quay

the best fine dining ever, very professional staffs and thefoodis very very good..
we went there for anniversary lunch, decided to go a la carte.. menu is quite a lot to choose from we ordered poach chicken, mud crab, abalone congee, quail koji grain, arkady lamb, murray cod, walnut caramel and snow egg.. no bad comments on the food, they all delicious

celebrate boyfriend's birthday here,foodwas tasty and view was awesome! but… generally speaking, tasting menu was too much for me😂 and we spent whole 3.5 hours for it!

i had a really good time at quay. i thought thefoodwas very good (except for the partridge) and the meal flowed very well. the service was very friendly and even weathered my silly questions like “sooo….how do you know this squid is hand caught?”. barry and the team enjoyed our company also and at the end of our meal, presented us with some quay heirloom seeds for us to plant in our gardens (something they don’t usually do for lunch times) and of course, as previously mentioned, bothered to pass on our cognac suggestions to the chef.

i chose the congee as my first course because i was curious to see how it was done. i've had congee since i was a baby (literally, it is babyfoodfor us asians) but obviously no where near as refined as peter gilmore's (sorry grandma). first thing i notice is the enticing aroma luring me in.

truely amazing restaurant with stunning views and excellent food. we sat on the top deck with the opera house in front and the harbour bridge behind us. thefoodwas very distinct and exquisite, we had the four course menu which took about two hours to serve. the vibe was relaxed and the restaurant ambiance was contemporary and classy. the service was top notch as expected with very friendly staff, the waiters gave a description with each dish served. the total bill at the end was worth the experience and quality of the food. highly recommend the snow egg dessert for those with a sweet tooth!

thefoodwas good - pleased to be able to get a table on short notice. the atmosphere at aria was better but i still enjoyed my meal. only let down was that the didn't have the famous egg available even though it was on the menu.

great view and perfect dining !!. exceptionalfoodand wine

best fine dinning experience ever! the waiters are so polite and atmosphere is just romantic as it can be... we were lucky that night had fireworks as well... food! was fantastic.. i dun enjoy westernfoodusually as they are particular greasy, but this has great orient elements makes everything perfectly combine together. you won't be disappointed at all!

the menu is based around a tasting menu, which was 4 courses with the option of matched wine. at $225 a pop for thefoodonly, this makes quay's tasting menu the most expensive in australia, however you know you are in for something special.  the 4 course menu offers a selection of four dishes per course to give you a good variety of dishes to choose from. i started with the 'raw smoked blackmore wagyu' which was served with light spiced horseradish soured cream, fermented rye crisps and raw shaved funghi. stunning! presentation was beautiful, the hero being the wagyu, with subtle hints of crunch from the fermented rye crisps. my second course was the 'gently braised quail' served with cultured black barley, chestnut mushroom chawanmushi and smoked quail broth. once placed in front of me, i was a bit unsure, however after my first taste, i was hooked. the thinly sliced quail was tender and juicy and took on the flavours of the smoked broth.  my third course was the beautiful 'slow cooked duck' served with black rice miso, celery heart cream, black garlic and ice plant buds. i am a huge fan of duck so was pretty excited to see how this dish was going to come out. as i suspected, the duck was immaculate. strong flavoured and tender duck was accompanied by crunchy black garlic and the ice plant buds left an interesting finish to the dish.  i'm usually not one to order dessert, however our four course dinner included dessert and it was a must to try the notorious 'snow egg'.  i decided to go with the egg and mc went with the 'chocolate ethereal'  so we could share both dishes.  the snow egg, one of australia's most recognized desserts is a poached meringue egg, with a 'yolk' of custard ice cream, then coated in a crunchy praline maltose shell which all sat on a beautiful bed of guava granita. do i need say more? the sweetness of the ice cream balanced out the creaminess of the custard, all finished off with a refreshing granita.

