Smithy's Wine Bar, Kings Cross

Such a pity that such a great bar has become so pretensious and stuffy. Actually, that's not quite true: it isn't really stuffy because it doesn't have anything to be stuffy about. I think the food is fabulous recently, but no one seems to be interested - probably because it takes too long to be served by the miserable staff who seem to work there now. I remember reading somewhere that the staff here were 'refreshingly unpretentious,' but that seems not to be the case anymore. In summery: overpriced, overdone and far too time consuming for me. 3 out of ten.

3 Jul 2006 01:36