Darlinghurst's Bill Granger Brunch
Bills on Liverpool Street in Darlinghurst is Bill Granger's all-day brunch institution, the room where the ricotta hotcakes that became internationally-famous were first served, and the format that effectively created the modern Australian brunch.
The cooking is Australian brunch at restaurant standards: ricotta hotcakes, scrambled eggs at proper restaurant discipline, considered breakfast plates that have set the international brunch standard.
What to Order
Ricotta hotcakes with banana and honeycomb butter, the dish that made Bills internationally-famous. Scrambled eggs with chives and toast; full Australian breakfast. The coffee programme is more serious than the format suggests.
The Format
The dining room is bright, comfortable, and consistently busy. Weekend brunch can run a wait; weekday is the gentler route.
Best Occasion: Solo Dining
Bills is one of Darlinghurst's most natural solo-dining rooms. Counter seating handles a single cover gracefully; the format is unintimidating; eating the dish that became internationally-famous at the room where it was invented is one of the city's classic pilgrimages.