Solander Dining & Bar

This was my second time at this restaurant and it did not disappoint. I attended last night for dinner with a friend. What delicious dishes they serve. Every dish was special and delicious. Congratulations to the Chef and his staff for excellent dishes. We had chicken terrine, cured gin salmon for entrees, the my friend had the wallaby dish which was perfect. Highly recommended. Love the decor, the chilled ambiance and service as well as the attention to detail.

Outstanding meal great ambience and food to match. Our waiter was Luca, and I cannot praise his service and attitude all with a smile. A really great evening we'll definitely go back. I give it 5 stars.

The food was absolutely delicious! Our entrees that our table shared were the highlight - the charred bugs and gin cured salmon. We will be back!

We did have a great time! I came with my friend and the service was just spot on. I loved loved loved the presentation AND taste of the food!! Will come back again ❤️

Loved the ambiance and the food in this place. Great for a date night. The steak was amazing but the real highlight were the bugs. I will definitely be back!

Attentive service and staff had great recommendations. Great value for money with Firsttable! We ordered the Crack Pie (picture) as recommended by another reviewer and it did not disappoint. The first of many Firsttable adventures!

Food was divine!!

Excellent service, beautiful food. Thank you

What a wonderful evening!!!

Hadn't heard about this restaurant until we found it on the First Table website, but the reviews were good, so we thought we would give it a try. It was to celebrate my mum's 70th birthday, and we all had such a lovely night. The food is amazing, as was the service - would highly recommend.

And if you like dessert, be sure to try the Crack Pie - omg, delicious!!!

Really interesting menu, beautifully presented and great tasting. A very special night out. Thanks

The restaurant is perfect for a romantic dinner or fine dining celebration. The decor is moody sheike and the service was impeccable.
The highlight was definitely the food. My goodness. It is the kind of food you only experience a few times in your life.
We had the pork belly, beef fillet, venison and salmon main dishes. Absolutely beautiful experience!

Outstanding ambience, great food and wonderful hospitality. This is a great ‘undiscovered’ gem.

Beautiful food, ambience was fabulous. Finally, a restaurant where we could hear each other, even with soft music playing in the background. Was so easy to get to with the Wilson parking across the road. We were ‘First Table’ customers, and I appreciated that ‘First’ Table was for 7pm as never would have made it before that. In fact, it was only reason why I chose it, but was so very happy I did. Excellent in every way.

Have been wanting to come here for some time to try a menu that looked refreshingly different. Happy to say it lived up to my expectations and I really loved it. The presentation of the dishes was beautiful, and the flavours fresh and unique. I liked the restaurant although for some the view of the street might not be their cup of tea. Will definitely return and I highly recommend it.

Very interesting menu with a wide range of unique dishes - and the staff were very helpful with their suggestions of what to order - delicious! Thanks

The service was excellent. Staff were extremely friendly and knowledgeable of the food and menu. The food itself was delicious and the restaurant was beautifully decorated providing a fine dining experience. Highly recommend

From start to finish our dining experience at Solander was 5 stars! We were seated on very comfortable chairs at a lovely window table with just the right low lighting. Our server Jewel was so friendly and knowledgeable assisting us with her recommendations on the food and the wine, i truly believe it really goes a long way when the staff have tasted the drinks and food menu. We had the the bugs and chicken parfait to start, delicious and full and flavour. For our mains my partner had the venison rack and I had the fillet steak which melted in mouth. All the dishes were beautifully presented and cooked perfectly. The lighting, decor and ambience in the restaurant is low lighting with plush seats and has a very romantic feel to it. Such a wonderful and pleasant evening at Solander, Thank you!

Solanders always delivers an above and beyond good experience. It is the perfect mix of flavours: ordering some flora and fauna mains gives the most complete night. Thanks to Luca who was, coincidentally, our waiter again, who made the night a laugh and a half!

We went for an anniversary dinner on a rainy winter's evening and found it a very enjoyable occasion all round. It was a nice enough location, but nothing special.
The service, however, was outstanding, and the food itself also very good indeed - different, but 'good different'.
Definitely worth a visit, and if it's a First Table early booking there's no reason to put it off!

