seriously peeps, you can just go foodie mad in this place! fabulous selection of cheeses, meats (even iberico jamon),greatitalian goods, amazing range of pastas, just everything. if you were having friends over for bevvies and wanted to make up some platters that were just that little bit spesh, this is the place to shop! we also have lunch here sometimes in the cafe area and the food is simple and good. the presentation of the dishes are surprisingly lovely, not what you would expect and really well priced. mercato is absolutely worth the drive if you haven't been yet!
revisit 13/04/2017
back to mercato for some more goodies and lunch. this time, disappointing. service was terrible and rude. we ordered lunch and mine was the tonnato porchetta, sounds nice right? well, it wasn't too bad, but not great. i asked the waiter if they could just put a little bit of salad on the plate, reading that it was just meat and bread, yes that is fine, we can do that. when the meal came out, the tonnato looked very pretty and i also had a bowl of salad. thinking wow i just wanted a little bit, i was actually given the side salad mentioned on the menu for $8 extra. the salad was a very small bowl that consisted only of mesclun, floury tomatoes and red onion, that's it! no cucumber, no capsicum, no olives! that's right gourmands! an italian cafe that does not serve olives on their side salad! wt-? well, of course being a little bit of an inquisitive person, i just had to ask the waiter, "do you not include olives in your side salad?" he proceeded back to the kitchen to ask someone!! i actually heard the person yell back, no we do not have olives in our salad. history in the making peeps, that's all i can say.