Had the most amazing dining experience. Food was so delicious and each course explained. Waiting staff were casual but professional. Highly recommend trying the lunch menu. Every mouthful was like a party in your mouth.
What an amazing place
Food was impeccable...very different and tasty. Could not fault any of the dishes.
Service is personal and friendly. The team all were knowledgeable and explained the dishes to the point where we were excited about tasting.
When I heard the news that Adelaide’s fine dining establishment and only 3-hatted restaurant Orana would be popping up in Sydney for a month, I created an alarm to alert me of when reservations would open. Orana serves a 22-course degustation for $350 per person. I was surprised that I was able to get a booking on a Saturday, and reserved a table for two, paying the required full amount upfront. In my excitement, I didn’t see that lunch bookings were available via a different button further down on the website page. Luckily I was able to change the dinner booking to lunch, no problems at all.
When I saw news that Orana coming to Sydney, and not a ten-minute’s walk from our apartment, I knew I had to book in. They took over the Longrain space for about a month or so, bringing down some core staff from Adelaide and hiring a whole new crew of folks in Sydney for the occasion. My husband and I have dined at many top restaurants from around the world and this experience was up with the very best.
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We came here as a lunch for a wedding pre-reception. A change in order to the usual. I was told to come here hungry, well and I sure needed to. They just get everything so right. It's a wonderfully intimate setting serving "Australian" cuisine. But Australian cuisine, they mean classic cooking methods using ingredients with a very local themes, many of which are foraged from the local area. They have a forager that brings in fresh ingredients each day, gathered from the Adelaide Hills or as far as Port Augusta, sometimes as soon as half an hour before service. This all combined with a local soundtrack (apart from the odd Queen song!) and waiters that are most enthusiastic, keen for a chat to inform us about the food, but yet are able to not be intrusive when required. The service was just perfect.
Being like many modern restaurants, they have the option of two wine matches, a standard, a premium and also a non alcohol match. The wine match was fantastic and really well chosen. The non alcohol match wasn't as imaginative as some other places I've been to; it was primarily juice based (whereas others have tried soup and tea based ones too) but it was very clever in the way they used the texture and the tartness of the juice to pair with the courses. They are not all sweet!
The food; each dish was a beautiful combination of flavours, textures and imaginative presentation. The first dish was a damper cooked on the table with the most wonderful butter. It was fantastic to have the waft of charcoal through out the restaurant every time that dish is served to a table as the first course.
The second course consisted of white aspen and trout roe, also Port Lincoln Squid. The hot and sour Port Lincoln Squid was possibly my favourite course of the meal. It was absolutely wonderful. The white aspen was very interesting; it was unlike anything I haven't eaten before and very well paired with the roe.
The next course was a mini burger with a Spencer Gulf prawn. Apparently we were supposed to get our hands dirty with this one but we didn't. The flavours were excellent; the prawn must have just seen a bit of heat, barely cooked at all. Wonderfully paired with a Yarra Valley Chenin Blanc.
Then came a pasta; it certainly had a lot of kick with the bush pepper. A little bit like a ragu but no tomato.
I love this place. Probably one of the best places to eat in ADELAIDE . Very interesting food and always look forward to the menu changing with the seasons. Love the native ingredients especially the ants. We eat there every year and have not been disappointed so far. The wine list is good with a couple of burgundy options. The only thing I wish they would offer is a chance to bring a special bottle of wine(s) ie byo.
What is Australian cuisine? A few years ago, this question would have been unanswerable. Even now, it’s a head-scratcher. It is not uncommon for tourists visiting Australia to remark that despite our food being – you know – delicious, there is very little about it that’s Australian.
We were so keen to try this restaurant for our anniversary.
The restaurant is small and intimate. Make sure you come to this restaurant hungry because after the 16 courses you will be so full! Quite a few ingredients we’ve never heard of before and of course ingredients we have heard of but we were just reminded of how simple vegetables like leek can taste so damn delicious! There were some absolute stand out dishes for us like the marron tea and kangaroo.
The service was good however if I were to be picky it is quite hard drinking a whole bottle of wine when you are given so many other “drinks” throughout the evening. Would recommend going by the glass just in case you get full!
We loved the little hand written card by the staff for our annniversary and we loved the idea of giving the menu at the end so you just kept being surprised dish after dish.
Would recommend for a special evening.
Thank you team for a great evening ❤️
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Wow! As soon as I stepped into this restaurant I felt comfortable and none of the stuffiness of other high end restaurants. Brain child of Jock Zonfrillo with its cheaper sister restaurant, Bistro Blackwood downstairs, it is a relaxed atmosphere and intimate setting as the restaurant itself is not all that big but definitely delivers in all facets. Orana means welcome and the ‘Alkoopina’ menu mean delicious and this restaurant delivers in spades in both.
