Cafe del Mar

The food here is top shelf and the wraps are fresh AF. Love the juices here and it’s a pleasure coming here. The coffee is smack on wonderful.

I have only been during the evenings and never had a meal here yet. Besides those two factors, I can vouch that everything else in this place is absolutely great. The variety of cocktails is quite nice and the service was great. Everyone on our table agreed that Cafe Del Mar has absolutely the best espresso martini in Sydney (same goes for all the martinis on the menu (big birthday night!!)). The outdoor space is perfect for a night out and even though the ambience inside is quite aesthetic and interesting, the outside seemed cozier and filled with more vibrant energy.

My experience at Cafe Del Mar was not good. I emailed Cafe Del Mar more than a month in advance requesting a booking for 15 people on the Terrace for Jan 29th. This was booked smoothly. On the morning of Jan 29th, someone called me confirming the reservation for 15 people on the Terrace. When we arrived at Cafe Del Mar that evening I was told by the host that because of the weather we had been moved inside because there was already an event with over 100 people outside and they had priority. We were taken to a corner inside which was very dark and had individual chairs and a couple of couches very spread out - not suitable for my friends and I to socialise. I asked the host if we could possibly sit outside - she replied that she would need to ask the manager. The manager came over and said we could move the chairs close together but unless we wanted to sit in the rain we couldn't be outside. I told him whilst we understood he could not control the weather, this was very disappointing considering nobody had let me know that the booking was no longer outside and that Cafe Del Mar had confirmed my Terrace booking over the phone that very morning. He apologised for this and said someone should have let me know. He then told us we would need to go outside to order our drinks. Considering there was a huge event on (which again no one had told me) the lines were extremely long. I asked the manager that given the failure of Cafe del Mar to communicate the change in arrangements if we could order drinks from our table. It seemed reasonable that since we now had to sit inside we would also be able to order our drinks inside. There were plenty of waitstaff around. The manager, I believe his name was Paul, then became extremely angry, rude and aggressive - waving his hands in my face and pointing saying if we wanted a private waiter we needed to spend $3000 and that I should have had to pay for my reservation in the first place and that it wasn't his fault it was raining. My partner came over at this point to talk to him because he could see how upset and threatened I was feeling by this man. I explained that We were happy to open a tab and pay all together at the end. He then continued in the same condescending aggressive tone re-iterating that we would need to pay $3000 if we wanted to order inside. I was ready to leave at this point because this was some of the worst customer service I had ever come across; I couldn't believe how rude this manager was being to a group of paying customers. A lovely waitress, Anna came over and hugged me as I was in tears. I had chosen Cafe Del Mar for my 21st birthday and it was being ruined by this dreadful behaviour from the Manager. She said she and her friend Cody would serve us and we could order our drinks with them. They came to our table every 15 mins, checked on us, took our orders and were o lovely. They could not have been more helpful and nice. If it wasn't for Anna and Codee I would have taken my group and gone elsewhere. As for the manager Paul, he was extremely rude, unhelpful and clearly did not value our custom or have any care for our experience at Cafe del Mar. Also I emailed this feedback to them months ago and no one ever replied to me!

Afternoon's are good for a meaningful chat and the local white wine was great.

A fancy restaurant with good service. I felt like we’re looked after very well with a waiter who has very short light color hair. I was watching his move and seems like he was super nice to everybody else, he even ran to other staff started cleaning a empty table and took over her work. Very friendly but really respectful attitude to us. We enjoyed foods and nice recommend wine, also interesting dessert with nitro(?) , it was nice to take some photos/video! Some food was a bit tasteless because of not enough salt for me, especially I wanted enjoy food with drink. But overall it was pretty good experience, nice view and there’s a DJ looked after music. I liked a mocktail called Virgin mojito.

I would have given them 5 stars if the amenities weren’t disaster! Considering the location of the place and food quality , they definitely need to fix and clean the toilets on a regular basis ! However no complaints with the food. It was delicious but yes its a bit too pricy for the portion size though. The service could have been better as it feels like the waitresses want you to leave as soon as you finish the food and leaves an impatient impression all the time even though it wasn’t busy at all during our stay.

Went for drinks on a Thursday - great views from verandah. Good wine and cocktails- expensive but prices match that of all Darling Harbour so not a surprise!

Beef cheek is super goood. The chocolate sunset is amazing too. Perfect sweetness with crunchy salted caramel and almond

Fantastic views good selection of alcohol.Frendly staff

Fantastic food! Wonderful atmosphere and friendly staff. And it's in the Entertainment book... so a fabulous night out at a great price.