"I had a fantastic time at dinner.   Everyone turned up,  everyone was respectful,  polite and pleasant to each other and no-one was too quiet or overpowered the conversation.  All of us got along really well like we had known each other for ages!   The restaurant was perfect - beautiful flavours, fantastic professional service, a great spot opposite the open fire.  I am looking forward to the next dinner!"

"A What A Dish dinner is a great way to meet new friends over a meal, which everyone likes to do.  It’s the ice breaker and from that point on,  it’s up to you.  I have contacted and been contacted by other participants and that’s how relationships start.  It sounds easy but the great thing about What A Dish is that everyone is there in a similar situation (the question ‘why are you here?’ shouldn’t be asked I feel). Everyone is matched according to age and interests.  It’s exciting waiting to see if the person you have met at a dinner and would like to see you again.  In my case, they did.  If not, just go along to another dinner…you just never know!"

“I consider myself to be a shy sort of bloke.   Having said that, I also think I’m a fairly good catch; I’m single, have a great job and even have all of my own hair!   Seriously though, I was married for 10 years and having joined the singles scene after my divorce 2 years ago, I thought I had landed on another planet.   The dating scene had changed a lot since my early 20’s.  I even tried online dating for a few months.   Sadly, I found that the only rule for online dating was that there wasn't any!  Needless to say, I met plenty of game-players and it was a waste of my valuable time and money.
I have a fairly busy life with my job, my sport and my friends, although a lot of my mates are all married and busy with kids and so on.  I felt like I really needed to get out there and meet some new “real” people. 
A few months ago, this guy in my hockey team told me that he had met his wife at a singles dinner club.  A singles dinner club is not something I would have put my hand up for, but he said that it was a great way to meet single women without trawling nightclubs and putting up with all the stuff that goes with the scene.  He said because they were part of a singles dinner group on the evening they met, over 2-3 hours they were able to really talk  over a restaurant dinner (not yelling over loud music!) and discover that they had a lot in common.  He didn’t feel nervous at all because the whole thing was pretty relaxed and fun.  They swapped phone numbers.  The rest is history. 
I should mention that this guy likes indoor rock climbing and at the same singles dinner, he met a guy who also likes the sport; they’ve been rock-climbing mates ever since.
So who knows that this new adventure might bring.  I’m really looking forward to going along to my first What A Dish singles dinner club and hopefully meeting someone special – at least my folks will ease off on their matchmaking.  At worst, I’ll meet new friends and maybe even some new recruits for the hockey team.
I guess I’ll just have to get out of my comfort zone and go out on a limb.  As the corny saying goes, that’s where the fruit is!”

 Tracey, 35, Balwyn.

“Having moved to Melbourne 6 months ago and not being a part of the “old school tie”, I’ve found it really hard to meet new people, although I love this city and all it has to offer. 
I’ve been told I’m fairly attractive and I think I have a good personality, but having been to uni. and travelled overseas throughout my 20’s, so far I haven’t been lucky enough to meet that someone special.
Nightclubs for 35 year-olds just aren’t fun; instead I’ve always preferred good food, good wine, good company and good conversation in a nice restaurant.  
Online dating isn’t somewhere I want to go. I have a fairly senior role in my work and I  wouldn’t want my photo and details online  for the whole world to see.  One of my girlfriends uses it and although she’s intelligent and attractive, she’s forever complaining about what she calls the “emotional roller-coaster ride”, never really knowing if the men she meets are genuinely looking for a relationship.   She finds that most of them aren’t and she is.  
This is why the singles dinner club idea appealed to me so much.  I can enjoy a singles dinner with a group of people of similar age and background (with no smug couples at the table!) and maybe even meet a new man.  I can pick and choose how often I go to a singles dinner and the singles dinners are all held at great restaurants around Melbourne – even ones I’ve been thinking of trying anyway.
I really think I’m making the right decision to join What A Dish.  They great thing is that they don’t charge any membership fees, or try to sign you up for “packages” that cost the earth.  I also get to try some great new restaurants and meet some new people.  That makes for a pretty attractive package really, (just like me!)"