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For those who haven’t visited this Sydney stalwart Daniel’s is worth a visit, if only so you can try beef chargrilled over volcanic rocks.
REVIEW –
Sydney’s CBD is a welcome port for steakhouses owing to the daily shipment of business people in want of a substantial meal to soak up their alcohol-fuelled lunches. Daniel’s just the place – equipped with a separate bar to ease a wait for a table, and a pleasing wine list once you are seated. The entrees are hard to pass up with offerings such as chilli salt calamari with lime aioli and snow pea sprouts or Gympie goat’s cheese salad served with roasted beetroot and crisp pastry wafers. Main courses don’t muck around; the oven-roasted lamb rump is plump and butter soft, and the twice cooked spatchcock is a tad hard to eat but divine with the chilli tomato jam.
Like any restaurant catering to the business crowd Daniel’s is only open weekdays, with diners being forced to choose between the busy lunchtime service or calling in after 5.30pm for a less hurried dinner. Should you choose the latter the soft centred chocolate fondant served with a vanilla anglaise and a crushed hazelnut praline is a rich dessert worth sharing at the diner’s end. Though if you opt for the former and have to return to work, the trio of Gelato and an espresso is the way to end your meal and still keep your wits about you.
Jennifer Miller, May 2007
LOCATION
Sydney CBD
DETAILS
In the mood for a tender, succulent steak? Daniel’s serves up a taste sensation with beef sourced from the best feed lots and grass fed areas in Eastern Australia then char grilled to perfection over volcanic rock. Or let us tempt you with a selection of sensational seafood, expertly prepared fresh daily to tantalise the tastebuds.
Daniel’s stylish décor and welcoming atmosphere offers the ideal dining experience for lunch meetings and relaxing dinners.
In the evening, the bar is the perfect place to unwind and enjoy pre-dinner drinks and Daniel’s comprehensive cellar presents an excellent selection of fine Australian wines at reasonable prices.
Daniel’s is open for lunch from 12pm and dinner from 5.30pm Monday to Friday and is available for functions.
