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Wow! Poly is one of my all time favourite restaurants and is worth every penny. The value and quality of the dishes are well worth it as it is not pricy at all. Great for a date night or even a girls night since the set menu provides a variety of dishes.
The ambience is quite dim and moody, so it is quite intimate. My highlight dish/es of the night was the grilled sourdough and whipped sesame, macadamia cream, crispy potato, sticky date donut and the Marscapone dessert!! All the flavours were subtle but also perfectly balanced, I did not think any of the dishes were missing anything.
It was unbelievably perfect but I’m not going to lie, because we did order extra dishes... we were quite full half way! We did try our best to power through but we did have to take away the wagyu, the desserts were too good to pass as they were not overly rich and portion size was good for 2.
The only downside was that the waitress got our cocktail order wrong and forgot to take it off the bill so subsequently we did pay for it, even though we should have double checked ourselves as we only realised when we got home. One waiter did have to read off our menu as he forgot what one of the dishes was called but no big deal there.
Seriously, one of my favourite restaurants in Sydney and it never disappoints!!
Highlights;
- pork belly skewer
- lamb ribs
- kingfish
- sourdough bread
- fried potato with salted egg
Some other dishes were overly salty.
Overall, a great experience. Would have had preferred to have the option to pick the a la carte menu for dining’s after 6pm.
Wonderful pear cocktail - complex, beautifully balanced finished with a spritz of absinthe - fantastic. Only tried a few small dishes but they were sophisticated and delicious. Contrary to some other reviews, I found that the service was exemplary - professional, friendly, knowlegeable.
This is my 4th time to Poly. The menu regularly changes and everytime I have been here the food has been incredible. Bread to start can’t go wrong with and they always have a roll/sandwich special - first few times I had the steak sandwich & tonight it was the Rissole roll. The only disapponting thing is the service - everytime I have been here the staff have been lacklustre/disinterested and borderline rude. Apart from this, food is 10/10.
Poly is the sister restaurant of Ester, a brilliant restaurant in Chippendale. Both restaurants are high on our list of Sydney favourites. Poly is located in a great spot on the border of Surry Hills and the Southern end of the CBD. You will find it in a large converted industrial space part of the Paramount site on Commonwealth Street. The restaurant’s bar is large and very prominent, which could give play to Poly’s vision to be a bar, which also serves food. Although the kitchen is small, they utilise the space well and the food is superb, making this an all round top dining experience. There are many different table configurations, great for groups, our favourite tables are by the kitchen and the mesmerising wood fire.
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This is the sister restaurant to Ester (which I’ve visited before) so have a guide to what to expect. The food is quite similar in a way and the service is top notch.
We came as a group to celebrate a belated birthday. The menu is divided into breads, raw and pickled, salads and vegetables, fish and meat, and cheese and sweet. It is pretty much a sharing menu so order as much as you can eat as a group and definitely no fomo here.
We ordered heavy on the bread side of things getting the Sourdough Rolls with a super delicious whipped sesame. If you’d given me a bag full of those rolls and a tub of the whipped butter concoction I would’ve been happy as a pig stuck in mud. There were two types of toast, one with anchovy and the other with nduja. As I’m not a fan of anchovies I steered clear of them but happily consumed the one with nduja and honeycomb. Slightly spicy it was mellowed by the honey. Really delicious combo. The waiter mentioned specials of John Dory and Prawns that weren’t on the menu. As their was limited quantities of each we ordered both. I didn’t try the prawns as not a fan of them but the John Dory was tasty. Could’ve done with more meat on it but the sauce was absolutely wonderful. The other dishes we had were lovely too.
My favourite of the evening was the Sticky Date Donut. A coil of heavenly sticky date smothered in caramel sauce and served with cream it was the perfect ending to the evening. I’d highly recommend trying this.
This restaurant is worth a detour for. The food and service are on point.
Got to experience Longrain as part of a work function. Such a lovely restaurant I’ve always wanted to go to. The food was amazing! I was super lucky my table didn’t like oysters so I got a whole heap. Such an intimate restaurant, service was extremely accommodating, as my friend had a but allergy and he got all his own dishes.
