Aqua Dining - MILSONS POINT

Amazing dinner in a very special location. Staff is amazing and looks after you in every way possible. The food was superb. We were full but comfortable. We were not rushed and enjoyed every minutw of it. I definately would go back again next time I am in the area.

The food was expensive but amazing food and the flavours oh my god so nice and I loved the fine dining experience with a view of the harbour bridge and Luna park. Worth the money.

This has become without a doubt one of the best restaurants around town. With Luna Park on one side, the view of the harbour bridge and the Opera House on a other, and the harbour in between,, you're definitely spoilt for choice when it comes to the view. The waiters are some of the best, and by our third visit (within a 5 week period) knew us by name, and even remembered my youngest sons favourite meal,, which was specially designed by the chef on our second visit. The food is incredible,, you will never be disappointed with the range of flavours, and with a choice of 2, 3 or even 4 courses,, you won't ever leave hungry. From fresh seafood, hand made pastas and hearty meats,, there is something available to please everyone's palate. They have specials on the weekend, and for such a well established restaurant,, is awesome,, though make sure y book ahead,, most times are booked at least two weeks in advance. If you have guests and want to impress them with an amazing evening in Sydney, without having to go into the city,, this is the place for you.

Aqua dining is located on Milsons Point, next to Luna Park. Not the easiest place to find but make your way towards the stairs leading down to Luna Park and you'll find the entrance to the restaurant above the pool. The restaurant leads downstairs, but there is a lift if you need it. The waterfront restaurant is long and has dual rows of tables, one against the wall with couch style seats, which is where we sat, and the other near the windows. Both have incredible unrivalled views of the harbour and it is really pleasant to simply sit and admire the beautiful location. You can see the ferries travelling by, as well as the stunning harbour bridge. It simply is a marvellous location. The day we were there, it was freezing cold, and they had the heat pumped up (slightly too much), but it felt very comforting. We had a party of 9 and they took us to our table, presented us with menus and shortly took a drink order. The service here is A class. They were extremely attentive, filling up glasses, removing plates quickly and presenting the food promptly and it was completely unobtrusive. We were extremely grateful for this, and they didn't seem to mind us handing around presents and staying there for about 4 hours. We also note the venue suits all crowds. A family had a small child there, there were business workers and a large group like ours. We went on a Sunday which is thoroughly recommended as they offer three courses for $75 (normally 2 courses for that price) and you can also BYO your own bottle of wine at $15 corkage which is a big saving for us as the diner. We like fine dining and so does my father, but our other family members such as my sister and mother are quite traditional eaters, and a vegetarian in the group and we found the menu here suits a range of eaters. It is fine dining food that isn't too outrageous for the diner who doesn't take a lot of risks. The food here was absolutely incredible, both in taste and presentation. They describe themselves as contemporary Italian, though to the unknown, you'd probably think it was modern Australian. Given we had a party of 9, we tried a range of different dishes. Plenty of the options are gluten and/or dairy free and some are also vegan. We sampled the outstanding sashimi version of Moreton Bay bug with chickpea and mint as well as the chilled oysters with freeze dried raspberry, white balsamic. Both beautiful seafood options. We also shared the impressively presented baked onion with tomato and smoked cheddar (gf/v) as well as the salt baked beetroot, pomegranate, goat's milk, Szechuan pepper (gf/v). Absolutely lovely. Given it's an Italian restaurant, there's a number of pasta dishes on offer. We tried the Risotto, with nettle, pine nuts (gf/v) and it was thoroughly enjoyed. You can select a pasta as either one of your entrée or main dish selections. For mains, we enjoyed the amazingly tender dry aged duck breast, red witlof with pickled blackberries as well as the ever popular, melt in your mouth beef cheek with roast pumpkin, sage, port. We had a few bowls of the crunchy roast potatoes with rosemary as well. All meal options were delicious and we could not fault anything. Desserts were also of a high standard and we sampled most including the salted caramel vacherin, chocolate sorbet (gf), the White chocolate ginger panna cotta, lime coconut, miso sablé and my favourite, the Pearl barley ice cream, coffee crumble, caramel. So delicate and creamy. We also loved the cheese platters. Just when you think you're finished, they bring out some sweet petit fours! We loved our visit to Aqua Dining and certainly will be back!

Wow we had such a lovely time in a pretty unlikely location. Aqua is above the public Olympic swimming pool in north Sydney. But don't be deceived. The view is absolutely stunning of the sydney opera house and iron bridge. Not to mention the swimming pool itself. A neat place and great food!