Beach Road Restaurant

Ph: (02) 9974 1159; 1 Beach Rd, Palm Beach 2108 www.beachroad.com.au

Modern Australian, $$ +
Open for lunch, Thu-Sun; dinner, Wed-Sat; Licensed, BYO, Corkage $5; AE DC BC MC V EFT, Seats inside 85
Chef (Ed Halmagyi, 5-2-07) Owner (Tom & Edwina Rutherford, 5-2-07)

Other published opinions

Sydney Morning Herald Simon Thomsen, 5-2-2007 "Beach Road has been spruced up, but maintains its breezy, holiday-shack chic: whitewashed timbers, glass louvres, shelves crammed with books, vases of gladioli, boating paraphernalia (the bar is an old surfboat) and a striking giant candelabra wrapped in driftwood. Plushly padded white leather chairs surround pearl-white tables. Brenton Hoskins-Murphy is the affable leader of a young, black-clad female floor team with smiles as smooth as a mango daiquiri. Halmagyi made his mark at Nove Cucina ... His Mediterranean approach wanders around the coast from Italy to Spain adding a touch of French bistro."

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2007 "Is there another restaurant in Sydney - indeed, the world - with mains over $30 where the maitre d' greets you in thongs? This is shabby beach-shack chic taken to the extreme, with a bar made from a surf boat, louvres and lots of white-painted wood."

SMH, good living, 24/2/04, Matthew Evans, Score 11/20,'There's a new energy to this old stalwart, with a drink and dine licence (so you can have a beer or cocktail while you decide if you'll eat), inside toilets and a fresher look but some dishes let the vision down...The produce is good quality, the service amiable and the looks better and more well-loved than it has in years.'

SMH GFG 2004, Score 13/20, And- BYO wine, beer, DIY cocktails,'a big, open, weatherboard beach house...a boho 'beau'...From a roll call of Mod Oz favourites, with the occasional Asian fly-by...Just don't lose your grip on your ordering.If it wasn't for the BYO, the bill could easily mirror the excessess of the local real estate.'