Sixpenny

4 Reviews on “Sixpenny”

• Clarice Lam

  For my extensive experience in fine dining, I have to give sixpenny a 10/10. Love everything from decor, food to services. The waiting staffs are experienced and their attention to details are great. The menu can be chosen between six or eight courses, the price difference is not significant. We go for the six course as we went at lunch, hence prefer something lighter. My favourite would be the chuck tail, pumpkin scallop, the potato and last but not least the frozen raspberries with custard. The chuck tail is an unusual part for beef, but nice and tender, highlight is the mushroom jus (thick but light in flavours) and the caramelised onion. Pumpkin scallop reminds me on the Chinese fried with congee, but really nicely done. The potato is another highlight, cooked in butter with the garnish of zucchini flower and kale. (Potato might seem like an easy ingredient to cook, however it is extremely hard to make it a standout dish) Love the raspberry in frozen form with the smooth custard, they compliment each other so well. Sixpenny has officially make one of my top 5 fine dining list in Australia. Hopefully I will be able to see it to make the worlds top 100 list in the future.

  October 23, 2020, 6:40 am

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• Shivani Singh

  This restaurant is all about the food and not about the location nor a view. The staff are low key and VERY professional. We had the 6 course option as our son had been a few weeks before and said 8 was too much food. Everything about the food is well considered from flavor to presentation. The wine selection is excellent and all in all this place deserves many, many visits.

  April 22, 2019, 7:52 am

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• Princess Greedy Guts

  You may not expect a restaurant of the year and fine diner like Sixpenny in sleepy suburban Stanmore & the surprise does not end at the door. Walking into this modern, minimalist yet inviting space you feel immediately welcome & warm. Every single member of the staff are professional yet friendly with the right amount of humour, chattiness, professionalism and knowledge. The wine list offers some familiar and lots of interesting drinks and each recommendation and description was spot on. So definitely trust the sommeliers and staff on the wine front. And the food is no exception – simple, elegant, clean, packed with flavour yet so refined and beautiful. You can choose between the 6 or 8 course degustation although from 2019 there will be only one menu of 7 courses. The kitchen staff bring the dishes to your table and it is a lovely concept and being able to see and speak to the people behind the beautiful food. The 3 amuse bouche definitely awakens the palate and is light and tasty especially the cheese gougeres which I would happy to eat more of! The stand out dishes for me was the venison tartare, swordfish which I am not usually a fan of as it is often tough and overcooked, but here it is tender & sweet. The pork belly was superb with the skin akin to breaking the top of a creme brulee. Then the beef… so tender, full of umami flavour & the sticky, port like jus was perfect. Dessert looks simple but dont let that deceive you. Its creamy yet refreshing and not heavy. The white chocolate dessert with poor man’s orange particularly good especially the caramelised white chocolate. A wonderful, special restaurant that is well rounded with service, ambience and food.

  February 5, 2019, 10:28 am

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• Angela Eats

  Tbh, this restaurant is amazing. I really cant fault it. I loved everything about it. Its a small cosy dim lit restaurant that is perfect for a date night out. I just want to start off with how amazing the customer service is. The wait staff are very polite and knowledgeable and seem very passionate about the food being served. I decided to go with the 8 course menu for $155 dollars per person. Very standard price for a dine dining place. I do think that this place was worth every penny. The food here is amazing and definitely worth the visit. First thing first, the appetisers. Like always, three appetisers were placed on the table. Pickled apple with Rose Geranium. I think originally it was supposed to be pickled cucumber but Im not a huge fan of cucumber so they changed it to apple. The apple had a sour hit to it and was a delight to eat. Next I had the green tomato and cheese gougeres. YUMMMMM!!! The cheese melts in your mouth, it was so delicious, I could eat another 10! The waiter recommend that I ate the pumpkin scallop last because it was still hot! And boy was it hot. It was like a donut with pumpkin inside. The batter was crunchy and oily, in a good way tho, and the pumpkin inside was gooey and sweet. Definitely warmed my heart. A great start! Anything with crab and Im down! The presentation doesnt give away much but the next dish was hand picked spanner crab with clam butter and Yarra valley salmon roe. It was like a like a little treasure hunt. If you keep digging youll find the gold, in this case, the spanner crab. I loved the crab it was tender and the roe gave it a nice hit of salt. Such a cleaver little dish! I love venison and I love a good tartare, so the next dish was made for me. The venison tartare with artichoke and cheese was scrumptious. I liked the gamey and musky flavour of the venison against the cheese. It was definitely a stand out dish for me. In highschool, we had something called scallop potatos and the next dish reminded me so much of that. Confit potato with oyster and raw mushrooms. If I read it on the menu, I wouldnt appeal to me as much. Only because wheres the damn protein?? But let me tell you all something, forget the protein, this dish was sooooo good. The potatoes was in a cream soft texture and full of flavour. To be honest, if you hate mushroom, this dish will make you love mushrooms. The mushrooms were so light and worked so well with this potato. Really got me salivating for more.They served me to kinds of bread, one of them was a unique coffee flavoured bread which I really enjoyed! Ive never had coffee flavoured bread! First seafood dish of the night, the Swordfish with green chard and salted red cabbage. Loved this dish. Let me start by saying that the presentation of this dish was quite interesting. It had foam surrounding the whole dish. Reminded me a lot of the foam in the sea. On to the fish, the fish was cooked perfectly. It was flakey and tender and everything a beautifully cooked fish should be. Dig a little deeper, and there was the salted red cabbage which tied together the whole dish. The winner of the best dish of the night goes to this beauty, the ranger valley chuck tail with mushroom and masala. Yummmmmmmmm! The meat just was sooooo good. I cant explain how juicy and tender this was and the sauce went perfectly with the beef. It was cooked to perfection and I wish I had maybe another 10 of those. It was also paired with a beautifully dressed salad. By this time, I was soo full. On to desserts. I received a nice palate cleanser, mead vinegar custard with frozen raspberry and strawberry consomm. It was nice and refreshing. I liked the combination of the custard and the tastiness of the raspberry and strawberries. Next I had the white chocolate with caramelised white chocolate and poor mans orange. Very delicious especially the contract between the orange and the caramelised white chocolate. Last but not least, the cocoa ice cream with chocolate caramel and puffed buckwheat. This was definitely more of a richer and sweater dessert, nonetheless, it was a delight to eat. Overall, I really enjoyed my experienced here. The food was to die and I would love to come back! 🙂 If you love fine dining then you would definitely enjoy this place.

  February 3, 2019, 3:52 am

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