Ash St. Cellar — Restaurant in Sydney

Rating: 8.5/10

Short Review: Good food, great staff, good location.

Long Review: Ash St. Cellar is an amazing restraunt, with high end food, wine, and service. With a casual/smart vibe, Ash St. Cellar provided us with a positive food experience that not only was tasty, but was interesting flavours that I haven’t had before! We got the olives, Focaccia, Brisket Burger, and Steamed Pipis. All the food was presented warm, and was incredibly impressed with both the Focaccia and the Brisket Burger. The Focaccia, served with Olive Oil and black garlic vinegar, was warm and beautifully crunchy. The Oil and Vinegar had a wonderful tang, and was worth it. The Brisket Burger, with Blue Cheese, Caramelised Onion, and Mustard Mayo. I was pleasantly surprised and shocked at the taste, which was tangy, but shockingly melt in your mouth. The blue cheese adds a special kick that I haven’t had before, and the caramelised onions (although a bit messy) made the burger.

The staff here were FABULOUS. Joking with us and also making us feel like family, they should be commended for their service.

The major downfall I had was table size and how cold it was. Having a couple space heaters outside, either attached to the walls or free standing, would’ve really made the experience that much better. It was quite cold, and did slightly make my experience worse. Also, the tables were slightly too small, and we sometimes struggled to fit all of our food and drinks.

Overall, will definitely come again and have the same food. It was beautiful, and did not...

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It is snack sized. Don’t bring a large group unless you’re spending a lot.

Scallops: 7/10 great flavour

Bread: 5/10

Beetroot: 7.5/10 very good

Wild Boar Ragu: 6.5/10 It was cooked well but the seasoning wasn’t what it could be. The Wild Boar flavour was over powered by aged Parmesan.

Pork Cutlet (Milanese) - 8/10 Very good, although a lot of bone.

Market fish 6/10 - it was something like $36 and it’s just one fillet of John Dory overcooked, for that price there shouldn’t be any faults and it should be clever and creative.

The Chicken with eggplant and Raisin: 5/10 this dish wasn’t thought through and get rushed to get on the plate. Would none order

Mb9+ Wagyu rump cap: It was cooked medium rare, Any chef that knows his steak knows that this cut is tough as nails at medium rare and needs to be cooked to medium. Lack of cooking knowledge and amateur mistake, we couldn’t eat this dish, it wasn’t edible which is a problem cause it is expensive. The waiters saw us complain and turned the blind eye… that borderline ruined the experience.

Desserts were good but not great, first one was a panacotta with just some pistachio and literal honey over the top which anyone could do at home.

Meringue Eton mess: Was nice and refreshing, Would recommend order.

Lowdown: it’s good for buisness people who don’t know about food.

Not good for large groups or people who like dislike...

Booked a table as were seated relatively quickly. We were seated right at the entrance and it was raining on and off so it was not the most comfortable place to be.

It was extremely busy that evening and because of the location of our seat and what appeared to be a shortage of waitstaff, we definitely felt left out as the staff took a long time to come take our ordered and to notice us if we indicated that we wanted to ask them something.

We ordered the chef’s tasting menu (min 2 people, 9 dishes total) for three people ($70 pp), the food was good but the portions were extremely small and it did not seem that they had adjusted or added anything even though we were three. This meant that we ended up paying $210 dollars for food which would have been around $140 if we had ordered all the dishes we received off the a la carte menu. This annoyed me as I would have been happy to pay $210 for more food off the a la carte menu.

Overall the service was mediocre, the food that we did get tasted very good, but because of ordering the chef’s tasting menu we were restricted to the 9 dishes. I think if you are two people and order the tasting menu it could potentially be worth it price wise but definitely not for more than 2. They did not increase the portion size or add a dish (at least for us) for the extra 70 dollars we paid for the third person. I may visit again but would opt for a la...