Call me simple, call me alcoholic, but when I walked past the Flying Fajita Sistas, a Mexican restaurant in Glebe, the other week and saw over 25 tequilas and 17 Mexican-inspired cocktails on the menu I knew I had to go there. The fact they serve food, I reasoned, could only be a bonus. I turn up the following Thursday evening with the Amazonian Croatian at 6.30pm (she likes … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2010
Rockpool Bar & Grill – Sydney CBD
The first time I went to the cocktail bar at Rockpool Bar & Grill (not to be confused with Rockpool in Circular Quay) I was relatively impressed. The art deco building (built in 1936) is stunning with high ceilings and columns and the bar, located to the side of the main dining floor, makes you feel like you’re in 1950s Manhattan, right down to its cracked marble walls and old … [Read more...]
Rosebud – Rozelle
Named after the title character’s obsession in Citizen Kane, Rosebud looks like a large restaurant from the outside but in some ways acts more like a tapas bar. All the meals (which the menu describes as contemporary Australian with Moorish influences) are designed to be shared, there’s a large wine list and a cocktail menu with interesting concoctions. The first time I come … [Read more...]
The Burwood – Burwood
Update: After just a few months of reviewing this place, I went back only to find my favourite features are no more: the aquarium has gone, the kebab shop is now a Japanese restaurant and there's less seating on the ground floor when you first walk in. In other words, while it used to be a gambling den that you could also hang out in because of its eccentricities, it's now just … [Read more...]
Mocean – Bondi Beach
You’d think the main attraction of Mocean would be its view of Bondi Beach but for me it’s the underground bar that makes it interesting. Located on Campbell Parade, Mocean is a cross between a restaurant and a bar and its website claims the underground level feels like a 1940s New York jazz den. I wouldn’t go that far in describing it but, as the fiery redhead and I … [Read more...]