Next Door Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Sydney

I had a very uncomfortable experience. My friend made a booking via phone one day prior to our dinner. We went there and approached one female staff. She did not even double-check the booking and said, "You can see we are all full here, there's no booking, if you want to eat here, you'll have to wait for 40-45 mins". When my friend insisted that she called yesterday, she then went to flip a book, which I assumed it recorded the clients' bookings. She then realised that we did have one. My friends and I were really upset by the attitude of this staff. We were given looks, seemingly that we 'lied' about our booking. Luckily another staff came and said that there had been some miscommuncations, yet no apologoies were said by the staff. They did offer us a table but it was so tiny and it would be such an uncomfortble dinning experience for three of us squeezing in a corner. No one served us, not even giving us a menu. My friends and I decided to leave because we felt like we would hardly enjoy our meal here...I said to the other staff that we were just not feeling good to continue our dinning experience here. Even though we did not end up with a rough conversation, but I was really surprised how another staff responded when he said “you could make a complaint later”. This was rude and unprofessional of your company to have not given us proper service and expect a complaint. I am so unhappy with the treatment we received that day...Yes, we may look young and we are asians, but I was out just for a nice meal to celebrate with my friends and this is the service we experienced? Funny thing is that another white family who was waiting for a table before us. The staff apologised to them because they had been waiting...On the other hand, we were not given any apologies...My friends and I were really looking forward to this dinning experience. We are truly disappointed of how this dinner turned out... We did not want to make it a finger-pointing situation, however I want to voice this out so that you can improve your service quality. All customers from different background should be welcome. I sincerely hope that you would look into...

I've always loved Made in Italy as they hold the bar pretty high for me in terms of classic Italian so it was great to visit its latest inception, 'Next Door'. Great 90s tracks set the atmosphere, a fully equipped bar to warm up the pallette before a night of pizza and pasta.

Cocktails: MADE AT YORK LANE - apricot, citrus and rosemary infused Bombay Sapphire is deadly. It's the kind of cocktail that will creep on you where you end up dancing on top of the tables.

GIRL NEXT DOOR - has the same nice peachey colour except is Bacardi with Watermelon, and Cucumber weaved through. Perfect choices for summer nights with a nice freshness to them.

Mains: We had the MAMA MIA with gnocchi - it's italian sausage with cream, chilli and napoletana sauce. I actually prefer my pastas with a bit of heat and really enjoyed this.

The CARBONARA is the classic comfort dish and is done well here. - creamy pearly sauce with smoky bacon mixed through in an aldente pasta - so good.

The GAMBERI pizza with prawn, oregano, chilli flakes was awesome, nice crust and nice combination of flavours singing through each slice.

Great service from our host Mauritzio, excellent wait times from ordering and top...

4.5/5- great atmosphere and good place to grab a quick tasty pizza or pasta and a drink.

Next Door is tucked away on York Lane just above Wynyard Station. This is a vibrant little pizza restaurant and bar that is always busy. If you can’t get a table there is a hole in the wall next door (Made in Italy) that is the kitchen for the restaurant and provides takeaway (same menu). You can grab a takeaway and have it on a milk crate in the laneway.

The Pizzas have a thin and crispy base and just the right amount of topping. They come in med and large size. A medium will feed a hungry adult (me) or 2 adults if you getting sides also. A large is good for 2-3.

Service is polite and friendly. There is no table service- conveniently order meals and drinks at the bar. The meals are served pretty quickly.

There is probably better pizza in Sydney, however Next Door do a tasty flavoursome pizza and this is one of my favourite places for a quick meal after work in Sydney CBD. Highly...