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Overview of Vintage Cafe On The Rocks
The Vintage Cafe has an interesting fusion of historical and modern decor offering a casual laid back atmosphere with good quality food at affordable prices. Only fresh produce is used with emphasis on local Australian seafood, wines, local and imported cheeses. The wine & beer list offers great quality, variety and value for money. A lot of creativity is found in the various dishes, providing a nice contrast between Spanish, Portuguese and Mediterranean food. Served all day, the traditional breakfast portion of the menu offers the Full Vintage Breakfast deal, with bacon, Chorizo, eggs to any taste and toast. For those with a big appetite, the Mediterranean Omelette filled with capsicum, tomato, Spanish onion, mushrooms, herbs and fetta cheese has plenty to get you going.
Lunch is filled with options including fresh made to order salads, pizzas, sandw, fish, steaks.
Thu to Sun nights, selection of Tapas & Petiscos served in traditional clay dishes.
What can be more romantic than the delightful sounds of live Bossa Nova & Jazz which can be heard Thu,Fri, Sat & Sun.
If you are looking for somewhere special, private and a local haven, take a stroll to The Vintage Cafe.
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User Reviews on Vintage Cafe On The Rocks
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This is really a cafe but with restaurant prices. Really not good value at all. Food was ok, wine was excellent. Didn't really like being in and out of a tapas place in a bit over an hour, all the items brought to the table at once, would have been nice to enjoy a glass of wine with olives before moving on to the heartier fare. And come on guys, bottled olives in the salad?
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Marluk -
See my reviews 12 , 28 June 2010
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Wow, after reading all of the positive reviews below I was so surprised about the neglect we received at this restaurant. Our experience as a table of four was comical to say the least. We had made a booking and were placed on the balcony where upon we waited for at least 20 minutes without service, acknowledgement nor menus.
The restaurant was by no capacity full and there were plenty of available tables outside. I went inside to ask for a drinks menu, the waiter looked at me with some confusion and finally handed me one menu. After 45 minutes our table was served. Our drinks order and starters were taken. No drinks appeared, after 15 minutes we go inside and ask for our drinks he says he will bring them out.
After another 10 minutes (totalling 25 minutes since we first ordered our drinks and an hour and 10 minutes after sitting down) another waiter appears at our table asking if we would like our order taken? We mentioned that we have already taken our order taken and are waiting on our drinks 'Oh I'll go get them' he says. There was some debate at the table whether we should have let him go as by now we had chosen our mains and knew the rarity of having a waiter appear at the table.
Sadly I convinced the table that we needed our drinks. I hang my head in shame. He disappears and we don't see him until dessert. Well after an hour our original waiter comes out with our drinks. In the mean time another table which sat down at the front walks out after 15 minutes of no service in the presence of dirty table. I envy them. The sad thing is that the food in itself was delicious. I have no complaints. The chorizo salad, the piri piri fish, the piri piri prawns were all fresh and tasted fantastic, the fish melted in my mouth.
The duck and fig was absolutely lovely and we ended up having two serves of the mushroom and fetta. It's just such a shame that the service was an extreme let down. The waiters weren’t rude, they were just extremely inefficient. Our dessert order got taken twice, apparently this is the way. Worth it for the food but if you want an experience where the waiters fulfil the requirements of the position then I wouldn't go here.
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MunchingthroughSydney -
See my reviews 2, 13 June 2010
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From the moment a friendly Julian rang to confirm my online booking for 2, I felt we were going to enjoy the Vintage Cafe. We were warmly welcomed by him when we arrived and Havi our waitress was also charming and helpful in our choice of dishes. We chose 4 tapas, patatas bravas, garlic prawns with piri piri, the meatballs in Meditarranean sauce and a chorizo pizza.
All were delicious, but the 8 plump prawns deserve special mention, they were so fresh and tasty, so tasty in fact we couldn't let the cooking juices go to waste and asked for bread to mop up the oil, and the mediterranean sauce. A bottle of the house white (which we found much better than a usual 'house white') brought the total cost to $82. We found every dish much bigger than other tapas places we had tried and thought this was very good value.
As the restaurant is in the historic Sydney Hospital, rooms are small but we liked the old hand hewn rock walls. We also marvelled at how the chefs could turn out such lovely food so efficiently from a very small kitchen. An outside verandah adds extra tables, and although it was a cool, wet night, people were happy to sit out there, rather than miss out on the chance to eat here. Our table was just inside the door, near Jose the guitarist and his very pleasant gentle music added to the casual, authentic atmosphere.
We're already planning our next visit so we can sample other tapas and the main courses which we didn't have room for on this visit.
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foodbug -
See my reviews 13, 23 May 2010
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My partner and I wanted a nice meal in the Rocks with a relaxed atmosphere and reasonable price. This delivered just that. The service was excellent, attentive but not too attentive. The food came really quickly especially for a Saturday night. We had the prawns, duck (which was lovely) meatballs, chorizo and olives with bread which were all really nice. Sangria was good. We were seated out on the balcony which seemed to be the best seating as there was a musician playing inside. Overall a most enjoyable dining experience.
