Closing the financial year is a reason to take the team somewhere good. Across The Rocks and the CBD, the choices run from Japanese tasting menus to wood-fired steak and French brasserie dining, each built for a group that wants more than a function room. These are the best restaurants in Sydney for an EOFY team dinner.
Saké Restaurant & Bar
Saké Restaurant & Bar in The Rocks is built for a year-end dinner that holds a group’s attention. The room is dark and atmospheric, and the tasting menus are paced to carry the evening.
Among the entrées, the Tuna Carpaccio with miso sauce is a strong way to start, with the balance of sweet and tangy landing where it should. The menus move through robata-grilled plates and sushi built for sharing, with paired beverages alongside each course and private dining rooms for groups that want their own space.
Rockpool Bar & Grill
For a year-end dinner where what’s on the plate does the talking, Rockpool Bar & Grill delivers. The private dining menus give the table room to choose, from charcoal roasted Spencer Gulf prawns with smoked prawn butter to dry-aged beef grilled over ironbark charcoal. The wine list runs long, with sommeliers on hand to match it to the table.
Spice Temple
Spice Temple takes the year-end dinner somewhere different. Banquet menus move through the regional provinces of China, with dishes like the lamb and cumin pancake among the highlights. Zodiac cocktails matched to each guest’s birth year give the evening a character most EOFY dinners miss.
Ananas
Ananas is back at Argyle Stores in The Rocks this year after a decade away. The French brasserie does a proper dinner occasion, with John Dory almondine, Cape Grim rib eye on the bone and Sydney rock oysters to open, plus a Champagne bar at the entrance to start the night. For an EOFY dinner with a real sense of occasion, it earns the booking.
The Cut Bar & Grill
Below ground in the Argyle Stores, The Cut Bar & Grill trades on atmosphere as much as the food. The Wine Room and Rocks Room host high-end corporate dinners, and the slow-roasted prime rib, carved tableside, is the obvious centrepiece to build a group menu around.
24 York
24 York on York Street runs a single-dish kitchen, which suits a team dinner that doesn’t want a menu debate. It’s premium grass-fed scotch fillet with tallow-fried shoestring fries and house-made sauces, done the same way every service. The open room works for groups that value consistency over choice.
Bar Patrón
At Bar Patrón in Circular Quay, the set menus lean indulgent for a group, with lobster, wagyu short rib and freshly shucked oysters among the larger options. The dining room looks out over the harbour.
Sahtein
Inside the Argyle Stores, Sahtein runs a Lebanese share format that takes the pressure off ordering. Plates of mezze, charcoal-grilled meats and warm flatbreads keep coming, which makes it easy for a bigger team to settle in and eat at its own pace.
Securing Your Table
Corporate tables across these CBD and waterfront dining rooms fill quickly as June approaches, so it’s worth locking in your date early.
Book Saké Restaurant & Bar to secure a contemporary Japanese tasting menu for your year-end dinner.
*All Hunter Street Hospitality venues practise the responsible service of alcohol. Drink responsibly.
