Silvas Restaurant — Restaurant in Sydney

WHY DOES IT TAKE SO DAMN LONG FOR FOOD TO COME OUT?? If you can't wait an hour and a half upwards for your mains to come out and spend your whole night in this loud noisy restaurant, you're going to have a bad time. The staff are nice, the atmosphere is honestly not the best, the food is nice but watching six tables of 5+ people diners get served their mains before you feels terrible. Did they literally pull the meat out the freezer, thaw and cook it from frozen? Because it sure feels like it.

There is no delivery option here, seems short staffed because it takes ages to wave down staff. I watched one of the waitresses spill half a bottle of Coca cola on two tables (original table + table behind them), she cleaned it up but didn't offer to replace the drink at the original table. Not saying they should be entitled, but I would be VERY unhappy had she spilled it on my phone like she did with the original table.

The food overall can be broken down into meat, oil, salt, thyme/parsley + side of veg or carb per dish. Interesting choice to season the lamb cutlets with balsamic oil.

I think this place is worth trying, but personally would not come back here. I would say my patience is at best 40min wait for the main after placing the order, then additional time...

Went to Silva’s for a lunch as I have been exploring different Portuguese restaurants and the bulk of them seem to be around the Petersham area.

We were greeted and seated as soon as we walked in, it was quite busy already as there were filled tables of diners.

They have a hot food section/salad bar type where you can pick out food such as Portuguese chicken with chips and salad. We actually ordered off the menu and went abit more authentic with the Bife Portuguesa and the Porco Alentejana.

The Bife is Portuguese style beef that came with a fried egg and bits of prosciutto, served with their signature round chips. Steak cooked medium rare which was our preference and it was cooked perfectly, the egg and prosciutto went well with the Portuguese style marinade and the potato round chips soaked up the juices of the meat but was still very crunchy.

The Porco Alentejana is marinated pork with pipi’s and small square sized bits of potato deep fried. Pork was very soft and cooked perfectly , the pipi’s came with the shell but the actual pipi meat was mixed in the plate and was tasty. There are bits of pickled vegetables that come with this dish such as carrots and cauliflower.

Definitely an authentic Portuguese dining experience, will be back to try the rest of...

Today we had a booking for 18 people for lunch. The day is scorching HOT with high humidity. Looked forward to a lunch in air-conditioned comfort. WHAT A MISTAKE!!! When I asked the waiter to PLEASE close the door he said NO! His reason was that the door needs to be open for the air to flow through because if this didn't happen the kitchen exhaust would automatically shut down and the restaurant would therefore fill with smoke!!!! I owned a restaurant until recently located upstairs and my kitchen was no where near a door. Only when people have not had the experience of a commercial kitchen and exhaust systems he may get away with that lame excuse. Needless to say..... what may have been a pleasant lunch was absolutely unbearable with the heat!!!! As they have a policy of not shutting the front door that in the winter one would have to experience the discomfort of the cold. The open door was not necessary as the entire restaurant was glass enclosed and people would not have a problem with walking in. Some of the food was great some not so. One last complaint the food was served in staggers and some people were finished before others received their food. The restaurant was loud therefore it was impossible to communicate. What a...