Great food, great service, and great $9 lunch specials! We came for tapas one night, and ordered chicken and potato croquettes (nice but heavy) and the crispy pork with pineapple and yoghurt (also delicious, but quite heavy food after awhile). Still, we were very impressed and returned the next day for lunch. Beautiful inventive salads!
There are great specials available, so my friends and I visited on a thursday night for a few drinks and their 2 for 1 burgers. All burgers are $18 each and come with a side of chips and aioli, and on thursdays that's even better value. I chose the lamb burger which has a rosemary hash brown, beetroot relish, slices of cherry tomato, lettuce and spring onion, and sour cream. The burger was delicious and full of sauces that ran down your hand- not the neatest food option for going out for drinks but was full of flavour and tasty. The service and drinks were also great, but nothing exceptional that you wouldn't find at other bars. Seating in the downstairs bar is a little difficult for larger groups (more than 5).
My colleagues in Canberra were regularly keen to get away from the office for a team lunch. On one of these occasions, we made our way to Treehouse in the Sydney Building, located on Northbourne Ave to partake in their $9 lunch menu, available Wednesday to Friday from 12pm. The selection of $9 lunches were displayed on a blackboard downstairs and we were all drawn to an item. Ordering our lunch was easy. Seeing as though our group had 6 people, we were directed upstairs for a larger table. Our booth seats overlooked the bar downstairs through the branches of one of the beautifully lit trees within the venue. Not only was there a $9 lunch special, but Treehouse also offer a $3 drink special from Wednesday to Fridays, which includes Monteiths cider (pictured), house red or white wine, beer or soft drink. Jake started with a dozen of Clyde River oysters ($15), served with a pinot vinaigrette granita. Our waitress told us that the oysters were freshly bought to Canberra from the South Coast. A popular lunch choice was the togarashi spiced calamari with green apple, cucumber and wasabi. I loved this dish – the calamari were crunchy but soft inside, with the apple and wasabi flavour was a winning combination. Two of my colleagues ordered the vegetarian penne, with asparagus, pine nuts and parmesan. There were no complaints, but both colleagues mentioned the generous size of the serving. I loved our cheap and cheerful lunch at Treehouse. After this visit, our team spoke about it becoming a regular. It’s a great little venue for a relaxed, delicious
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