Small restaurant that has excellent food! Freshly made dishes!! Good pricing!!! Friendly attentive…read moreservice!!! Busy but not overcrowded. Authentic decor.

This is a simple Japanese Restuarnt but the sushi and sashimi are just so fresh. Really superb. It…read moreis well priced and BYO. It is a small place but extends tables outside. The choice of mains we found a bit limited but the food was very good and very fresh. The only negative was that by 9pm they were packing up the tables and made it very clear we should move on. It is a bit early even for us older folk and did cut short our evening with our friends. We would go back on our own but unlikely with other people for that reason.

So the produce was fresh and well-presented, but honestly, I could prepare the same at home - slice…read morea tomato, boil an egg (which was served cold btw?), add avocado and scatter some fresh herbs on top - no innovation here. Coffee arrived curdled and the sprouted bread option was most unappetizing. The space is tastefully decorated with representations of a 'farm-to-table' ethos. The light pink theme is novel and surprisingly not sickly. If I'd picked up one of the Callebaut sea salt cookies, this review might be sporting another star, disappointed with the opening act though, I didn't bother with the bickie. Bottom line: over-hyped.

Best chicken schnitzel in Sydney, but at nearly $30 it's not something I can justify too often!…read moreLove the booths around the back, but they are only for parties of three or more. Nice atmosphere and wonderful food, even if it is a bit pricey. My biggest complaint here is the chaotic line up system which is not easy to navigate when it's crowded. That's pretty much the reason I stopped coming on the weekends.

Located off the busy Military rd in Neutral Bay. This Japanese restaurant is part of the samurai…read moregroup. They use a touch screen pad for the inside tables and a normal menu for the outdoor tables. Staff are friendly and efficient and happy to help you choose items off the menu if you are stuck. To start we got a few specials including the pork belly bao and the deep fried sole fish, then onto some grilled salmon and by this stage our bellies were getting full! So we opted to get 2 small desserts which was the banana split and the green tea cake roll. Overall, good food with lots of flavour. If you visit do try and get a seat inside because its pretty fun to order off the menu.

I totally rate Izakaya Samurai as one of best Japanese restaurants in Sydney. I love the fresh…read moreproduce, the friendly staff and the prices are reasonable for the portions. I tell Melle that the last time I came here that the sushi and sashimi were so tasty and fresh. She nods but it's not until she starts eating the salmon nigiri and sashimi that her eyes light up and says ohhh wow this is really fresh and tasty. Yuri then explains which tuna is which. There are three grades of tuna available on the menu tonight. Melle prefers the medium grade and we all enjoy the usual tuna grade sashimi and nigiri which is typically served in restaurants. The usual tuna grade is a deep purple. Yuri explains that the lighter the tuna, the higher the grade. The highest grade is fatty and delicate. I love it!

Done up beautifully inside this pub has been in operation for 140 odd years. Also pet friendly and…read morewith a decent menu. The menu lacks vegetarian choices and that's somewhat unfortunate. My fish and chips was nice and service was friendly. I will be back here again. It's in our neighborhood and a place I have come to off and on for almost two decades.

The London Hotel is a classic Balmain pub located on Darling street. It may not be the oldest pub…read morearound, or the most fashion forward, but there are definitely some features that make it noteworthy. I dipped in one sunny Saturday afternoon in search of something to quench my thirst (and tame the headache induced the night before). I grabbed a Little Creatures bright ale, one of the many on draft, and nabbed a stool on the veranda. With breathtaking views of the city and the iconic bridge popping out of the cityscape, it's easily one of the best views around. And what's more? You don't even have to leave your dog at home. The London allows pooches inside, and perhaps pets of all varieties. If you're so inclined to take your goldfish for a walk, I don't suppose the bar staff would protest. With pool tables, an awesome venue space for hire upstairs and a higher-end steakhouse connected, there's a little something for everyone at the London Hotel.

I just had dinner at Mino and I have to say that this was an AMAZING restaurant which has instantly…read morebecome my favourite. Warning; this place is very popular and booked out (on a Sunday Night). Every single item I had was exceptional. Yes, that is right - every item. We had a feast; Entrees; - Pork Gyoza (6 pieces) $8.50 - Agedashi Tofu (4 pieces), $9.00 - Worth very cent. - Grilled duck breast with Japanese style tomato sauce, $18.00 - 3 Fish Sashimi (Salmon, Tuna, Kingfish - Entree Size, 14 pieces), $18.00 Mains: - Wagyu Steak w/ Teriyaki Miso Sauce, $24.00 - Amazing - Sukiyaki hotpot (Wagu beef, vegetable, tofu), $24.00 - I can still taste this, and I'm going back just to have it again!!! I would highly recommend trying this restaurant the next time you want Japanese, but make a booking first as they were very busy. **Update**: Book via phone, their 'online booking' has failed 2 out of 2 times...

