Did someone say champagne? Bottomless champagne? These are our two favourite words. The Sydney brunch scene is full of cheap imitations but the Sheraton Grand Sydney by Hyde Park has just reinvented a classier, more interactive experience to take you from brunch to lunch. Feast is perhaps an apt name for the main restaurant at...
Having worked at Walsh Bay finger wharves almost a decade ago, the pubs in the Rocks were our local hangouts, not necessarily by choice, but proximity. They didnt provide fine dining, service or inspiration, though a few notables over the years have carved out their niche. It’s been years since we last sashayed into the...
The Aiden boutique hotel Pyrmont gives off a bit of a Brooklyn vibe, looking back at the city skyline over the water. This brand new hotel in an art deco era curvaceous building with schmick black windows carries some Aussie heritage. Built as a grain store then converted into Australian icon Breville HQ, and today...
Did you know that the highest quality tuna can sell for millions of dollars?! The Tuna Show is a rare chance to experience the fine art of tuna cutting, enjoy and bid on the ‘King of Sashimi’ with master Japanese chefs Dennis Oh of Izakaya Tori and Fukada San of Kuon Omakase. After a welcome...
As soon as we heard that dessert king Adriano Zumbo was launching a signature High Tea like no other at the QT Hotel, we knew this would be something very special. Welcome to QTea. From the moment you step inside the doors of the quirky and theatrical QT Hotel, you feel like Alice entering into...
When you look around a restaurant and come to the conclusion that it is decidedly more stylish than how you may have dressed, it’s hat’s off to the designers. Not even my Ted Baker floral lined teal winter coat can come close to the beauty which is before us thanks to a renovation of bar,...
Over the years we have reviewed many spas, beauty rooms and treatments. But let’s face it, if we are paying $200 for a treatment wouldnt it be wonderful if we had a day of very exclusive and unobtainable fun thrown in for free? The Darling Spa does all of this and more. When you book...
Hey Honey? How are you doing sweetie? Well life is pretty good if you are a bee living the luxury highlife ontop of the Swissotel Sydney in the CBD. A collaboration with Sydney Bee Rescue beekeepers has resulted in four beehives, with the bees servicing the nearby Royal Botanic Garden and supplying Ten Stories with...
Smug. That’s how it feels to stay at the Crowne Plaza Sydney Coogee Beach. There’s a slew of other words I could use – relaxed, refreshed, pampered, well-fed, and watered. The list goes on. But there’s a resounding smugness that permeates my two-night staycation from start to finish. I’m no more than 15 minutes drive from...
The Arrival We used to be greeted by a by a red headed vixen, kitted out in a black burlesque uniform. Her working title was Director of Chaos. That was 2012, this is 2021 and we are welcomed at the entrance with a woman with a golden bob, pillbox jewel encrusted hat and and a...
