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14.5/20Critics' Pick

Bar Superette

Updated ,first published

Grilled beef tongue skewers with tonnato.
1 / 9Grilled beef tongue skewers with tonnato.Nick Parkinson
Bar Superette’s spotted-gum timber bar.
2 / 9Bar Superette’s spotted-gum timber bar.Nick Parkinson
The bottle shop.
3 / 9The bottle shop.Nick Parkinson
Steak frites with smoked anchovy butter.
4 / 9Steak frites with smoked anchovy butter.Nick Parkinson
Calamari and guanciale skewer with salmoriglio.
5 / 9Calamari and guanciale skewer with salmoriglio.Nick Parkinson
Steak frites and assorted dishes.
6 / 9Steak frites and assorted dishes. Nick Parkinson
Gin martini.
7 / 9Gin martini.Nick Parkinson
The bar and dining room.
8 / 9The bar and dining room. Supplied
Seared scallop with creamed corn, porcini and espellette.
9 / 9Seared scallop with creamed corn, porcini and espellette.Supplied
14.5/20Critics' Pick

Bar Superette

Contemporary$$

Open day to night for small plates and big energy.

“Mixed Business” reads the tagline at the top of Superette’s menu, and that it is. You can use this all-day, restaurant-bar hybrid in several ways: pop in for a glass of indie-label wine and a charcuterie plate, do a sit-down lunch or dinner at one of the tight-packed banquettes, or scoop up a picnic’s worth of wine, tinned fish, pickles and fancy crisps.

If you’re plumping for the full meal experience, expect shareable hibachi-fired plates such as chubby scallops on the half-shell, juiced up with creamed corn and espelette, or stracciatella that walks a tightrope of bitter, sweet and heat thanks to radicchio and hot honey.

There’s pasta and French-ish mains such as confit duck and grilled swordfish with dijon veloute, and an unapologetically nostalgic sundae to round things off. The clientele? They’re a mixed business too; the place heaves equally with big-city visitors and devoted locals.

Good to know: In welcome news for out-of-season visitors, the place is open all year-round.

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