Subsolo Restaurant & Bar Sydney

Subsolo Restaurant & Bar Details

Subsolo Restaurant & Bar Address

Basement, 161 King Street, Cnr Castlereagh St
Sydney NSW 2000
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Subsolo Restaurant & Bar Menu
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Subsolo Restaurant & Bar Contact Info

Phone (02) 9223 7000
Enquiries
Reservations on (02) 9223 7000 Emailbookings@subsolo.com.au

Cuisines

Portuguese, Spanish, Tapas

Chef

David Croft

Prices

Average Meal Price $45 - based on one entree & main course only

General Price
Entrees $8.00-$24.00
Mains $28.00-$39.00
Desserts $14.00-$16.00
Set Menu - 6 Course Degustation - $65.00
7 Course Degustation - $75.00

Dinner
Entrees $8.00-$25.00
Mains $18.00-$39.00
Desserts $14.00

Degustation
7 courses
Without wine $65.00
With wine $90.00
A selection of 2 Degustation Menu's both available with Matching wines

Banquet
Banquet $40.00-$75.00
Min No of Guests 2

Small Plates
Plates $8.00-$32.00

Prices last updated: 12/2011

Bookings

Bookings are preferred
Maximum group booking size is 200
Please call 02 9223 7000 or email bookings@subsolo.com.au

Rooms & Capacity

No of Seats 200

Hours

Dinner
Tue to Fri 5pm - 10pm
Sat 6pm - 10pm
Remarks
Wine Bar Open:
Tuesday to Friday 5.00pm to Midnight
Saturday 6.00pm to Midnight
Bar Menu Available

Specialties

Extensive Range of Spanish Tapas
Portuguese Chargrilled Espetada Skewers
Australia's Finest Spanish Wine Selection
Degustation Tapas Menus

Parking

Ample or Convenient Parking
Off Street Parking
Street Parking
Parking Suggestions
$15 Flat Rate Evening Parking Available Click visit www.subsolo.com.au/parking for details

Established in 2007

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Subsolo Restaurant & Bar Awards

2010

Spanish Restaurant of the Year

2009

Spanish Restaurant of the Year

2008

Spanish Restaurant of the Year

Overview of Subsolo Restaurant & Bar

Subsolo - an exclusive and deliciously chic "Barcelona meets New York" Restaurant & Bar in Sydney's CBD.

Subsolo offers a modern Spanish menu featuring a wide selection of Barcelona Tapas and Portuguese Grills – known as 'Espetadas'
Join us for dinner or just drop in for tapas and a glass of Spanish Wine.

Dinner: Tuesday - Friday 5.00pm - 11.30pm
Dinner: Saturday 6.00pm to 11.30pm

Celebrate your next function at Subsolo!

User Reviews of Subsolo Restaurant & Bar, Sydney

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Displaying: 81 - 90 of 158 reviews

4.3 Below Average

Food 8 Ambience 7 Service 1 Value 1

I have had a good experience at Subsolo before but was there recently with a large group and think we must have caught them on a terrible night. It was almost impossible to get any service and we physically had to go up to the bar to order another beer or bottle of wine each time, at $60 odd dollars a bottle they could have made a lot more money out of us if they'd just demonstrated some decent service.

We were in celebration mode so just went with the flow, but it would have been nice to have received an apology for the appalling wait and poor service, rather than attitude from each of the too-cool waiting staff. When I finally did order the senior staff snappily corrected my pronunciation of the dish I requested.

Sadly, won't be going back. Amazing food but absolutely not worth waiting up to three hours for.

Jul 29, 2009

lauralou
16

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 9 Value 8

I had a great time at Subsolo on Saturday night. The ambience is superb, chic and relaxed. I was celebrating my husband's bday and I am so glad I have chosen this restaurant. The food was divine and the service was a plus (lots of brazilians working there!). I'd recommend Subsolo for all my friends, I have actually already done it!

Jul 12, 2009

emileide
4

5.8 Average

Food 8 Ambience 7 Service 3 Value 5

A group of us had dinner in Subsolo on Saturday. Service was very slow and we had to ask for bread and water numerously until it was eventually delivered to us. The wine that we ordered wasn't available but I understand that these things happen on a busy night. Prior to booking I've been informed that the 10% surcharge would apply (for groups of 10 and more) but only to degustation menu and not the drinks.

In the end we were given the bill with 10% added to everything. Every time it was a very long wait to get things sorted. And even the last bottle of wine that we ordered and that actually never arrived to our table was added to the bill which was quite unpleasant.

Taking into account I've been promised top quality service (for the surcharge) I was very disappointed and uncomfortable in front of my guests. I have to say though that the quality of food was fantastic and chefs are doing a really good job in the restaurant.

