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Atlantis Seafood Restaurant

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Located in North Ryde against an Australian bushland backdrop, Atlantis Seafood Restaurant offers exciting and elegant dining for up to 250 inside, relaxed yet sophisticated alfresco dining for 80 on the terrace and conference/meeting rooms for 10 to 100 people. For a relaxing drink after work the superb cocktail bar offers lounge room comfort in an elegant, casual atmosphere.

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It's a tad austere at first glance: a vast, carpeted space adjoining the lobby of Somerset Serviced Apartments. A black-suited waiter sweeps you into the dining room, or to the eucalypt-flanked alfresco terrace, and you're surrounded by small, calm groups of business-types, middle-aged couples and something that sounds suspiciously like muzak. Yet a feeling of familiarity and a sense of comfort takes over and you realise Atlantis is something of a throwback, harking back to a time when suburban seafood restaurants were neither uncomfortably formal or overly laidback. You are looked after here, and the staff really seem sincere.

The food style may feel a little dated to some, too. Atlantis isn't cheap, and the food - while it all looks rather fantastic - isn't quite as fanciful as one might expect. But Opel Khan's cooking confidently walks that middle ground, and occasionally rises above it. He favours Mediterranean flavours, with occasional nods to Asia in the lovely scampi and bug spring rolls, and the snapper fillet laksa with rice noodles, Vietnamese mint and snow peas. The entree of garlic king prawns consists of enormous crustaceans in a rich, salty tomato and basil sauce, topped with tapenade twists, while the beef fillet steak uses good, extra-thick cuts of Angus beef. The dessert platter is a treat and the homemade sorbets are divine.

 

Fiona Davies, March 2006

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Mel
February 18, 2008


Have been to Atlantis three times now and let me tell you it will be my last..... even spending $200 on drinks alone would have thought service would follow......had to pour own champagne....had to send back medium steak that was requested as RARE....had to ASK for a dessert menu twice after 1/2 hour of wait......poor quality food poor quality service :( WILL NOT BE GOING BACK

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