glass brasserie Sydney

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Hilton Sydney
Level 2, 488 George St
Sydney NSW 2000
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Cuisines

Modern Australian

Chef

Luke Mangan & Joe Pavlovich

Prices

Average Meal Price $84 - based on one entree & main course only

General Price
Entrees $26.00-$30.00
Mains $42.00-$70.00
Desserts $14.00-$21.00

Breakfast
full australian buffet $42
continental buffet $35

Degustation
7 courses
Without wine $130.00
With wine $225.00

Prices last updated: 05/2012

Bookings

Bookings are preferred

Rooms & Capacity

No of Seats 220

Hours

Breakfast
Mon to Fri 6am - 10am
Sat to Sun 7am - 11am
Lunch
Mon to Fri Noon - 3pm
Dinner
Mon to Sun 6pm - 10pm
Remarks
Dinner
Mon to Sun 6pm till LATE

glass brasserie Awards

2012

SMH Good Food Guide 2012 - One Chef's Hat

2011

Australian Gourmet Traveller 2011 - One Star

2007

SMH Good Food Guide 2007 - One Chef's Hat

Overview of glass brasserie

glass brasserie is the definitive Sydney dining experience by celebrity restaurateur Luke Mangan, with interiors by esteemed New York designer Tony Chi.

The restaurant provides guests with an unprecedented dining experience in the heart of the city, offering simplicity, quality and consistency in all aspects of food, wine and service. The restaurant features a 13 metre floor to ceiling glass wall which frames a captivating view of the historic Queen Victoria Building.

User Reviews of glass brasserie, Sydney

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7.5 Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 8 Service 6 Value 7

We ate on the restaurant wednesday night. We order john dory fillet and wagyu beef.

We get bread with olive oil as starter. The bread was ok. We finish it and the main meal arrive. The waitress did not take the bread plate. We finish the main meal and no waitress came to pick up all the dirty plate and bring the dessert menu.

After more than 10 minutes, we call one of the waitress to clear our table from dirty plate and bring the dessert menu. We order bombe alaska for dessert.

The food: john dory fillet was good, it worthy the price. The wagyu beef not as we expected. Many restaurant have better wagyu with cheaper price. The bombe alaska actually very good, it was the highlight of the night.

One more negative aspect was the paper tablecloth. I could not believe such high class restaurant use paper tablecloth. This restaurant should not have paper tablecloth.

Overall it was good experience, but we expected more from the restaurant with such high price menu.

May 24, 2012

dcsss
5

3.3 Below Average

Food 2 Ambience 4 Service 6 Value 1

I was Very disappointed last night with my meal from Glass Brasserie. I ordered a steak and frites ($43) and it was no better than a steak at a pub would have cost $10-$20. The girls I was with had tapas and they too were quite disappointed. We paid over $40 each for very average food. I think we paid for the three waiters to bring us pub grub.

May 24, 2012

iel
1

9 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 8 Service 9 Value 10

I had a full Australian breakfast buffet with my boy friend last Sunday morning. The buffet is great. Love the carrot shot and the hot food section (omelette and waffles).

The buffet includes amazing selection of yoghurts (Yalla), cold meats, cheeses, cereals (included Whisk and Pin), Asian section, pastries and different other items. Lots of choices and great quality.

We also try the signature dish, and it tastes so good. The smoked salmon is house smoked. And we love the dish. Their coffee is using single origin coffee bean. Great coffee. The service is polite and very attentive.

This is the best hotel breakfast I have ever tasted and I will definitely go back. Maybe next time with my family or friends.

May 21, 2012

crystaltyt
2

5.8 Average

Food 7 Ambience 7 Service 4 Value 5

This was our first time back at Glass for a number of years, and we were inspired to return after seeing Luke Mangan cook with Heston Blumenthal a few weeks ago.

We had a very up and down experience. The food was great, however, the service left a lot to be desired.

We began by ordering two of the tapas items instead of an item off the standard entree menu. When our servings arrived, the table began to be set up by the wait staff as if we were going to have all the tapas items - something which we mentioned about 3-4 times before another waitress rushed over and informed them that the remainder of the tapas items were for another table. The servings were delicious, so the food certainly saved the service.

Then when they were clearing one of the adjacent tables, all the items were dropped on the floor in one almighty crash, sending food fragments splattering all over the floor and surrounding furnishings, narrowly missing us (by mere millimetres).

