AGP – Restaurant Guide 2008
Last up-dated: 4^th July 2009

SCORES:

1   Don’t bother
2   Has potential – needs work
3   Good for its locality
4   Good food, service and atmosphere – 1 of 3
5   Good food, service and atmosphere – 2 of 3
6   Good food, service and atmosphere – 3 of 3
7   Great food, service and atmosphere
8   Superb food, service and atmosphere
9   A uniquely wonderful dining experience
10 The very best there is

Great wine list:       (W)

Further explanations:
A licensed restaurant’s wine list will be part of the evaluation and the restaurant may lose a point for an inferior wine list.
Scores 4 and 5 can reflect 1 or 2 out of 'food, service and atmosphere' or ½ points for any of the three, but a score of 6 must have a score of good for all three. (food, service and atmosphere)
This list is not static and will be up-dated continuously.
 

Australian Gourmet Pages Restaurant of the Year

1999   -   The Grange, Adelaide, Chef: Cheong Liew
2000   -   Claude's, Sydney, Chef: Tim Pak Poy Award Presentation
2001   -   MG Garage, Sydney, Chef: Janni Kyritsis Award Presentation
2002   -   Cafe di Stasio, Owner: Ronnie di Stasio
2003   -   est.restaurant, Chef Peter Doyle
2004   -   Guillaume at Bennelong  Award Presentation
2005   -   Vue de Monde, Chef / Owner: Shannon Bennett Award Presentation
2006   -   Rockpool, Sydney, Chef: Neil Perry Award Presentation

2007   –   Lucio’s Italian Restaurant, Owner: Lucio and Sally Galletto Award Presentation

 

"The Australian Gourmet Pages Restaurant of the Year Award" is announced each year on the 1st August.

No restaurant can win in consecutive years, but a restaurant may win up to three times.
 
 

