Rumours I've heard was that sushi suma was going down hill but it used to be fkn amazing for great value and fresh food.

Perhaps check the usual sites for recent reviews.

It's not a romantic dinner restaurant, go to toko or sake for that, but whenever we have gone there with a big group, enough wine to sink a battleship we've had a good time. I don't get all the comments about rude staff either, they've been fine with us.

looking for somewhere for tomorrow night for my last night in Sydney that i can go out to a restaurant.

somewhere that I'll get in, somewhere nice.

was thinking Riverview in Balmain.

people - 2 possibly 4
location - somewhere around the city (I'm in the inner west)
looking for good wine and great food.

I went to The Pier restaurant last night for my b'day dinner.

They are doing a $79 three course special at the moment and i would highly recommend it. The food and setting are was amazing. Wine list is very good.

Interesting to compare it to Bistro Moncur which i ate at a few weeks ago. The food was out of sight better at The Pier, and we were paying similar prices. It would be more expensive overall without the $79 special though.

looking for a place tonight that's open till midnight or 1am or later and that I can rock up to on a Saturday without booking. I working till 8:30 so going out at 10ish. CBD / Surry Hills / Inner East . bit of a celebration but nothing too exxy ..thinking $100 - 150 for 2 . So far I've got Golden Century and Zaffaran in mind ... any other suggestions ?

Golden is the only place I know of that doesn't ask if you want fries or hummus with your meal that late.

Want to dust off a good bottle of wine with a friend over a meal and Friday lunch is looking like the only real alternative. Anyone know of a restaurant (ideally steak) that will do byo and decant it on Friday lunches?

pretty sure there's plenty of places open late these days though.


...don't have a BYO recommendations but you can search though BYO restaurants on Eatabilty

....actually Darley Rd Bistro in Clovelly is open for lunch and does good steak and bYo ....I'm guessing thats a bit out of your way though

pink peppercorn near taylors sq ....whose been ? your thoughts ?

i like it. pretty dece lao food. hella spicy papaya salad.

Hey guys!
I got nothin to recommend in Sydney but in Brisbane. If you are there and want a real good lunch visit Five Sisters Cafe, 141 Melbourne Street South Brisbane. Real delicious greek food!!!
Check it out

Sydney peeps....can anyone recommend a really awesome Thai Beef Salad ...dinner size at thai restaurant that is..not salad bar etc. ...although open to pub thai beef salads ( had a really good one at manly wharf hotel last week)

Saturday went to himilayan char grill in glebe (a Nepalese restaurant). Soooo insanely good, only cost like 35 bucks each and that was main entree and sides.

Seriously one of the best restaurants ive been too. Amazing, every dish was great!

Went back to Arras for the Mr's bday last month. Haven't been there since they changed locations. Amazing as expected and the perfect birthday surprise. Did the degustation with matching wines and it was fantastic!

Was the day after Valentine's so restaurant was empty and we had the entire place to ourselves for the first hour or so. As a result the 3 staff were super attentive and had plenty of time to talk through the dishes and the wine in detail (which they do already anyway even when they are busier).

Also enjoyed that it could be a higher end experience but the staff were happy to relax down to our level (if that makes sense?) and join in on jokes. As much as I can enjoy fine dining, I don't like to be pretentious about it and take it too seriously, which I've had experience with from staff in other restaurants.

Highlights were the "salt and vinegar crisps" (vinegar icecream with fruit sliced super thin and salted), the pickled vegetable salad, the tuna and the duck.

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Hey guys!
I got nothin to recommend in Sydney but in Brisbane. If you are there and want a real good lunch visit Five Sisters Cafe, 141 Melbourne Street South Brisbane. Real delicious greek food!!!
Check it out

Went there last time I was in Sydney. Food was average at best and over priced. Seemed to be an over abundance of spam on the menu too? Guess they've had to adjust to the economic situation in the mother country.

Went to http://www.harajukugyoza.com/ on the weekend, so much fun and tasty goodness here. I want to go back!

http://www.wherethefuckshouldigotoeat.com/

haha thats awesome!

lol

they got a beverage one too

http://wherethefuckshouldigofordrinks.com/

Gf has friend up from Melbourne....wants ot take her to some kind of funky-ish bar tonight for couple of drinks... near Central would be good....gonna be early like 8pm. any ideas

Tio's or Gardel's

Gardels might a bit of a walk..think they only having a couple ... well my girls preggers so she's having half a drink...thanx though i'll look at Tios

Sydney peeps; can anyone recommend a place for my boy's birthday dinner? He's not too into the fine-dining experience, so looking for alternatives, ie. delicious, decent sized servings and good wine list (cocktails also a bonus). No real budget, CBD/Eastern subs preferred.

