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Otto Ristorante
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Restaurant
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Sydney
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Open:
Lunch and dinner daily
Price:
Moderate
Score (/20):
15
Reviewed By
Sue Dyson and Roger McShane
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Phone Number:
+61 2 9368 7488
Address:
Area 8, The Wharf, 6 Cowper Wharf Road
Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, 2011
Country:
Australia
Food Style:
Italian
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Despite the fact that Otto is THE place to see the 'in' people whether it be media moguls, film stars, politicians or the latest bankrupt it is still a place where you can confidently head to get good food and very good service.You will be greeted promptly and shown to your table without undue fuss. Drinks will appear promptly - we always think that Campari suits the atmosphere here (then again it suits most atmospheres in most places).You might start with some oysters as they always select the best (St Helens in Tasmania on our most recent visit) or they also do an aged reggiano with taggiasche olives to nibble on while you decide. These olives from the Imperia area of Liguria are some of the best you can get.We often order two first dishes here and get them to bring them out one at a time with side plates for each of us. We started with Capesante in Padella, scallops which had been seared in porcini oil and place don a warm salad of 'crushed' bintje potatoes, borlotti beans and tiny olives. This was a truly wonderful dish. There is something magic about the combination of scallops and potatoes. The salad of scallops and pink eye potatoes at the now-defunct Star Bar and Grill was a memorable dish.We then moved on to crespelle pasta filled with ricotta and pumpkin and finished with a burned sage butter. The crepes were filled with a perfect mixture of the ricotta and pumpkin and the burned butter added a perfect contrast.When we saw the White Rocks veal T-bone listed for main course there wasn't any decision to be made. This veal is something else! We also had confidence that it would be treated simply to let the flavour of the meat do the talking. It was accompanied by a 'mash' of cannellini beans that, we suspect, had a large dose of olive oil binding it. The dish was as good as the promise - perfect. An involtino of organic Illabo chicken was very good also, even though it used the breast meat, a cut we find fairly bland. This dish, however, picked up flavour from the beans and pancetta and the lovely fennel salad hiding below.Overall, our meals here have been flawlessly executed and perfectly orchestrated on the floor.
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