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Overall 7.2 7

7.5 Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 7 Service 9 Value 7

Hit and miss - some great dishes and some not so good. The more traditional sichuan hot pot dishes; dumpling entree; etc are excellent. The deep fried chicken dish with dry chilli's is far too salty - sent it back as thought someone must have added too much by accident. They happily replaced it which is great - but still too salty. Shredded lamb pancake was quite bland. Next time will know what to order and what to avoid - would definitely go back.

Dec 27, 2010

House, Surry Hills

Restaurants, Thai, Has Bar, Serves Dinner, Serves Late Dining

Overall 7.3 28

9 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 8 Service 9 Value 9

Been here a few times now and just love the Isaan Thai food they serve. It is refreshing to see an authentic Thai restaurant specialising in a regional cuisine. The duck larb is excellent, and the chiang mai sausage superb. So many different things to try - and all small dishes so you can order quite a few and get a really good mix of food.

Oct 28, 2010

Favourite Things, Dee Why

Cafes, Tea Rooms, Modern Australian, Hip and Trendy, Quiet

Overall 7.7 3

7.5 Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 7 Service 8 Value 8

This little place is hidden amongst the mad traffic along Pittwater road - but once you get inside it is a pleasant surprise. A homeware store with a cafe built in. Coffee is good, and food is good. They specialise in sweet things - so cupcakes, etc are great. They have a couple of savoury items for lunch - such as the 'croque monsieur' - a french version of the ham and cheese sandwich - which is excellent. There are great retro sweets you can buy as well.

Oct 28, 2010

Agave, Surry Hills

Restaurants, Mexican / Latin American, Hip and Trendy, Licensed, Serves Breakfast

Overall 6.8 83

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 8 Service 10 Value 8

Pleasantly surprised by the quality of food here, took me back to what I have experienced when travelling in the US where authentic Mexican is more readily available than here in Australia. The salsas were hot, flautas excellent, as were the beef taco's and the lamb salad. Quesidillia was Ok but still good. Hard to get better Mexican than this in Sydney.

I'm a bit surprised by negative feedback of others on size of meals and costs, you get what you pay for, which is quality. If you want a massive plate of nachos or burrito's for $12 go somewhere else.

Oct 26, 2010

Spice Temple, Sydney

Restaurants, Asian, Good For Groups, Hip and Trendy, Romantic and Intimate

Overall 7.4 194

10 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 10 Service 10 Value 10

One of the best meals I have had in recent times, excellent Chinese that resembles many dishes I have experienced in China. Every dish we tried was excellent, stand out was hot and numbing Wagyu Beef, Hot Sweet and sour numbing pork, and fish in heaven facing chillis.

Dec 20, 2009

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Golden Sichuan, Haymarket

Restaurants, Chinese

Overall 7.2 7

7.5 Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 7 Service 9 Value 7

Dec 27, 2010

House, Surry Hills

Restaurants, Thai, Has Bar, Serves Dinner, Serves Late Dining

Overall 7.3 28

9 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 8 Service 9 Value 9

Oct 28, 2010

Favourite Things, Dee Why

Cafes, Tea Rooms, Modern Australian, Hip and Trendy, Quiet

Overall 7.7 3

7.5 Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 7 Service 8 Value 8

Oct 28, 2010

Agave, Surry Hills

Restaurants, Mexican / Latin American, Hip and Trendy, Licensed, Serves Breakfast

Overall 6.8 83

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 8 Service 10 Value 8

Oct 26, 2010

Spice Temple, Sydney

Restaurants, Asian, Good For Groups, Hip and Trendy, Romantic and Intimate

Overall 7.4 194

10 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 10 Service 10 Value 10

Dec 20, 2009

Crust Gourmet Pizza Bar, Dee Why

Takeaways, Pizza, Food Delivery, Serves Takeaway

Overall 2 4

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

2.5 Not Recommended

Food 2 Ambience 2 Service 4 Value 2

If you like your pizza smothered in cheese, cheap cabanossi, spiceless pepperoni, and something that resembles what you get from Pizza Hut and Dominoes, then you will like this. If you like Italian style pizza you will not like this.

Oct 26, 2009

Sailors Thai, The Rocks

Restaurants, Thai, Vegetarian, Fine Dining, Has Bar

Overall 6.8 84

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 7 Service 9 Value 9

Had an excellent meal here recently, really good quality food and great service. The style of Thai is a mix of authentic tastes and fine dining. Wine list is great and service excellent. The dining room is a little dull which is only gripe.

Sep 25, 2009

Chat Thai Thaitown, Sydney

Restaurants, Thai, BYO, Serves Dinner, Serves Lunch

Overall 7.7 198

6.5 Recommended

Food 5 Ambience 7 Service 7 Value 7

Had a nice meal here, some very nice authentic Thai dishes. The Larb Gai was very nice as was the Crying Tiger. Only gripe, and this made me score lower on 'Food' was that their fresh (not fried) spring rolls has crab extender in them. That is very cheap foreign fish, if you can really call it fish. Not acceptable in restaurants unless they specify it on the menu which they did not.

Sep 25, 2009

Thai & I Restaurant, The, Dee Why

Restaurants, Asian, Thai, Family Dining, Good For Groups

Overall 5.9 24

1.5 Not Recommended

Food 1 Ambience 3 Service 1 Value 1

They seemed to have improved the decor of this place so I thought I might give it another go, and hope the food had improved. Unfortunately, I was hugely disappointed. This place is nicely situated looking out to Dee Why Beach, and the decor is much nicer than it was, but he food was awful and I don't often go this far but quite disgusting! We had a Panang curry with beef and they must have heated it a microwave or just poorly cooked as the coconut milk had started to curdle and the beef was cooked through but hardly hot.

In fact the beef was like rubber and the curry itself was as bland as boiled rice. They also threw in lots of vegetables that don't go with a curry which just made the dish even worse, the vegetables would have been nice as a side, not in the curry. I will never eat here again and they are being deceptive calling this Thai food. One of those Thai places where they think 'farangs' don't like authentic Thai.

Sep 25, 2009

Papaya, Cremorne

Restaurants, Thai, BYO

Overall 6.6 91

6 Average

Food 6 Ambience 6 Service 7 Value 5

I had heard good things but was not that impressed. I had a chilli basil beef that had no spice at all and too much salt/fish sauce. The one thing I want in Thai food is spice (pet maak) and this was lacking, toned down for western palates perhaps. The duck larb was very average, not the authentic Isaan version and very small in size. Entrees were tiny. It is different to the standard Thai restaurants that plague this city but not authentic Thai.

Jun 16, 2009