Monthly Archives: November 2015

All the best places for your next business lunch

Whether you need a quick mid-week pick me up from work or want to impress clients at your next business meeting, the following list of Sydney’s CBD gems are sure to please even the most exacting of tastes. Will a range of cuisines available, you can experience high quality dining at its best and return to work refreshed. If you need help getting there, be sure to check out Encore’s services. Our staff will take the fuss out of finding transport and get you there and back smoothly so you don’t miss a beat out of your work day.

Verde Restaurant
Cuisine: Italian

Address:

115 Riley St

Sydney NSW 2010

Opening Hours:

Lunch: Mon to Fri Noon – 3pm

Dinner: Mon to Sat 6pm – 10:30pm

With traditional Italian dishes, fine wine and great service Verde is the perfect place for the business diner and culinary crusader. Its private dining area and free wifi is ideal for conferences and features a tastefully designed interior to provide a relaxing atmosphere to enjoy your meal in.

Tetsuya’s
Cuisine: Japanese, Japanese French Fusion

Address:

529 Kent Street

Sydney NSW 2000

Opening Hours:

Lunch: Saturday from 12 noon

Dinner: Tuesday to Friday from 6.00pm

Escape from the hustle and bustle of the city to a peaceful Japanese haven. Located in the heart of Sydney, Tetsuya’s features a traditional Japanese garden, 3 main dining areas, 5 private rooms that cater for groups between 10 to 60 people and a bar for pre meal drinks. Its 10 course Japanese-French fusion degustation menu of seafood, quail and beef can only be described as a truly amazing culinary experience. With the incredible attention to detail and presentation, each dish arrives at your table as a piece of art. The staff are both professional and friendly and the service is exceptional.

The Glass Brasserie
Cuisine: Modern Australian

Address:

488 George Street

Sydney NSW 2000

Opening Hours:

Breakfast: Mon to Fri 6am – 10am

Lunch: Mon to Fri Noon – 3pm

Dinner: Mon to Sun 6pm – 10pm

The Glass Brasserie’s friendly and attentive staff serve up an excellent and extensive food and wine selection. It offers a 7 course degustation menu with matching wine or an elegant A La Carte menu featuring signature dishes such as the organic egg omelette of blue swimmer crab meat and enoki mushroom & herb salad served with a miso mustard broth. The crescent shaped seating plan is ideal for business meetings with multiple clients and their private dining area offers a captivating view of the Queen Victoria Building.

Guillaume at Bennelong
Cuisine: French

Address:

Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point

Sydney, NSW 2000

Opening Hours:

Lunch: Thu to Fri Noon – 3pm

Dinner: Mon to Sat 5:30pm – 11pm

Located on the southern side of the iconic Sydney Opera House, Guillaume at Bebbelong offers a variety of seating choices to suit your needs. Whether it is intimate booth seating or a private dining room for events, it is a pleasure to bask in the ambience of this remarkable location. Each dish whether it’s from the 8 course degustation menu or from the A La Carte menu, is crafted with impeccable attention to detail. The staff there endeavour to bring you a memorable dining experience with excellent knowledge of wines to accompany your meal.

Beyoncé’s stunning Mrs. Carter World Tour is coming to Sydney

With ten Grammys under her belt, pop sensation Beyoncé Knowles’ Mrs. Carter World Tour has solidified her status as one of the greatest modern day performers in existence.

Beyoncé has recently landed in Melbourne to begin the Australian leg of her fifth concert tour entitled the Mrs. Carter World Tour. Praised for her fierce performance style and impeccable choreography, the talented artist’s latest international tour is an incredible state of the art show with a no-expenses-spared budget. Beyoncé adds her own personal creative touch to make each of her shows unique and intimate, raising the standards bar amongst her contemporaries with her energy and effortless style of performance.

During her first Aussie show in Melbourne Beyoncé announced to adoring fans “This is not the show for you to sit down and be cool,” before embarking on a no holds barred performance which had everyone up on their feet. The Mrs. Carter World Tour set list is a perfect combo of chart topping hits which include ‘Crazy in Love’, ‘Baby Boy’, ‘Naughty Girl’ and ‘Survivor’ as well as highlights from her latest album 4. Beyoncé dazzled the audience with her intense dancing and vocal mastery as she switches from pop to vulnerable ballads such as her song 1+1.

Adding to the visual feast, Knowles channels royalty with outfits reminiscent of Marie Antoinette, Cleopatra and Elizabeth I. Her couture costumes were meticulously put together by world class fashion designers that include Riccardo Tisci from Givenchy, Gucci and Roberto Cavalli. Her racy outfits have been described by Rosa Silverman of the Telegraph as “mesmerizing” and Jocelyn Vena of MTV News agreed that it was “Eye-catching… dazzling… [and] provocative”.

Catch the superstar in one of the most anticipated concert events of the year, that has earned multitudes of rave reviews from fans to critics. The Times has lauded the performance as “two hours of uplifting escapism” and the New York Times called the show “breathtaking”.

Beyoncé is set to play at Allphones Arena in Sydney on the 2 & 3 November with Australian artist Iggy Azalea as the supporting act.

Catch her stunning performance with last minute tickets available via Ticketek and book your Encore transfer to top off an amazing experience with the Queen of Pop.