Out came the main course, which was enjoyed by us both immensely. The food was fantastic. The Wagyu fillet was immaculate, with the truffle jus subtle, but present. The silver dory (market fish for the day) was full of flavour and obviously fresh, flaked beautifully, but if anything was just taken a smidgen too far. Seasoning was good on both dishes.

What was disturbing about the main course experience was that both adjacent tables to us were occupied during the time we were enjoying our main course, and the proximity of the tables was such that when the wait staff were taking orders, their presence was physically encroaching on our intimate space.

This was highlighted by three factors, the constant bumping of my chair by staff, we both felt claustrophobic when there was a member of the wait staff at both adjacent tables at once, boxing us in with their posteriers, and thirdly, we struck up conversation with the adjacent table about their meals and felt as if we were one dining party.

Dessert was a delight, marred only by the assumption my wife was having the chocolate dish, so they were set down incorrectly, and the length of time it took to clear our table.

We felt that the service could have been better, maybe it was just an off night for the wait staff, but they certainly need to do something about the spacing of the tables.

We will probably not return for a similar period as the last gap between visits, a couple of years.

May 21, 2012

Jabi
6

5.8 Average

Food 3 Ambience 7 Service 10 Value 3

We went to the Glass Brasserie because we were given a gift voucher by friends who have enjoyed this restaurant. On entry we noticed 3 aspects mentioned by other reviewers. It was rather dim, noisy and the tables on the periphery of the dining area were placed too close together with about 500mm separation. The spacing meant that when a waiter was serving a neighbouring table their bum was almost in our face. Worse, if they had a napkin hanging out of their rear pocket it would brush over the edge of our table as they moved about.

The service was polite and worthy of a hatted restaurant. However, we cannot say the same for the food. My wife did not enjoy the flavours of her zucchini flower tempura which was more zucchini than flower. My ‘slow cooked’ octopus proved, once again, my belief that only restaurants with a Balkan or Greek background can do it well. This octopus was too soft along the top of the tentacle and too tough along the sucker side of the tentacle (how does that happen?)

My wife had the barramundi for a main. The fish was very nice and cooked properly. However, the ‘squid ink' linguini did not taste of squid ink and she did not like the taste of this dish overall. I had the Quail which had some sort of pate under the skin and was the worst quail I have ever had. It came with a smoked corn which tasted of non-organic smoke (let alone woood) and I couldn’t eat it at all.

Maybe we struck it on a bad night or ordered the wrong dishes. However, we feel that, despite the grandeur and good service, overall it is difficult to understand how Glass Brassier has attained hatted status on this experience.

May 13, 2012

Yani51
16

3.5 Below Average

Food 6 Ambience 4 Service 1 Value 3

Paper tableclothes, could not believe this. The paper feels awful when you rest your hands or wrists on the table. This restaurant should not have paper table clothes.

They serve chips with some of the meals and the chips are exactly the same as what you get at McDonalds. If you are going to serve chips, then please serve proper chips.

Service - We were asked 4 times what we wanted for dessert, by 4 different wait staff who didn't give u enough time to look. In the end we just said we didn't want dessert just to get rid of them. The seating is way too close to other tables and wait staff brush past you.

The kitchen staffs yell out and you can hear this from half way down in the restaurant. This restaurant charges you a fee for using your credit card. Wine by the glass is limited and Luke's wine isn't too good.

This restaurant survives due to it being located within a hotel, tourists and it is also in a business area. Never go back as there are so many better restaurants than this.

Feb 26, 2012

Tara A.
2

9.3 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 10 Value 9

Had dinners on 2 separate occasions and each time the service were good, food was good, wine was good, service was great. Its everything a fine dine should be and of course it comes with a price tag but it does give the value for what you pay!

Feb 11, 2012

sonnox
12

7 Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 6 Service 6 Value 7

Cannot fault the food here - the omlette was crying material - however the service was unpolished and the noise from the kitchen was quite intrusive, hence the overall score.

Feb 06, 2012

GRM
23

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 8 Service 9 Value 8

Despite attending a business lunch, I thoroughly enjoyed Glass Brasserie. The food was delicious, although the menu certainly isn't for everyone and they were not at all flexible and somewhat pricey (which is to be expected at such a restaurant). The restaurant itself is beautiful and suitable for all occasions.

Feb 03, 2012