The service is extremely personable with each team member willing to chat to you even if they’re busy. It is extremely refreshing to have this level of professional service but be so casual all at the same time!
18 course degustation in total (including the bread and petit fours). Course after course we were surprised and delighted with a real focus on native Australian bush food. Some dishes were brought out together to complement one another. It is a well thought out menu and the diner is not overwhelmed or rushed. The cutlery and crockery had interesting textures and added to the experience.
The highlights included having the Wholewheat Bread enclosed in a glass cloche before the chef whips it away to bake and brings it back with a Macadamia & Native Thyme Butter. We could’ve eaten that all night and be happy. I loved the interactive element of the Potato Damper & Lamb Butter. Cook your own damper on the coals and make sure you don’t burn it! The Macadamia & Native Thyme is presented as a milk and oil and the flavours are heavenly. Another revelation for me was the Port Lincoln Squid. Do not normally enjoy seafood, the sauce that enveloped the squid was so flavoursome I didn’t care it was squid. The ‘Soup Soup’ had a depth of flavour from the kingfish and when served with the Kohlrabi, my tastebuds were so excited! This was crunchy and nothing really like anything I’ve tasted. As a sweet tooth I really enjoyed the deserts served.
If you had a to do restaurant, this should definitely be on your list. Not the cheapest but worth the money.
Came here as a group of 6 and we all enjoyed our meal. Whilst the actual restaurant itself is nothing fancy (quite a small space with simple decor) the menu left us all quite impressed. I would have to say I enjoyed orana far more than Attica. Every dish was delicious from the damper to that tea at the end. And thank you to our lovely waitress who gave me more green ants because I loved them so much.
Great fine dining experience, 18 courses in total. The menu is themed around local and indigenous ingredients. The green ant marron dish was certainly the highlight. Staff are very attentive, well informed and charismatic. A restaurant everyone in Adelaide should visit at least once.
I can only echo the previous comment . This was one of my best dining experiences ever, it was so very personal like dining in your best friends Home . Well done
Unbelievable restaurant. Intimate dining room, amazing tasting menu, the service was thoughtful, passionate and casual, we enjoyed the wine list. Can't speak highly enough about Orana. Some of the best food I've ever had (damper with lamb fat butter/soup soup/prawn & green ants/surf & earth/whiting sandwich); the importance placed on Australian produce and food traditions in this country made it even more special. You have to experience Orana.
Amazing dining experience - the best Australian Ingredients inspired degustation I have ever had.
Staff are exceptional and the food and wine is simply an experience not to be missed.
The restaurant can be hard to find, its upstairs and there are no obvious signs - all feels a little mysterious.
The wine matching is very well done.
There is a non-alocholic drink matching - but it was quite disappointing - very smalls shots of impressive concoctions, but not really a drinks compliment to the meal.
One of the best dinning experience we had in Australia. The staff from the welcoming to the end are really professional warm and knowledgeable. The cooking his really inspire by the native Australian Culture as the all experience. A huge thank you to the team and well done Chef. Is clearly for us the restaurant to visit in South Australia
Similar to the review at Dinner by Heston in Melbourne. I can't fault a restaurant based on my palate and preferences in food. A few the native Australian ingredients mainly lovage and the uses of eucalyptus are foreign to me.
Despite that, service from staff is exceptional. Not being most glamorous of restaurants, the small space creates an intimate dining experience. Having the Executive Chef bring out the entree explaining its origin added to the experience. Dishes that favoured my taste buds were absolutely incredible.
A truly wonderful experience made possibly by a team who's passion for native produce bleeds into their work, efforts and food.
I look for 3 things in every restaurant i go, food, venue and service. My first visit to Orana and i got all 3 things in here, pretty rare lol. best seafood i ever had, my taste buds are in heaven. Staff was super nice, one thing that you won't find everywhere. I was shocked when i they told me the chef wasn't aussie. Very nice and polite man, he knows his way around australian cuisine. Overall best sunday for me and friends. Cheers Orana, 5 stars from me. Will see you soon
Exemplary service, unique Australian flavours and tasteful fit-out. Friday lunchtime menu was fairly priced for a 12-course degustation ($195 without pairing) and we left very full. Deserves the title of one of Australia’s best restaurants and will surely become a more renowned name now that head chef Jock Zonfrillo has joined MasterChef as a judge.
Deserves all its accolades. A real Australian influence. I got the standard matching wines but these were all organic wines which I must say I didn't really like.
What an absolutely amazing dining experience. Every dish was creative and delicious. All the favours were brilliantly balanced and thought out. Just wow.
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