Machiavelli - Darlinghurst

We arrived on a table of 8.45 clock and did not sit until 9.15 clock, we were told to wait at the bar, no offer of a complementary drink for the inconvenience, fairly bad service for a restaurant of this alleged quality. the wine list is somewhat overpriced, very little choice at under $100 a bottle and eating was sad average for the inflatable price. $49 for seafood risotto.... real young, not cafe sydney. think about their marketing because they missed a trick with us, we would have just spent more if their headline prices were more reasonable, as strange as that sounds. we decided to have only one bottle of wine and drive to the house to stay more and pay their prices.

Very International feel to this very cosmopolitan restaurant . Food and service is great. Atmosphere very grown up and a bit glam.

Unfortunately there was some sort of system error/failure, so our order was lost. And we were left waiting quite a long time for our meal. Otherwise I couldn't fault Bar Machiavelli.

Love the vibe and the food. Wine list expensive. Maitre d ' a little offhand though under the pump. Needs to focus on one set of customers at a time rather than leave people 'hovering ' after starting to direct us to a table and then whizzing back to the desk. Some floor staff seemed a bit deer in the headlights and overwhelmed. Will return as have been on less busy nights and dined at the bar and atmosphere much more relaxed.

Great atmosphere and held high hopes based on the original clarence street restaurant. However was disappointed. The dishes seemed to lack the same quality for the price. Bring back the original Antipasto plate from clarence st.