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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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SMH Good Food Guide 2008 - Three Chef's Hats |
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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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S.Pellegrino Worlds' 50 Best Restaurants Rank No.5 & Best Restaurant in Australasia |
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Food 9 |
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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 24 , 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 |
Ambience 10 |
Service 10 |
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 |
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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 |
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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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Food 4 |
Ambience 5 |
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Value 2 |
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We dined there the other night, and had high expectations, not having eaten there before. We were terribly disappointed, because there was no real "wow" factor in majority of the courses, let alone the dull colours of each dish. The only dish worthy of mention is his signature dish. We also did not appreciate that at least 5 courses had nuts in them, and certainly did not enjoy the one with scampi and goat's curd.
We couldn't help comparing our experience to other "lower-chef's hat" restaurants where we have had better food and service. There were too many different waiters/waitresses which served us, so we felt like "just a number" without that personalised service one would expect from a 3-chef's hat or a Michelin-star restaurant. We don't mind paying $200+ per head, but we definitely expect better food for that price! So, we certainly won't be going back there again!
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ahawley -
See my reviews 2, 18 July 2010
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Food 7 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 7 |
Value 4 |
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We were a large group and, unfortunately, the room we dined in was very noisy. There were a couple of staff who were not as professional as one would expect from a 3 hat restaurant. The 11 course explanations were long winded and seemed to interrupt the flow of the evening. I think the size of our group may have impacted on this though.
Food is a sensory thing and I expected something sublime. The meal started very well with the lusious Chestnut Soup but nothing else had that wow factor apart from the signature dish which was really wonderful. Opinions on food are very individual but I am sorry to say that many of our group felt as I did. What was extremely disappointing and left us gobsmacked was a 10 percent service charge on top of the food and beverages which we weren't informed about prior and is not stated on the website. Ours was a special occasion but we left with a sour taste in our mouths.
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wildginger -
See my reviews 1, 10 July 2010
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