Sydney
	Alchemy 731	7.5
	Alhambra Cafe and Tapas Bar	6.5
	Alio	7.5
	Altitude Restaurant	7
	a'Mews Restaurant	6.5
	Amici Pizzeria	6
	Aperitif	8.5
	Aqua Dining	7
	Arabella	6
	Aria Restaurant	8.5 W Best Restaurant 2008
	Ash Street Cellar	7.5  W
	Astral Restaurant	8
	A Tavola	7
	Bakehouse Korean BBQ	6.5
	Banjara Indian Restaurant	5
	Bay Tinh	4.5
	Beach House	6
	Beach Road Restaurant	6
	Becasse	9
	bel mondo	5.5
	Bellevue Dining Room	6.5
	Bentley Restaurant & Bar	8.5
	billy kwong	8
	bills Darlinghurst	5.5
	Bilson's Restaurant	7.5
	bird, cow, fish	6
	Bistro CBD	6.5
	Bistrode	7.5
	Bistro Fax	7
	Bistro Ortolan	7.5
	Bistro Paris	6
	Bistro Moncur	9
	blue eye dragon	7
	Boathouse on Blackwattle Bay	7.5
	Bodega	7.5
	Brass Razoo	6
	Brown Sugar	7
	Buddah Belly Cafe	6
	Buon Ricordo	8.5
	Cafe Sydney	5
	Castel Mola	6
	Cantina Uno	5
	Catalonia	6.5
	Chequers Seafood Restaurant	6.5
	China Doll	7.5
	Chinta Ria	7
	Chez Pascal	7.5
	Claude's	9
	Clareville Kiosk	6
	Coast	7
	Cottage Point Inn	7.5
	Courtney's Brasserie	6 W
	Credo Restaurant	7
	Delhi'O'Delhi	6.5
	Divino	6
	Eastwood Garden Peking Restaurant	7.5   Best Northern Chinese
	Eiger Swiss Restaurant	6
	Emmilou	7.5
	est.	9
	Etch Restaurant	8
	Fifi's Lebanese Restaurant	5.5
	Filicudi Restaurant	6
	Fiorenzoni	6.5
	Firefly Wine Bar	7
	Fishface	6
	Fix St James	7
	Flavours of Peking	7
	Flying Fish	7.5
	Forty One Restaurant	7.5
	Fratelli Paradiso	6
	Four in Hand	7.5
	Galileo	5
	Garfish Kirribilli	7
	Garfish Manly	6
	glass	7.5
	Glebe Point Diner	7
	Goe Mon	7
	Go-Zen Japanese Restaurant	6.5
	Grape Garden Chinese Restaurant	6.5
	Grappa Ristorante	7.5  W
	Green Gourmet	6
	Guillaume at Bennelong	9
	Guzman Y Gomez (Newtown)	6
	harbourkitchen&bar	7.5
	Icebergs	8.5 W
	Il Piave	7.5
	Il Piemonte	6
	Indigo Restaurant	6
	Industrie Restaurant & Bar	5.5
	Jasmin Restaurant	5.5
	Jimmy Liks	6
	Jonah's Restaurant & Accommodation	8.5 W
	Ju Ge Mu & Shimbashi	7/5
	Jimbaran Indonesian Restaurant	6.5
	Kaffir Lime	6
	Kaiser Stubn	7     Best Austrian
	Kou Kee Peking Restaurant	5
	Kensington Peking Restaurant	6
	Kuali Malaysian Restaurant	7
	La Botte da Ercole	7
	La Goulue	7
	La Grande Bouffe	7.5
	La Grillade	7.5
	La Sala	7.5
	La Tratt	6.5
	Limani Seafood Restaurant	6
	Longrain	6
	Lo Studio	8
	Lotus	8.5
	Lucio's Italian Restaurant	8.5
	Lugarno Seafood Restaurant	5
	Macleay Street Bistro	7
	Mad Cow	8
	Mâitre Karl	6.5
	Manly Ocean Beach House	7
	Manta	8
	Marque	9.5
	Mezzaluna	5.5
	Milsons	8
	Montien	6
	Neptune Palace	5
	Nick's Seafood Restaurant	5
	Nilgiri's	5.5
	North Bondi Italian Food	7.5
	Nove Cucina	7.5
	Nu's	5.5
	Ocean King House	7
	Orchid Persian Restaurant	6
	Orso	5
	Otto Ristorante	7.5
	Osteria dei Poeti	5.5
	Out of Africa	5.5
	Oscillate Wildly	7
	Papaya Thai Restaurant	6
	Peking Inn	5
	Pello	7.5
	Penny's Lane	5.5
	Perama	7
	Pier	8.5
	Pilu at Freshwater	8.5
	Pink Peppercorn	7
	Pompei	7.5
	Pony	6.5
	Prime	6
	Qmin	7    Best Indian
	Quay	8
	Redoak Boutique Beer Cafe	see review
	Restaurant at the 3 Weeds	7.5
	Restaurant Atelier	6.5
	Restaurant Balzac	8
	Red Chilli	6.5     Best Szechuan
	Red Lantern	7
	Restaurant Assiette	8.5
	Road to Goa	5.5
