Our first three-hatted dining experience here in Sydney, absolutely top-class food and service, also the portion is bigger than most fine-dining in Sydney, doesn’t feel like we spent 4 hours at the restaurant! Hope we can come back again, can’t wait!

Sixpenny is one of the best fine dining restaurants in Sydney for the finer taste. Although the venue is not big and looks already quite dated, but the service was superb although all tables were full. Most importantly the 6 courses of food served on...the table tasted very good and finely seasoned. The presentation was not overly done like several other overrated venues with more emphasised on too much of gimmicky presentation but not tasting fine enough.More

The service is amazing and the food exceptional. I extremely nice touch having the chefs explain each dish. Great wine selection and the bread is next level. One little disappointment is that to charge a credit card surcharge on top of an expensive meal I...think should be able to be absorbed as part of the price.More

Attention to detail in service, preparation and service right down to synchronised plate laying on tables. Great theatre! We had the paired wine tasting menu. Amazing food-delicate,punchy and ingenious flavours combined to delight and entice the taste buds. We said delicious many times! Two guests...per staff member to ensure that the overall experience is prestigious and attentive. Save your pennies for fabulous dining experience! Decadent and moorish! Well worth it!More

Terrific restaurant, incredible attention to putting together flavours and textures, very professional yet friendly and comfortable setting and service, really top class. Certainly not cheap and only a tasting menu on offer but a really wonderful experience from start to finish. One of our best...Sydney meals.More

We had a lovely night. Food was beautiful no complaints at all. Service was spot on as well. Just a few points for consideration. There was only one alcoholic cocktail on the menu. All other restaurants of this caliber have had multiple to choose from....My second observation was they did not have coffee options such as cappuccino or macchiato which would of been great to have with the desserts. Otherwise very nice. I would recommend.More

We were a group of six who enjoyed the degustation menu which comprised 11 courses in all plus bread at $195 per person. The 11 courses included four bite sized starters (smoked eel croissant, pecorino doughnut, eggplant and yoghurt tart and Pai tea with Tuna),...three entrees (Red emperor, kangaroo tartare and Spencer Gulf squid), two mains (Spanish Mackerel and Borrowdale pork loin) and two desserts (Mead vinegar custard with raspberry and strawberry and goat's milk yoghurt parfait with rhubarb). Most of the dishes were thoroughly enjoyed by all and appreciated for their creativeness. There were though a couple of misses across the group. Wine and drinks menu was extensive and expensive. Negroni's for instance were $23 each and there were substantially more bottles of wine over $100 and substantially above this amount than there were below $100. The wine list included bottles sourced locally as well as from France and Italy amongst others. Service was quite formal although the explanations of some of the dishes were missed as some waiters raced through them. Pleased that we came again, our last visit with the same people was a few years prior, but at over $540 per couple before a tip we will not be rushing back.More

creative and unique dishes. interesting wine list. cozy and comfortable setting. professional yet friendly service. An anjoyable dinner for sure. Highly recommended!

Lots of long form reviews here so I’ll be brief. A... Mazing. Truly! There for dinner on a Saturday night for a significant birthday - was magical. Not a bum note (apart from a few broken glasses which can happen anywhere). Ambiance, food, service... spot...on. A memorable evening indeed. This is a Sydney gem! THANK YOU.More

Absolutely wonderful. I’m a coeliac and the standard of food was wonderful. I also by choice don’t eat red meat,squid, oysters, but will always at least try if offered in a degustation. I’m so glad I did, the kangaroo tartare tasted delicious however the knockout...dish for me was the oddly paired squid and mushroom that was just divine. It’s a testament to their skill if they can get a failed wannabe vegetarian to eat kangaroo and squid. We opted for the wine pairing and were not disappointed and discovered a lovely wine from Bathurst of all places.More