Thx

maybe The Clove

Any good degustations that people have had recently and would recommend in Sydney?

bbq house on church street in parramatta. Between westfields and PJ's, just under the yum cha place. its like korean bbq but all the meats on skewers and they go on a mini rotisserie... yummm.

Its also $30 all you can eat.
Edit: needed to include its all you can eat.

^ That looks and sounds sensational! Definitely giving it a go, cheers for the hot tip.

BYO steakhouse preferably in cbd.

Any ideas?

recommendations for Hawaii in Honolulu:

Il Taormina Sicilian Cuisine
Morimoto

both fantastic. Il Taormina took me back to Italy

I'd imagine if it was a good steakhouse in the cbd it wouldn't be BYO ..bearing in mind their cater to the business lunchtime crowd

yeah, I know it's a tough ask. reason being I'll be bringing home a lot of wine with me when I come back for Christmas and we were thinking of having a boozy lunch as most of us are working between christmas and NYE.

If you're on the Sunshine Coast for a holiday etc, take a trip to this place... outstanding venue and the food was excellent. The cooking school looked pretty sweet too.

http://www.spirithouse.com.au/restaurant

Bracko I'm sure you could find some good food w/ BYO in the city....but I'd be surprsied if you'd find a Steakhouse ....maybe you should look into Asian or something

too many vegies, not enough meat

yeah, I think I'll just start scanning through BYO's and pick one that looks reasonable.

don't say that man....theres always pure meat options...especially Chinese. ..... also - Timeout did a run-down of Sydneys best BYO restaurants a few months back

Need a suggestion for work xmas lunch, not expensive. cheap drinks (or drinks included) can be banquet style.

near martin place sydney.

needs to cater to vegos

current suggestions are terrible.

struggle street mate... jump on a ferry and go to Balmain east pub?

yeah stupid people wanting "cheap".
psshhh.

other suggestions that stray a bit from my "limitations" are fine, It's going to vote anyway so cant suit everyone.

though it does have to still cater to vegos

http://www.fixstjames.com.au/
http://lovetillydevine.com/

NFI if they are cheap or cater to vego's but two that spring to mind as good casual places. Fix St. James obviously a lot closer... [on inspection of the menu....] fish is a vegetable, isn't it?

perhaps ring, most chefs are only too happy to cater for a vego because it means trying something different/new.

fis st james aint cheap....although depends how cheap you want your cheap to be. surely you could find something downstairs at GPO . .......or what about Taste near Kent St ...I havent been there is 4 years but kinda nice ...not super cheap but not exxy

Cheap, for that end of town. I considered GPO but downstairs it's a bit meh... maybe the cheese room?

Anywhere not shit is probably booked up pretty solid by now.

yeah we're a bit short on choices.

anywhere recommended around darling harbour, surry hills, or circular queue (or in between) thats not too expensive and could cater to up to 20 people?

Book out some tables on the rooftop of the Glenmore - it's had a total refit so quite nice now and foods vastly better - and not too exxy

good choice.

even the Australian although I don't think there's too many vego options. what's the change like? I quite liked it up there looking a bit ragged.

How about Bar Reggio? Cheap pizzas, veg options, and BYO.

Is cockatoo island opening up again this summer? That would be a fucking hum-dinga of a place for a Christmas lunch. Forget the food, just buy jugs of pimms and soda.

thanks for the suggestions so far. The bar ideas are looking good, like the australian and the glenmore.

Anything closer to top of martin place?

occidental

we're sussing out the flynn (old bligh bar) which i think is run by hugos now???

just gotta check on pricing, i know the foods decent.

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good choice.

even the Australian although I don't think there's too many vego options. what's the change like? I quite liked it up there looking a bit ragged.

Like this, it's not too bad at all now and they've also sacked off the accommodation on the middle floors and made it all smaller function
http://www.theglenmore.com.au/content/rooftop

what about Barrafinas cnr Bligh / Bent ...new tapas place. good prices and some ok reviews
http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/70/16988...pas-Bar-Sydney