The Reverie Cat 576 Darling Street, Rozelle, New South Wales 2039

"Highly recommend the food at the Reverie Cat and booking them for your private functions. We used the Reverie Cat for my wife's big birthday party. They provided food and staff. The food was authentic Vietnamese and really yummy. The portions were exceptionally generous, we had so much leftover after the party. The serving staff were very professional and attentive. The Reverie Cat made such an efforts to make my wife's party a very special day for her. Thank you, The Reverie Cat."

"(2.5 stars) The oddly named Reverie Cat eats like half-remembered Vietnamese crafted with white people at the centre. Pâté, for example, has been judged too weird and consigned to daytime banh mi, in favour of skewers, spring rolls and fishcakes at night. We tried butternut and blue cheese wontons ($12) which were overcooked and dominated by sweet pumpkin puree against a mildly flavoured five spice berry coulis that wanted for a chilli lift. Cocktails however drink well, from a short list populated by cocktail classics lightly updated with Vietnamese flavours. The Cay Bay Sazerac ($20) made on Vietnamese mint tea drank slightly better than the Vietnamese Negroni ($20), but both were pleasant, well presented drinks. While the dishes looked great on Instagram, the stone pot coconut sauce that dragged me in with Bau Truong’s wonderful sea snails in coconut broth dancing in my mind, didn’t live up to the memory. Here the dish presents rather textureless garlic prawns ($28) in a super-heated stone pot. As the dish continued to cook at the table, the sauce reduced to an unpleasant pasty consistency. We were told by floor staff we just didn’t eat it fast enough. Sa pa spiced braised beef ($30) was a bit dry and bland, with the accompanying cassava needing more cooking time, though the kumera was fine. The Vietnamese crispy pancake, taken in pork and prawn ($24), was super thin with the crisp-skinned pork having good bite. With flavour on the light-side, we asked for more heat and received a ballistic bowl of little red chillies: the tastiest thing I consumed all night. Staff are certainly enthusiastic and eager to please, but there are many better places to eat “modern” Vietnamese food, including fusion cuisine, in Sydney."

"Excellent customer services but the food is a bit disappointing. The beef skewers are too dry. The chicken pho is below average, as the noodles were not cooked and the soup wasn’t hot enough. The garlic prawn was delicious, although I can’t really taste the garlic. I would call it prawn curry instead of garlic prawn."