Sydney Morning HerealdGood Food Guide 2012
“The space still has a familiar shabby chicness about it, service is still super friendly and the food remains a nice mix of contemporary bistro cooking. Desserts lift the experience, with a moist yet light chocolate fudge cake topped with crisp toffee and a silky, melt-in-your-mouth buttermilk panna cotta.”
Sydney Morning HeraldGood Food Guide 2011
"This striking corner eatery is delightfully down-to-earth with a curious, shabby charm that runs from bookshelves filled with homemade goodies to a long burgundy banquette, dark wood tables and postcard-dotted walls that need a lick of paint. But who cares, when the service is this chirpy, and the food is this good?"
Sydney Morning HeraldGood Food Guide 2008
Breakfast Top 10
"You could happily spend all day here, including dinner, but weekends start with a brunch bruschetta laden with prosciutto and balsamic mushrooms, or smoked salmon and horseradish crème, assured coffee and service as bright as the sunshine."
Sydney Morning HeraldGood Food Guide 2006
BYO Top 10
"The colours are bold and the name is cheeky, the service chirpy and the food striking. So take something perky or quirky to quaff, chill out in the courtyard or cosy up at the front, and let the pleasures wash all over you."
Sydney Eats 2006"This smartly named restaurant is newly refurbished with banquettes in the front room and other comfy changes."
Sydney Eats 2005"Never mind what your mother told you - this is one time you should say yes to strangers with candy."
Rachel SmithDining Secrets Sydney
1 Oct 2005
“Forget everything your mother told you about avoiding Strangers with candy: this cute corner pit stop’s polished floors and red banquette make for an intimate supper seduction.”
The Restraurant Club26 Feb 2004
"Strangers with Candy – We love it!"
2UE - Restaurant Review20 Mar 2004
"One of those rare finds, the food is just beautiful."
Helen GreenwoodSydney Morning Herald
Good Living
23 Nov 2004
"Never mind the bollocking."
Keith AustinSydney Morning Herald
Good Living
18 Nov 2003
"Willingly seduced by a funky little number"
FiFiSunday Telegraph Magazine - Glutton
"I'm not afraid of Strangers with Candy, not when the candy is as tempting as this."
