Pantry Manly, The, Sydney

User Reviews of The Pantry Manly

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7.3 Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 10 Service 5 Value 7

I have been here a few times for lunch and dinner and it is nice. The food is pretty good, the ambience is sensational. There is a good wine list and I really like the banoffee pie. My only major gripe is that we went here for dinner last Saturday for the 6pm sitting.

I totally understand that on weekends restaurants need to do 2 sittings but despite arriving at 6pm on the dot and ordering as soon as somebody would take our order, our mains were not served until 7.30pm which meant they were not cleared until just before 8 (the next sitting). We even chased our mains twice and we were told they were "just minutes away." I really wanted the banoffee pie and then the staff were quite abrupt and rude when we wanted dessert as they needed to get ready for the next sitting.

I'm not sure what happened as all the tables around us were finishing dessert when we were finishing our mains. No explanation was given by staff. Very happy to have to be in and out in 2 hours but I'm very unhappy that the meals took so long and ruined the end of what was otherwise an enjoyable evening.

May 22, 2012

MCJones
17

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 8 Value 8

A very pleasant way to have Sunday lunch, great view as don't have to look across the road to the beach with good food and service!

May 20, 2012

Millie99
10

6.5 Recommended

Food 6 Ambience 8 Service 7 Value 5

The best thing about this restaurant is the amazing view. Unfortunately, the food did not match up to the views nor the price. The cherry tomato bruschetta was just the tomatoes put on top of some unspecial bread (at least cut the tomatoes in half), the peppers stuffed with goats cheese were too small in portion, and the salmon, asparagus and thyme was definitely not worth $28, with the salmon tender but encapsulating none of the thyme and only the slice of lemon provided the flavour, which came with a green salad and some slices of cucumber.

At least some nice mash potato with additional garnishings would have brought it up to standard. Nice place for a coffee but not for a meal.

May 13, 2012

Cheekycheeks C.
39

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 9 Value 8

Been here for dinner several times. The mains and pastas are especially fantastic, and the menu is very unique in its inclusion of breads, cheeses, tapas and the like. The service is great, as is the location, and the waves being lit up at night make this place fantastic for a table for two by the window for dinner.

May 12, 2012

wogstar
13

9 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 10 Service 9 Value 8

Visited the Pantry and had a truly fabulous time - so visited again two weeks later to see if it could match the initial experience. It surpassed it.

Amazing food, attentive (but not overbearing) service and a lovely atmosphere practically guarentee a good night here. Remember to ask for a window table if you can!

Apr 23, 2012

Leigh123
23

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 9 Service 9 Value 8

Nice ambient lighting for an evening and we hadn't booked, yet still got a seat up by the window (it was Wednesday).

Has a more intimate feeling than many places along the front, and the food was sound. I had the wagyu steak and my wife the blue swimmer crab spagethinni. The service was spot on (which to be honest can be hard to find in australia). We were never waiting too long for a drink to arrive, and everything just seemed seamless. To me that is good service. The fact the waitresses didn't put on the warm, fuzzy, friend-for-life routine personally didn't bother me.

Mar 22, 2012

mijango
5

8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 8 Service 8 Value 8

Hit and miss for us. My husband's eggs Benedict at breakfast was one of the best I've ever had however the jam for my toast put on his plate. At dinner, the four GRAS and truffle salami, as well as goats cheese bruschetta and ploughmans plate all to die for, the steaks, veal, pasta mains just average, the latter very oversalted. Eton
Mess for dessert was average but chocolate fondue great. Service isn't overly friendly and hated the bright lights being turned on at 10.30. I saw the waitress turn away coffee-seekers at that time too. Really want this restaurant to hang around, because it has so much potential and some real winning dishes but it definitely needs tweaking to be consistent.

Nov 06, 2011

lisa07071978
5

7.8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 8 Service 8 Value 7

Gorgeous location, friendly service and food was tasty!

Aug 24, 2011

Heather F.
12

4.3 Below Average

Food 1 Ambience 8 Service 5 Value 3

Went for breakfast Sunday morning. Dry scrambed eggs, toast only toasted on one side and expensive. Other dishes were overcooked poached eggs with one sided toast and all other dishes at the table gave very little to cheer about. Shame because location is amazing, decor is great and even service is okay, food, however, is dreadful. There's a lot better value elsewhere.

Aug 15, 2011

JB72
4

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 9 Value 7

The service was oustanding, especially the lady that looked after us from beginning till end. Everyone that had dinner with me that night, were so impressed. There were 9 of us and I believe no one had a single bad thing to say about the food, service and ambience.

Jul 14, 2011