quay is considered one of the best restaurants in sydney, certainly at number 26 in the s.pellegrino world's best restaurants list , it is the highest placed australian restaurant. it is also one of only 3 restaurants in sydney to be deemed worthy of 3 hats in the sydney morning herald goodfoodguide this year. when we arrived, on a wet sunday night, with a group of friends, our expectations were very high, and we had been saving this visit for a special occasion, my birthday. now i have to confess that my experience of the service at quay may have been extra special, as we had an ace up our sleeves. one of the guests at our table is a wine distributor for some amazing boutique wineries, and we were fortunate that quay are one of his clients. as a result, we were treated to one of the best tables in the house, with views of both the opera house and bridge, fabulous service, and a delicious complimentary bottle of clover hill sparkling fr

by house in tillford 11:14 amfood, quay , review on monday, the quay was named the third best restaurant in australia at the the australian financial review top 100 restaurants awards. so of course we were like let’s dine there wednesday night! okay, maybe that’s not how it happened. maybe i made a booking in february and the first available date was coincidentally the day after they were announced number three. but still, it was a lucky coincidence. years of watching masterchef and seeing peter gilmore’s amazing creations like the snow egg and the layered chocolate cake has fuelled my desire to eat at the quay, so when i got my first grown up full time job i decided to celebrate by treating myself to dinner. so late february i called hoping for a booking within the month, but was told the earliest night available was in late may, and if i wanted a weekend night i would have to wait until october. we picked the may date, which suited us as it gave us time to save our pennies! tuesday night arrived, and in our little bit too fancy for work but suitable for quay attire, we arrived at the quay. we were warmly greeted as we entered and they offered to take our coats. one of the waitresses then showed us to the table. we were immediately impressed with the 360 view of the city, to one side of me was the harbour bridge, behind me was the opera house and to the other side was the spectacular skyline. not too bad quay, not too bad. although we had studied the menu options weeks before coming to the restaurant we were unprepared for the extensive drinks menu. we ended up settling for a white wine bottle that was in our “we were just uni students’” budgets. we then ordered our meals, our preparedness meant we were quick to pick and ready to choose our entire selection for the night. now i have to apologise for my badfoodblogger move here. i not only forgot to charge my camera before going to the quay but i also forgot a memory card so had to rely on the camera on phone, i

a hiatus. for once, sydney’s greatest name in fine dining – according to critics, and sydney’s greatestfoodblog – according to me at least*, share something in common. you may have heard the news that quay restaurant, under peter gilmore (neither name needing introduction) made a gamble to close down the fine diner for three months to undergo the biggest renovation since the last season of the block. which is to say it was big, expensive, and fit for prime time tv.

i went on a journey with the 8 course tasting menu, and overall it wasn't as good as expected. however there was one dish that really stood out. guava and raspberry snow egg. may be i should've ordered this 8 times. i'd have paid $235 just for this dessert. it was magical, creative, creamy, refreshing and divine. i give the dessert 5 bears and overall 3 bears.
returned:
quay no doubt is the best fine-dining restaurant in sydney. i’ve been here before and when i tasted thefoodmost recently, what i’ve noticed was they’ve lifted the game. the menu has changed for better. thefoodjourney that i took was

1. oyster cream seaweed cup
2. raw hand harvested seafood
virgin soy, aged vinegar
3. poached marron
green almonds, pomelo, flowers
4. southern squid
fresh bamboo, pin striped peanuts, super chicken broth
5. slow cooked pig jowl
umami custard black pig salami
6. maremma duck
preserved morello cherries, black garlic, kampot pepper
7. white coral

every single meal that was brought in front of me was absolutely delicious. it’s good to see quay has gone beyond snow egg! for this reason i give this place 5 bears

we were at the quay for lunch and went for a 6-course set menu. it was a lovely experience: we enjoyed all courses,foodwas clean and sophisticated, staff were nice and friendly and the place had a great ambience with beautiful views. the only little downside for us was the dominancy of seafoodelements in the whole menu. overall, a great place and a fabulous dining experience!

we had the 6 course degustation set menu. we received several surprises dishes along the way. the service was superb and thefoodwas delicious. a perfect place for a special occasion.