‘The best'? Enjoyment of food always depends on place, time, company... But sixpenny Stanmore is certainly my main contender for that superlative. Perhaps the best meal I’ve ever had. And one reason was that it was the food that did it. It wasn’t the setting,...the decor or even the service (all of which were excellent). The food. The cruller and kombu tart were a great start, but things generally got better and better... Kangaroo tartare? Sensational. Slightly gamey, spicey, gorgeous. The dried cheese thingy on top was, perhaps, superfluous, but perhaps added a salty edge to the ‘roo. The absolute, unbelievable, standout for me was the sea bass with sour beer and lemon Myrtle (I'm sure he said sea bass, rather than dory, as is listed on the menu). Just an unbelievable combination of flavours which shouldn’t really work, but does on such a level as to make the dish something beyond anything I’ve ever tasted before. Taste is, of course, entirely subjective, but this was the best dish I’ve ever tasted. And I don’t like fish much. Everything else, including desserts, was superb. Another thing worth its own paragraph is the wine matching, which was, apart from one miss, sensational. And let’s face it, the miss was just me. Go. Enjoy.More

Restaurant Sixpenny, we learn is named after the sixpence restaurants that operated in the late 1800s in Australia. Generally these were 5 or six courses with pastry for six pence. Now, be sure to save your pennies to dine here, for it costs a fair...tad more than that today. Your seven course degustation will set you back $175 pp. Despite its high cost, it is one worth saving for a special occasion and it is one of a few restaurants awarded the prestigious 3 hats in Good Food guide to back it up. Located in Stanmore in part residential area the top end of the shops, it’s a quaint little property in an historic house from 1907. The Restauran is well sectioned off well to provide an intimate feel. They are also following the COVIDSafe practices and we are required to use a QR code to scan in and view the menu. From start to finish, the service was impeccable, very attentive and not at all pretentious. A nice touch with the Chef’s presenting each of the seven dishes to the table explaing what each entails. The sommelier also did a good job of recommending wine to our liking. The menu at Sixpenny has a modern Australian vibe to it, paying homage to Australian proteins, produce and flavours. They like to use local suppliers, growers and producers from around Australia. The meal begins with two snacks; a Crueller with mascarpone/ like a small donut with the consistency of a churro. This was accompanied by the Kombu tart with smoked eggplant, a delicately constructed disc, the pastry nice a crisp and disappearing in a single bite. The bread at Sixpenny was very impressive. They served two types, white sourdough and the second (served later in the degustation) is twice baked using leftover bread mixed with coffee grinds from the aeropress and maple syrup. They come warm, fluffy centres, crispy crusts and served with a mascarpone butter. Honestly the best bread we’ve had! The first dish of the seven courses was the cured bonito with cucumber and citrus pepper. A lovely fresh dish, which we have heard that bonito is great served raw and this dish cetainly proved this to be correct. The flavours of this dish had us salivating and cleansed the palate in preparation for what was to follow. Their incredible Kangaroo Tartare came topped with a thin sweet potato cracker and dried cheese. We love a good Tartare and this certainly hit the mark, beatifully seasoned and the cheese on the super crisp top provided a nice smooth addition in what is a wonderful, textural flavour concept. The Spencer’s gulf squid with mushrooms and smoked squid broth is a very pretty dish. The squid is so delicately prepared, cut to look like flowers and were melt in your mouth, the broth carried well with the squid and we loved the earthy, smokey umami flavours. The Grouper in a liquid of Sour beer and lemon Myrtle was a favourite, the flakey fish caramelised on the outside, and super tender within. The sour beer and lemon myrtle foam was the perfect flavour to combine with the fish and we savoued every bite. The final savoury dish consisted of three slices of borrowdale pork loin with malted barley and confit garlic. Topped with a piece of crispy kale that looked like a flower. The pork was succulent, and the glossy sauce had incredible flavour and silky texture. This brings us to their desserts, the first of which was a Dorset, a mead vinegar custard topped with frozen raspberries & strawberry consommé. You’re met with the natural sweetness of honey, balanced by the acidity of the frozen fruit. Then came the Poached quince served atop a goats milk and Swiss meringue super creamy texture and the acidity of the quince a nice contrast. Whilst both desserts were lovely, we do find the combination of two creamy desserts to be an interesting choice. We’d personally like something with different textures or flavours, like a cake or chocolate option. However, the meal finished with some amazing Madelines which was a nice touch. We decided to finish off with a coffee. They don’t have a coffee machine but there’s aeropress available at a cost of $8 a cup! The coffee came with mini cookies in a ceramic cookie jar, very Australiana and the cookies were a house made monte carlo, chocolate and chocolate chip. We really enjoyed our experience at Sixpenny. In particular we love that they championed Australian ingredients and the touches of quirky Australiana, through the use Australian artists in their ceramics and interiors. Overall, a great experience and well suited to a special occasion.More