Darling & Co - Paddington, Queensland

kimberley

Driven past here so many times without taking notice. Food was great value and tasty and bartender was a pleasure and recommended exactly what we wanted

Molly E.

This year we hosted a Christmas Party at the Darling and Co, we had a fantastic experience. The food was amazing, and the service was great. The staff were extremely helpful and accommodating. We held our function in the main bar for 62 people and this was a large and roomy space.

Marie E.

The actual space is really lovely. It has a little instagram wall, which is quite cute.
I visited for a charity high tea.
I arrived early and decided to grab a drink first.
I ordered a cocktail for something different. I tried one with a chilli bite to it.
It was ok.
Interactions with staff were pretty good.
There was a young fella there I had a few interactions with. He might have been new as he did not know a lot, but he excused himself to get more information for me a couple of times.
The female working in the bar for the function I attended was really lovely and really helpful.
My one complaint I'd I had one was I had asked for a preference of no seafood for my high tea. The actual high tea menu had no seafood. I stated that I have no allergy and also stayed on my registration. It is a preference. I believe I was served a separate plate with possibly a vegetarian version on. I'm not sure why I got that. The skewer of fruit was pretty dismal, looking and disappointing. A cold cinnamon doughnut with a quarter of strawberry on it does not a high tea make.
Perhaps they were just choosing T's & dotting i's but definitely would have preferred the actual menu everyone else got

Matthew G.

Decided to have my 40th birthday here. Great venue with a few different spaces to reserve, I would recommend this place to anyone who is considering hosting an event here! I reserved the main bar area for approx 40 people and it was great. Really friendly bar staff as well! Thanks team

Let’s R.

NOT RECOMMEND FOR LUNCH OR DINNER except going for drinks.

Nice decorations but food and service need to improve immediately. We went there for the first time to get some lunch. When we get in no one greeting or say hi, just told us to seat anywhere and no information whether counter service or table service so we wait until we come up to order at the counter. I ordered a steak with mushrooms sauce but, my food arrived with no sauce and staff didn’t say anything. so I waited again thinking they’re gonna bring it later but almost half of steak was gone and i still haven’t got the sauce so I asked one of the waiter. He said they ran out of mushroom sauce that why they substituted it with a Portobello Mushroom (I’m thinking “are you not gonna let customers know about it before order or offer another sauce?).
Also, everything except steak was salty.

After we finished our meal and about to walk out of the door, no one say thank you at all.

Conclusion, if you are going for drinks, it probably really nice but if you are going to have lunch or dinner. Not recommend because with this price you should get service not like this that make you feel like you are asking them for leftovers food.

I’m not a fussy person but this is unacceptable.

Phoebe H.

We had rented out the space ‘Unforgiven’ for an engagement party. While the space itself was beautiful, it seems the communication from the main floor to Unforgiven is a little choppy. Some guests asked where the venue room was and staff on the ground floor didn’t know about any function happening. Our food service was also about an hour later than when it was due to begin.
But other than that disconnect, it was a wonderful night!

Tony N.

Came here on a quiet Thursday night. Ordered some pizza and foods to share. Foods are delicious, I particularly like the tuna taco. Tuna was fresh and matched perfectly well with the sweet sauce. I think the wait time of the foods was a bit long given that it wasn’t busy. There was music but not too loud, you can still talk to your friends without yelling. The thing I don’t really like are the sticky table and the menu. Felt like they have been cleaned for ages.

Hannah B.

Space was beautiful and the staff were lovely but don't come if you are in a rush! Took over 2 hours for lunch and there was only us and one other group. Also only able to book in 3 hour blocks which I find a bit bizarre.

Food was also very hit and miss. Fish and chips were good but burgers were dry and gnocchi was a bit bland.