excerpt from an email I wrote...

.... date dinner locations - wow. This is my speciality. see below.

$50+ per person > Flying Fish in Pyrmont or Kingsleys Wooloomooloo

$40+ per person > Bodega in Surry Hills (Spanish tapas and great wine list)

$40+ per person > Busshari in Potts Point (Japanese) http://www.busshari.com.au (nice lighting for dates)

$40+ per person > Jimmy Liks in Potts Point (fusion Asian) opp. YU/Soho (also nice lighting)

$30+ per person > Pizza E Birra in Surry Hills (PIzza and they have lighting that makes everyone look good) does not allow BYO

$20+ per person > vego option! Yulli's on Crown Street

$15+ per person > Bar Reggio (Italian) in Darlinghurst BYO

$15+ per person > Mamak (Malaysian/Indian like roti and curries) in Chinatown

http://www.mamak.com.au/ - last time I was here just before Japan there was a line out the door, busy and noisy but delicious and cheap

$15+ per person > Yahabibi's on King Street in Newtown (lebanese, good value and delicious) BYO

$10+ per person > Sushi on Stanley BYO

$10+ per person > Dumpling on Victoria Street in Potts Point (between Doughboy and YU, and opp. Jimmy Liks) BYO

Dessert - Boon upstairs on Victoria Street, Darlinghurst. Awesome chocolate situation...