Rockpool Bar & Grill, Sydney: August 2009
Our feeding in August, 2009 is at Rockpool Bar & Grill in Sydney.
About Rockpool Bar & Grill
Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney opened in 2009, the third of Neil Perry’s Sydney restaurants (Rockpool opened in 1989 and has been a Sydney dining institution since; and Spice Temple which also opened in early 2009). Located in the 1936 Emil Sodersteen-designed American style art deco skyscraper, the RBG style is simple and uncomplicated.
Rockpool Bar & Grill aims to serve perfectly grilled meat and seafood, with what they proclaim is Australia’s best wine list. If you don’t believe them you can see for yourself here – Rockpool Bar & Grill Winelist: Red & White.
There is also a Rockpool Bar & Grill in Melbourne, located at the Crown Complex, South Melbourne.
About the Chef Neil Perry
Neil’s career began at Sails restaurant (McMahons Point and Rose Bay), where he started at front house. He quickly moved into the kitchen and is now one of Australia’s leading and most influential chefs.
The author of 5 books; Good Food, The Food I Love, Simply Asian, Rockpool and Balance & Harmony; TV presenter; airline chef (He designs the menus for Qantas First and Business Classes); there is not much Perry hasn’t done in Australia.
There is also the obligatory food product line, Neil Perry Fresh.
Neil also has his own blog at Rockpool Restaurant Blog as well as an in-depth biography.
Signature Dish
Beef, beef and more beef! The beef is sourced direct from the producers and dry aged on the premises. Wagyu, grass or grain fed, Rockpool believes in the human treatment of the cattle with no growth hormones or antibiotic feed supplements used.
Menus
You can download the entire menu here as a pdf: Rockpool Bar & Grill Menu.
Reviews
SMH rated RBG 17/20 in May 2009 and said “This is Sydney’s most beautiful dining room. A breathtaking, thrilling, dramatically gorgeous mix of art-deco panache and sleekly understated modernism with clever lighting, soaring three-storey-high columns, shiny dark leather and sculptural towers of thousands of Reidel glasses” and “Neil Perry shows the old chef still has a few tricks left with a superb, smoky steakhouse where excellent seafood is a bonus.”
Website:
http://www.rockpool.com.au/sydney/bar-and-grill/
Address:
Rockpool Bar & Grill
66 Hunter St
Sydney NSW 2000
(02) 8078 1900
