Double Bay's Neighbourhood Modern Australian
Pinbone on Bay Street in Double Bay is Mike Eggert and Jemma Whiteman's neighbourhood modern Australian, careful seasonal cooking, considered drinks, and the kind of regulars-built feel the eastern suburbs guard from the harbourfront crowd.
The cooking is contemporary Australian at neighbourhood scale: careful seasonal sourcing, considered protein cookery, and the kind of disciplined small-format cooking that distinguishes a serious neighbourhood room from a generic one.
What to Order
Seasonal mains rotated with the produce. Considered starters; vegetable courses as proper components; the dessert programme is short and good. The wine list is small but well-considered.
The Format
The dining room is comfortable and unfussy. The Double Bay address handles a post-dinner walk along the harbour.
Best Occasion: First Date
Pinbone is a quiet Double Bay first-date win. The intimacy, the seasonal cooking, the considered drinks programme, combine into the kind of evening the harbourfront alternatives struggle to produce.