Longrain Restaurant & Bar Surry Hills, Sydney

Longrain Restaurant & Bar Details

Longrain Restaurant & Bar Address

85 Commonwealth St
Surry Hills NSW 2010
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Longrain Restaurant & Bar Menu
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Longrain Restaurant & Bar Contact Info

Phone (02) 9280 2888
Fax No (02) 9280 2887
Emailinfo@longrain.com

Cuisines

Thai, Vegetarian

Chef

Martin Boetz

Prices

Average Meal Price $42 - based on one entree & main course only

Lunch
Entrees $4.50-$6.00
Mains $27.00-$47.00

Dinner
Entrees $4.50-$6.00
Mains $31.00-$42.00

Banquet
Banquet $80.00-$90.00

Prices last updated: 03/2012

Bookings

Bookings are only available for lunch and private dining room bookings for groups of 10-18 people for dinner

Rooms & Capacity

No of Seats 130

Hours

Lunch
Fri Noon - 2:30pm
Dinner
Mon to Fri 6pm - 11pm
Sat 5:30pm - 11pm
Sun 5:30pm - 10pm

Specialties

Egg nets with pork, prawns, peanuts and beansprouts

Longrain Restaurant & Bar Awards

2012

SMH Good Food Guide 2012 - Two Chef's Hats

2012

Australian Gourmet Traveller 2012 - One Star

2011

SMH Good Food Guide 2011 - One Chef's Hat

2011

Australian Gourmet Traveller 2011 - One Star

2010

SMH Good Food Guide 2010 - One Chef's Hat

2009

SMH Good Food Guide 2009 - One Chef's Hat

2008

SMH Good Food Guide 2008 - One Chef's Hat

2007

SMH Good Food Guide 2007 - One Chef's Hat

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User Reviews of Longrain Restaurant & Bar, Surry Hills

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5.5 Average

Food 6 Ambience 6 Service 6 Value 4

Saturday night wait, 2 hours, however, this was explained at the door. Lucky we found a bar table to sit and wait, after $20 cocktails, we were seated at the communal table. Table is sooo wide that you end up only speaking to the persons next to you. There is also a communal 'bar' table with bar stools which seemed to be allocated to couples dining together.

Food was ok but not what was written on the menu, broccoli was replaced by choy sum. The organic poached chicken was undercooked (flesh was still pink and bloody) and served cold. Waitperson tried to explain it was like a hainan chicken but I've had hainan chicken many times and Longrain's was so undercooked and served cold.

Mains were underwhelming in flavour (except the kingfish in green curry, where were the pea eggplants?) and were served over a 20 minutes period. We finished our mains and a side serving of snake beans appeared, just as we had given up hope of seeing it. Our bill came to $100 each for drinks, food, and shared desserts. I was really disappointed as I had expectations from their Good Food Guide review and hat status.

You could have the Longrain experience (and a cheaper night!) by sitting in the Longrain lounge area and having their bar menu, it would be cheaper and there is a wide selection of dishes plus items that are not on the main menu, eg. soft shell crab, salt and pepper prawns, whitebait fritters and five spice cashews.

Jun 14, 2009

Noodle Gal
120

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 9 Value 7

I visited this restaurant because of masterchef. Martin Boetz who is the executive chef of this restaurant appeared in the show and made the eggnet and so went there tonight and tried it. Service was great! And didn't take long for me to get a seat, in fact immediately. The eggnet came in about 10 minutes or so, thats what it felt like.

The vinegar packed a punch with the eggnet. The egg was very light and the 'salad' was very fragrant and packed a punch. And with an extra lime, it took it to another level. Very nice indeed. Abit pricey but I think its worth. The sorbet is very nice as well, very refreshing. Definitely recommend it to thai food lovers!

Jun 06, 2009

kangsas
4

9.3 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 10 Value 9

One of the best! Service food and ambience. The best...

Jun 03, 2009

leisleis
14

6 Average

Food 7 Ambience 7 Service 6 Value 4

The food is good, but it's over priced.

May 28, 2009

Alaena
413

7 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 6 Service 9 Value 5

Staff were friendly, food fusion was very good and cocktails were great but did not like the seating arrangements. For someone who doesn't frequent trendy expensive restaurants, I don't understand why you would fork out top dollar to be sitting on a long table with strangers and your partner is sitting beside you that you can't talk to or look at without turning around.

May 11, 2009

opsaxd
14

6.8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 7 Service 7 Value 5

The much vaunted 'eggnet' was the best dish, we had a reasonable salad though when we ordered, no-one mentioned it was very similar to another dish we'd ordered. Caramalised pork was basically mega crispy meat in sweet gloopy sauce.

I don't mind crispy crackling, but wasn't sure about crispy meat. The belly pork almost made up for this as it was gooey and lovely though disappointly only thinnish 3 slices. My impression was that it was mostly reasonable food, not spectacular, at hugely inflated prices.

Wait staff seemed pretty snooty though were attentive, promptly refilling glasses etc. Personally, I dislike the long bench table approach; not so much because I was sitting next to other groups but mainly because the table is so wide you have to shout to speak to anyone on the other side.

I noticed couples being seated side by side to counter this; fair enough, but for groups of 3 or more it's not conducive to a chatty night out with friends. I've marked down the ambience because of this, otherwise I would've given it a 9 or 10. Might stick to the bar area next time. Great cocktails!

May 08, 2009

pommiefoodie
124

8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 8 Service 8 Value 8

Love the beef shin, service was attentive and friendly, relaxing and casual ambience on a week night.

Apr 25, 2009

hank marvin
20

9 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 9 Service 9 Value 8

Not sure why everyone talks about the queues here, we turned up on a Thursday night at 6:15 pm and were seated straight away. It did get crowded at 8:00 pm but still had spare capacity. The shared seating is well proportioned (unlike Jamie Oliver's 15 in London where elbow to elbow is the spacing) and the decor is very cool.

The service was excellant and very friendly. We ordered the salt and pepper perch (outstanding taste and amazing presentation) and the wagu beef red curry, both were huge servings (we asked for a doggie bag and the staff packed it up for our lunch) and fantastic taste.

We had cocktail as we had heard they were one of the best in Sydney, mine was a little ordinary (just vodka and berries) but my partners was unusual and very tasty. Neither had much alcohol in them for the price. Thoroughly enjoyed our experience here and would recommend to anyone who loves good food to try it out.

Apr 24, 2009

Paz&Lai
7

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 7 Service 8 Value 8

Always enjoyed my dining experience here, nearly tried all dishes on the menu, and never disappointing, finally good value for money.

Apr 24, 2009

delicious54
2

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 9 Service 7 Value 7

Food is exceptional. Very tasty and rich in flavours. It is a little more than the average Thai restaurant, but the quality of food is much, much more than you would expect from your average Thai. Thoroughly enjoyed the meal and would definitely return.

Apr 18, 2009