360 Bar & Dining

LOCATION
Sydney CBD close to Myers, David Jones and QVB. Enter Westfield Centre, between Pitt & Castlereagh Streets.

DETAILS
360 Bar and Dining is the glamorous incarnation of Sydney Tower's Level 1 restaurant, lavishly refitted by acclaimed designer Michael McCann of Dreamtime Design.The unique revolving floor system 305 metres above sea level enables guests to enjoy a dining journey, with 360 degree views of Sydney and beyond. With dramatic pendant light sculptures and an interior of hand-carved mahogany, bronze and mirror walls and chocolate-brown leather booths and chairs, 360 Bar and Dining is truly one of the most striking and elegant restaurants Sydney has seen. The illuminated six-metre long tortoise-shell bar, seemingly suspended in space, is sure to become a place to see and be seen in Sydney's cocktail culture.

PROFILED BY DE GROOTS MEDIA
The amazing night-time view gives it a tourist trap reputation, but this sky-high restaurant offers very fine dining indeed. My visit recently was so dazzling it’s hard to condense into specific fragments, but here goes: a Spring Carnival cocktail, rimmed with pink sherbet, rinsed away the tension of the day while the setting sun beamed in through the continuous floor-to-ceiling windows. For entree, the caramelised pork belly and roast bug tail complemented each other so perfectly the words “surf and turf” didn’t even flit across my radar. The veal main course (poached veal loin, braised veal belly and roast sweetbread) went exquisitly with the extra option of shaved fresh black truffles.

During the day you can see as far as the Blue Mountains and south past the airport to the National Park, once night falls the city becomes a carpet of twinkling fairy lights and 360 evolves into a silver service, fine dining palace. The winning service fits perfectly into the razzle-dazzle decor. The desserts are frivolous and fun; children’s fancies adapted to grown-up tastes. Chocolate crackle ice-cream and a shot of warm chocolate milkshake escorts the cocoa nut brownie to the table, and divine vanilla bean creme brulee is funked up with banana jam ice-cream and a playful sprinkle of chewy caramel popcorn.

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