Hernandez Cafe Restaurant Darlinghurst, Sydney

User Reviews of Hernandez Cafe Restaurant, Darlinghurst

Displaying: 1 - 10 of 12 reviews

3.8 Below Average

Food 4 Ambience 3 Service 4 Value 4

This place serves spanish and italian food. But with so many good spanish and italian restaurants in town, don't bother to come here. All tapas taste like pre made from days ago and simply being heated up, paella was plain and dry. Won't be coming back.

Dec 04, 2011

bellason
24

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 8 Service 9 Value 9

Just had lunch there with 4 colleagues today. I have been there several times over the last few years and one think I must say is that everything has been so consistent.

The meals were all of very generous proportion, superbly priced and the service is attentive without being invasive. The staff are so friendly and helpful.

They nailed the pasta and risotto which (for some establishments) can be risky for a lunch time crowd. 5 of us went there today and we ate at our own pace and were out of there in 45 minutes. Great if you want to get in and out within an hour for lunch.

Aug 16, 2011

Adam K.
9

6.5 Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 7 Service 5 Value 7

We went there as a group of six (three couples). The waiter keep pushing the entrees despite that all three ladies asked for mains only, this got at the end embarrassing. The guys had the steak, which was well cooked a bit too overdone, but great taste and good portion size. The paella was average, it is pre cooked (even the waiter confirmed this) and is only finishes with either Chicken and Seafood or Chicken and Chorizos, it tasted what it is, old stuff warmed up again. Cannot recommend it, on our next visit, we will try the Tapas menu, for our first visit was average. Service ok but not great.

May 28, 2010

Le Gourmet
7

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 8 Service 9 Value 8

I have only been here once and have found it to be very good indeed. I will be back. We had a selection of dips and tapas, I found the grilled chorizo to be particularly good. For mains we had the lamb risotto, it was also particularly good (and filling). Good coffee as expected and a free half litre of rather good sangria.
The desserts looked to be interesting.

Jul 10, 2009

Iain17
51

7.5 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 8 Service 7 Value 7

Lovely little spot close to oxford street but away from the hustle and bustle, great food, decent prices and service.

Mar 16, 2009

Alaena
413

1 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

4.8 Average

Food 3 Ambience 7 Service 8 Value 1

Service was sensational, but I have had better food on dodgy airlines. Really lets the place down. The Paella was a joke, would have been more happier with two minute noodles.

Jan 15, 2009

Russellj
1

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 8 Value 9

We had my husband's birthday party with a group of 30 friends last Saturday. We had a wonderful time in the restaurant. We had a set menu of $40 per head including bread, tapas, paella and sangria. Food was lovely and the sangria was fresh and delicious. Service was quite attentive and friendly. The live band gave the party extra joy and a happy atmosphere. Highly recommended.

Aug 28, 2008

Harmony99
1

1 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

5 Average

Food 3 Ambience 6 Service 6 Value 5

A belated review: I will never come here again! I came here with the office Christmas party, December last year expecting a lovely Spanish meal and paella. I was incredibly disappointed. The grilled Chorizo was lovely. I think that was the only thing I really enjoyed that night. I found a hair in my grilled sliced mushrooms. And the paella didn’t even look like paella. 2 chicken drumsticks, 2 muscles and 2 prawns around the dish, and bland rice that tasted like my mother's tomato risotto but ten times worse = paella? No I don't think so. It didn't feel Spanish at all.

Aug 23, 2008

Chinzano
17

7.3 Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 5 Service 6 Value 9

We've been here four times on different nights. It has never been busy, which is a shame, because the authenticity and taste of it's Spanish cuisine is significantly above some other restaurants around. Having been to Spain twice for long periods, it definitely gets close to the meal organisation and the typical foods, along with delicious sweet-and-tart sangria. I recommend ordering tapas and just sharing around, almost everything is good, comes out quickly, and can fill you up.

The service is a bit funny, in that it is extremely quick, attentive, and polite, but possibly inexperienced and lacking sophistication. At least they are trying, and it's better than being indifferent or pretentious. Finally, it is good value for money.

Jun 13, 2008

Lemon Drewski
24

4 Below Average

Food 5 Ambience 4 Service 3 Value 4

We've been there yesterday the first time and ordered the Fish of the Day, Lamb Risotto, Mushroom and Chicken Fettuccine which all were pretty delicious. We also ordered the Chicken and Seafood Paella. Unfortunately, this dish came with a German Cockroach underneath the rice which was pretty disgusting. Maybe that is the reason why the restaurant is so often so empty....

Jun 09, 2008