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| The Inter Continental Hotel in Sydney occupies a prime spot, right on the edge of Sydney Harbour and through its classic 19th century architecture fits beautifully with the surrounds of the historic Rocks area of the city. Wonderful views of Sydney opera House and the Harbour Bridge also help to define what is a popular and attractive location. With all the refinements of an established elegant luxury hotel, the Intercontinental also has as its showpiece one of the best restaurants in Sydney, the Cafe Opera. |
| Cafe Opera exemplifies all the grandeur and classic style of the hotel and offers a truly stylish and elegant environment for dining, perfectly suited for a romantic dinner for two or for meeting with friends and colleagues to experience a memorable fine dining session. The hotel is housed in the historic treasury building of the city and Cafe Opera makes the most of the beautiful surrounds in the first level of the building. |
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Cafe Opera
Intercontinental Hotel, 117 Macquarrie Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
Tel : +61 2 9240 1396
Fax : +61 2 9240 1240
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| Grand interiors make for a decadent and opulent experience and this is as true of the dining within the Cafe Opera as the other features of this classic hotel. It also helps to redefine the concept of buffet dining into an art form. Three cooking stations form the culinary heart of the restaurant and the buffet delights on offer change regularly to reflect the best available seasonal produce and nightly to present tastes from around the world. Specialities from Spain, France, and Italy are commonplace as are Asian options too but the restaurant really comes to life during weekends when the deluxe seafood buffet attracts keen seafood gastronomes from near and far. |
| Certainly a major part of the dining experience in Cafe Opera is watching the chefs at work within the live cooking stations, adding a sense of the dramatic, and enlivening the senses for the culinary delights to come. The buffet philosophy extends to the desserts too with a series of incredible sweet options. While the buffet remains the most popular dining option within Cafe Opera, the a la carte menu truly does justice to the classic dining environment. |
| Pasta, grills and risotto are popular features on the a la carte menu as are lighter snacks and a selection of delicious vegetarian options. Perennial favourites are kangaroo tart of cauliflower and the Sydney rock oysters with lemon. Club or steak sandwiches are also popular. When it comes to sweets it is hard to choose between the hazelnut creme brulee, and the Spanish madera pear with chocolate macaroon, or perhaps the mixed berries with caramel ice cream or rhubarb and peach crumble. The choice is yours and within Cafe Opera there is plenty to choose from. |
| The great thing about incorporating buffet dining into an a la carte restaurant is the flexibility of dining options. Buffet breakfasts, lunches and dinners are served within the restaurant and the a la carte menu finds its natural time in the evenings to come to life for that special event or occasion or simply just to enjoy the cuisine and service which best reflects the wonderful classic environment. For fresh breads, croissants, pastries and juices there is no better place to have breakfast and for sumptuous lavish and decadent meals, there can be few better places to enjoy dinner. |
| Cafe Opera is of course fully licensed and has an impressive wine cellar stocked with Old and New World selections to complement any meal. This should come as no surprise given the hotel is built on the site of Australia's first vineyard. The InterContinental additionally has exquisite lounge spaces in which to enjoy a pre dinner aperitif or post dinner cocktail.r |
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