Comments on: Bentley Restaurant and Bar, Surry Hills

By: karrissa sim

karrissa sim — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:13:16 +0000

i dont know if you come to brisbane or not? but there is a place up there called THE CROSSTOWN EATING HOUSE in wooloongabba.it is an amazing little place where everything is designed to share at the table with your friends or partner but not in the tapas style more like being at home with friends but the food is amazing delivers much more on the plate then the way it reads on the menu.I have been told that the chef was trained in sydney at such places as BANC,QUAY and ICEBERGS you really should drop in and have a look if you are up that way

By: YW@brunchlunchmunch

YW@brunchlunchmunch — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:27:30 +0000

You did order very different things from my visit 1 thing that I didn’t get to have there was the dessert The gang that I went with weren’t a dessert bunch..

By: World Chef Showcase SIFF Sydney International Food Festival Star City Pyrmont @Not Quite Nigella

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:25:08 +0000

[...] for the Overseas Chef. The first session today is with Sergi Arola of La Broche restaurant and Brent Savage of Bentley Bar. Matt Preston is at the microphone with his deep, husky voice booming a greeting to all. There are [...]

By: Here Comes The Food » Blog Archive » Bentley Restaurant & Bar - Surry Hills, Sydney

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:11:50 +0000

[...] by how different it looked from other corner bars. I found about this place after spying it on NQN and immediately added it to the list. As you can see that post was about half a year ago haha but [...]

By: MsUnreliable

MsUnreliable — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:40:17 +0000

Hmmm, I’ve been here a few times for drinks but have never considered going for dinner…until now of course. Might have to revisit. And I’m just grateful for a restaurant on Crown St that actually takes bookings, even if they are for sittings!

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:20:06 +0000

Hi Teresa-I saw the table next to us had some tapas and they looked great. I’ll keep the tapas in mind-5 people for all the tapas dishes you say. Sounds good!

Hi Belimda-Ah ok, I don’t think we had that option although there was an olive oil ice cream which didn’t appeal to my friends and I as two of us had already tried it at different places.

By: Belimda

Belimda — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:31:25 +0000

It was black olive sorbet, as black as black can be and it salty and sweet. Am drooling now just thinking of it. We had the dessert degustation – yum.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:24:45 +0000

I quite like Bentley and have been twice. The chickpea chips are quite different. Last time we went, we had every tapas on the menu, which was quite a good amount for 5 people. The anchovy stick is awesome!
The toasted marshmellow and ricotta as desserts are recommended too!

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:37:38 +0000

Hi grace-I’m trying to figure out how they make them. I think it’s pureed chickpeas shaped into a chip shape and baked like that or frozen and deep fried. Either way it’s great!

Hi FFichiban-It’s definitely different from your usual restaurant. The desserts we ordered were not quite desserts but smaller desserts so they had more unusual sounding items although on paper they didn’t really do it for us so we got these instead

Hi bowb-That sounds like a much more leisurely experience and a $50 tasting menu is great value. I wonder if they still do that?

Not a great combination of waiter traits I must say!

By: bowb

bowb — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:34:04 +0000

i went to bentley for lunch earlier in the year, and we were running about 20 minutes late. i called to let them know to save our reservation, and the guy on the phone said it would be no problem. and really it wasn’t, because when we got there there was one other table occupied, and it pretty much stayed that way for the entire time we were there — a couple of hours from 12.30. i don’t know if that’s typical, but if you want a more leisurely meal, perhaps lunchtime is the way to go. plus they do a $50 tasting menu.

we ordered mainly tapas, but an order of the pork cheek to share, and when it was brought to the table, we were pleased and impressed that the kitchen had plated them into two small individual serves.

truly, it was one of the most interesting and delicious meals we’d ever had. the waiters though, were alternately icy and surly.