We first reviewed Grain Bar when it launched in 2012. Back then Hamish Ingham (Bar H) created a media sensation with a tempura saltbush bar snack that made this beer loving woman feel like a giraffe gnawing cripsy leaves off a branch. It’s easy to overlook a hotel bar as ‘blah’ but Grain (part of...
My Melbourne mates have told me about a premium coffee joint tucked around a corner and off the beaten track which I have to check out when I am in the Gold Coast. I’m a bit dubious, but I am here. I walk past some questionable massage joints and into a very dodgy looking alleyway,...
Many of us don’t love a fish market, we value the variety and like to think its fresh, but they can be challenging to access, you need to be a morning person, can tolerate wet fishy floors and always feature limited parking as pricey as a lobster. A neighbourhood fish market like the Uncut Seafood...
We haven’t been at the Lansdowne in ages. You know what? We should do it more often. Its a bustling tonight and with ticketed gig’s going on upstairs. The crowd is a microcosm of world fashion and cultures. There are amazing afros, 70’s style dudes, skirts so short they make tshirts look like oversize jumpers,...
Looking for a casual restaurant with good food and even better cocktails? Check out our review of Coogee's Marra Bar & Grill.
Looking for fine dining in the Hills District or keen to explore Sydney restaurants outside the city bubble? Check out our Quoi Dining review!
Like things done differently? There is nothing pedestrian about this dinner and show. A flipped-script on a classic hero to heroine and a bistro featuring upscale dining to align with the theatrics. The MGallery Porterhouse Hotel, Castlereagh Street is historical real estate, built in 1876 and renovated mid pandemic. It retains its colonial charm and...
Smouldering, zesty, bitter and sweet. Nope, not a description of the sex in the city cast in a new season, it’s the trailer about the experience at North shore newcomer, Bar Infinita, Gordon. Step inside and you’re likely to be hit with a bit of nostalgia, straight away there’s something familiar and comforting, it could...
When a bar or restaurant opens, there are always expectations of great headlines due to the food, dining experience or mixology smarts. Head Chef, Peter Wu (ex. Sunset Sabi) found himself in the media spot light for something more unusual – their rule at Kin – no kids allowed for dinner. Sydney media melted down....
The term ‘restaurants with a view’ would surely be one the most Googled search terms… along with getting tickets to Taylor Swift or entry into Melbourne’s F1. I doubt many people add ‘zoo optional’. But here we are, after a false start trying to enter the zoo, we are redirected to Taronga’s Wildlife Retreat (and...
