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.