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.