Bar Rochford

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Bar Rochford. (2026, October 26). The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/nsw-good-food-guide/bar-rochford-canberra-20240206-p5f2r8.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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The Sydney Morning Herald · collected 2026-10-26

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Bar Rochford Contemporary has been listed as one of Good Food’s 100 Essential Restaurants, celebrating its popularity among fans of gamay wine and music by Gary Numan and Grace Jones. The venue features a fireplace, racing-green booths, and serves dishes like potato galettes with goat’s cheese and honeycomb, alongside a diverse record collection that includes Townes Van Zandt and Austrian downtempo music. Chef Alisdair Brooke-Taylor focuses on farm-sourced produce and innovative flavors, offering menu items such as lamb shoulder roasted with rosemary and grilled king oyster mushroom skewers topped with prawn oil.
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Bar Rochford, an Australian restaurant included in Good Food’s 100 Essential Restaurants list, has been popular for a decade among gamay wine enthusiasts and fans of Gary Numan and Grace Jones. The venue features a working fireplace, racing-green booths, and serves dishes like slow-roasted lamb shoulder with rosemary and charcoal finishing touches. Chef Alisdair Brooke-Taylor emphasizes farm-sourced produce in his confident flavor combinations.

The establishment is noted for its diverse drinks list that equally considers wine, beer, cider, cocktails, and spirits, which is uncommon in Australia. Despite the construction chaos visible from its commanding arch window due to light-rail development, Bar Rochford remains vital and popular with patrons who appreciate its unique ambiance and culinary offerings. Good Food reviews are conducted anonymously and paid independently for unbiased assessments.

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Austrian Bar Rochford Good Food’s Rocco Sommerlad

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Bar Rochford ORG · 2× Alisdair Brooke-Taylor PERSON · 1× Australia GPE · 1× Austrian NORP · 1× Gary Numan PERSON · 1× Good Food’s ORG · 1× Grace Jones PERSON · 1× Rocco ORG · 1× the Good Food Guide ORG · 1×

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Good to know: The drinks list treats wine, beer, cider, cocktails and spirits with equal consideration, which is much rarer in Australia than it should be. Good Food reviews are booked anonymously and paid independently.
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🔮 Lamb shoulder is slow-roasted with rosemary and Geraldton wax, and deftly finished over charcoal; grilled king oyster mushroom skewers double down on the umami with a sheen of prawn oil; and a juicy ballotine of Sommerlad chicken with truffles (in winter, at least) is doused in a jus gras of requisite stickiness. The view from Rocco’s commanding arch window might be clogged with the chaos of light-rail construction at the time of publication, but what’s inside is more vital than ever.
2026-10-26 · The Sydney Morning Herald
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Bar Rochford Contemporary$$ This venue is included in Good Food’s 100 Essential Restaurants list. asserted
venue → include → list
Records run from Townes Van Zandt to Austrian downtempo, and chef Alisdair Brooke-Taylor delivers on the wine-bar comfort brief with farm-championing produce and confident flavour combinations. asserted
Taylor → run → produce
Lamb shoulder is slow-roasted with rosemary and Geraldton wax, and deftly finished over charcoal; grilled king oyster mushroom skewers double down on the umami with a sheen of prawn oil; and a juicy ballotine of Sommerlad chicken with truffles (in winter, at least) is doused in a jus gras of requisite stickiness. The view from Rocco’s commanding arch window might be clogged with the chaos of light-rail construction at the time of publication, but what’s inside is more vital than ever. uncertain
’s → roast → publication
Good to know: The drinks list treats wine, beer, cider, cocktails and spirits with equal consideration, which is much rarer in Australia than it should be. Good Food reviews are booked anonymously and paid independently. asserted
reviews → know → Australia
A restaurant can’t pay for a review or inclusion in the Good Food Guide. asserted
restaurant → pay → Guide
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