Woollahra Hotel — Restaurant in Sydney

I knew when I was invited to a pub in Woollahra that the food would be good but the food and venue at The Woolahra Hotel are the best I have visited in 2022 - we are only halfway through the year and I am calling this the venue to beat, and I have already planned my return!! ❤️💚❤️⁣ ⁣ 🍸🍸 Recently renovated and almost restored to its original state and look from the 1930s it has old school opulence down pat. We were greeted and served cocktails and entrees downstairs in the bar and the manager discussed the renovations including the poured terrazzo floors, they are so bloody good!! The waitstaff was incredible, regularly checking in on us and seeing to our every need, then after the entrees, we were led upstairs to dine on the outdoor terrace.⁣ ⁣ And we were mind blown at such incredible dishes. ⁣ ⁣ 𝐌𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫...⁣ 🐟 STEAMED SNAPPER FILLET with soy, ginger, shallot, chilli & coriander - it was so delicately crafted and a pure delight to eat, I have thought about it regularly since my visit.⁣ ⁣ 🥘 The THAI GREEN CHICKEN with Thai eggplant, snake beans & baby corn was also marvellous and a beautiful winter curry and their BRAISED BEEF SHORT RIBS with pickled cucumber, Asian slaw, sambal mayo, and bao buns were the most tender ribs of all time - these are a favourite as you can load bao with them, but the fish won for me!⁣ ⁣ 🍷🍷 And when the mains arrived the manager brought us a wine that would pair perfectly and based on him seeing us order whites downstairs, this was exceptional service beyond anything required.⁣ ⁣ 🏆🥇🏆 I am returning soon and you need to stop what you are doing and head on in soon for a divine night. I took so many venue shots that I will post them tomorrow as stories probably. Huge thanks to the venue and the The Mint Partners for organising this sublime...

Very Disappointing to say the least.

My wife and I have eaten at the Woolahra Hotel at least five times this year traveling from Sydney Olympic Park as the food especially the Chicken Schnitzel is amazing. Tonight being our first visit on a Sunday night we both were totally disgusted with the schnitzel presented to us. It was completely different from every other ocassion and the taste was not very appealing at all. To be quite honest it has left a rather terrible taste in our mouths and I'm suffering from an unsettling stomach and all I can taste is the flavor of old oil.

I was quite happy to leave this as a bad experience perhaps even a different chef but what added to the sheer annoyance of it all is when we mentioned to the waitress what was different with the schnitzel meal she returned after speaking to the chef where we were advised that the schnitzel had changed approx six months ago when the new owners took over.

What a disgrace and pure arrogance from the chef that he had to blame somebody rather than trying to rectify the situation at hand and keep regular customers happy. The fault is nobody but his as he was the chef on duty at the time and because of his arrogance they hotel has lost regular customers and no longer will we recommend the food to family and friends.

In closing I would like to say that if the meal hadn't already been paid for both of them woukd have been returned to the kitchen so they could taste the crap themselves.

My apologies for this review but it is honestly warranted for other potential diners to view.

The situation was handled very poorly. Not...

A recent dining experience at the Woollahra Hotel was worthy of a 5-star review.

The recently refurbished front bar holds on to the amazing art decor style and heritage of the hotel which has been around since the 1930's.

Plenty of beers on tap and a team of exceptionally skilled bar staff who made some of the best cocktails I've had in a while, highly recommend trying the gimlet.

We moved up stairs to enjoy some of the Asian fusion dishes I had heard so much about. Chef Jordan and his team bring a highly elevated dining experience in a relaxed setting, the braised beef short rib and kingfish curry were the standout dishes of the night.

A big thank you to the friendly and attentive team that hosted us, I highly recommend you check out the Woollahra Hotel and all it...