Located in a 1930's beach club along Sydney's Balmoral Beach, a washed-out stucco monument to Australia's art deco movement offers a pristine beach eatery for fancy lunchers and celebrity diners. The façade of the building is inscribed with period details and large entryway that divides the main restaurant located at the northern corner of the building from the more casual cafe. The restaurant is designed with high ceilings for optimal acoustics, crackling fireplace in winter and armchairs suitable for keeping star-diners like Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts comfortable. The adjacent sister-café is far more casual with an airy dining room of honey-colored hardwood floors accented by modernist Scandinavian chairs and all-white tableware.
The Food
The main dining room specialties in a seasonal menu of locally produced ingredients derived from organic farms. Appetizers include a seafood platter of scampi, kingfish, tuna and scallops as well as a roasted duck salad with Mizuna leaves and macadamia nuts. Main entrees stray between land and sea with a roasted rabbit or venison with sautéed mushrooms to a bacon-wrapped Barramundi or juicy John Dory. The menu varies between three and five courses for lunch and dinner, with option wine pairing and cheese course.
Last Word
In a city that isn't short on surfside eating establishments, Bather’s Pavilion is one of the best.
