East End Cellars

We have recently discovered several exceptional restaurants on Rundle Street, including East End Cellar. This venue embodies the essence of sophistication, boasting an intriguing atmosphere, impressive wine selection, and a tapas-style menu. We had the pleasure of enjoying a date night, complete with wine and tapas. I was particularly impressed with the ambiance and vibe of this establishment. Today, we returned to the restaurant and savoured a delectable Wagyu rump steak lunch at East End Cellar, all for the remarkable price of $30. We paired our meal with a bottle of Malbec red wine from McLaren Vale, South Australia. We are thoroughly enamored with this restaurant.

Visited for lunch that ended around dinner, early July with four mates. Michael is an incredible host. The combination of wine shop, restaurant and wine bar is fantastic. Fair prices for excellent wine. There is nothing like East End Cellars in Sydney. We will be back.

A wonderful light lunch & drinks. Mozzarella & samuli fritters were light, crunchy and delish. Beef short rib & French onion toast was delightfully full flavoured. Outdoor seating is a great spot to relax. Menu includes original options, unfortunately calamari was not available.

Loved the vibe and atmosphere of this place. After a busy afternoon exploring the botanic gardens, we called in for a drink and nibbles.

Service was appalling- the guy didn’t even look at us while we were ordering - he could not have made it more obvious that he would rather being doing anything else than serving us. Rang the order through and shoved the eftpos to me (again barely glancing in my direction) before we had even finished telling him our order. The girl who brought our food out was also rude - for some reason she didn’t know which table had ordered the scallops and which had ordered the fries (next to us) and then got annoyed when we said which was ours - dumped the scallops down- no cutlery, no napkins. Food and wine was good and it was very amusing watching one of the employees totally hijack someone’s first date, flirting with the girl- the poor guy supposedly on the date didn’t really know what to say!

Steak sandwich... not. Had to wait, I think they forgot us. Then our came a roll of some sort with some lettuce and a thin cut piece of meat in the middle. Was not cheap. Don't do it. Beer was cold. Nice spot. Just a rip off and not value for money in any way.

Pretty poor service. Sat down and ordered 3 steaks at the same time, 2 came out and they forgot about the 3rd. Tried to justify my custom isn’t valuable because they have a large group next door. Be vary of coming here. Service has gone down hill. Atmosphere is crap. Food is average. Resting on it laurels from its reputation from the past. Many new venues opening up in and off Rundle St. I am going to steer clear of East End Cellars after this extremely poor experience.

Review I booked in for dinner with 3 friends recently and did not have the experience we expected. I had heard nothing but good things yet we were all unimpressed. We arrived at our booking time and waited in the dining area for a staff member. Nobody approached us so I went to the bar and flagged down a staff member. I told them the name of my booking and they pointed outside and told me our table number and to order at the bar. Once seated we found some menus and decided to order the chefs selection for $79. I am Gluten free and since most of the menu had GFA listed I assumed this would be okay. I asked the question to the staff member at the bar who said “I don’t think we can do that”. I requested that she ask the chefs as she seemed unsure and she returned with a confirmation that they would not be able to cater for gluten free for the chefs selection on weekends. My three friends still ordered the chefs selection and I ordered a seperate entree and main. We also ordered some drinks, though two members of my party ordered the same drink which was served in different glasses of different volume for the same price. Very soon after we sat down the first course arrived, soon followed by the second course. Within 30 minutes we had 3 of 4 courses which was confusing as the menu stated that the chefs selection would take approximately 2 hours. The staff also cleared our second course to make room for the third before we were finished. During the entire experience we had to ask multiple times for serving tools, fresh plates, steak knives etc. When the third lot of food arrived we asked the waitress what number course this was and she said number four. Soon after, another course came out, and that staff member stated that it was the fourth course, then another staff member came out with dessert stating that dessert was the last course. The staff regularly seemed unsure of what they were serving us and what number course we were on. They were unable to answer questions on what the food was without returning to ask the kitchen. I have no problem with staff not know the answer to a question but all staff seemed reluctant to ask and return to the table. They also seemed confused when we wanted fresh plates and cutlery between courses. And when dessert arrived, plates and napkins were just left on the corner of the table. Once again, the course was bought out before we had finished the previous one. Finally, dessert came out. Two of the exact same dish… The food was lovely but not what we expected for $79 per person. Although the food was nice the experience and service was subpar considering the reputation of the restaurant. Some more training for the staff as they all seemed very junior and inexperienced would be beneficial.