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Poly in Surry Hills is part of the Paramount Hotel with a much more casual wine bar vibe than sister restaurant Ester but is equally as delicious. I’ve been a few times- once for the amazing Scarlet prawn dish and the light comte donut but both times I’d forgotten my camera so a birthday dinner with Isaac rectifies this!
This is a really great restaurant for food and drinks. My favourites were the sourdough rolls, raw beef and fried cheese, steak sandwich and cheese dumplings. Definitely stay for dessert because the sticky date donut and the hazelnut stracciatella icecream were really really good too!
Most dishes are easy to share but I think it’s best to share anyway so you can try a bit do everything. The venue gets quite crowded during peak times but the place is not very loud so it’s still easy to hold a conversation. Bookings are also recommended
Booked in for a Monday night dinner, it wasn’t too busy. Service was attentive and prompt. We ordered about 7 dishes for 4 of us, we really enjoyed all of them! The short rib was so tender and flavourful, and the snapper was done so perfectly as well. Highly recommend this place! This is as good as Ester, if not better!
Fantastic food, friendly knowledgeable staff - couldn't ask for more on a Saturday date night. The entree's are brilliant, great flavours and presentation. The bugs were delicious as were the BBQ oysters and the mussels. Carnivore sandwich maybe not so much for my wife! Thank you to the entire Poly team! We will be back a lot more.
Bit of a trendy place and the food is good enough, but I found that it was the carbs that was filling me up, rather than protein. We did order mostly appetizers for variety and also previous feedback was that mains portion were quite small.
We spent $100 per person, for 3 people. With wine. Which was decent enough.
Great service though. Attentive waitstaff, and our waitress put in a candle on our desert order, because she overhead that we were celebrating our birthdays.
Inventive food however flavours didn’t quite come together as well as I hoped. I love the sister restaurant Ester but it’s not as tasty as Ester (the bread, the cauliflower and generally). Staff were accommodating when we wanted to move from the bar seating to a normal table. Overall still a positive experience
Amazing amazing food! Best dry aged steak I’ve had to date. Super funky but still super tender. Hats off the kitchen! Also highly recommend the bug as that was *chefs kiss*. Service was impeccable bar one instance when we were asking for the bill and the waiter was behind the counter was drinking some water and chatting to another staff. We made eye contact and he held up a finger to indicate I wait. Not huge but it did seem a little rude and I was slightly taken aback.
We enjoyed a nice dinner tonight at Poly. The Fried Potato and Egg Yolk was like a super hash brown that would have been perfect if not for a lack of seasoning. The Leek and Corn dishes were excellent - highly recommend. Our main protein order was the Murray Cod which was well cooked, but again would be better with more salt. Dessert however was an absolute winner - their “Thousand Layers” (or Millefeuille) dessert was absolutely amazing.
After seeing comments from previous reviews, I have to agree that service could be improved. We were seated for almost 15 minutes (with many failed attempts to flag down staff) before our order was taken. And while paying the bill, the waiter left the EFTPOS machine on our table and never returned. Slightly awkward end to our meal.
Late review as we went for a Saturday lunch at Poly back in March and it's the only lunch Poly opens at the moment.
Overall food was fantastic - highlights were the Potato Bread and Fried Potato with Egg Yolk (like an extra crispy hashbrown). Minus 1 star for the service - wish it was more attentive and friendly as some looked disinterested.
Would I go back again? Yes I would.
Poly started well, but seems to get better every time. Every dish has the appropriate level of technique. Some are just handled right. Others, have more work that the Hollywood actors guild. The kitchen rumbles along with all the quiet confidence of a brain surgery team. Four of us ate more than we should have, but it was so good, we ate as much as we could take, without requiring lap band surgery the next day. With a bottle of primo Chardonnay, and a well earned tip, it came in at around $160pp. Let me assure you, €100 a head won't get you anywhere near an experience like this, anywhere else on the planet.
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