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Botanic Gardens Restaurant
Ph: (02) 9241 2419; Botanic Gardens Duck Pond, Mrs Macquaries Rd, SYDNEY 2000 www.trippaswhite.com.au
Contemporary, $$, ** for Ambience
Open Breakfast Sat-Sun 9.30-11.30am; Lunch 7 days noon-3pm, Closed Boxing Day,Good Friday; Licensed; AE DC MC V, Seats inside 130, Outside seats, private room, Kids welcomed
Chef (Michael Roper & John Mcfadden, 2007-11-3) Owner (Brien Trippas, Trippas White Catering, 2007-11-3)
Mietta's Review
A magical setting in the middle of the Botanic Gardens. Mod Oz cuisine at very reasonable prices. Functions held in the evening- corporate and weddings. Another professionally run Trippas White Catering and Cafes establishment.
Other published opinions
Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 14/20 "As you meander through the meticulously kept Botanic Gardens, flying foxes swoop, birds chirp and it's hard to believe you're in the middle of the nation's largest CBD"
Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2007 Score: 14/20 "It feels like you're dining in a giant Queenslander overlooking genteel fountains, gracious duck ponds and well-tended gardens. The air is filled with birdsong (and squawking flying foxes), while your perch on slightly sticky vinyl chairs barely distracts from a menu of comforting familiarity."
SMH Good Food Guide 2005 Score 14/20 "This is one of the city's great escapes: an elegant octagonal oasis, clean and light, opening out to the vine-entwined terrace, inviting in the scents and sounds of the gardens (including the chatter of the bats). Inside there's a sofa-strewn bar with an open fireplace. Portions are thoughtfully pruned and tuned for lunch. ... It's all very tasty, well tended and well mannered, with a wine list recommendation with each and every dish. Do let them know if you have to get back to your desk, or you could find yourself blissing out all afternoon."
Daily Telegraph NSW Restaurant Guide 2004, The Royal Botanic Gardens is the jewel in Sydney's crown and, fittingly, its restaurant sits in its midst.
SMH GFG 2004, Score 14/20, And-ask for a table on the verandah, and check the roof for wildlife,'A modest menu offers an array of dishes attentive to seasonal produce and honouring ingredients without fussing or fusing...The bats shriek, the possums sleep, the trees of the gardens are silent, all is in balance-in nature and in a menu of natural ingredients.'
The Sydney Morning Herald, good living, Good eating, Eat out, Matthew Evans, 1/4/02, Score 14/20. "Mark Landini's fitout has transformed the Gardens' restaruant into a place of style while Pierre Egli's menu has turned it back into a place of substance."
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