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Haemil, Circular Quay, NSW
Haemil
Korean Restaurant
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Food 9 |
Ambience 7 |
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Value 8 |
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I agree. The food here is exceptional. I've tried at least half the menu and every single dish has excelled. Having the owner play the piano while you eat is just an added bonus. Best thing is he seems to love music and isn't doing it for the adoration.
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22 September 2007
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Vini, Surry Hills, NSW
Vini
Mediterranean, Italian Restaurant
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Food 7 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 8 |
Value 6 |
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Service at Vini was wonderful. Even though the "no reservations" aspect really frustrated me, staff made it bearable with their friendliness during the wait. The owner spent a lot of time with us, talking through ingredients and even how the restaurant came into being. I enjoyed that immensely. Unfortunately our good sized serves of food did not dazzle me. My friend's vegetarian dish was quite good but my crab pasta had almost no crab and very little flavour. The menu was quite limited and nothing grabbed my eye for dessert. Vini is a sweet venue but I'm not sure it lives up to all the hype.
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13 January 2007
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Aperitif, Kings Cross, NSW
Aperitif
French, Mediterranean Restaurant
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Food 8 |
Ambience 8 |
Service 8 |
Value 6 |
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Wow! What a find! I ate escargot and sweetbreads while sipping on premium wine in the wee hours of the morning. That's got to count for something? The food and cheeses we chose tasted excellent and we were very impressed with the menu choices. Although I must agree with other people - the portions are very small and therefore pricey but they've got to pay their late working staff somehow. I think this venue is superb. If I could I'd end every night out here, sloshing back the big reds and chomping on the kitchen goods.
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13 December 2006
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Chocolate Buddha, Melbourne, VIC
Chocolate Buddha
Vegetarian Friendly, Japanese Restaurant
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Food 7 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 5 |
Value 6 |
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Being a tourist in Melbourne, it was fun to dine in the confusion of federation square but I was sceptical of the quality the way people in Sydney avoid Darling Harbour. I went in expecting the worse and left feeling pretty content. I stuck to what I knew: beef tataki, teriyaki eel and sashimi. very simple, easy dishes that came to our table the way they should. The beef tataki could have done with a little more kick (perhaps some rice wine vinegar) but the kingfish sashimi was wonderful. The eel was perfectly earthy and sweet all at once. Service was non-existent but after a few umeshu, who cares!
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08 November 2006
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E'cco, Brisbane City, QLD
E'cco
Modern Australian Restaurant
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Food 8 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 7 |
Value 7 |
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For such a famous restaurant, the interior was a little too "country" for my liking.
The food did not disappoint though. Soft shell crab salad renewed a lost love for these strange crustaceans and the wagyu tartare also impressed. Rabbit saddle stuffed with prunes was a solid performer and the sirloin with truffle mash was intoxicating. I was too full for dessert but a peanut and chocolate number did catch my eye. Oh well, next time.
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08 November 2006
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Isis Brasserie, Fortitude Valley, QLD
Isis Brasserie
Modern Australian Restaurant
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Food 8 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 8 |
Value 8 |
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I had a brilliant meal here. Everything, starting at the amuse bouche was incredible. Service was great, the interior felt sleek and whimsical all at once and the food was a cut above. The staff were very accommodating even after I came back to next day to collect something I'd left behind. I agree with the previous comment - it's up there with any good Sydney restaurant but the prices are still wonderfully Brisbane.
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08 November 2006
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Borsch, Vodka & Tears, Prahran, VIC
Borsch, Vodka & Tears
Russian, Vegetarian Friendly, European Restaurant
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Food 8 |
Ambience 8 |
Service 8 |
Value 7 |
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This modern Polish restaurant is renowned for the more than 100 types of European (mostly Polish) vodkas available for sampling. Our group tried quite a few on our visit as well as some of the cocktails. For food we decided to go with a series of przekski (Polish snack dishes), rather than mains and although every single dish tasted very good, the highlights were the crispy fetta and rice balls; pan-fried uszka with porcini mushrooms; black mussels with chilli; Golabki (veal and cabbage roll) as well as the most divine dill cucumber pickles I have ever eaten! Sadly the bigos, a traditional sauerkraut and smoked meat stew (often considered Poland's national dish), was unavailable.
For dessert I tried a sampling tray of three liqueur vodkas: winter romance (rose and forest fruit infused); sour cherry (sour cherry, honey and spices) and advocaat (brandy, vanilla and egg yolk). I also tasted the delicious wild bee vodka which is like liquid honey.
