Why you goForget what you know about steakhouses. Alfie’s is nothing like those. Think of it, instead, as a bar and restaurant in line with how we like to eat and drink these days: fast, casual, fun and value-conscious, without skimping on quality. A single 220-gram sirloin – butchered and aged in-house, served medium-rare – just so happens to be the menu’s headline act. Better yet, it’s just $38 and guaranteed to be on your table in roughly 15 minutes, allowing you to make the most of your snappy 75-minute seating time. It’s a void-filling concept for the city, brought to life by James Bradey and Warren Burns, who know a thing or two about steakhouses, having opened Bistecca and The Gidley, both nearby. These fellas understand what makes a place pop, and this one certainly does thanks to the cool blues and steely greys of Tom Mark Henry’s electric interiors, with video projections and Basquiat-like canvases by Melbourne artist Steven John Clark. Then there’s the matter of the bar, a selling point in itself, with Brit-inspired snacks and bang-on cocktails by one of the country’s biggest talents, Alex Gondzioulis. In short, it’s a steakhouse like no other, and Sydney is all the better for it.
