Dead Ringer
We are located in a heritage townhouse just off Taylor Square at the axis of Paddington, Darlinghurst and Surry Hills with comfortable counter-top dining, a garden terrace and an intimate dining room, also available for private hire.
We are thrilled to have one of Australia’s most experienced chefs, Jamie Irving (previously Berta, Est, Pearl) heading up our kitchen. Together our goal is to champion the exceptional ingredients of this great continent through a changeable menu of sharing plates.
Our kitchen stays open throughout the day and late into every evening.
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Experiences
Valentine's Day Set Menu
A$75.00 per personFeb 14, 2021 only
Take the stress out of ordering a la carte and dine from our special Valentine’s Day Set Menu with your loved one, with our kitchen’s carefully curated sharing style dishes - think fresh seafood, excellent quality meat and a great dessert to finish! We require 24 hours notice for dietary requirements - just leave a note in the booking requests.Feed Me Set Menu
A$69.00 per personMultiple dates available
Our Feed Me Set Menu is the perfect way to dine at Dead Ringer. Four courses, all our favourites and all designed for sharing. Let us make the decisions for you - we can cater to all dietary requirements with 24 hours notice, just leave a message in the booking requests!Feed Me Set Menu
A$69.00 per personMultiple dates available
Our Feed Me Set Menu is the perfect way to dine at Dead Ringer. Four courses, all our favourites and all designed for sharing. Let us make the decisions for you - we can cater to all dietary requirements with 24 hours notice, just leave a message in the booking requests!Set Brunch Menu
A$45.00 per personMultiple dates available
Every Saturday and Sunday from 10:30am we serve our boozy bottomless set brunch menu, an excellent restaurant lunch with nods to breakfast elements such as omelettes, tarts, plenty of seafood, salads and house-made pastries. You are welcome to add our bottomless drinks options on the day, but if you have any dietary requirements, please let us know in the booking message.
Offers
Drinks Booking
Multiple dates available
Sun - Thu 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Just after a table for pre-dinner drinks or late night cocktails? We’ve got you covered.
Safety precautions
- Surfaces sanitised between seatings
- Common areas deep cleaned daily
- Digital, disposable or sanitised menu provided
- Sanitiser or wipes provided for customers
- Contactless payment available
- Limited number of seated diners
- Distancing maintained in common areas
- Extra space between tables
- Sick staff prohibited in the workplace
Amazing food, amazing service, and helped to ensure we had a great surprise birthday party. Could not have Gone any better!
Thee fixed menu same dishes as a few months ago. Cheaper house wines would be very beneficial
Hi Rob, Thanks for taking the time to leave us some feedback! We're in the middle of changing our dinner menu - pop back in a few weeks and see what's new! Cheers!
Great bottomless brunch. The second your glass is empty it’s being filled before you even notice. Lovely staff, nice selection of dishes, perfect amount of food. Covid precautions well executed.
Food still fantastic, service still outstanding!! This place never disappoints.
I love this place. Took some new friends and now they love it too.
Drinks, service and food were great and we had an outside table on a balmy evening so what more could we ask for?
Have been going to DR since it opened and both food and service are ALWAYS consistent. Where do they find such lovely staff?? They can NEVER take creamed almonds off the menu.
Food was amazing and service was great as the staff were attentive and friendly! Would recommend and go back for sure!!
Same usual excellence from the ‘feed me’ option. One of the best dining experiences in Sydney.
Love this place! Great drinks, delicious food and friendly staff. Will be back....
Great food, service and atmosphere. I really recommend the set menu.
We had a lovely birthday celebration! The goat cheese plate is amazing!
Amazing experience . Nice cozy, attentive waitress, set menu was fantastic.
Definitely one of the best
Great friendly and knowledgeable staff esp. with wine selection, quality share dishes, great ambience - perfect for a date
Dead Ringer is up there with my favourite restaurants in Sydney, both for great-tasting delicious dishes and ambiance. Always love coming back here, the Feed Me menu is a must - great value, and so much food!
Great brunch and lovely service. Would highly recommend.
Booked a table for 2 on a Friday night, but was sat at the bar. So glad we did! Dom was a fantastic bartender, making excellent suggestions for both cocktails and food menu items.
Drinks were amazing... highly recommend Gordon’s breakfast or senor spicy pants. For food 2 of us shared 1/2 dozen oysters, 1/2 shell scallops, pan seared swordfish and the steak with chimichurri. Each dish was perfect, steak was the highlight!
