Quay

8 Reviews on “Quay”

• Graham W

  The refurbished and redesign Quay restaurant and menu by chef Peter Gilmore is absolutely amazing, the choice of either a 6 or 10 course menu with the option of paired wines and optional cheese course is a great idea. The service staff know and deliver perfect service without being over the top or in your face this is perfect for the revised fine dining concept. With its new layout, reduced covers it’s a great experience, it’s great not having table clothes just beautiful table tops and the dishes used to present the food do the food justice and show off the presentation. Each course and dish is so well presented, using wonderfull intresting ingredients and with every bite you can’t wait for the next.

  October 23, 2020, 12:43 pm

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• Clarebear

  My husband and I came here for dinner last week to celebrate achievements this year. We were in for the treat! We arrived at 6.30pm and were the first in the circular glass room where the opera house and bridge were in full view. A beautiful day and lovely to be there with no other patrons to take in the full view . The service is second to none … we started with drinks , ordered the 6 set menu, with cheese in between dessert – no matching wines as we wanted to enjoy the cocktails and choose our own wines. The new menu is delicious , call outs are Steamed mud crab custard , smoked pig jowl (over the duck) and White Coral for dessert which was very special – beautifully refreshing (would pick this over the Oloroso caramel). Everyone is really lovely and we had a very special evening . Thank you Quay and team!

  February 18, 2019, 12:45 pm

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• Manz

  Expectations pre-dinner was through the roof. The restaurant had just been award the three hats again, the location & the billion dollars view, the booking 6 months in advance, the most expensive degustation menu in Sydney, and the hype. The view & location is amazing, right across from opera house. The service is attentive & immaculate. All of the food ingredients were luxurious with freshness bursting in your mouth. Each course tasted great, however as a whole menu, it was a varying level & types of saltiness & oily/fattiness. There really wasn’t much of any different taste (tang, sweet, bitter or spice) until you get to the desserts. Highlights for me were the oysters intervention, the hand harvest seafood, and the steamed mud crab custard. The weaker dish was definitely the do it yourself crumpets. Overall, the food was definitely nice, but I’m in no rush to head back for a $300 meal anytime soon.

  February 16, 2019, 5:57 pm

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• Strawberry_vee

  Quay is a 3 hat fine dining restaurant located at The Rocks. I went there a few years ago and was excited to dine again at the refurbished restaurant. The menu has changed and was more fusion. We had the 10 course degustation, every course was delicious and service was great too

  February 11, 2019, 4:45 am

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• Nalia

  I have mixed feelings about Quay. Recently visited it for the first time, so was a little disappointed to have missed the snow egg, but was still very excited to experience the restaurant after its recent refurbishment. We were fortunate to get a weekday dinner booking considering I only booked a month in advance, but unfortunately we only had a 2 hour booking for their 6-course menu.The best thing about Quay is the view. We were seated in the room with full-length glass windows overlooking the harbour bridge to the left, and the opera house to the right. Absolutely stunning, and definitely the view to wow any visitor to Sydney. The worse part of the dining experience was the limited time to enjoy the degus. Whilst I can understand the restaurant wishes to maximise the diners on any given night; if the only options are a 6 or 10 course degus, it is still quite rushed to thoroughly enjoy dinner, especially considering the cost of the meal.We were welcomed with very nice champagne, and were given appetisers and the first course quite promptly. We weren’t asked if we wanted any beverages, and had to ask the waiters at the end of our first course if we could have the drinks menu. We ended up going with the temperance and wine pairings. The temperance matches were mostly excellent throughout the night, but having wine to match is tricky when you have 6 drinks to consume within 2 hours. On to the food: the initial seafood dish of scallops and octopus was divine and one of my favourite dishes. Similarly, the second course of squid pasta and abalone was lovely. The third course of crumpets with roe and cream worked wonderfully together. The fourth course was steamed mud crab custard with asparagus in a seaweed broth. The crab custard was ok, although the broth was subtle and tasty. For main, I chose the smoked pig jowl with razor clams, shiitake and sea cucumber crackling. The jowl was very soft and delicious, but I wasn’t a fan of the thick layer of fat on top. The crackling was amazing. Lastly, the white coral dessert was very pretty, and whilst I’m a fan of white chocolate, I admit I was probably expecting more flavour considering the reputation of Quay’s desserts. Overall, the food at Quay is very good and it’s a gorgeous setting fordinner. However, I probably won’t be back as I prefer to take my time savouring fine food and not feel so rushed eating my meal with wine pairing.

  February 3, 2019, 5:41 pm

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• Lilian.hunt803

  The food was ok. Wasnt that impressed but the dessert was to die for. The white coral was absolutely delicious! If only you could just go and order the dessert.

  February 3, 2019, 9:42 am

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• Syahirah Halim

  My friend came through and got us a dinner reservation on Sunday before we flew back to Melbourne. Very grateful for the opportunity to dine here. As we were pressed for time, we had to opt for the 6 courses instead of the 10. We were shown to our table and the lady at the front who greeted us was very welcoming. So our tables were upstairs overlooking the harbour and opera house. The view was amazing. However I found the somm or one of the servers being a bit too smart. My friend and I were just browsing the beverage menu and she kept on insisting we choose something thinking we were clueless. The other server that took care of us, was less stiff, still professional but he joked around with us. Overall, the food and ambience was definitely outstanding. Maybe I would return if it wasnt such a hassle to get a reservation.

  January 30, 2019, 7:06 am

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