While an old car needs its oil changed every so often a new car should be able to go full throttle…read morewithout any hiccups at the beginning. Bert & Roy's is new to Bondi Road so I figured I would invest my precious time into supporting a local eatery. The name sounds like an American dinner to me but going inside I was surprised to be greeted by Thai style decor. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner here. I arrived for breakfast and decided to just go for something simple so ordered Fruit Bowl with an English Breakfast tea. The staff were friendly but took their time in taking my order initially and kept me waiting for roughly 20 mins before I even had the tea. Then another 15 minutes to get my food. Whilst teething problems are acceptable to a certain extent it wasn't exceptionally busy and they had plenty of staff on. The food I must say was presented beautifully and it was a Sunday so I wasn't in a mass panic but still. The serving size was good and the bowl was packed with beautiful fruit which is a good way to start the day. I would come back and give them one more chance and see if they can improve on the service elements.

Nice brekky spot! We came here with a groupon voucher and got more then we expected. Nice strong…read morecoffee. Fresh fruit platter was great and the side hashbrowns were delicious and perfectly fried. It was quiet so serivce was great and overall we really enjoyed our time at Bert & Roys

Our meeting place is closed, whoever organised this production meeting has forgotten to check the…read moreopening times of our meeting venue. "What an idiot!" Could have been me, I'm not sure, it's not important. We venture down the road from our original destination and pop into a small cafe called Citrus, for one of a number of reasons; it's proximity towards our original location, it's enclosed and privacy providing booths and the fact that it is a purveyor of eggs benedict, "An important attribute!" I am told. We order some coffees and then, when everyone arrives, some breakfast. I get the fruit platter with yoghurt and a drizzle of honey. It is just what the doctor ordered. (To catch you up, there was a doctor who ordered a fruit platter, yoghurt and a drizzle of honey once.) I ate those seasonal fruits with gusto, refreshed to my core as I drank that soy cappuccino and woke up for the day. Meeting underway, we discussed our various points on the agenda and tried to move forward as a company. The private booth, the perfect backdrop to our production meeting, and the fruit platter an amazing and delicious breakfast indeed.

Stopped in here for an afternoon meal after the beach. We both ordered the same thing - the octopus…read moreand calamari salad and a juice. I got the "stressbuster" - I think it was celery, ginger, apple... DELICIOUS! Our salads were just OK. We both agreed the seafood tasted weird and unappetizing. Mind you, NOT unfresh or off.. just weird. We asked for lemon, it didn't help. The service was very smiley and nice, they have a HUGE menu with breakfast all day, pasta, burgers, salads, dessert. I've always been taught when a place does EVERYTHING, they usually don't do ANYTHING exceptionally well. My feeling is this fits here, but if you just want a generic meal in a pinch, you could do worse. It's not bad.

The Hilton's breakfast buffet was at this restaurant. It was ok as far as hotel breakfasts go. Wide…read moreselection but not really the best quality. If you're staying at the hotel, try and avoid peak hours for a better experience.

Ordinary. I really wasn't that impressed…read more It was a Sunday morning and given the high turnover of diners understandably staff were very busy yet polite. It was very crowded to the point of being pushy and crammed. I ended up leaving and didn't bother returning during the rest of my stay. Food wasn't that impressive either. Too slack to provide smoked salmon. Executive Lounge was where I ended up . If you are dining alone try and avoid peak otherwise you will be disappointed

BEST FRENCH FOOD OF MY LIFE: TO DIE FOR.. (P.S. I've only had one other french food experience in…read moremy life: and it was not divine at all). Went for Dinner. I didn't know what to order and how to eat things.. but I went with my awesome cousin Eileen and she knew her stuff. From the pre-drinks, to the dinner drinks, and of course all the food stuff. Their beans are to die for (so simple yet magnifique), and so is any of the tartare stuff, and their duck as well. Everything it damn delicious and their waiters and waitress know their stuff and were very kind. The food was divine. The place was a knockout with my love of interiors. The ambiance couldn't have been any better. I would totally take my boyfriend here on a date the next time I'm back or even with cousin.

This restaurant is the real deal. Frenchy décor, authentic food and faultless service…read more For entrée, the escargot was cooked perfectly, while the onion soup was rich with a glorious oozing of melted cheese infusing each spoonful. For mains, the duck a l'orange was solid but not sensational, while the minute steak is best left to Sloppy Joe's. For the price, the latter really should have been a decent cut of beef. Unfortunately I was way too full to try the soufflé. My tip: If dining as a couple, order 3 entrees to share, then dive straight into dessert.

What a surprise. We…read morewanted a late lunch, and arrived about 15 mins before end of service. Our expectations were not high, and the "Fish Of The Day" had a fairly hefty price tag for a pub lunch,($28.00) My friend ordered a burger, and admitted she is not a burger fan ordinarily. The food arrived, and to be honest, it looked pretty basic. My Barramundi looked like it had been over cooked, and was presented on a mountain of french fries, with an uninspired salad beside it. Sue's burger looked like a burger to me, which never excites me. We were wrong. The fish was cooked to perfection, harsh searing on top and bottom, but perfectly flaky, juicy flesh inside. The fries were crisp, the salad was forgettable. Sue claimed that her burger may have been the best she had ever eaten. It's nothing sensational, and I am sure locals would know better spots for the money, but the way that fish was cooked won me. No, I wouldn't go back. Rushed, panicked and neglectful service in an almost empty bar, average decor and feel to the place, but, hey, they can cook fish and burgers.