The restaurant was busy without feeling crowded, and had a warm inviting ambience.
Will definitely be making this a regular spot!
Table of 7 for a friend's bday, had a table on the terrace & everything could not have gone better. Food is delicious, service is smooth, not cheap but worth it.
Love this place..especially the wine list. Cocktail was superb.
My first time here all round great experience interesting wines by glass food was delicious well presented and came out at good pace. We sat in the window and I was disappointed to see guests smoking electric cigarette at table. But I would return
Hi Tim! Thanks for your kind words. Like all restaurants serving food outdoors, guests aren't allowed to smoke e-cigarettes or vapes at the table, but sometimes it's really hard to catch! Hope this didn't spoil your experience and we'd love to see you again!
Absolutely amazing service and food..Get the set menu, they’ll do all the heavy lifting :)
Was great till we got the bill as we weren't made aware that having prosecco was dearer (bottomless brunch)and they dont accept cash. Some only had cash on them so others had to pay. They should tell you up front. Otherwise couldnt fault it.
Hey Lindy! Sorry to hear that you weren't aware that we didn't accept cash. Like many venues, we have elected to be a cashless venue to help us comply better with regulations imposed on us. Our prosecco and mimosas are priced differently on the menu, but thanks for your feedback on this - we've made it extra clear now. Thanks for your kind words - we'd love to have you again!
Feed Me banquet was delicious for our group of 6 - loved it. Service is always friendly & efficient. Great sitting outside. Look forward to next visit.
Service was top notch and food was incredible. We had the feed me set menu for 6 people and the portions were just right. Personal favourite was the sticky date pudding - yummmm!
Nice venue for a quick drink if you can get a table outside.
Hey! Sorry you didn't have the best time here, we'd love to hear why you only gave us 3 stars! Could you email me directly? Adam General Manager adam@deadringer.wtf
Best service ever! Great and super friendly staff! We’ll return for sure!
First time visiting this little gem. Food was fantastic along with outstanding friendly service. Will be going back for sure.
Fantastic food and service. The Feed Me menu was delicious and filling. Highly recommended.
Great food. Attentive service. Good value for money
I'm a local and go there for a couple of starters that I love, on my way home or a quick catch up with friends. Can't ever ever go wrong. Perfect each time
Great service, great atmosphere. Food was delicious.
Dead Ringer was truly exceptional. The food was impeccable, the staff were warm, friendly and knowledgeable, and the atmosphere hit exactly the right balance between fine dining and inviting. 100% would recommend this too anyone, especially the hangar steak.
Yummy food, staff very attentive would recommend. Will be back
Friendly staff with great smiles, tasty very nicely presented dishes, food is yummy, most is or can be done GF, thats great! Nice restaurant, nice ambiance and restrooms are very pretty and clean, attention to details.
Such a fantastic place to chill and catch up with excellent light food and a delicious drink offering. Perfect on the front communal tables for an intimate or group catch up rain hail or shine.
Very prompt and friendly service and a fab location and people watching too. Recommend the tasting menu and if I had to choose one... Gnocchi 🤤🙏🏼😘
It was a wonderful experience. Food was perfect and so was the service. Ambience was great for a date or catch up with friends.
I will be going back for sure. Thank you!
Great variety and quality of food, good wine selection and great service
All food we had was of excellent taste an quality and vegans and GF were well-catered for. Staff was knowledgeable on the menu. I couldn't really drink on the night, but the cocktail list looks fabulous. Can't wait to come back!
It was so delicious, the staff were so helpful and the best value at $50 for brunch! The quality of the food, from the freshness to the skill in complimenting the flavours, was something you’d find being served by a hatted chef. Loved the drinks, from the mimosa to the rose. Thanks for a fabulous time!
I really enjoyed the total experience - first time but not the last. Thank you.
Really really fun spot, we sat outside, group of six. Were so well looked after and just really enjoyed our afternoon there!
We had the bottomless brunch with mimosa spritzers, they went down so nicely! The staff was fantastic, very friendly and proficient. The food was delicious, would 10/10 go back!
FAQs
Dead Ringer is rated 4.7 stars by 500 OpenTable diners.
Dead Ringer does offer gift cards which you can purchase here https://giftup.app/place-order/5d0fa21a-0dc3-4fba-a0af-c6fb12117592?platform=Hosted.
Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable. Due to local restrictions, this restaurant may not be accepting reservations at the moment.