Most Expensive Restaurants in Australia?

[SOPOOR]

Foodie here, but I hate over hyped, places that are expensive because they just are for the sake of location, or some famous person ate there, or owns it

What are the most expensive restaurants that you know of/type: (lets keep it to Entree+main desert or entry level set menu exc drinks)
for me:
Buffet: crab 89, $300, recently been reduced to $260 on weekends, looks very overpriced for quality/service/atmosphere
Restaurant: Vue Du monde $360, (always a great experience, the 2 times ive been there)
(its clear I dont get too much out of melbourne!)
and i'm sure Sydney would have more

 

[Forg]

Expensive, or overpriced?

When it was open we paid something like $400/ea for Tetsuya’s, but it was WAY better value than ~$150/ea at Rockstool Bar & Grille.

You can spend ~$800 apiece at Quay if you get the fancy wine pairing.

I dunno, it’s hard to put a value on the very top end of town. They serve food you just couldn’t make yourself, when the service is right it’s like magic (“how did they know I wanted that?!”) … it’s the epitome of diminishing rate of return when you either pay for (or provide) that level of food & service. I think if you did it regularly it’d be a complete waste, you wouldn’t get enough enjoyment to justify the cost, but going to one of these places every couple of years & you can get a “wow” experience you’re not gonna get often.

We went to Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck on my wife’s birthday in 2018 … even getting the reservation was a challenge, they were releasing reservations in 3-month blocks and were being booked solid within a few hours of release. One instance where the time-difference was good, as the reservations were being released at midnight GMT.
Anyhoo, I can’’t recall the exact price, was about $600 each before wine. But we’re still enjoying memories of the event - it was great! Certainly a LOT more enjoyable than a same-price economy return airfare to Perth.