Wow, absolutely wow
I initially wanted to try Solander because the menu looked interesting, so many familiar but different dishes (meaning the flora and fauna were familiar but i had never eaten them or eaten them in the ways listed)
but i never expected it to be sooooo good
firstly - sound levels and lighting are fantastic.
there was a live musician but he was situated so that you could hear him well but it wasn't disruptive to normal conversation (he was great btw, absolutely flawless).
the over all lighting is low but there was an individual light at the table and the waiters offered to turn it up if needed.
This place has a very romantic feel to it and would be great for a date if that's your thing.
the staff were exceptional too, very kind and friendly, well informed and attentive without being annoying
and then the food
OMG
we started with the Acacia and Banksia pot bread with black garlic butter
which was lovely and warm, my only criticism would be that the butter wasn't strong enough with the garlic flavours for my liking (but then i eat garlic by the tablespoon so....)
then we went to the mains
I ordered the slow cooked wallaby, my friend ordered the braised pork and we shared a salad of macadamia cheese with rocket, beetroot and glazed pecans, EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT
the serving sizes were excellent and I was thoroughly impressed as often these fancy kind of places are a bit stingy with the food (I like to eat....A Lot!)
I didn't have desert but i am definitely coming back soon to try everything
this was a 10/10 experience and I thoroughly recommend to everyone

We were searching for a restaurant that met our tough brief of great vegan and meat options in a stylish setting with fab service and great vibe. Solander delivered all of this and more in spades.

The environment is warm and inviting with a high end quality fit out and excellent design. A wonderful guitarist played for over two hours and the settled hum of good conversation was a lovely backdrop. Service was impeccable. Luca did a great job looking after us and was a master of knowing when to serve and when to stay away. Food was fresh, innovative and local + 5 star plating up’
Drinks were excellent too. And all other staff were brilliant.

I hope everyone has as good a time as we had at Solander.

We had a lovely meal here.
Arrived early so had a beer & bubbles at the bar.
Were moved to our dining table by a friendly staff member.
Ordered oysters Kilpatrick and the gin cured salmon for starters. Both were absolutely delicious.
Next we chose the beef cheeks with shitake mushrooms and Kakadu plums, fillet steak, wok fried sprouted broccoli and warrigal greens.
My husband said he has never tasted meat as tender as these cheeks, it just melted in your mouth.
My eye fillet was cooked perfectly, no need for the steak knife at all, and I let some little cubes of steak soak in the red wine jus - delicious!
The sides complimented our mains perfectly, the Warrigal greens having a distinct "bush" flavour and the brocolli was presented beautifully. Both sides were ample serves.
We would most definitely return here, meals were delicious and service was great.

I cannot recommend this restaurant enough, the food was absolutely incredible!

We went for a birthday and every single dish we ordered was 11/10.

The only thing I could fault was the ambience could have been improved with music as it felt everyone was not talking very loud so others would not overhear their conversation.

Would definitely go back.

The evening was perfect from start to finish: the service was wonderful - the staff didn't have to write anything down yet we got everything exactly as we asked for it (even with alterations!). Our waiter Luca was especially helpful with his wonderful understanding of the menu which was absolutely scrumptious. The gin-cured salmon, the charred green prawns, and the venison rack were standouts in their field, but you could not go wrong with anything on this menu!

The food was incredibly presented and delicious, the decor was fabulous (think luxurious purple and green velvet, in a gorgeous Art Deco venue with soft lighting) Great pricing and the service was fantastic as well, only downside was that I had wanted to leave a tip and the waitress bypassed the tip option on the card machine! Will definitely return...

Solander has great atmosphere. The food was sensational. Every bite was like heaven. I would highly recommended this place to anyone.

Probably one of best dining experiences to date and was only made affordable through this website. Simply put, their worst dish was their panna cotta desert and I still loved it. I would definitely come back her, the quality of meat they use and the techniques used to prepare them was high class. If I had one critique that was the way my beer was poured (half foam half liqud) but easily looked past this due to the their friendly and authentic staff who seemed to have a passion for food.

Everything about our lunch was perfect.
A sophisticated dining area which was quiet and cool. The food was delicious, our waitress was delightful and so helpful. All staff were professional and so courteous. We had a thoroughly enjoyable lunch and will be back often.5 stars.

Absolutely fantastic evening. The food was top quality, prepared with genuine talent. Beetroot risotto, kingfish, wallaby shanks, the greens seasonal special, salt baked chicken - all delightful. The oysters kilpatrick were amazing. The highlight was the venison - the best I have ever had, so tender (possibly fallow) and basted in a divinely complimentary jus. The service from Angela was commendable. This restaurant deserves to become one of Sydney’s notables. Do not hesitate to try it.