Medusa, Darlinghurst

Advantages: Great food
Disadvantages: Waiting times, snooty staff

...Bills is the restaurant belonging to Bill Granger, who can sometimes be seen in one of those Saturday morning cooking shows (Im rarely up early enough but I have caught it from time to time!!). He's also the author of a few cook books. Bills only had two restaurants last time I was in Sydney but now they have 3 - the original in Darlinghurst, Bills 2 in Surry Hills & now one in Woolharra. The restaurants are typical Sydney-style - laid back modern with a twist. My favourite was the Darlinghurst branch with its huge scrubbed wooden communal table. This brach was known to be a favourite of Tom Crusie & Nicole Kidman when they lived round the corner...& manys the day I sat & hoped Tom would plonk himself down beside me & say something profound like 'Could you pass the pepper please!!' - but alas, no such luck (although I did once see him... Read review

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Advantages: I can't think of any
Disadvantages: They are not honest

...I'd booked a room with Medusa. It appeared that the room was under construction. Because nobody speaks addiquate english, the problem only became bigger. First they wanted to put me in a youth hostel. Then they said I had to pay up front and they'd book me over to another hotel and they'd pay the 'price difference'. They promissed me that it would be an equally good hotel. They booked me over to pensione Luisa, which turned out to be the most horrible place I've ever seen in my life, and I've seen a lót of hotels around the world. I could not spend the night there and had to book another hotel for 90 euro's per night. Before I left I photographed everything as proof. Just horrible!! My advice is not to believe what the people at Medua say, because the fool you without even blinking. Imho these people are not to be trusted. Unfortunately... Read review

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Advantages: Peaceful
Disadvantages: Lots of stairs

...Only a short walk from Canterbury Castle, there is a fabulous new gallery called Castle Arts. It is quite unique as it is in an old building with lots of nooks and crannies and has an outside courtyard where some of the artwork is also displayed. There is also a basement coffee shop where at a reasonable price you can get a cup of tea and slice of cake and listen the strains of classical guitar music played by a young musician from the floor above (apparently they employ music students who are on their holidays). There are some very unusual pieces of art such as a Medusa's head on display and all of these are available for purchase - I'm wondering if I'll ever get £250 together to buy the piece I like but I guess I will just have to keep having tea and cakes with it!... Read review

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