Fitted in at short notice, had to be out the door in 90 minutes - no problem…read more Gyoza was outstandingly moist and succulent. The hotpot she ordered was very slow coming, but very nice, although the chicken was a little MIA in the mix overall. Chicken kara-age was great, although she thought it was too KFC like (whats your point?!) and the sashimi very nice selection. Re the previous reviewers comments on online booking, while we were there we saw two lots of people who had booked online turned away as the booking had not worked and they were fully booked - so peeps pick up the phone.

Mortar and Pestle is this cute little Thai restaurant in Manly. In the summer at least, it is open…read moreair. We walked in on a Monday evening around seven for dinner. I would give it between a 3 and a 4. The menu is huge and has a lot of interesting items. They range from the easily recognizable (Pad Thai) to some really different dishes, although they're all distinctly Thai in nature. I ordered the Peking duck stir fry which was served with shallots and bok choy over noodles. We also got an order of yellow curry with chicken and vegetables and an order of vegetable pad Thai. The food came out extremely fast, which was born awesome and slightly disturbing. The portions were large. I really enjoyed the duck. It was very flavorful and multi dimensional; the bok choy was crunchy and added to the dish. The yellow curry was spot on, and the pad Thai was pretty standard. While nothing really blew me away, the food was good in general. Everything was solid, and everything that came out of the kitchen smelled delicious. Perfect for a fast, hearty dinner.

After a long walk/trek from Spite, we were searching for a place to eat in Manly. Back to back days…read morein Manly and we still had the same problem of finding a reasonably priced restaurant to eat at. We settled on Mortar & Pestle, which pans themselves as traditional Thai food, after walking around the area. It was busy on a Friday evening (around 7:30pm) but we were able to get a table inside without waiting. Service was brutal even though they are well staffed. We had troubles with ordering, getting wrong dishes, etc. We weren't impressed. The dinner menu is massive with appetizers, soup, salad, grill, noodle/fried rice, from the wok, curry, whole fish, seafood, vegetable and desserts. The lunch menu was much more succulent with only two pages of options. - 2x jasmine rice ($3.00 AUD) - you're going to want to get at least two bowls to sop all your curry sauce up. - Gang ga ree gai ($16.90 AUD) - beef, sweet potato, pumpkin and onion in a mild yellow coconut curry sauce. This yellow curry was really well executed. So much better than the curry I had at another Thai place in Manly the day before. - Roasted duck fried rice ($17.90 AUD) - curry & turmeric powder, grilled pineapple, onion, garlic, shallot, egg and Chinese broccoli. Another well executed dish. Everyone loved this one. Generous portion of roasted duck and good wok hei on the rice. Only complaint is that there was barely any pineapple and I thought it was a tad heavy on the salt. - Hokkien noodle ($15.90 AUD) - stir fried egg Hokkien noodles with chicken, vegetables and oyster sauce. Good variety of vegetables but the sauce was a bit too sweet. Pretty average. - Soft shell crab with yellow curry ($20.90 AUD) - came with egg, celery and red chili peppers. This came out late as they messed up our original order. Luckily, the crab was delicious; lightly breaded and deep fried. The sauce had a good kick to it. Wasn't a fan of the celery as the only vegetable accompaniment. If you can get past the terrible service, the food is tasty and reasonably priced for the area.

I tasked my husband with finding a place for dinner and this place caught his eye. When we looked…read moreat pictures of this place online, we knew it was the one. We got to the restaurant 1.5 hours before closing. They still had several customers left so it was still pretty busy. We ordered the banh xeo with pork, fried rice, and the lamb ribs. Everything was amazing but we could not get over how delicious the lamb ribs were! It's like umami perfection. The ribs were cooked perfectly and whatever sauce or seasoning they used was just fantastic. The staff were definitely busy running around but they didn't make us wait too long to order. If I weren't just travelling for a few days, I'd say I'd be back soon. I wish I could!

Was a little hard to find as they are in between other restaurants and their store front is quite…read morenarrow. The rice noodle plate was what I ordered and it was ok. The egg rolls that came with it were strange to me and didn't taste great. The menu is rather small as well.

Food 10/10 fresh and delicious Service helpful and friendly…read more Ambiance good Great experience

We ordered food delivered by Uber Eats and it arrived fresh and tasty…read more The Pad Thai was pretty good, and the Curry Puff and Pork Fried Rice were excellent. Panang curry was also good. The signature dish is a whole fish that is a bit difficult to deal with, but if you have the patience to separate the bones, it is quite good wrapped in the provided lettuce leaves and other accompaniments. Be aware that all of the papaya salads are constructed from the same base ingredients, and the "mild" version we ordered was still incredibly spicy.