sidart

best food, excellent service, been around the world but new zealand has the bestplaceby far. must do the 9 course with wine matching - the best 4 hour dinner course - amazing.
and they some how knew it was my birthday dinner and surprised me at the end, and also gave mini treats to take home.

birthday dinner was a varied experience at sidart. saturday night, and theplacewas generously packed - perhaps 2 tables free. there was a centre table of 4 in the middle of the restaurant, which proved to be the bane of the rest of the diners for the entire evening. a bunch of young arrogant over-achieving medical registrars, one of which insisted on spending the entire evening baying at the top of his lungs pronouncing on all matter of patient problems - the final straw was when he guffawed "and i said i'm sure that you didn't get that gonorrhoea infection on your finger from a scratch!!" haw haw haw.. indeed sir, and that's when we decided to leave - fortunately after the last course of the 10-course tasting menu.
it was a mixed bag - the amuse bouche augured well for the evening, a mouth and texture treat of salmon and avocado - both of which i personally despise - but sidart had concocted something superb from this over-used pairing. the monkfish was acceptable, and the next course of trevally was, unfortunately very dry. the quail was the highlight of the courses - complex but well balanced - and this brings me to the problem with sidart: balance and editing. for example, the next dish of ostrich w/ coffee, haloumi and licorice - the schmear of which tipped the balance of the dish into the - well - distasteful. perhaps it's my unrefined palate, but someone needs to let sid know that there is a preponderance of ingredients on the plate, all of which may not necessarily need to be there. editing. that's not to say that we won't be back there soon. the creativity and flair on display in sidart's food is worthy of a another visit - just not with loud mouths around.

oh sidart was amazing!
went there last night with my family and the service and food was 💯
definitely not aplaceyou and girls go to, to get fed, but aplacewhere you can sit and taste the food and appreciate it.
in every dish, including dessert, you could definitely taste a little bit of that indian cuisine, i don’t know what spices it is or what flavour i’m talking about when i say that but that’s something me and mum acknowledged over the night as we are very regular at indian takeaways and have relatives who always bring indian food over.

very appreciative of the experience and would love to come again, when i get the money 🤣

came here to celebrate my 6 year anniversary. i think its definitely a niceplacefor a special date and well worth the money for the experience. we got the 7 course meal but its definitely feels like more if you include all of the snacks and the pallet cleansers. 

we really enjoyed the beer (i think it was their own craft beer but unfortunately zomato has an outdated menu online so i cannot confirm.) the cocktail we ordered was also amazing – i saw a couple tables also order the same one so its definitely a popular one.

all of the snacks at the beginning was finger food, and quite delicious. they were all unique in their own way. my only complaint is that the prawn tart leaked slightly and the decorative seeds got stuck on the bottom of the tart and we were not sure if we were supposed to eat it or not (it was still delicious).
the crab dish was a tad too sour but still refreshing. the quail and fish dishes were also cooked perfectly.
the mango lassi as a pallet cleanser was one of the cutest desserts ever. it tasted so delicious and nostalgic at the same time.
the desserts were both delicious – personal preference but i would have preferred the honey dessert (with the honeycomb gel) to finish rather than the second dessert with the dried orange.

overall, i had a lovely experience, and i think that sidart does an amazing execution of incorporating indian spices and cuisine to influence their dishes.

sidart serves progressive indian flavours with contemporary cooking techniques. we have been here twice and we always have a fantastic experience. the degustations menu was really good. the course was flavorful and very well executed. the pork belly was definitely my favorite. if you want to impress someone or want to celebrate special occasion, sidart is definitely theplaceto go.

thisplaceis amaaaazzzzzzinnngg. every dish felt like flavours just exploded in my mouth. to start we ordered the discovery tour and every bit of it is a discovery into parts of my palette i didn’t know i had. to start, the bulbasaur looking wrap was so amazingly refreshing and slightly peppery 10/10. the tart with shavings on it 20/10. spinach cigar (i don’t like spinach but omg) still a 9/10 9 for the cute way it was presented. all the rest an amazing 15/10 i don’t even know if india has a jungle but dish 5 tasted like sidart took me to the pacific sea and the rainforest jungle altogether 20/10

located through a shopping mall, which seems a little strange, but then you’ll understand when you see the panoramic view of the city. theplacehas the feel of a converted home and is cozy yet enough space between tables. the service is great a wide variety of countries represented. the tasting menu gave a great showcase of what the kitchen were able to think up and all dishes had an experimental nature to them which meant for an exciting “what next” experience. on the whole flavours paired very well and dishes were well set in relation to each other. the menu was not too protein heavy which was good over so many courses not leaving you over full. each dish constructed well with flavour, texture and colour showcasing nz ingredients. the wine matching was interesting (in a good way), bringing the best nz small wineries, with cameos from aus and france. the wines were good examples of the applicable type, opposed to being those varieties with a twist, which might be an interesting way to go. priced about right, if recommend a visit and i’ve given this 5 stars.