	Rocket Restaurant	8
	Rockpool	9
	Rockpool Bar & Grill, Sydney	8.5   W
	RossoPomodoro	Pizza Score 8
	Sails on Lavender Bay	8    W
	Sailors Thai	7.5
	Salon Blanc	7.5
	Sean's Panaroma	7
	Sel et Poivre	6
	Sentosa	6
	Shanghai Yang Zhou House	6.5
	South Restaurant	6
	Spice I Am	8
	Spice Temple	8.5    Best Asian
	Sugaroom	7
	Summerland Restaurant	6
	sushi-e	8
	Swell	6
	Tabou	6
	TanViet	6
	Tetsuya's	9.5
	Temasek	6
	Teppan (ivy)	7
	The Austrian Schnitzelhaus	5
	The Book Kitchen	6.5
	The Burlington	8 – Wine List
	The Chelsea Tea House	7.5
	The Clock Hotel	7
	The Light Brigade	7.5
	The Old School Trattoria	5
	The Peasant's Feast	6
	The Royal Bar & Grill	6
	The Sushi Counter	6
	Terrace Restaurant	6
	The Wharf	6
	Trans	8     Best Vietnamese
	Universal	8
	Vera Cruz	6
	Viet Nouveau	6
	Viva Goa	7.5
	Watermark	7
	Whitewater	6
	Wildfire	6
	Winsure Barbecue Restaurant	5
	Woodlands Family Restaurant	6.5
	Yellow Bistro and Food Store	6
	Ying's Seafood Restaurant	6
	Yin Li	6
	Yoshii Restaurant	9.5
	Zeffirelli	6
Hunter Region
	Cafe Telegraph, Murrurundi	6
	Esca Bimbadgen	7
	Leaves & Fishes	6.5
	Lime	6.5
	Longbench on Darby	5
	Mojo's on Wilderness	6
	ONE - 1 Broke Road	5
	Quince	7
	Robert's at Peppertree	6
	Shakey Tables Restaurant	7.5 Best Hunter Restaurant
	The Old George & Dragon	6
	The Table Guesthouse	7.5
	Wyndham Estate	6
	Zest Restaurant	7.5
NSW Country & Blue Mountains
	Ca Marche	5.5
	Collits' Inn	6.5
	Darleys	6.5  W
	Jenkins Street Guesthouse	5
	Highland Heritage Estate	6
	Lolli Redini	6
	Rosie's Chinese Restaurant, Gunnedah	5
	Rose Garden Thai Restaurant	6.5
	Rylstone Food Store	6
	Sails on the Water, Davistown	6
	Segreto at the Thredbo Alpine Hotel	7.5
	Selkirks	7.5
	Solitary	7
	Source dining	7
	The Credo, Thredbo	5.5
	The Journeyman - Berrima	8
	The River (Moruya)	7
	Vintage Restaurant	6
	Vulcans	8.5
	Wellums Lake Guest House	6
Australian Capital Territory
	Alto Restaurant	7
South Australia
	Augé	5.5
	Bridgewater Mill	8.5
	Cafe Kowloon	6.5
	De Castella's	5
	Chef Lau	7
	Ding Hao	7.5
	Lake Coolangatta Cafe	7
	Mocean - Streaky Bay	6.5
	Ming's Palace	7
	Shanghai House	6
	T-Chow	6
	The Grange	9.5 W
	Flying Fish - Port Elliot	6
	Russel's Pizza	6
	Star of Greece - Port Willunga	7
Victoria
	Bar Lourinha	7
	Bistro Guillaume	9   W
	Bistro Vue	8
	Box Cafe Restaurant	5
	Cafe di Stasio	9.5 W
	Circa the Prince	6
	Da Noi	7
	Der Raum	not scored
	Fenix	8.5
	Jacques Reymond	9 W
	Flower Drum	9
	Guiseppe Arnaldo & Sons	6.5
	Mirka at Tolarno Hotel	7.5
	MoVida	7.5
	Pettavel Winery & Restaurant	6.5
	Post Mao	5.5
	Richmond Hill Cafe	5
	Rockpool Melbourne	9 W
	Saffron Restaurant Ballarat	5.5
	Stefanos, Mildura	8  W
	The Botanical	8
	The Press Club	8
	The Royal George	7
	The Grand Hotel Dining Room	7.5
	Vue de Monde	9.5
Queensland
Western Australia
	Ze Arc of Iris - Margaret River	7.5
	Fraser's (Perth)	7
	Lamont's Perth	6.5
	Lamont's Margaret River	7
	Vat 107-(Margaret River)	5
	Wild Duck - Albany	6.5
Tasmania
	Piccalilly	7
	Smolt - Hobart	7.5
Northern Territory
	Hanuman Alice Springs	7.5
	Hanuman Darwin	7

 

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