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Awards
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SMH Good Food Guide 2011 - People's Choice Award |
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2010 |
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SMH Good Food Guide 2010 - Three Chef's Hats |
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SMH Good Food Guide 2009 - Three Chef's Hats |
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2008 |
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SMH Good Food Guide 2008 - Three Chef's Hats |
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2008 |
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SMH Good Food Guide 2008 - Restaurant Of The Year |
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SMH Good Food Guide 2007 - Three Chef's Hats |
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2007 |
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S.Pellegrino Worlds' 50 Best Restaurants Rank No.5 & Best Restaurant in Australasia |
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Food 9 |
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Value 8 |
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Well worth the wait. It is very hard to get a booking, so when we decided to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary we booked a year in advance. We were lucky to have a table with a garden view, and I must admit it made for a great dining experience. It was very tranquil and made us slow down and truly enjoy each mouthful of food.
There were some truly standout dishes including the kingfish sashimi, the angus beef, the strawberries with cream, and of course the ocean trout. The only complaint is that some of the dishes are very tiny, almost not enough to get a true taste.
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mandingo22 -
See my reviews 2 , 06 September 2010
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Food 9 |
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So with three hats you'd expect something a bit beyond special and Tetsuya's has the additional challenge of possibly being the best Sydney and Australia has to offer for fine dining. I can't say if it is the best, but I can report that it met every expectation.
We were lucky enough to have a table for two by the window to the garden, not something normally worth remarking on but I see others weren't so fortunate. Further, our dining room had a hostess who made a point of circulating among the tables and certainly made us feel very welcome. We had two different wait staff through the courses which added to the familiarity.
Again, not a big deal, but I read some others have found the service a bit uninviting. The only critique I have on the service was our wine waiter who tended to recite the label of each bottle rather than tell us a little about the wine.
We added the optional Pacific oysters from St Helens - super fresh, plump, excellent. My highlight for texture was the sashimi of kingfish with silken tofu. The most flavoursome, the angus beef. My overall favourite dish, as tame as it sounds, was the bread and butter pudding. As I type, I feel slightly odd that my standout of Tetsuya's was a humble B&B pud, but I loved it.
Saucette's favourite was the signature ocean trout, but she was a little bemused at the (relatively) generous serve followed by a very modest slip of barramundi.
I recommend 'warming up' through some of our other, very good, restaurants before graduating to Tetsuya's. We found it to be excellent in all respects and I'd commend it as a must do if you have the slightest interest in fine dining experiences.
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The Sauce -
See my reviews 10, 30 August 2010
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Food 9 |
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Value 7 |
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I wasn't blown away by Tetsuya's the first time so thought I'd give it another try. The service was good, the food was interesting and lovely but there wasn't any dish that made me want to go back. No 'wow' factor. My main gripe was that the upstairs room is really unimpressive. Walking upstairs the room had a stale smell to it and the tables in the middle of the room offer no view or feeling.
I would have been disappointed of this was a romantic dinner as the room had no ambience at all. Our guests made the same observation. It was their first time and they were surprised at how basic the room was.
I've been to Tets twice and have never seen the apparently beautiful Japanese gardens, it seems only a select few tables must actually have a view of them and the first time I was there we spent $6k! If I'm to spend over $600 on a dinner for two then I should be able to expect a really nice room with ambience to spare.
My wife has been a long time devoted Tet fan since Roselle and has been many many times and even she said that the value is no longer there and either is the 'wow' factor.
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markpod -
See my reviews 26, 23 August 2010
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Food 10 |
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Value 10 |
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My wife and I used to live in the city (King St) and have no kids and hate cooking. One year we decided to eat at every 3 hat/2 hat and even most of the 1 hat restaurants. (Yes it cost us a fortune and a large amount of travel ie to Selkirks in Orange etc etc!).
In my (less than) humble opinion Tetsuya is literally in a class of its own. Quay, Rockpool, all the rest are merely ok in comparison. 4 times we have been not once have we been disappointed. One time was his old place in Balmain that was much cosier. I have dragged non-foodie friends there. Who have never spent real money on food and they have come away impressed. I'm not saying they would give it a 10 for value. But I bet you they still happily remember being and eating there. If you love food do it once at least.
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Rick2004 -
See my reviews 20, 20 August 2010
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Food 9 |
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Value 9 |
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Went for my 30th birthday. Unreal experience with course after course of fantastic food matched with wines. I work in the industry and am very familiar with most new world wines and vineyards so the sommelier was happy to adjust the wine matches to allow us to look at wines we hadn't tried before. Fantastic and well worth the bill ($2.5k for 6). Not something you are going to do every week though!
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arkhan -
See my reviews 5, 19 August 2010
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Food 7 |
Ambience 9 |
Service 9 |
Value 7 |
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Went here a few months ago with family for my dad's 60th birthday. We were looking forward to it but I felt let down with the food and somewhat intimidated by the posh atmosphere. Sure, the service is great but I felt like the waiters are watching my every move.
The food was interesting, complex and beautiful to look at. Nice texture and flavours overall. I was eager for the signature dish, confit of ocean trout but it was a bit slimy for my liking. After a few mouthfuls, it made me want to gag.
Would I recommend it to friends? No. Nothing I ate there makes me want to go back.
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sonadora -
See my reviews 4, 14 August 2010
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Food 9 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 7 |
Value 7 |
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I agree there is a lot of hype and expectations were up. The place we sat at was rather austere and stark. The waiters were polite, but did not make us feel relaxed. Food was good. Some dishes were not so memorable. Wine was great.
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renelet -
See my reviews 2, 07 August 2010
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Food 8 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 8 |
Value 6 |
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The first time I went to Tetsuya's it was amazing, the second time was also amazing although I was a little disappointed that even after 5 months they had the same menu with only one or two changes. The third time was magical, however, the fourth was a little lackluster I have to say the food while still interesting was not much more than interesting only 4 out of the 11 dishes really swept me off my feet.
I would say that, perhaps, over the years I have over done the place possibly I should have left it at three. Wish I could get back to the first experience though!
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NatVeen -
See my reviews 11, 06 August 2010
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Food 9 |
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Value 8 |
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There is so much hype that surrounds Tetsuya's and despite some dishes that did leave lasting impressions, overall I was slightly disappointed at the lack of 'wow' in our experience.
I went there on a Wed night and the place was full but the spaces between tables were generous so we were able to get some semblance of "privacy" in our conversations. But there is nothing "wow" about the ambience of the place. It was nice enough but nothing special.
Service was fabulous, the sashimi and ocean trout was beautiful. The rest of the dishes were great but nothing special. I eat at a lot of fine dining restaurants and I think this is a great place to go but I don't think it's anything too special.
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JCritic -
See my reviews 28, 23 July 2010
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Food 8 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 5 |
Value 7 |
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Food is good. Service can be improved. Arrogant waiters.
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ke1998 -
See my reviews 4, 18 July 2010
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