Eat Out Guide

Cerise Wolters - Melbourne says:

We dined at the Sydney Rockpool Restaurant last Friday night (25/07/08) in which my (now fiance) proposed to me! The staff at the restaurant were well aware that this was going to be a very special evening for us, as my fiance had visited them that day and advised his plans. I am a very big fan of Neil Perry so my fiance arranged for us to spend the weekend in Sydney (we are from Melbourne) and he wanted it to be very special. HOWEVER, the service we received from the Rockpool staff was appalling, bordering on rude. We spent $800 (the money is not the factor here) and we were still treated as though we were not good enough to be there. On an otherwise unforgettable and exciting night, I was so very very disappointed and my expectations of what Rockpool would be were shattered.
On Saturday night we visited Icebergs and were treated like royalty. It's amazing to think that two very well respected restaurants have such different values in relation to their dining guests.
A note to Neil Perry and his staff at Rockpool - without us (your customers), you would not have a restaurant! Please remember that, next time someone decides to honor YOU by chosing to dine at your venue.
Cerise Wolters - Melbourne

Anonymous says:

Rockpool was ok. I enjoyed my meal although i thought the service could have been better, we seemed to have a different waiter at our table the whole night. I thought we got the worst table right near the kitchen, i would have perfered to sit over near the windows, or at least not right beside the walk way of every waiter and person dining, not great vaule for money when you compare this sort of meal with others in the area. Wine was ok. Food was nice. Service needs to be had with a SMILE......

Anonymous says:

We went to Rockpool Bar and Grill last night and found it fantstic...the food was beautiful, the staff were very friendly and helpful and the entire experience was wonderful. For a special night out in Melbourne I would definately recommend Rockpool to anyone.

Anonymous says:

I just recently went to Rockpool Bar and Grill and was very very impressed the staff were very friendly and attentive and the food was absolutely delicious i had the best Duck Ragu that i have ever eaten in my life i just want to go back again and again and try everything on the menu

Anonymous says:

I had a great experience at Rockpool and I would reccomend it to anyone. I expected it to be very expensive but as it was my birthday I didn't worry about that. Was I wrong!! It is very affordable but very chic and I felt like a queen. I mentioned it was my birthday to see if I could keep the menu as it is dated. Not only did my waiter give me a menu he also brought me a cake with a candle to celebrate my birthday absolutely free. These are the small but lovely touches that make this a truly wonderful dining experience and I will definitely go back as soon as I can. The food was absaolutely fantastic and I couldn't eat it all there was so much. Thank you Rockpool for my wonderful birthday.

Anonymous says:

Unfortunately my experience at Rockpool VIC was very dissapointing. It had been a wish of mine to go there for so long, not that easy as we live interstate with 2 small children. Eventually my husband surprised me and off we went. The service was great, the sidedishes were good but our meals were very, very average. As you would understand the main reason you go somewhere is to enjoy your meal not only the service and sidedishes. Very dissapointed.

sel says:

I have had the pleasure of experiencing the rockpool SYD. All i can say is WOW...fantastic! from the service, to the menu, to food

YAF says: