Tag Archives: David Doyle

TWR & The Talis Sterns effect

The Talis effect was  in full force last night. At the start of the day yesterday it was raw emotion, clearly we were going nowhere.  Things were just not happening as they should have been, all the bar detailing seemed miles away. When were those chandeliers going up?  The kitchens, problems not just in Spice, which was a [...]

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A few small hiccups

Walking into The Waiting Room and Spice Temple Monday afternoon did not fill me with confidence.  We are a long way behind where I expected to be after feeling so confident on Thursday. The bar is in no way going to be ready for the staff to start cleaning down and stacking the bars. Plan B; we [...]

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Spice Temple Melbourne – progress report

The building has hit fever pitch. The tiling is done on the kitchen floor, stainless panels in next week. The exhaust system is going up then the ceilings can go in. Kitchen equipment arrives on the 15th. Spice Temple will be up and running in the next 6 weeks…believe it, yes it will happen!!

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Spice Temple – Good Food Guide 2011

 Our review as seen in the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2011 Spice Temple, 10 Bligh Street, Sydney Telephone: 02 8078 1888 1 hat – 15.5/20 From the startling front door with its alluring animated imaging to its starkly pale bar and low-lit, night-clubby, basement dining room, Spice Temple is the modern Chinese place [...]

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Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney – Good Food Guide 2011

 Our review as seen in the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2011 Rockpool Bar & Grill, 66 Hunter Street, Sydney Telephone: 02 8078 1900 2 hats – 16.5/20 wine list of the year It may be sacrilege to say this in Sydney, but who needs harbour views? Neil Perry’s green-marbled art deco showstopper boasts [...]

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Wine List Awards for Bar & Grill Melbourne

Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne wins four awards at Fine Wine Partners/Gourmet Traveller WINE’S  2010 Wine List of the Year Awards 5 August 2010: At Monday night’s announcement of Fine Wine Partners and Gourmet Traveller WINE’s 2010 Australian Wine List of the Year Awards, Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne scooped four major awards including ‘Overall [...]

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Rockpool Bar & Grill's Grand Award

Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney wins top international wine list award Restaurant makes history winning Wine Spectator Grand Award 15 July 2010:  Leading wine and lifestyle magazine, New York based Wine Spectator has announced Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney as the first ever recipient in the Southern Hemisphere to receive a Grand Award in the [...]

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Who fancies a burger? In Perth?

The beginning of beautiful things in Perth.  Well, it is official!  Perth will get a Rockpool Bar & Grill early next year and we couldn’t be more excited about it.  We shall be focusing, as always, on the wonderful quality of ingredients in Western Australia. And we’ll also be bringing good cooking skills and great service.  [...]

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Great Wines of the World Dinner – this Sunday

As a part of the 2010 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival, Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne, will be hosting an exclusive ‘Great Wines of the World Dinner’ in the restaurant’s private dining room this Sunday, 21 March 2010.  At this once-in-a-lifetime dinner, Perry will craft an exclusive menu using the finest produce to complement a [...]

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Great Wines of the World Dinner – update

Great Wines of the World Dinner Sunday 21 March, from 6pm at Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne A unique opportunity to join David Doyle, owner of Rockpool Bar & Grill, Andrew Caillard MW, Langton’s Fine Wine Auctions, James Halliday, wine writer and judge, and David Lawler, Sommelier Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne for this dinner. [...]

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