Continental Deli - Newtown NSW 2042 - "Deli meets easygoing saloon bar. Brilliant." - Terry Durack - Sydney Morning Herald
Bam Bam Bakehouse - Mermaid Beach QLD 4218 - "From sweet treats to tempting twists on savoury favourites, Bam Bam Bakehouse delivers on expectations." - Chantay Logan in Gold Coast Bulletin
Bombay Bloomers - Randwick NSW 2031- "... a good, local community hub is worth holding onto. Which brings me to Bombay Bloomers ... one has to wonder how long our family-run, simple, unpretentious businesses will last before being swallowed up by another trendy bar, cleverly disguised chain restaurant or real estate agent. I admire those who enter the fray, or persist in its midst, without big public relations budgets, zhuzhy interior." - Daisy Dumas - Sun Herald
Pasisi's - Hyde Park SA 5061 - "Parisi's seems a happy place with a generous spirit but too many of its plates are ticked up. That's not the Italian way ..." Simon Wilkinson -The Advertiser
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal - Southbank VIC 3006 - "I like the Blumenthal palate. I like the professionalism of it all, too. I like the concept. But what I really love is that benchmark service. Dinner has been served." - John Lethlean - The Australian
Hawkes and Crosby - Anstead QLD 4070 - "This new rural Brisbane cafe has plenty to offer, unfortunately timely service isn’t one of them." Des Houghton - Courier Mail
Ichi Ni Na Na - Fitzroy VIC 3065 - "It’s a menu is built for sharing with little plates priced for ordering with abandon. ... Though there are much better places for partytime Japanese — Toko in Prahran, for instance — you won’t find it served at all hours or at this price. It’s cheap, cheerful and certainly fun, and though it still needs work, I applaud the open open-all hours vision." Dan Stock - Herald Sun
Marion Wine Bar - Fitzroy VIC 3065 - "And while the formula is now familiar – the short, sharp snack menu of seasonal dishes where the likes of seared duck hearts buried in herb and onion foliage with slips of smoky leg meat is king one day, gone the next, and where the focus is on interesting and not exclusively natural wines; and the policy of busting open a magnum for by-the-glass tastings is regularly enforced – no one’s tired of it. They do it well at the sunniest end of Gertrude Street." - Gemima Cody - The Age
Chomolungma - Manuka ACT 2603 - "Someone once described Nepalese cooking to me as a happy meeting of India and China – you can get both dumplings and a curry. ... The mainstay of the menu appears to be the thali ... a reference to the metal platters divvied up into little compartments that you fill with rice, dhal, curry, condiments. ... Chomolungma’s thalis come in a variety of flavours, including a scramble of vegetables; goat, chicken and beef curries; or stir-fried noodles (‘‘chau chau’’)." - Natasha Rudra - The Canberra Times
Foy's Kirribilli Restaurant - Kirribilli NSW 2061 - "... has recruited chef Fernando Sanchez’s (ex-Food Society, left) to put a modern spin on some classics and the results are ... mixed. ... But a restaurant situated on such breathtaking, waterfront real estate has to do so much better than this." - Amy Harris - Sunday Telegraph
