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    The Commons Local Eating House

    4.1 (46 reviews)
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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Outdoor seating

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    Great patio to enjoy with friends
    Mike M.

    Slept in on Saturday, I was craving breakfast still and the wife wanted lunch. Took a short walk up the hill and stumbled into The Common Ground. Breakfast all day and a great lunch special menu. We took a seat in the front patio with the potted plants and were quickly attended to. After trying decide between a delicious burger or create your own breakfast, we both decided on the pepper steak pie special. And it was a great decision! The crust was cooked perfectly, flaky, buttery and held its shape well. The filling was made with a great red wine sauce and came with a side of chips or mash. After enjoying the pies we both got some coffee and relaxed for a while longer on the great patio soaking in the wonderful afternoon sun. This place is great for couples or small groups, and it seems the menu is constantly changing. Can't wait to head back soon!

    Nice speakeasy feel:D
    Barry T.

    The downtown bar has a very prohibition-era / speakeasy feel to it, a great place if you are into the small bar scene. Some delicious cocktails to be had. Also the farmhouse set menu for groups is also very reasonably priced (which is a 3 course meal).

    Roast Beetroot Salad with lamb
    Lani P.

    The Commons had been on my list of places to eat at for a little while and unfortunately, for me, it fell into my expectation abyss. I wanted this to be the little sandstone cottage turned restaurant that could but it fell short for me. A friend and I popped in for lunch on a Friday and we were one of a handful in the restaurant. Tempted as I was by the day's specials, I finally committed to a roast beetroot salad ($12) with lamb (extra $3). And it was okay, but it was a lot of greenery and as I said to the friend I was with, I wish there was more lamb. I'd have paid more for more lamb in that salad. I'm just not a huge lover of overly leafy salads, okay? Commandeer a shared table and dine in a group or if you're on your Pat Malone, make use of the smaller tables in the front courtyard. The menu, although perfectly suitable for a meal to yourself, is just as easily adaptable to share plates among a larger group. I'd be interested to see how the experience differs when dining for dinner in a group. To be continued...

    Nhi P.

    I love the atmosphere here - so cosy and the fire place is so welcoming on a cold winter's night. You almost feel like you're out in the country somewhere not in Darlo. The service alone is 5 star. We must have had 4 different waiters look after our table, each of them noticing when we had finished our wine or entrees or coming over to explain the specials. I've known about The Commons for awhile but what drove me to try it was the promise of mulled wine. Mulled wine has to be right up there on the list of my favourite things, even higher up than wine itself, though possibly a notch below coffee. To be honest, the mulled wine was the only disappointment with our dinner; perhaps because my expectations were too high. The balance was too far on the sweet side than the spices side. The food was a pleasant surprise though. The duck parfait and zucchini flowers were perfect and my osso bucco main was tasty without being too rich or greasy. Looking at the other mains around the table - the pasta and barramundi, everything looked incredible. Prices aren't cheap but pretty standard for a delightful Saturday dinner. Looking forward to returning and trying their cocktails too!

    Matt K.

    I came to The Commons after running a half marathon and I was starving! The interior has a rustic feel to it and the picnic style tables were a nice touch. Great for small groups since you can fit so many people at the table. It really felt like you were eating at someone's house rather than a restaurant. I had the burger and it was great. I came with some pretty amazing chips and a nice dipping sauce. The burger was cooked to order right outside on a small charcoal grill which gave it great flavor. The cocktails were great and you definitely should check out the bloody mary and the various beers they have. Overall I had a great meal and seemed like the rest of the group was quite content with their dishes as well.

    Seaton K.

    Down on Burton Street, away from the loud rampant partying of Oxford Street lies a small restaurant and pub called The Commons. But there is nothing common about this place. You enter through the courtyard. Tables scattered behind a wrought iron fence. The alfresco mood of this space makes me imagine a place like Naples, though I've never been nor do I know anything about it, but it feels inspired. There is table service for the restaurant element of the venue, but also for the drinks. Which I must say are a little pricey, though we may have ordered a fancy kind of beer as I'm sitting with two beer connoisseurs who like to try new boutique ales when they can. "$9 for a bottle? Okay." Don't want to look cheap. "Thank you." [Seaton pays begrudgingly.] Then downstairs is where the real fun starts. There's a small room filled with books and a piano and it has a Victorian feel to it. We shot a music video here once as we felt it gave off the vibe of a hunters lodge in Colonial times. Of course we added the necessary Deer heads and animal foetuses in jars, but the place looked a treat. It's a slightly pricey establishment, bordering on exclusive but not quite there and I'm sure many will find enjoyment and tranquility within it's confines. Though one thing is for certain, it is anything but Common.

    Chickpea ricotta omelette
    Joanna M.

    Made a booking here for a friend's birthday lunch. The outside tables were full but the interior, where we were seated, was pretty much dead. Probably a total of six seated tables or less for three staff. Arrived early with my partner and waited a while to order coffee, then waited even longer to have it delivered. The rest of the group arrives. We spend twenty minutes deciding what to order and are poised to do so, when the server tells us that the specials board we were looking at is for dinner only. He brings over the lunch specials board, we regroup and figure things out. Lunch is ordered. Fifteen or twenty minutes later, all of the ($22+) mains arrive except mine (there was no meat involved in my dish). Five minutes later, out comes mine, except that all of my very polite friends have been waiting for me so all of their hot dishes are now cold. The bill arrives. Aside from the menu and website both saying otherwise, the server informs us that all six meals can only be charged to one card. My partner gallantly steps in, while the rest of my friends scramble to transfer money or give him cash. Super awkward. This would still have been a three star review, except for the fact that no one in the group felt their dish was worth the price, and all of us agreed that the servers acted as though they could have cared less about us. Will NOT be going back.

    Suzee Q.

    We came here for a very late breakfast or early lunch and took a small table outside in the courtyard. The server was very helpful and friendly. This seemed like a neighborhood place where you could just relax for a bit but the food blew us away - it was so fresh tasting, with complex flavor combinations. One standout were the grilled tomatoes - so simple - but I just had to ask how they were made. The server asked the chef: grilled with chili oil. Perfect!

    Marilyn M.

    We had appetizer (duck pate), stuffed zucchini blossoms, wine, and for the entrees, beet risotto, and octopus. Everything was fresh, presented beautifully, and very flavorful. The service was excellent. My only negative comment was that they added an unnecessary 1% up charge because we used our credit card to pay.

    Court yard
    Robine S.

    Cute garden spot slightly away from Hyde park. Awesome coffee - cute brunch menu with GF options. Easy to find a spot on a cloudy Sunday morning. We had the bacon avo stack and the healthy avo stack with GF. Both were fresh, light and delicious. The goats cheese wasn't too heavy or over powering. We will be back.

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    PJ Gallagher's Sports Bar & Bistro - Front of the hotel

    PJ Gallagher's Sports Bar & Bistro

    2.8(9 reviews)
    0.8 kmSydney
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    The Criterion, post PJs renos, is a standard faux-Irish pub slap bang in the middle of the city…read more(close to Town Hall). Being close to where I used to work, I'd frequent this place quite a bit, and before it was a PJs it was a mates fave city pub so we'd catch up over a few here from time to time. There's a pretty good mix of people in the street-level bar, and PJs have converted it into more of a sports bar so there are plenty of screens for the sports nuts to check out their favourite teams prospects. PJs typically have pretty good fare. In winter they have two absolute cracking dishes. The Guiness Pie with mushy peas, and their signature lamb shanks which is totally unctuous. Why such a modest score? Price kills the place. It's not one of the cheaper places to get a beer as someone incorrectly states in their tips, it's easily one of the most expensive places to get a beer. You're paying over the top prices for domestic tap beer. A cheap beer is $5 for a Coopers Pale Ale, which you can get on the same street about 200m up the road... Also... As much as I enjoy a good pokie section, this one ain't good. And by that I mean the clientelle. It brings in the undesireable types, and sours what is otherwise a sweet pub. The snug, the downstairs den, has a great looking bar, and "snug" seating, but it's kinda pointless down there. It doesn't feel snug, it feels stuffy and claustrophobic - and the bar has never been manned when I've been down there. Now, if they moved the pokies to the snug, and then opened up the entire bar at the street-level to include the room vacated by the pokie section, you'd have something. But why would they do that when they can get by with what they have.

    I went for lunch here not too long ago and it was a great Irish pub. Rich Mahogany wood and a wide…read moreselection of beer on tap, with food selections that you'd find in most other Irish pubs. Being in the city, it can get quite busy very quickly and is a decently sized basement multi-storied pub. TV screens are usually are usually playing Fox sports or something similar. I order the Parmy, just to be on the the safe side. I wasn't too game to try the Pie which is supposed to be one of the best (as judged by Irish people I work with) around. The food is carefully prepared and you can tell the produce is quality and they've cooked it properly which some pubs sometimes struggle to do consistently... The chips were the standout side, crisp and crunchy! Definitely will be trying the stew or pie, that is if I'm brave enough to.

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    PJ Gallagher's Sports Bar & Bistro - Guinness stew pie thing. SO MUCH YUM!

    Guinness stew pie thing. SO MUCH YUM!

    PJ Gallagher's Sports Bar & Bistro

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