Jul 07, 2009

Yu-Yu
1

9 Highly Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 10 Service 9 Value 9

Had a lovely experience at subsolo on a Thursday evening.

Food - We have the vegetarian paella, and portuguese chicken on a skewer. The food was quite lovely, although the vegetarian paella was not as dry as I would have liked. The skewer was a lovely concept, and was accompanied with some sides - beans, wedges and a light salad.

Ambience - The decor of the restaurant was chic and contemporary. Great colour scheme, with a relaxed vibe. The ambience was intimate, and there was no problem with noise levels despite the resaurant being quite busy.

Service - Had some problems with service at the beginning and end of our meal, it took some time to find a waiter to take our order, and to pay for the bill.

Value - We enjoyed a substantial meal for 2, which totalled to $81 (included a glass of wine for each guest as well). A good feed for a reasonable price.

Jun 29, 2009

cheekybum
27

7.3 Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 8 Service 7 Value 7

I like the decor and ambience of Subsolo. I have been here twice now and have enjoyed both occasions. The food is good particularly the prawn and jamon skewers although the desserts sometimes miss the mark. Overall I would recommend.

Jun 13, 2009

Scoff Dog
48

7.8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 9 Service 7 Value 7

Great basement location, interesting menu- lots of options. Trendy place to grab a drink with tapas or to spend the night ordering platefuls of interesting food. Cool wine list, some good wines by the glass. Well spaced out room, with some more private tables towards the back of the restaurant. A stand out in this area of the city.

May 22, 2009

SydneyMax
'hating the extra rubbish in eatability'
45

7.8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 9 Service 8 Value 6

Love the sangrias, food is always nice and I really like the atmosphere, a pleasant surprise was when we went mid week and there was some live music, very nice. I don’t like there wine list and everything is a bit overpriced, but still a really good venue.

May 20, 2009

lacre_mosa
20

10 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 10 Service 10 Value 10

Coming from an Iberian background I wanted to see what the hype was about. Let me tell you that this is easily the best Spanish or Portuguese restaurant in Sydney if not Australia. The food is excellent, presentation superb, flavours fabulous and the value is above average. The staff went out of their way all night to serve us and the welcome we got on the way in and the way out was enough in itself to make us want to go back regularly.

Not only was the staff great but the lady on the door last Friday night (with the black framed glasses) needs to be awarded a medal for divine customer service. The place was bursting at the seams and she gave us all a glass wine and olives on the house whilst we waited for a table. Tell me where you get that kind of service? All up a brilliant night and can't wait to go back. The whole vibrant feeling of the place is out of this world (well out of Sydney at least!) 10 out of 10!

May 12, 2009

cupola27
1

3.3 Below Average

Food 5 Ambience 6 Service 1 Value 1

This is what I emailed to the hotel management -

I had a dinner with my girlfriends on Saturday and made a reservation for 7.00 - 7.30 dining. From the moment we stepped inside, we were greeted with a smile but were asked if we had a reservation booked and said yes under one of the girl's name which I won't mention in this case. They were then unable to find our reservation until we told them we had called and spoke to someone in particular to book this. They then realised that they had put us on the 08.00pm reservation and not the earlier one. That was the first disappointment.

Secondly, we ordered a bottle of wine at the start of the night. Then started ordering entree's and main meals. We had our entrees served with 3 breads (there were 5 of us) so we asked if could order 2 more the same bread as what had been served. This did not come until we received our main meals (which was an hour later!). We also ordered some Sangriyas at the same time as we asked for more bread and there was a huge delay in getting this to us.

We had followed this up with one of the waitstaff and it was mentioned they had forgotten to serve this to us. Not only the service turnaround was a delay, the service and the communication between your staff on Saturday was the biggest disappointment as I have never experienced this kind of treatment from other restaurants I had been to. To think you were awarded the best Spanish restaurant for the 2008-09.

To top it all, once we had paid our bill and walked out of the restaurant, we were chased by the restaurant senior staff ensuring we had paid for our bill. Why didn't he check this with his staff prior to chasing us to save himself from embarrassment. Does this mean he had been watching us the whole time and had become suspicious that we weren't going to pay our dinner? Was that why we were getting a different treatment from the staff?

Your staff may need some further training in terms of customer service and communication as this is not an acceptable behaviour.

May 05, 2009

emz24
1

3.8 Below Average

Food 8 Ambience 1 Service 1 Value 5

I did not like the ambience, décor is boring and there was no music so I can hear everybody talking. Food is great though. Service was terrible. I was so disappointed!

Mar 28, 2009