Other Published Opinions
West Australian Good Food Guide 2012 Score: 14/20 "IL LIDO sparkles. It is a welcome anomaly among beachside eateries, refusing to bypass on quality and service in exchange for killer views"
The West Australian Good Food Guide 2011 Score: 14/20 "It takes a fair bit of confidence to have a restaurant by the sea and turn your back on the views. II Lido is a dark, intimate space with communal tables, loud music and FeHini films playing on the wall"
The Sunday Times} Sandra Peterson, 08-01-2010 Score: Value 4/5, Food 4.5/5, Ambience 5/5, Service 4.5/5 "Ordering calamari in many cafes usually results in a collection of tough, commercially produced squid rings arriving at your table. Not at Il Lido, where a delicately battered and fried octopus was nestled amid a bed of tender squid tubes and julienned zucchini. This authentic Mediterranean fare, coupled with the chic seaside location and effortlessly elegant fit-out, catapulted Mum into a time warp as she reminisced about her youthful European escapades."
The Sunday Times} Gail Williams, Score: Food 4/5, Ambience 3.5/5, Service 3.5/5, Score 14.5 "THE delightful staff at Il Lido might be laden with charm, but they sure know how to tease four hungry girls. To have the waiters swan past your table with plates piled high with aromatic spaghetti laden with clams, tiger prawns and chilli - that's sheer torture"
Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2010
Gourmet Traveller 2010 Australian Restaurant Guide "When it replaced a joyous but garish cafe along Cottesloe's trendy beach strip. Il Lido brought a much-needed lift to seaside dining in Perth. Since then, steady crowds have been drawn to this quirky yet serious Italian canteen"
Age Good Food Guide 2009
Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2009
Gourmet Traveller 2009 Australian Restaurant Guide "Restaurant impresario Nic Trimbole scored when he themed his newest as modern Italian with a chic 60s feel, installed communal seating at long tables and named it after the flats next door"
Sunday Mail Gail Williams, 08-10-2007 Score: 4.5/5 "This slick new addition to western suburbs coastal dining from the Nic Trimbole stable of restaurants exudes the venue's "all for one and one for all theme" trumpeted on its recorded phone message and proves that the Trimbole team have once again got things right"