You don't have to put on the red light

A Friday night found us out in Glebe with our friends T & E for a catch up to hear all about their recent trip to Italy. We were lapping up all the stories from Italy because next year we will be joining them there to celebrate their wedding. This year they went on a family holiday with the ulterior motive of checking out possible wedding venues. They have yet to decide on a country or city wedding but either way I'm very excited about having an excuse to visit Italy for the first time. We're also planning to visit a few other cities in Europe while we're there so I will be keeping notes from all the blogs about great restaurants and shops to check out.

For our night out we headed to Roxanne. A lovely new bistro restaurant that has the most beautiful feel about it. It's a small, intimate restaurant, decorated in the most luxurious red velvet and chandeliers. To get there we took a stroll down Glebe Point Road and lapped up the atmosphere generated by the first night of the weekend. There is such a buzz along the road in all the different restaurants. I love it. When we arrived at the restaurant we were greeted by suchwelcoming and friendly staff, it was lovely. The restaurant had a warm feel to it - literally- which was perfect on this chilly night. We cracked open a bottle of champagne the guys had brought us to celebrate the new house. One of the things I really love about Australian restaurants is the idea of BYO. Enjoying your meal with a bottle of your choice at a reasonable price makes so much sense to me.

We managed to drag ourselves away from the conversation for long enough to order from the menu with many changes of mind along the way. There were so many great dishes on the menu it was hard to decide. We were warned away from the BBQ plate by the waitress as it was a little unimaginative but it was hard to go passed the pork belly with coriander salad. Three out of the four of us went for this dish so there was little to share during the meal. The seafood dumplings and the Sea salt prawn & Calamari were both great choices for the entrée. I had the dumplings and I would definitely order them again. I was so caught up in the wonderful food, the champagne and the stories of Italy the I completely forgot to take a photo of the entrées and the mains. You will just have to take my word that they were wonderfully presented and tasted excellent.


Lucky for me I did remember the camera just as dessert was being served as the cakes were very decedent. We shared a Sticky date pudding and Whisky truffle cake. I'm not a big fan of whiskey but luckily this cake had very little whisky taste to it.

I loved this restaurant and will definitely be going back to try some of the other wonderful dishes on offer.

So, now, would any more friends like to come over and visit us in Glebe ???

Roxanne
39 Glebe Point Road in Glebe,
Ph:9552 6087
Licenced and BYO