The Rook is conveniently located on York Street and is a great spot for Friday lunch or after work drinks. This cool rooftop bar has a great selection of alcoholic beverages and decent food, especially the burgers. #therook
Great attentive customer service. The staff were so friendly and relatable. We had the banquet menu and the sides, burgers and entree was top notch quality. So damn filling and worthwhile!
You'd think that being hidden would detract from a restaurant's popularity, but that certainly didn't seem to be the case when I visited this one. I'm not too surprised however as this is a truly great eatery and one of the coolest restaurant finds I've had in recent memory. A unique atmosphere breathing with life and was savouring every last fork scoop of my macaroni cheese...yes, mac & cheese...I haven't tried the burgers but if they can make mac & cheese taste gourmet, I have no doubt their burger game is down also. Only thing that stops me from rating it higher are the prices. I really wanted that burger with the double bacon and fried egg but wasn't keen on the idea of parting with $26 for it. If a burger really has to go over $20, please keep it in the low 20s range...$30 for a burger and a glass of Coke just doesn't feel right.
This has got to be one of the best rooftop bar sin Sydney CBD! Come spring and it's standing room only if you venture out here at around 7 PM, come summer and you'd be queueing on the street to get in! No better place for a bit of chin wagging with your mates after work!
Word of caution - there is nothing on tap - everything's bottled up!
One of favourite hidden away bars in the CBD. Well made cocktails, good food and good vibe and atmosphere. Does get crazy busy so timing as always, can be important.
Midweek after work drink spot probably lets you experience it at its best.
Hidden away - this rooftop bar is worth finding. The space is dimly lit and you will have an open air view of centrepoint tower. The menu is primarily burgers and rolls with a few other shares. For something different I went the crab in a bag - spaghetti, crab and tomato. Whilst food is on offer this is the perfect spot for an after work cocktail or wine.
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Walking into the drab office building located at 56 York Street, don’t expect to find any clues that you’re in the right place. We just followed a group of nicely dressed people into the lift hoping they weren’t Bradley Murdochs in disguise. After asking the lift to take us to level ‘R’, which was as good a guess as any, we shot into the sky and walked out (alive) onto a rooftop space that is all wood cladding and wall art.
Part bar, part eatery, The Rook serves cocktails of the fancy kind, along with diner food (burgers, fries and lobster rolls). They also proclaim to be gin wizards. I don’t drink gin, so can’t verify this claim.
With nacho sandwiches on the menu, you know this place is serious about their burgers. Whether it's the fried chicken burger, a burger toastie, the lobster roll, or good old fashioned cheese burger, you certainly get your fix of heart stopping cheesy, meaty, greasy, goodness.
The enclosed rooftop and cozy cocktail bar add the ambience and complete a great little venue.
The Rook is a bar with one of Sydney’s most secretive entrances. You enter an unassuming foyer of a plain office building and press the “R” button on the lift. Up you go, the lift door opens and you’re faced with a cool little rooftop cocktail bar.
The Rook is a hip rooftop bar hidden away at the top of a nondescript office building on York St in Sydney CBD. The venue features a seated dining space with an open air roof as well as a standard bar space. The Rook specialises in lobster on their food menu and has a great slection of drinks. Lobster & chorizo croquettes
Cool place for a light meal and drinks.
Came here for lunch and drinks on a Saturday noon, staff was super friendly and everything we ordered was good, especially the cocktails.
We shared fish tacos, arancini and ravioli, all were well executed and flavourful
Super trendy rooftop bar with a vibrant feel and clientele to match. Not a place to go to for a quiet relaxing drink, but if you want something fun and hip this is a good place to be. Food is quite good - especially the Arancini, wagyu burger, and lobster roll. Drinks aren't bad but not mind blowing either, also a little pricey. Staff are super attentive and absolutely lovely. The coolest part is the fact you don't even know it's there, you basically walk in to a little old office lobby and catch the lift to the roof.
They serve such yummy food!! It's a bit pricy, but considering the location and vibe as well as delicious food and alcohol, it is always great plae to hang out casually. I really love the small outdoor space there, I always sit there for a bit when there's no people.
Thia is one of my favourite rooftops in Sydney. Super chilled. Not pretentious. Just friendly staff good drinks list and great food menu.
The burgers are really good. I really enjoyed being able to order via the QR code at the table.
Pretty location and nice vibe. Was hard to locate the restaurant as it was our first time and couldn’t find any large board downstairs. Food was good and service was quick.
Food and atmosphere was good. Cocktails were a highlight. The service could be improved but its more to do with them being understaffed.
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