Fine Dining Restaurants: O Bar

At the beginning of October, Mack planned a date night to O Bar, in Sydney's CBD.

He doesn't venture to the city ever, for anything, so this was a pretty big deal haha.

O Bar is situated on level 47, and it revolves! So you get a full 360 of Sydney, which is pretty special. The day we went was in the middle of Sydney's exceptionally rainy week, but it was still spectacular.

We opted for a cocktail on arrival, and then selected the degustation menu for dinner (8 courses).

Lemon meringue cocktail!

If you are planning on heading to O Bar, note that if you want to go for the degustation on a Friday or Saturday, you have to pre-order it. We were there on a Wednesday and we ordered it on the spot.

We didn't go for the matching wines this time around; instead we opted for around 3 drinks each (mostly cocktails, with a wine with mains).

Here we go - the degustation menu from O Bar.

 Oysters, served with sweet & sour apple dressing

 Fermented vegetables

 Spiced Ruby tuna tartare, black lentils, cultured buttermilk

 Cured Cervena venison loin, charred brassicas, crisp deer milk skin

 WA marron, warrigal greens, chickpea miso butter

 Wagyu rib blade, pickled baby carrots, fermented daikon, puffed tendon

 Rhubarb & custard, smoked hay ice cream

 O Lamington

After the 8 courses, Mack decided he wanted another dessert... so we also got the hot raspberry souffle.  Definitely would recommend haha.  SO good.

So what did we think?

So delicious!

The food was amazing, the cocktails were delicious, and the staff were friendly and professional.  Even when they got a little busy and service got a little slower, everything was still running smoothly.  The view was pretty special - in the 3 hours or so we were there, we did 2 full rotations.  I imagine if it wasn't so rainy, the sunsets would be pretty special up there.  Pro tip - wait until your table spins around to near the bar to go to the toilet so you don't have to walk all the way round :)

Overall, a really fabulous evening!
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Fine Dining Restaurant Mini Review:

Was it worth the money ($145pp for the degustation, plus drinks and a bonus dessert): absolutely

Did I love every dish: Yes!

Favourite dish: savoury favourite was the marron, dessert fave was actually the bonus souffle we ordered additionally.

Matching wines: this is available, but we didn't do it - I don't necessarily think it needs it.

Anything I didn't like: nope - everything was amazing!

Would I go again: would love to.
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Until next time.
Hx