arai is a beautiful restaurant with amazing location. the place is intimate and the service is impeccable. i had the foie gras which was so fantastic. a great variety of high end dishes and a great wine list to boot

Approximate cost: $40-50

What a disappointment Aria was. After reading the hype we dined and it was not a pleasant experience. Tiny tiny portions for stupidly high prices, mixed service with no less than 4 different waiters, the food was so ordinary for the cost, we were not offered time to order drinks with dinner, the bill took forever to come. Overal it was miserable.

Approximate cost: $40

I recently went with some friends and family to Aria's Kitchen Table. What an experience! I had requested Matt Moran be there on the night as it was my 30th birthday. He graciously spent a good hour with us even though he had been working all day on the TV show, The Chopping Block. The food and matched wines were stunning. The Duck Consomme was amazing - what aromas! The Twice Cooked Pork Belly was to die for. My best friend does not eat any seafood other than oysters - yet she ate crab, yellow fin tuna, octupus carpaccio, shaved abalone and scallops at Aria! The other staff were also incredibly lovely and knowledgable about the food and wine. The Kitchen Table is a 'must do' experience - the excitement of the kitchen is amazing.

Drawn by the hype and the spectacular location, my husband and i dined at Aria for his birthday. We were seated comfortably at a table with an excellent view of the Bridge and the Opera House. The wait staff were very professional, helpful and friendly.

The food was a big disappointment. I ordered the oysters for entree which were served with a "vichyssoise mousse" which tasted like French onion dip and completely overpowered the flavour of the oysters. The mushroom sauce on the steak main was so salty I could barely finish my meal. My partner had a more pleasant experience with the Hapuka fish main but commented that it was nothing spectacular. Despite the excellent service it was overall a very disappointing experience. I won't be going back.