Service was faultless despite the fact that the restaurant was packed out all night and our waitress was very patient in the face of our constant distraction and chronic indecision.
The furniture and decorations was a cross between bohemian Paris and country-pub Poland. Overall the style added significantly to the cosy atmosphere. This is very much a happening place, loud and buzzing with a warm, friendly environment.
Total price for five people including an above average tip was $50 per person. This was very reasonable for the amount of food we ate as well as the quality vodka we consumed. A total bargain in my books. I would certainly come back here in a flash.
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08 November 2006
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Sails on Lavender Bay, McMahons Point, NSW
Sails on Lavender Bay
Modern Australian Restaurant
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Food 8 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 7 |
Value 7 |
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I visited in a group of 10 and was more than impressed. I had mistakenly imagined Sails as a restaurant resting on its view and had assumed the food would be mediocre, I was very wrong. The food was wonderful. Presentation was exquisite and flavours were playful, inventive and (better still) successful. The interior of the restaurant is the biggest let down. With such wonderful food and a great view the venue needs a more modern fit out.
The service our large group received was very good, even though the staff seemed to be predominantly high school and university students. On occasion their inexperience was apparent but they were all extremely attentive, friendly and professional. My quail entrée was wonderful. Contrasting textures and flavours worked well with the beautiful presentation. It looked like a sculpture.
Keeping on the game theme, I ate venison for my main and this came with gorgeous caramelised pears and fetta mash. What a treat! The desserts looked wonderful and their flavours were fresh and fruity. Everyone was pleasantly surprised with our experience.
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08 November 2006
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Zenobia, Leichhardt, NSW
Zenobia
Lebanese Restaurant
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Food 7 |
Ambience 6 |
Service 2 |
Value 5 |
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Maybe it was an off night for staff but we had an awful time. First of all they wouldn't allow the one vegetarian at the table to order the vegetarian banquet alone and the rest of us to have the meat banquet. After much discussion they promised some extra vegetarian dishes to compensate for the extra $10 they were after. Between intervals of amazingly loud belly dancing music blasting out of speakers above us at unfathomable decibels, the service from sweet and friendly yet hugely confused waiters meant food arrived at the table haphazardly. We had to continually remind them about our food, our bread and even asked for a coke four times before it arrived.
When the meat mains arrived, the promised vegetarian replacement did not. We looked for waitstaff to tell them but no one arrived until after we'd all finished our mains. When we complained, the floor manager was extremely abrupt and aggressive, implying that all we were after was a discount, then stormed off. A word of advice: if you make the stuff up, don't blame the customer! A discount on missing food is the least you can do.
Next our bill arrived without us even asking for it (hint, hint, get out!) and they'd charged us for numerous cokes when we'd only received one.
The food was solid and dependable. It wasn't brilliant, but it was certainly good and homely Lebanese. I can't fault the food.
As you can see by my prolific list of reviews, I eat out a lot and I've experienced a range of service styles from amazing to gruff. Nothing can excuse the rudeness we received from the floor manager. Very poor!
What could have been a local oasis in a sea of Italian food turned out to be a customer service desert. Won't be going back in a hurry.
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08 November 2006
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Pony Lounge & Dining, The Rocks, NSW
Pony Lounge & Dining
Modern Australian, Mediterranean Restaurant
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Food 7 |
Ambience 7 |
Service 7 |
Value 7 |
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I was impressed that after being open for little more than a week, Pony were already serving up some pretty good food. An impromptu drink with a friend turned into an impromptu dinner and since no one knew Pony even existed, we had our pick of space on the outside deck. Our waitress was fantastic and built a rapport with us immediately. It was a shame that another waitress was significantly less genuine. We ordered some of the small plates for entrées. I gobbled down my sardines baked with lemon, parlsey and pine nuts then moved onto my friend's seared sirloin with soy, lime, chilli and ginger (was perfectly rare).
For mains we had the bintje potato gnocchi with gorgonzola and spinach, the parmesan crusted lamb cutlets and the crispy skinned ocean trout. My portion of lamb was huge (three cutlets) and couldn't be finished, the gnocchi was one of the better gnocchi recipes we've tried but unfortunately the ocean trout was raw on the inside. No, not rare - raw. But that didn't dampen our spirits because we washed it all down with a Rabbit Ranch pinot noir. We have enjoyed a fantastic spontaneous dinner and finished off with a fruit trifle, went home happy and very, very full. My only hope is that Pony doesn't fall into the trap of its neighbours by dumping down the menu to feed bored tourists. Stick to your guns Pony!
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26 September 2006
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