Allta

Allta, on Reservoir Street in Surry Hills, is an intimate, quiet room for a slow dinner, and one diner called it fine dining. It is best known for its inventive dishes, with the duck praised most, and for staff who explain the menu well. It suits special occasions more than quick stops. Reservoir Street Reserve is a two-minute walk away.

Food at Allta

The menu is built around creative dishes that change over time. Regulars keep naming the duck, which diners say has crisp skin and very little fat, and visitors praise its precise cooking. The Sujebi, potato balls with mushroom sauce and beurre blanc, is mentioned by more than one visitor as a worthwhile extra. One diner also singled out a kingfish dish with crispy seaweed and a creamy uni tart.

What to order: Duck, praised for crisp skin and cooking · Sujebi potato balls with mushroom sauce

Drinks at Allta

One visitor praised the wine selection for its variety. Another ordered a tea pairing of five teas, from smoked sweetcorn to osmanthus with pineapple, served alongside the menu.

What customers say about Allta

• 💬Service is praised as warm, attentive and personable, with staff who explain dishes well.
• 💬Food is praised for precise cooking and distinct flavours, especially the duck.
• 💬Diners say the whole evening, from food to service, felt special for a celebration.

Tips for visiting Allta

• ✓Tell staff about any allergies when you order, as one visitor had to raise shellfish allergies.
• ✓Ask about the tea pairing, which one visitor enjoyed alongside the meal.
• ✓If you need the toilet, you leave the restaurant and go down to B1, as one visitor noted.

Getting to Allta

Allta is at Tenancy 1, 52 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010. Call (02) 9888 7349 to ask about parking before you go.

Near Allta

• ☕Single O1 min walk
• ☕KWILA1 min walk
• ☕Toast Cafe1 min walk
• 🌳Reservoir Street Reserve2 min walk
• 🌳Belmore Park2 min walk
• 🌳Harmony Park3 min walk

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