Comments on: Rise, Darlinghurst

By: Jazushi, Surry Hills | eatshowandtell

Jazushi, Surry Hills | eatshowandtell — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:13:50 +0000

[...] trend these days. It is a fusion of Japanese and Eurasion elements, much like what you can find at Rise. The main dining area consists of communal tables and dimly lit lights. It has a nice feel about it [...]

By: squishies

squishies — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:47:54 +0000

lol okay.

I’m actually more worried how I’ll be able to take photos without the flash >_< bah

By: poptart

poptart — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:12:56 +0000

No. 2 is way out of town for me. Being unable to drive, my list consists mainly of places that I can access via sydney’s reliable (!) public transport.

Balzac degust – BAD! The only things that didn’t make it a waste of time was the company, their eton mess and bread and butter pudding. The actual food missed the mark completely for me – there’s a fine line between subtle and bland they didn’t seem to know it.

Squishies – remember to order up on the tea at Tetsuya’s! It’s free! lol Hopefully he picks up his game from last year!

By: connico

connico — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:41:59 +0000

Then my response would be no, the rise degustation is not worth 100 bucks a head. But its not meant to be, they price it accordingly to what they put into the dishes.

Its like when I went to bilson’s or tets, from the get go I knew it was going to be an experience worthly of the money I put down. So I can say the same to rise, it does not over price which is why I like them so much.

Regardless I hope on your short list you have No. 2 Oak Street, that is one hell of a resturant.

Anyhows, i havent been to a degustation restaurant and and thought “its not worth it” most of them a very careful as a degustation menu is a huge risk

By: squishies

squishies — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:35:54 +0000

Generally, I would, but only if it was worth it… though even then I wouldn’t do it very often.

By: poptart

poptart — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:33:19 +0000

oh i meant would you do the rise degust if it costs $100 because the food was worth it.

and atelier is on my hit list albeit just a little further down! next up though is forty one for a friend’s b’day

By: connico

connico — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:25:06 +0000

I used to regularly eat out and paying 100 a head per week on a restaurant really was just normal.

I dont eat out much these days as i tend to cook myself and also trying to save..

Last degustation menu i hit was atelier. Thier weekday special was really worth while.

By: poptart

poptart — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:51:43 +0000

aside from it being value for money, would you guys spend say $100-ish (reasonable by other restaurants’ rates) for the degust based on the merit of the dishes alone?

By: squishies

squishies — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:21:45 +0000

Totally agree with you there connico, I was actually really surprised at how (relatively) cheap it was! Value for money I thought, considering we left the restaurant feeling (surprisingly) quite full. =)

By: Howie

Howie — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:43:39 +0000

ok interesting looks like they have tweaked the menu a bit

http://www.riserestaurant.com.au/menu_eng/index.htm/-/mode_view-detail

By: Howie

Howie — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:37:54 +0000

Have they changed much, Squishies and I went pretty close to each other in terms of time frame and nothing changed.

I’m going to give it another go as we have an entertainment book voucher (I think). I found their ‘entrees’ better than the actual mains.

By: Connico

Connico — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:09:31 +0000

One of the more affordable degustation menus, i rather like the place and make a trip every few months to see what they have changed on the menu.