Tempus Katoomba

Absolutely delicious food, nice ambience and exceptional service. We ordered the haloumi, duck, lamb and some sides, all cooked to perfection! Our waiter was very well versed on helping create a balanced sharing meal and i honestly wouldnt fault any if it. For a drink I would recommend the non-alcoholic watermelon and basil cocktail for a refreshing and slightly zingy pallete cleanser.

Highly recommend this restaurant for a lovely quiet lunch in Katoomba. The staff were friendly and attentive. They welcome children. The Ox tongue was phenomenal. Can't wait to go back!

Nice and quiet place for dinner. Little bit cold for winter nights. The selection of the food was limiting the choice, we would order more, but the option didn't appeal to us. However, the services were massive and very generous, tender lamb, crispy double cooked potatoes and fresh salad. Services been great and helpful.

We stopped by on a Sunday evening at 7:30 and were able to walk in. The food is delicious, Modern Australian. Top notch service too. If you want to impress someone take them here!

Somehow this kind of fusion food is very highly regarded in this town despite the quality/taste is average and price is high. We had the beef tongue skewer, duck breast, and Turkish dumplings and veggies. All dishes are very pricy. The beef tongue is overcooked/softened so it loses its tenderness. The duck breast tastes good but definitely is worth $60. The Turkish dumplings are good but nothing too exceptional if you compare it to any good chinese or Nepalese dumplings. Very good staff service and good wine selection.

We had a incredible experience visiting Tempus. The food and the experience was amazing and the staff were really amazing! Recommend coming for dinner when you are in the Blue Mountain area!

A beautiful place to have dinner! The service was amazing! The two lovely waiters were very attentive and helpful. We loved all the little dishes, the only thing not perfect was the Duck, it was a little too well cooked. Could have been more pink for our liking. But a place to recommend!!

“Tempus” started “allegro” but finished “lamentoso”. This is a local restaurant with an old world charm. Local beers and mocktails warmed the cockles and were a great way to settle in. We enjoyed the cosy atmosphere and the starters - the fennel and rabbit dishes were tasty. The duck main course was also very delicate and the roast potatoes were crunchy. We were really enjoying ourselves. And then came the most expensive item on the menu, the 30-day aged grass-fed steak. What a total disappointed - tough and chewy, like an old boot. Cooked medium - we like it medium-rare - we left half of it. When we complained to the waiter he brushed us off as ignorants. He confidently imparted that grass-fed beef is not the soft and melt-in-your mouth type you find in the cheaper, supermarket variety; where farmers finish the cattle off with grains to soften the meat. Tough and chewy is what real quality tastes like. Well, excuse us for our ignorance. Our local butchers in Sydney, Bologna and Treviso who also had grain-fed beef that was exquisite must have it all wrong. We’ll clearly need to go back and educate them. The cheesecake to round-off was ok. Such a shame - we were excited to dine and left deflated. Never mind, the audience left the hall before the final notes were played.