if you enjoy food that tastes like what the name suggests - sidart has nailed it. pork belly, king fish, scampi, in fact all 15 dishes offer authentic taste that caused us to say 'perfect' over and over again.  wine match is intelligent and works. all the staff really care and are interested that you enjoy their hard work.  chiefs table is a greatplaceto get a view of the artists plying their trade - makes for a busy night but it does bringing you in the zone to think and enjoy really nice food. unpretentious 5star performance. is it the best food - well thats personal choice, we thought it's great food and we look forward to our next experience there.

one of the best rated restuarants in ponsonby and we can safely say we truely enjoyed the place. great views of auckland city matched with great service and yummy tantalising dishes. food wasn't too heavy either considering it was a degustation (ie. not sickly full by the end). would recommend thisplaceto any foodie seeking an asian inspired degustation!

sid sahrawat's crowning jewel in the 09 is sidart.

the plates are his canvas, the produce his plasticine, and we, the rowdy table of 10 were his guinea pigs on this tuesday test kitchen night.

on tuesday evenings sid and the kitchen crew throw away familiarity to produce a 9 course degustation for one night only.  at $95.00 this is exceptional value.  the portions are small, to be expected, however the range and contrast of textures. flavours and cooking techniques you experience is spectacular at that price.

the 9 courses were as follows, as is the trend these days, the menu was written like a shopping list:

1. artichoke, pecorino, beef
2. shitake, kaffir, lime, white soy
3. ricotta, ornage, walnut
4. onion, chervil, hazelnut, apple
5. scampi, nasturtium, lardo, buckwheat
6. market fish, macadamia, brown butter, whitlof
7. pork, celeriac, horseradish dill
8. lamb, parsnip, mushroom, bone marrow
9. chocolate, elderflower, rasbberry, licorice 

each course was impeccable.

you need to throw away the kiwi attitude of coming to sidart for "a good feed".  this is not the sort ofplaceyou come to for that.  you come to be  awed by the pieces of art placed before you, to savour them, to roll your eyes in the back of your head, to make child like giggles or adult like groans of appreciation. 

as you can imagine with a restaurant of such ambition and quality, the service was professional and seamless.  our staff for the evening taking great patience to explain each course to us and also helping us out with our wine selections.

i'm very much looking forward to the day i sample cassia, sid's other venture in the cbd.  it is high on the list.

my partner and i booked months in advance for the tuesday test kitchen. we don't often go to fine dining restaurants so this was a big deal for us. it is a very nice setting but it all seemed a bit detached and impersonal.

the food was creative but only a couple of the main courses were stand outs, which included lamb and pork. the two dessert courses were a disappointment as they were both sorbet based with lots of different textures but lacked flavour.

the staff were competent but not friendly and our server was constantly changing, which was confusing. the restaurant was cold which meant we kept our coats on and couldn't feel 100% comfortable. if you like creative, fancy food then this is theplacefor you but we will be sticking to simpler fare in the future.

thisplacetruly makes my heart sing, i don't think i have enough positive words to explain how incredible it is!! seriously highly recommended. you have to book in advance, but it's definitely worth the wait. the staff are highly knowledgeable and the chefs are really good at catering for dietary requirements. i'm dairy free and they were extremely catering, my mind was blown with every meal. we did the tuesday night tasting menu and were so impressed, especially that we weren't actually hungry afterwards! my dad had a bit of plastic in one of his meals and the staff were recently apologetic and very professional. really grateful that thisplaceexists :)

i would say the food was pretty amazing. i can't really find many proper molecular gastronomy dining in auckland. sidart is one of theplacethat might be close enough to those michelin restaurants. my favorite dish from sidart was their parmesan ice cream and the coconut beef. which reminds me a lot of sumatran food. i wish they can do more with the place. it's cozy but it doesn't really pair with the food.

can't comprehend the fuss is all about. we had 7 course meal with interesting range of food. although the service was great they took little time to explain(rushing), the food was absolute bland. we had macadamia dish, there was neither hint of nutty flavor nor complexity. duck dish - all we could taste was salt and a bit of gourmet cream and you would expect some kind of flavours swimming in your mouth, just cream. beef fillet, medium rare was perfect and that's it, again bland no flavors infused. we had a shot of kefir and mushroom soup, this was the best of all. kale dried chips - not even close to clooney's. deserts were fine, 2/3 deserts were a citrus blast in the mouth. all in all visual presentation of food, staff reception were very good.placewas a bit compact with a nice view to skytower, although the room was smoky as we entered which was from the kitchen obviously. it was definitely an experience nonethless

served the food a bit slow. but still worth to wait. interestingplaceto eat if i have enough time. every dish was not big so i can eat many different dishes without feeling so full. love the size of dish. can feel the passion of food of the chefs and they can really bring the nz fine dining to the next level. savoury dishes not surprised me much or just say creative and good. however，two sweet dishes are the best sweet dish i have ever had in nz，absolutely amazing.