Restaurant Guide

Icebergs Dining Room & Bar: Restaurant review

Some come to Icebergs for the scenery, others just for the scene. Some people even come for the food.

Address

1 Notts Ave
Bondi Beach, Sydney, NSW

Hours

Bunch Sun 10am-11.30am
Lunch daily noon-3pm
Dinner Mon-Thu 6.30pm-9.30pm, Fri-Sat 6.30pm-10pm, Sun 6.30pm-8.30pm

Prices

E $22-$32
M $48-$52
D $18-$22;
Tasting menu $145

A plate of blushing tuna tartare, dotted with beetroot-pickled radish, fennel pollen and trout roe is set down by a waiter in a white jacket. There's loud applause. But it's not for the beauty of the dish, nor the theatre of mixing it tableside. It's for a proposal, the second of the day. There's much to love about Icebergs – where else can you feel the ocean breeze on your face as you fork hand-rolled spinach spaghetti with nubs of slow-roasted lamb, eggplant and juniper spice? Or pesce del giorno: perhaps blue-eye trevalla with skin of glass-like crispness, and scales of anchovy-buttered kipflers, oxalis, cime di rapa, radish and briny Alto olives. There's a brightness to the modern Italo-style menu, matched by an equally spirited floor team, wine list and soundtrack. Tiramisù for two, meanwhile, is well worthy of its Icebergs legend status, a treasure chest of jelly cubes, coffee sorbet and more. What on earth is in it? "Everything," says the sommelier. Don't wait for an occasion. Just say I do.
Phone:
(02) 9365 9000
Website:
idrb.com
Bookings:
Bookings recommended
Features:
  • Licensed
  • Bar
  • Vegetarian-friendly
  • Wheelchair access
  • Private room
  • Impressive wine list
Accepted card types:
  • American Express
  • Eftpos
  • MasterCard
  • Visa
Chef:
Monty Koludrovic
This review was made independently for the Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide. The guide's reviewers visit unannounced and pay their way.