During a feature on "Neighbours" actors turned pop stars Iain Hepburn of the "Daily Record" did not remember Samazan's character, saying "Bruce played Mark Gottlieb – no, we didn't immediately remember him either." Tony Squires from "The Sydney Morning Herald" disliked Mark's hair during his time on the show, asking him to "get rid of the Caesar haircut" and branding it "unfortunate". A "Daily Mirror" reporter called the character "hunky". While an "Inside Soap" writer quipped that Mark was "Ramsay Street's unlikely heart-throb".