the unlimited drinks. A the extra for dessert only. My experience here wasn’t as I expected. The pizza was like frozen pizzas from the shop. The ice cream was yellow. The variety of pizzas was not good. I will not be returning here.
   

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   Janet

   Tropical QLD

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 6, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   an average pizza cost $50 that will feed my family. we paid $156 each had two slices and a soft drink. not worth the money. Not many pastas or pizza choices, salad bar was below average with only vinaigrette salad dressing. we did not have dessert but from what I could tell not worth the option. The dining experience was below poor, the atmosphere did not do Italian any justice and the music was overpowering loud and terrible choice, more suited for a night club. It did not do pappa Doms any favours not authentic Italian. Would defiantly recommend this to young boys that is hungry and does not care what they eat.
   

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   Sarah

   Tropical QLD

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 3, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The owner maybe with tattoos was the best out family agreed to come again because of him. He made us feel like family. The food was also yummy
   

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   Leanne

   Tropical QLD

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 1, 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   The decore & and artwork were beautiful...but the food was average and the service was very limited. Our tabletop was so wobbly my husband had to hold the table still so I could eat and vice versa. There were 4 choices of pizza and two pasta. As for the salad bar for about 8-10 condiments, you had 2 serving tongs. The soft drink dispensers were empty. There was 1 lady (worker)there behind the bar she was nice. (Long blonde hair) As for the $39.95 buffet, I think it was too expensive. I also kept getting my chair tangled in the electrical cord underneath me.
   

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    Matthew

    Tropical QLD

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 30, 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 3

    Buffet style is always a risk going in to it. Knowing you can eat as much as you want but knowing the quality isn't going to be great so that part was what I expected and got. Pizza was not bad. Pasta pretty simple. I did love the salad bar and ate more of that. Dessert was disappointing. Ice cream machine was like a milkshake not ice cream. Overall happy to try once. Plenty of kinks for them to work on
    

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