I recommend checking out this fine dining restaurant. Service was unobtrusive and professional…read more Salmon entrée was delicious. Friends had soufflé and scallops for entrees and enjoyed them. I had minute steak for main which was tender and juicy. My brother enjoyed his pork chop while 3 others enjoyed the duck. Desserts were splendid. The soufflé was top shelf.

We picked up a take out on our way back after a good walk along the Cliffs in Sydney. I noticed…read morethat many come here for a full sit down dining experience. So there was a large dining area with many large round tables for groups of 6 to 10, and reservations are required. We decided to try their Chicken Curry Kapitan, Roti Canai, and Stir-fried Tofu with Mixed Vegetables. We order two types of rice - Hainan Chicken flavored and Coconut rice. In all the food was very tasty and pretty authentic. It's also one of the few places that offers a greater variety of food choices - from chili crab dishes to steamed fish. Definitely more for a sit down Malaysian meal instead of just the hawker or street food variety. So if you are looking for a more serious sit down Malaysian meal. This is a good choice.

I haven't been to Istana in years as I don't really find this food authentically Malaysian. So…read morewhen my friends decided to go there for dinner my expectations were low. Very low that Istana had a good chance of proving me wrong FOOD We ordered 4 dishes, 2 of them very Malaysian dishes. Funnily enough it was the belacan kang kong ($17.80) and kapitan chicken ($17.50) that impressed me. Not the best I've had but pretty good for suburban Sydney. The tofu combination hotpot ($24.30) and squid with spiced salt ($18.50) were disappointments though. SERVICE We had to wait a little while for a table because it was so busy but as soon as we were seated and ordered the food came out in no time. Highly recommended you book on a weekend to avoid the inevitable wait as this place is popular. OVERALL Istana... a Malay word meaning palace. Whilst this place isn't really a food palace it's still manages to pass this review.

I love places that can't count…read more For example, this one. They've really messed up their happy hour. It goes from 3-7pm. That's .... (counts on fingers).... FOUR hours. Hooray! Sure it may be lacking a bit of personality, but it makes up for that with sheer, unbridled convenience. Going to the movies? Dinner? Night out? It's right there like the centre of the bullseye. Thursday night is Ladies Night, with Cocktails & Manicures t $9 from 5pm. Feeling faaaaayancy? You can get a Johnnie Walker Blue for $13 on Mondays. Or just become a member to receive 10% off drinks, all the time.

It seems that everyone in Sydney's City gets the same idea around lunch time. Well, one of two…read moreideas. Those that don't think food court follow their thought bubbles to Albion Place Hotel. Here you'll get decent lunch pub grub at decent prices, as well as a nice place to sit and enjoy lunch above ground (I hate spending my time out of the office in a much darker, underground food court environment). Plus a soundtrack of good (or at least funny) music plays on the pubs second level plasma screens. Albion Place Hotel - my central-city pub-lunch of choice.

Once again, the definition of a beer garden has been stretched in this pub. In fact I didn't…read morerealise that I have walked into it until I noticed all of the ashtrays on the tables. Basically it is an area of the pub that has a roof that can be opened up, or closed in case of rain, though it never felt like I actually went outside. I quite liked this bar, though the prices were about average. The toilets were a little hard to find, though I did end up seeing the balcony (which is not really an outdoor balcony, it is simply overlooking that room that could be called a beer garden, but I find it really hard to actually say that it is).

My first two visits were pleasant - the first, I had an amazing risotto. The second, a nice steak…read moresandwich, though the steak had more gristle than I expected from an establishment that grows its own beef. But still, both solid and enjoyable meals - plus the homemade chilli jam is like crack, it's so delicious. But my last visit was a disaster. It was a Thursday and we decided to take advantage of the pizza upstairs, since the current downstairs menu doesn't cater for vegetarians (evident in the fact I ate a steak sandwich my previous visit; I'm a demi-vegetarian). The rooms upstairs has very poor signage, topped off with a 'Reserved' sign for one seating area placed in such an area that suggested the entire room was closed. When asked for assistance, the staff either didn't have a clue about what was going on upstairs or treated us like idiots. So, we find the bar serving the pizza. Turns out that the entire main room is booked for various groups, and the only open seating is in a small, sub-room known as 'the Snug' - honestly, it ended up so packed with people, I would have closed the entire room for the various private events. We honestly felt uncomfortable being there, but were tired and hungry, so we stayed. I wish we'd gone. The pizza menu comprises of roughly 5 pizzas, and only one is vegetarian - a margarita. The kitchen did agree to rmove meat from a prawn and capsicum pizza, so we ordered two. The pizza was terrible. The cheese was so liquid it was like bechamel sauce, and the pizza toppings were boring. It was sloppy mush and so very disappointing that it will be a very, very long time before I venture in for anything more than a cold drink.