Rubyos Restaurant & Cocktail Bar

Nice restaurant, quiet and easy to talk. Service was good. We had the Vegetarian banquet. Nice way to try few different dishes. I felt portions could have been bigger for a “banquet”. It doesn’t include dessert, but they have good number of options in menu to order in addition. We had the chocolate mousse which was delicious.

We held a a banquet dinner there for 20 people in our own area of the restaurant. This would usually test most kitchens but not only was the food delicious and presented in a timely way, the staff were courteous & attentive making the night a great success. Thanks to the owner and staff for a wonderful evening- we’ll be back.

First visit go Rubyos, but a great experience! Beautiful decor, ambience, great service and scrumptious food. We enjoyed the Vegetarian Banquet and loved every single course. Detailed menu and dishes in the pictures below.

Great place for a quiet meal. Great variety of plates and good service!

Seriously amazing food, every dish was complex and cooked to perfection, lovely service, totally unpretentious but tastes gourmet👏 can't believe it's been here all this time with an incredible and affordable banquet option and I've only just tried it! Big recommend for a vegan date night. The cocktails are also very well made which took me by surprise.

This is a nice cozy venue with cool artworks. The staff are very attentive and friendly. I highly recommend the $60 Seasonal Sampler set menu. In this set menu, there’s a diverse range of food to sample and the portions are decent. Make sure to try something from their dessert menu too. The Rubyos Grand Dessert Platter was amazing.

As a vegetarian, some of the best food I've ever had. Can highly recommend the vegetarian banquet. I'm not an experienced banquet type person, but I thought the portions and gap between dishes was great. Service was excellent. Was very fortunate and thankful that they were open Christmas Eve.

Went for birthday lunch date. Every staff member was very friendly. We had the seafood sampler banquet. It was great to be able to try little bits of most of the dishes on their menu. Everything was delicious, but the highlight for me was salmon roulade. You can also get 30% birthday discount if you sign up online in advance, which makes it a great deal!

The food is ok, the kitchen is not equipped to handle large groups, tiny salad plates and pre-made foods coming so slowly. The ambiance is nice, service is nice.

Came here and met up with our foodie friends. Rubyos is awesome. It is an inviting place, looks quite formal and has a fully stocked bar and its' quite large in size, perfect for a date or dinner with friends The owner has taken over this place a year ago and worked hard to develop the food and service at this venue. He was very welcoming and introduced the menus on offer. This would also cater for a wide range of people as there are a wealth of vegetarian foods, vegan options as well as being able to cater for those with lactose intolerances. So much food, everyone would like something. They also have very reasonably priced set menus. Being in a group we had the 'Seasonal Sampler'. At $50 a head, this was great value. I liked the sound of everything in the set menu which isn't always the case at some places. We began with Peking Duck Pancakes with a traditional garnish and hoisin sauce, roll your own, and these are always a crowd pleaser. Followed by a balsamic baked beetroot salad with frisee lettuce, baby spinach, nashi pear, chia seed and apple cider caramel vinaigrette. Then came this amazing serving of huge oysters deep fried with pickled ginger and topped with wasabi mayo. We all normally prefer natural, but in this instance the batter was light and crispy with juicy oyster inside and I enjoyed it a lot. We then had curried cauliflower arancni which wasn't your traditional arancini, but rather sitting in a bowl of spiced spinach leaf gravy , mustard, chili and yellow split peas. This had a nice hint of curry flavour. Following this was panfried haloumi that was piled high with watermelon, coriander and mint salsa, chili oil drizzled all over. We were sure not to get many photos so that it was not cold and rubbery. The haloumi was melted well and the saltiness of the cheese combined well with the watermelon. The main dish was some lovely pieces of panfried atlantic salmon that was cooked nicely in a thai green curry sauce, coconut mango rice (which was one of my favourite things) and a tamarind dressing. This was followed by a harissa basted chicken, served in strips with a smoky eggplant salsa , whipped feta and yoghurt dip. Tender chicken with a delicious sauce. One of the standouts. I'm not personally a fan of kangaroo normally, so I skipped this, but my husband and the others really liked it. It was perfectly cooked (which is hard to do) and served in slices, nice and tender with a blue berry and red onion chutney which accompanied the meat well. Another great dish was the roasted crushed chats with fresh herbs and seasoned salt. They were so crispy, I kept going back for more. To finish we had the bitter sweet baklava and grand mariner truffle ice cream. Baklava awesome add chocolate, even better. We also got to try the chocolate and cherry crème brulee, different but very nice. Pulled the Matt Preston spoon out ;) spoon cracked through the top layer perfectly. I'm keen for another visit and recommend you all go too!

