Grand Dining Room at The Carrington — Restaurant in Sydney

Dining in the Grand Dining Room at The Carrington Hotel was such a treat! This is a great venue to enjoy a pleasant dinner while experiencing the grandeur of colonial decor.

Highlights and key points: Booking was made online, and there were many options to indicate if the booking was for a special occasion. There was also the option to select to sit near the piano or further away. Upon arrival, we were greeted by a very friendly and pleasant wait staff who led us to our table. He indicated and acknowledged the special requests made as part of the booking. He was also very patient as we ran through what we wanted to order We were served with a bread roll to start. This helped tide us over while we tried to decide which 2 course meal we wanted. The entree of chicken liver parfait was pretty generous compared to other eateries i have been to in the past. The salad and jams complemented the parfait. If there were a few tweaks, it would be nice to get some colourful water crackers other than black and a few extra slices of bread or water crackers to go along with the amount of parfait. The beef short ribs were amazing! The meat was beautifully cooked, tender, and juicy. The sauce complemented so well that it heightened the flavours of the short ribs further. The mash was wonderful, too. The barra was pleasant. A little pale compared to the short ribs. The lemon butter sauce was pleasant, though it was a little bit more on the buttery side for my preference. If a few tweaks were also possible, it would be nice to have some native flavours introduced. We thoroughly enjoyed the live pieces played by the pianist while we were having dinner. Loved how it really added to the atmosphere and enhanced the dinner experience. The only drawback was towards the end of the night. The kitchen staff were quite loud with clearing of the cutleries and kitchenware that sometimes overtook the music being played from where we were seated.

All in all, it's worth going there for a meal and experiencing a beautiful experience. The drawbacks were minor in consideration of all the good experiences we had...

Just like to share our night. Having lovely evening with margaritas in bar area at 5.45 -went and booked dinner for 6.15. Was told that if we were late we would cop busy booked time. So I said we will be there at 6.pm. And they said perfect all good. Came back at 6pm and was then told because we only just booked we could only have a table at front door/reception. I requested different table and strongly voiced I didn’t want to sit in drafty and busy front desk. But to no avail. We were told all booked out. So after a cold entree of scallops and sad disappointing gnocchi we then had mediocre mains of lamb and fish. And went to pay the bill and leave at 7 pm. I walked around the inner main restaurant and counted seven free 2-4 seater empty tables !! - not counting larger tables -that were available the whole time that we could’ve sat at. Once again, we questioned their sitting arrangements they did for us and was told they didn’t want to ruin our dining experience ?. Well, the dining experience was ruined the moment we walked in the...

We had a mixed experience. The setting was absolutely beautiful, such a glorious place to dine. The food quality was however quite below what we expected. Venison meat was delicious, but rest of the plate was subpar (potatoes undercooked etc). Potato rostis were overcooked to the point of being inedible. We sent them back to the kitchen and were told (quite rudely) that 'this is how the chef serves them'. Luckily the restaurant manager checked in later in the night and was absolutely wonderful when we explained the situation (very apologetic and took the meal off the bill). Desserts we're all delicious. Overall this restaurant has the potential to be an amazing experience, but was let down by poor service and...