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SMH Good Food Guide 2009 - One Chefs Hat |
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SMH Good Food Guide 2007 - One Chefs Hat |
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Overview
The Restaurant is at the Northern end of the Pavilion with views across the shark net towards the Heads (the cafe is at the Southern end). The restaurant is comfortable, yet with the feeling of understated elegance. The emphasis is on fresh produce grown by small producers.
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User Reviews on Bathers' Pavilion Restaurant
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Turned up without a reservation for a mid-week lunch. The cafe was bursting at the seams, but only 3 tables were filled in the restaurant area, hence, the service was great, friendly and welcoming. Of course the venue and view are priceless and very relaxing to while away a few hours of the afternoon.
The food was a little disappointing, or, perhaps, due to the fact that I prefer food that hasn't been messed with too much. The portions are very small and the yabbies entree was a little uninspiring. If in the area again, we might give the cafe a go, but I feel there are other restaurants in Sydney with great views where the food's of a higher quality.
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Hoolias -
See my reviews 11 , 15 May 2009
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Food 9 |
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This is a review day for me. I have been lucky to eat here a few times. This place is great for a special occasion. The staff are wonderful. The wine list impressive. The food pretty good but there is not enough of it. The view superb. I have generally had the fish here. Always consistently good. I like the sourdough too and the desserts. But is it a little pretentious because it is so expensive?
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burgey -
See my reviews 8, 29 April 2009
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Food 9 |
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Value 9 |
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My wife and I have eaten here about a dozen times. We recently had the degustation menu and it was outstanding. The wines are interesting and varied. The oyster I had was the best I have ever eaten. Whilst it is not cheap it is worth the experience.
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DavidA12 -
See my reviews 14, 26 April 2009
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Food 8 |
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Value 6 |
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Excellent food, service and ambience but maybe a little over priced in comparison with places like Aria and Quay. Don't get me wrong, the place is great but it is slightly short of other restaurants in Sydney in the same price range (maybe even slightly cheaper).
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vbm -
See my reviews 8, 11 April 2009
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Food 10 |
Ambience 9 |
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Value 9 |
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Only been here once but it was worth it. 1st class food, service and view of Balmoral Beach! Everything on the menu looks delicious. As nice as the food is the dessert was even better. I had a menage a trois Chocolate dessert which was to die for. Excellent way to cap of a good meal if you have a sweet tooth.
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syd_linds -
See my reviews 15, 04 April 2009
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Food 9 |
Ambience 10 |
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Value 8 |
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We managed to get a table for 2 on no notice on a Saturday night, though they initially said that they were fully booked. Nice of them to squeeze us in and that set the tone for the excellent service we received all evening, with only one very slight complaint that they were in a bit of a hurry to have us out by the stated 8:15, as they arrived to removed our plates the moment we had finished eating.
They had warned us so that was ok. The food, wine, views/ambience were all wonderful, particularly the starters and desserts. We had a fresh pea soup served with crispy egg, the egg had us speculating all evening as it was cooked perfectly with runny yolk but obviously had been crumbed and deep fried, we couldn't work out how you could crumb an egg, shape it to a perfect oval and then deep fry without overcooking or tightening the white to rubberness and we so impressed at the attention to detail this indicated.
The Moreton bay bug was beautiful, as was the kipfler/prosciutto it came with, though I think the 2 didn't compliment each other. We also had confit of ocean trout, and a lamb main but we think it was the desserts that set them apart. The caramelised pineapple and ginger tart with a triangle of pineapple/coconut ice cream was divine. Not cheap at $285 for 2, with 3 drinks, but a special place.
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pommiefoodie -
See my reviews 101, 02 March 2009
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Food 6 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 3 |
Value 5 |
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Unimpressed. A friend and I went here for a pre-christmas lunch and the service was, at best, ordinary. The menu is uninspired. For my tastes there didn't seem to be significant variation between the dishes. My meal was at least well cooked and the flavours were good.
The service started at average and spiralled down. We were offered sparkling or iced water on being seated but were never approached for pre-lunch drinks. We were each served one glass from the bottle of wine we ordered (when we ordered our food) but then our glasses were left to empty. I didn't have another until my glass was actually collected at which time I had to remind the "waitress" that there was still more than a half a bottle, somewhere, patiently waiting for us.
After this the drinks service became intrusive. The final instalment was having the pleasure of the chef's derriere, which joined us for 20 minutes during dessert, whilst he chatted to some acquaintances at the next table. Thank god for the beach on the other side!
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wizard179 -
See my reviews 1, 26 January 2009
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Food 7 |
Ambience 10 |
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Value 5 |
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This is a hard place to judge. I will do the easy parts first. The ambience is perfect, even on a rainy night. The service is awful, amateur, uninformed and without direction. Wine list is an odd collection of average to good and well below the standard that it should be (how many bad vintages can you have on one list).
Now the difficult part the food and the value. When the food is good it justifies the price. Unfortunately, it is only up to standard some of the time. The rest of the time it is poorly prepared by an obviously amateur cook.
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K88888888 -
See my reviews 26, 16 January 2009
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Food 8 |
Ambience 9 |
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Value 8 |
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Made reservations at the Bathers' Pavilion last week. The building and the entry is stunning with a beatiful full moon shinning over the ocean. My partner and I were greeted and offered drinks, started with champagne poured at the table. The wine list has interesting and exquisite selections. The advise of the knowledgable sommelier was most welcome especially with explanations on the harder to purchase international wines.
The menu offers an interesting selection. Starters arrived my partner ordered the sashimi of kinfish which was prettily presented and packed with mouthwatering flavours and I had moreton bay bug which was cooked perfectly. For the main course my partner chose the John dory which was light and fragrant, and again beautifully presented. I chose the Kingfish as it sounded interesting with smoked eel and pancetta and it did not disappoint so rich and flavoursome.
I found the entrees and mains to be so light and modern, and well thought out. Just had to share some cheese before the dessert and were blown away by the rolling cheese trolley, presented at our table with a heavily selection of cheeses expertly explained. Now this is the type of service expected at a restaurant of this calibre but sadly missing in other so called hatted restaurants. The ambience is comfortable and relaxing, probably too comfortable as my partner and I could of sat there all night, but decided to take a stroll on the beach and enjoy the moonlight instead.
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camelot -
See my reviews 2, 12 January 2009
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Food 7 |
Ambience 4 |
Service 1 |
Value 3 |
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Having visited this restaurant before I had set expectations on the food. The menu was not as exciting as I recalled however, the lamb I had was lovely - I would have liked more of the medallions as opposed to the shank parcel which was more fatty and not as tasty.
Irrespective of the food, the service was shocking. We were not offered drinks apart from water and once we had to actually ask for our wine. When my guest asked for a dessert wine they assumed (wrongly) and took away his glass for his main wine. Over dessert we enjoyed the view of the beach but also had to endure the view of the chef's rear has he chatted to guests at the next table. A hello is one thing but when I actually had to asked him to move in order to get out of my seat, he had outstayed our welcome. The Bathers has lost its chic.
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Jules7771 -
See my reviews 1, 22 December 2008
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