dining alone in Sydney
I'm from food-obsessed San Francisco, traveling alone in Sydney for a few days. Staying in Newtown, no car. Willing to walk far or train for quality food, particularly if it's something I can't get at home. I've had great hole-in-the wall Chinese out in Ashfield and Thai out at the Rocks - both were nice because the styles were different than in SF.
Since I'm alone, I'd like to go somewhere that serves at the bar, or is very casual. Perhaps a gastropub would fit the bill one night.
Breego
Nov 05, 2009 12:54AM
Try Bentley Restaurant and Bar in Surry Hills. You can sit at the bar and have a drink and have some great and original small plates of food as well as the full menu. A great wine and cocktail list makes it as much about the drinking. Has a pretty noisey vibe and atmosphere so much better for dinning alone.
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If you do go to Bentleys stick to the full menu. I recently had a poor tapas meal there. the main menu is much better.
I'd also recommend Yoshi in the Rocks for great Japanese (with a bar too), but coming from San Francisco you probably do alright for Japanse.
enjoy
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how do you feel about laksa? easy to eat alone - mostly served at lunch. I'd buy a bus ticket, jump on a bus from Newtown to the city and eat at Malay Chinese on Hunter St.
I like the fancy pub food at Botany View Hotel - Darley St Bistro does the food.
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also check out black star pastry in Newtown. So good! closed mondays I think
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There are plenty of great places to eat alone. By location:
NEWTOWN / ENMORE
Guzman y Gomez - Mexican canteen
Emma's on Liberty - Lebanese
Carlisle Castle - pub grub
SURRY HILLS
Bodega - Spanish
Red Lantern - Vietnamese
Toko - Japanese
Mohr's Fish - seafood cafe
Spice I Am - Thai
Longrain - upmarket Thai
Billy Kwong - Chinese
Il Baretto - Italian
DARLINGHURST
Fish Face - seafood
Omerta - Italian wine bar
Lucio Pizzeria - pizza
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Anyone from SF should not try to eat Mexican food in Sydney, in my opinion. Another easy to eat alone place in Newtown is Kammadehnu, if you like Sril Lankan/Indian food.
I went to Billy Kwong recently, and I like it, they do not take reservations, which made it easy to go, but we did wait an hour for a table, but a pleasant easy hour at a local wine/restaurant.
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Also, Bird Cow Fish in Surry Hills, Bistro Moncur or Moncur Terrace in Woollahra, any of the Bills
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