Bar Alto

Ph: 3358 1063; 119 Lamington St, NEW FARM 4005 www.baralto.com.au

Bar Alto, $$ -
Open Lunch Tue-Sun 11.30am-3pm Dinner Tue-Sun 5.30pm-9.30pm; Licensed; AE DC MC V EFT
Chef Pablo Tordesillas (27-12-07) Owner Simon Hill & Rachel Duff Ield (27-12-07)

Other published opinions

Age Good Food Guide 2009 "The Isis Brasserie team, led by chef Pablo Tordesillas (ex Sydney's Otto), give this funky, loud semi-industrial space its passionately beating Italian heart"

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2009 "Chef Pablo Tordesillas (formerly of Sydney's Otto), in cahoots with the Isis Brasserie team, gives this funky, loud, semi-industrial space its passionately beating Italian heart"

Gourmet Traveller 2009 Australian Restaurant Guide "It's ironic that the Powerhouse, a monolith of industrial chic showcasing cutting-edge culture is host to an eatery that does the opposite. It's a successful formula, though, with Bar Alto proving that you don't have to wallop diners with weird-science cuisine to impress"

Courier Mail Alison Walsh, 30-6-2007 Score: 16 "I FELT almost hysterically happy. On a cool, wet night, as the wind whipped off the river that meandered black as a strand of squid ink fettuccine just beyond the window, I sat with a glass of Chianti in hand and a steaming oxtail risotto before me. How better to ward off winter's icy grip than to huddle in Alto, a new Italian restaurant and bar in New Farm's freshly renovated Brisbane Powerhouse? The open kitchen radiated warmth across the bustling dining room, fitted out in bomb-site chic with chunks torn from concrete pillars, chipped brick walls with the paint partially blasted off, and concrete floors"

Brisbane Times Score: 15/20 "You can't book, it's louder than a Metallica concert and the paper napkins are a bit annoying. But we couldn't be happier. To make up for it, the team behind Isis Brasserie deliver service sharper than a razor and swoon-worthy rustic Italian food packed with the passion of a new lover's kiss"

Courier Mail food and wine guide Queensland 2008 Score: 15/20, One Hat "Perched on the first floor of the Brisbane Powerhouse, and commanding vast views of the Brisbane River, Bar Alto opened in mid 2007, the second venue of Simon Hill, owner of sis Brasserie in Fortitude Valley"

Courier Mail Alison Walsh, 30-6-2007 "The open kitchen radiated warmth across the bustling dining room, fitted out in bomb-site chic with chunks torn from concrete pillars, chipped brick walls with the paint partially blasted off, and concrete floors. Bare bulbs reminiscent of a World War II interrogation room dangled in the bar, while upfacing searchlights lit the faux retro bare tables teamed with white moulded plastic chairs. An adjoining deck with an exhilarating river panorama sported a strip of roofing that sheltered two parties of weather-resistant diners."

Brisbane News Tony Harper, 1-8-2007 Score: Food 8, Wine 7.5, Service 8, Ambience 8 "Bar Alto is the current darling of the Brisbane restaurant scene. ... The product is, quite simply, good. Alto is in the Powerhouse complex, overlooking the New Farm reach of the Brisbane River. So the views are spectacular. Its fit-out is stylish in the extreme - minimal, using the patina of the old building, incredibly functional, and ever-so funky."