Valentines Day Dining 2025
Community
January 26, 2025
Wine and Dine Your Valentine
It’s no revelation to say that food brings people together. We bond over, find our memories intertwined with it, and use it to express ourselves. So integrally tied to the human experience, there’s no better way to celebrate the day dedicated to the foundational relationships of love than through food.
Whether you’re trying to impress your new foodie boo, hitting the town with your beloved besties, or simply wanting to treat your nearest and dear to the finer things in life, James St’s culinary community are cooking up a feast this Valentines Day.
What’s more fitting for the Day of Love than a feast straight from the country of romance itself? Sip champagne on arrival before tucking into the likes of fresh oysters with limoncello vinaigrette, crab cannolo, roasted spatchcock alongside marinated green beans and, of course, the signature Agnes Bakery ciabatta.
Price: $150 per person
Say te quiero to Carmen Tequileria's set menu of Mexican inspired fare including tequila agave glazed pork belly, costilla al fuego a.k.a slow cooked beef ribs served with tortillas, and banoffee tartlets.
Price: $99 per person
The Kings of Cool are keeping their cards close to their chest this Valentines Day but you can be sure to expect the 4 Big C’s in attendance – that’s champagne and caviar, crab beignets and chocolate souffles in ESSA speak by the way.
Price: $188 per person
If you didn’t have V. Day plans you certainly do now because Gelato Messina
are launching their limited edition, 1 litre ice cream tub just for the occasion. With decadent layers of salted caramel gelato with dark choc chips, baked cheesecake chunks, passionfruit curd, crème brûlée mousse and caramel swirls, “The Love Tub” is sure to up the romance.
Price: $48, pre-order from Tuesday 28 January
Gerard’s are showing you love Levantine style with their four-course banquet of traditional ka’kat bread and hummus, pomegranate kingfish crudo, Bangalow pork rack with Falls Farm carrots and sumac custard, plus a signature cocktail on arrival to top it all off.
Price: $130 per person
After all that’s said and done, and your stomach is just as full as your heart, head to The Nixon Room to keep that loved up energy going.
Spice up your celebrations of love this year with sAme sAme’s formidable feast of caramelised pork dumplings, grilled scallops, spanner crab with coconut relish, grilled beef brisket garnished with tamarind dressing, and coconut pannacotta to name just a few.
Price: $150 per person