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Emilyt -
See my reviews 4, 22 May 2010
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Decent feed. Meal was a good cheap price, although the service was slow and not too friendly. Location was calm and relaxing.
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andybeale -
See my reviews 3, 22 March 2010
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Came here on the weekend with a friend. Loved it! Between the two of us we ordered the patatas bravas, flamed portuguese chorizo, Mediterranean meatballs and the vintage salad (pretty much a greek salad). My friend and I loved everything, the meatballs in particular were great, they had a lovely flavour to them, unlike most other restaurants where I've tried them. I was very impressed.
For all of that food, two glasses of sangria and two diet cokes, it came to $71. Pretty cheap I thought for a dinner in the city. The place is quite small though, so I'd recommend booking ahead. I will definitely return here.
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JessMac -
See my reviews 35, 25 January 2010
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Loved this place. Food was great, we shared a range of tapas and had some Sangria. The location is great and there was life music as well. Prices were okay, especially for the Rocks.
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leila75 -
See my reviews 11, 26 December 2009
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Lovely spot, great live background music, nice enough food. (Delicious fig and duck tapas but the tiniest, most wizened muscles I ever saw in another dish and very small portions overall, even scrimped on the bread in the cheese starter!).
Long as you don't mind the ramshackle seating arrangements (very cramped table spacing and uncomfortable chairs) you could happily stay all night philosophising over your sangria and taking in the Mediterranean-taverna ambience, very chilled and pleasant atmosphere.
The service is slow and haphazard but friendly enough. They just need more than one waitress on a Friday night I think!
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ratmousey -
See my reviews 7, 24 November 2009
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The food at Vintage is more authentically Portuguese and Spanish than most such restaurants in Sydney. A range of tapas for two, with no drinks, came out under $40 total. Inside, the speakers for the live music can be a bit loud. Great location away from the busier parts of The Rocks, and reasonable service.
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keiran -
See my reviews 4, 18 September 2009
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Some items overpriced for portion sizes. Whilst live music sounded nice, we & many other tables couldn't see it due to cafe layout. 2% "weekend" and 3% credit card surcharges leave a very bad taste.
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HendyGong -
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Vintage Cafe On The Rocks Details
R2 Nurses Walk The Rocks NSW 2000
Phone (02) 9252 2055
Fax (02) 9252 2055
Enquiries
Julian
(02) 9252 2055
Email thevintagecafe@optusnet.com.au
 Website
 Menu
 Map
Cuisine
Mediterranean,
Portuguese,
Spanish
Opening Hours
Mon to Wed 10:30am - 4:30pm
Thu to Fri 10:30am - 9:30pm
Sat 9am - 9:30pm
Sun 9am - 9pm
Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday we are open all day. We can open other nights for special group bookings.
Serves
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Average Meal Price
$27 - based on one entree & main course only
Prices
General Price
Entrees $6.00-$14.00
Mains $9.00-$25.00
Desserts $5.00-$10.00
Dinner
Set Menu
Price $45.00
Dinner Tapas
($45 p/p)
1st Course
Garlic Bread
Marinated Olives
Patatas Bravas
2nd Course
Flamed Chorizo
Vintage Salad
3rd Course
Chorizo & Veg Pizza
Med Meatballs
4th Course
Garlic Prawns
Roast Duck w/ Figs
Seafood Paella
(min 10p)
Small Plates
Plates $6.00-$14.00
Others
Drinks $3.50-$10.00
Prices last updated: 05/2010
Bookings
Max Booking Size 50
We can customise your booking needs.
Licensed
Wine Selection
Moet & Chandon,Mateus & Yarra Pinot Rose,Faber Verdelho,Braided River Sauv Blanc,Casal Garcia, Mr Salvatori Pinot Gri,Dark Horse Shiraz, String Quart Cab Sauv, Panorama & Morton Pinot, Monte Velho, Grappa, SANGRIA, Moscatel & Portuguese Port, Aguardente
Seats 55
Entertainment/Live Music
Live Samba, Bossa Nova & romantic Jazz featuring Sadin, Richard and Jose. Hear it live: Thursday 6 - 9:30pm Friday 6 - 9:30pm. Saturday 12 - 3pm & 6 - 9:30pm. Sunday 12 - 3pm
Special Features
Business Friendly
Entertainment/ Music
Good For Groups
Has Bar
Has Cafe
Outdoor Dining
Private Room
Quiet
Romantic & Intimate
Specialties
Flaming Chorizo - Portuguese style
Seafood Paella
Mediterranean Omelette
Full Vintage Breakfast
Payment Types
Amex Bankcard Mastercard Visa EFTPos
Parking
Ample or Convenient Parking
Parking available at Wilson's Parking Clocktower, Harrington St, The Rocks. Night and weekend rates $15-$18.
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