Rubyos is set far away from the hustle and bustle of king street but certainly holds its own. One of the vest things were that The owner prides himself in flexibility, being able to accommodate for all diets and allergies - this genuine consideration for his patrons is something that is rare to find these days. The dishes were certainly beautiful and the space itself accommodated large groups yet still felt intimate. Each dish showcased flavours from all over the world providing a dining experience that embodies 'Modern Australia'; a mixture of cultures all together as one. My favourite dishes were the salmon roulade and the haloumi with watermelon, both dishes are perfect for sharing so I'd certainly recommend to share so you can try more or the men

Located on the city end of Newtown. I had visited this restaurant a few times previously. The service was lovely. Badrul was very welcoming and was a nice host. Kate was our waitress tonight and had a great attitude. The menu we had was the 'Seasonal Sampler'. It was a culinary journey through different regions of the world including China, Thailand, India, Greece, North Africa, and Australia. The dishes looked so pretty on the plate and not only looked good, they were very tasty as well. The concept is shared grazing plates. It is such a good idea as you won't get food envy as you get to sample a bit of everything! On offer was Peking Duck (like a modern take on the classic Peking duck wrap), Balsamic Baked Beetroot Salad (it had lots flavour and textures from the beetroot and walnuts), Sesame Seed Battered Oysters (it was nice and crunchy with a soft filling), Curried Cauliflower Arancini (the cauliflower was a great substitute for the traditional rice in it), Panfried Haloumi (went really well with the watermelon), Baked Atlantic Salmon (well cooked and falling apart), Harissa Basted Chicken Breast Strips (nice kick from the harissa), Crushed Chat Potatoes (very crispy and moreish), and Seared Kangaroo Fillet (easy to get wrong but this was well cooked and went so nicely with the mash). To finish off the evening we had sweet treats including Bittersweet Chocolate Baklava (a wonderful twist on the regular baklava with a great chocolate flavour and crunch of the pecans served with a grand mariner truffle ice cream), Rose Water Scented Panna Cotta (you can really taste the rose water without it being overpowering and had a wonderful wobble to it, the coconut semifreddo that accompanied was full of flavour and creamy), and Chocolate And Cherry Creme Brulee (chunks of cherries studded the brulee and the white chocolate ice cream was lovely too).

A lovely spot, excellent service with an interesting sounding menu, good vegan options and solid wine list. Unfortunately, on the night we went, the two dishes we had were just awful. The tofu burgers were tasteless and soggy while the crabmeat tacos featured over cooked biscuity taco with the crab flavour lost in the the sauce. Very disappointing. I will return to Rubyos to give them another shot as the atmosphere and vibe is great and on paper so is the menu. Other food blogs have written highly of the venue so we may have just have been unlucky.

Great food. But ... an echo chamber, so, very hard to have a conversation (especially if each member of your neighboring party of 12 wants to be heard by everyone else at the table). But veeeeery good food. Wow.

Beautiful venue. It was intimate and I love heritage listed spheres. I went there for my birthday. The staff were lovely. And venue perfect however the food was lacking and the cost was great. I had the 'Celebration meal' for $65. The salmon dish we received had watery sauce. The water you get from precipitation like it was covered. This also happened with some of the other dishes and was a disappointing point in the meal. The flavour of the discs however were good and a highlight was the blue cheese sauce for the steak (that felt and tasted like cheap sirloin) There I other tapas places cheaper and better food wise but NOT better in venue.

Friendly and efficient service, cosy atmosphere and lovely food. A real restaurant amongst the bustle of Newtown...

I love this place, they have always got amazing veg/vegan options. I am looking forward to a new winter menu with fresh options.

The food was tasty, though I was not impressed by the management and kitchen staff. Our waitress was very pleasant but the manager seemed to be micromanaging her. Her and the other waitress looked petrified while the manager would bark at them by the bar. Then, while paying for our bill I over heard the chef telling one of the waitresses, in extremely vulgar words, that a table could hurry the f*** up with their food. Hopefully, management will focus on a good working environment as this would help the overall atmosphere of the restaurant.