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Restaurants, Thai, BYO, Menulog Delivery and Pickup, Ample or Convenient Parking

Overall 8.2 15

7.8 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 7 Service 9 Value 7

Have been here twice now.

Most of the starters are your classic thai, curry puffs, spring rolls, etc, that probably come from the same box as every other thai restaurant in Sydney, so they taste the same too. Their satay chicken was good, nothing to write home over. However, the herby duck and chicken pandan entrees were both very very good and a bit different from the norm. Rather disappointed by the chicken wings though, very ordinary.

Highly recommend the duck salad main: lots of juicy, succulent pieces of roast duck (which I don't usually enjoy), on a pile of fresh salad with an incredibly tasty dressing.

Another stand out main is the Creamy Sweet Basil Curry. Have had this both with seafood and with chicken and both times it was just so tasty, by far the best Thai curry I have ever eaten, and I eat them a lot! So good that now almost no other Thai curry will do.

Staff are very quiet but attentive, and a lovely atmosphere in the restaurant created using lighting and by seperating areas, great for a nice romantic dinner. Definitely a cut above most Thai places in Sydney.

Feb 16, 2012

Sultan's Table, The, Enmore

Restaurants, Turkish, BYO, Food Delivery, Outdoor Dining

Overall 7.5 135

9 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Service 7 Value 10

Take-away review only.

Best kebabs I've ever tasted (haven't tried the falafel yet though). Cannot describe how good these are, and I have eaten A Lot of kebabs. The meat is tasty and juicy, and the dips (see below) just seal the deal. Can often be a long wait on busy nights so if there's a few of you, I suggest ringing for delivery (free for orders over $20!).

Their dips are amazeballs. Forget a squeezy bottle of runny garlic yoghurt or watered-down chilli, these are homemade, fresh, tasty dips, and a fantastic range too: tzatziki, spinach, carrot, beetroot, chilli, parsley, babaganoush. I recommend the tzatziki, spinach, beetroot and babaganoush. A med mixed dip with some turkish bread is fantastic value.

Their pides are very good as well.

Feb 16, 2012

Dean's Diner, Newtown

Takeaways, Burger, Fish and Chips, Greek, Hip and Trendy

Overall 8.1 7

9.5 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 10 Value 10

Have been to Deans Diner with my partner 7+ times now, and have never been let down. It is exactly the sort of place we like, relaxed, friendly, BYO, open-all-hours. We usually go here after a few round of drinks and pinball at the Sandringham next door.

Firstly, the menu is overwhelming but basically depends on how you like your burger. Some are standards and some are quite different, or you can order a custom-made one.

I usually get the Cat Stevens (haloumi) burger that comes with tzatziki but to which I also add chilli sauce. I also rate the Lamb of God, Dixie Chicks, and The Porker (all with chilli sauce added).

My partner usually gets the The King but I think I may have converted him to my haloumi burger, they are just so damn delicious.

We are Always greeted with a smile, in fact these are probably the happiest diner-workers I've ever come across (how could you not be happy when your burgers taste that good?), and they bring the burgers out to us even though they are really just a take away joint and I would fully expect to collect our meals from the counter.

Of course, what are burgers without chips. Luckily the chips here are delicious. Not the best, but pretty darn awesome, always hot, with heaps of chicken salt. (I don't consider a chip 'great' unless it is an actual handcut potato chip, unfortunately, most places, including flash restaurants, serve the frozen powder-type chips).

Forget getting a crusty kebab on the way home, pop into Deans for a Real meal!

Jan 23, 2012

China Moon Restaurant, Bondi

Restaurants, Chinese, Serves Takeaway, Menulog Delivery and Pickup, American Express

Overall 3.4 8

3.8 Below Average

Food 2 Ambience 5 Service 5 Value 3

Take away review only. We have been to China Moon 3 times now. Initially we just had dumplings and dim sim and they were fantastic, so next time we got mains as well. Bad idea. Tried the garlic chicken and my partner had another dish- can't remember what- both were nearly inedible. The garlic chicken had an overpowering raw garlic taste and was very glutinous.

We though we would give them another go. Again, the dumplings (pork and bok choy this time) were lovely, but the mains were terrible. I ordered panang curry (I know, more fool me ordering a Thai dish from a Chinese restaurant), it was unlike any curry I have experienced and was utterly inedible. even my partner, who will generally eat anything, found it unpalatable and certainly nothing like a normal panang curry- no yellow colour, no sweetness, no coconut cream.

His dish, Kung Po chicken, was also pretty gross. Again it was glutinous, had very little flavour. All main dishes have also had a limited variety of veges- a couple of bits of capsicum, carrot, and some very chunky onion (found a nearly whole onion in one dish).

The only redeeming parts of this restaurant are the dumplings, and their very good website (not that you'd want to order anything!).

Jan 23, 2012