Aura Kitchen & Bar

My partner and I went for dinner on a Friday night around eight, the place is pretty funky inside but is more of a club than restaurant. The lighting is so low we had to huddle around our tiny table candle to read the menu. The staff are smiley, dressed up to the nines in glitzy backless tops and teeny tiny mini skirts and are more interested in chatting to each other than anything. Just after eight there were only two other tables dining and some after work colleagues having drinks at the bar, and even in such a small room it seemed empty. The Shining was playing on a soundless projector screen, not really my idea of a dinner movie.

The food was pretty good, the menu was a little average and limited but beautifully presented. We had battered calamari with mayo, thai green curry with sticky rice and marinated duck with peach salad. The wine was way overpriced.

This place is definitely trying too hard to be an exclusive ‘pretty people’ club and is coming off a little pretentious. We wouldn’t go back nor recommend it for a restaurant but the after 11 club might be ok, no room for dancing just standing around in the dark sipping on over priced drinks in a beautifully decorated room with probably equally decorated people.
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Roxanne
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Food 8 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 4
Monday, October 30, 2006

I dine in aura all the time. I have always had a fantastic time there. The food is varied and always very tasty and the service is impeccable. There is nearly always a little opportunity to star spot as well!!
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Andreas - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, September 22, 2006