Category Archives: CBD – Town Hall

Madame Nhu at The Galeries, Town Hall

Food courts are usually not very inspiring places to have a meal, but some of the CBD food courts have been getting quite fancy lately. One of my favourites is the revamped The Galeries food hall in the basement of the shopping complex, just a short stroll from Town Hall station. The food hall exudes a modern vibe with bright colours and interestingly shaped decorations which make it feel much less like a dull conventional food court. The Galeries food hall also offers quite a few gourmet eating options like outlets of the ever popular Ichiban Boshi ramen and Chat Thai, which thankfully have much shorter lines than their restaurant counterparts.

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The Rook, Town Hall

Sydney has seen quite a few new eateries popping up in recent months and one which has caught my attention is The Rook, a casual rooftop bar that also serves up some nice dishes. I am huge fan of rooftop bars and I wish that they were more common in Sydney, so I was pretty happy to discover that The Rook is located conveniently on York Street at the top of a nondescript office building just a street away from Myer.

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Senyai, Town Hall

The centrally located Regent Place complex at Town Hall has been getting a bit of a makeover in recent months with a few new tenants moving in such as Senyai, a hawker style Thai restaurant tucked away in the back corner next to Assembly Bar.

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Chanoma Café, Town Hall

Regent Place has recently seen a string of new restaurants open in the last 6 months and one of them is Chanoma Café, a matcha (green tea) tea house  It is small and cosy and a quick glance at the menu shows a large variety of cold green tea drinks, hot teas, lattes, desserts and fusion hot dogs which catch my eye.

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Gowings Bar and Grill, Town Hall

Hidden upstairs in the building next door to the newly opened Topshop is a bustling restaurant called Gowings Bar and Grill which brings alive the history of the original building with its name and rejuvenates it with a European brasserie concept.

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