Recommended - Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine
2009 Australian Wine List of the Year Awards

"A small wine list is difficult to do well, but stocking it with strong names, quality wines and the odd surprise (Te Mata Gamay!) keeps wine lovers coming back to Swell. Wines turn over quickly here (many are limited in stock). Expect the unexpected: Loire muscadet, Rhone rose, Sardinian carignano, prosecco and sake. What a mix!"

WINNER - Best Small Wine List
Restaurant & Catering Industry Association
Metropolitan Awards for Excellence 2009

Recommended - Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine
2008 Australian Wine List of the Year Awards

"Swell offers a daring mix of modern Australian meets modern Japanese dishes, and the wine list is equally daring. It’s small and compact but every wine here deserves its place, from the Spanish Cava to the Barossan albarino. And we haven’t even mentioned the sake!"

FINALIST - Best Small Wine List
Restaurant & Catering Industry Association
Metropolitan Awards for Excellence 2008

FINALIST - Formal Dining
2008 True Local / Wentworth Courier
Business Awards

FINALIST - Best Breakfast Restaurant
Restaurant & Catering Industry Association
Metropolitan Awards for Excellence 2007

FINALIST - Best Breakfast Restaurant
FINALIST - Best Small Wine List
Restaurant & Catering Industry Association
Metropolitan Awards for Excellence 2006

"All's Swell That Ends Swell"
the beast magazine, june 2010
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"Breezy, beach candour with cuisine from an award-winning chef...." 12/20
simon thomsen, smh good living, november 2008
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"What a swell party this is. A New York magazine guide rated this among
Sydney's top five seafood joints - a big call, but Swell's up for it"
Sydney Eats 2007
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Rated number 1, Sydney's Top 5 Seafood Restaurants
New York Magazine, April 2006
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This restaurant is a great way of soaking up the beachside dining experience
MX Magazine, April 2006
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Swellegant, elegant and open all day
Sydney Eats 2006
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A 'brekkie wrap'... and milky coffee are perfect after a dip. Settle at a communal 
bench facing the sea...
Good Food Guide 2006
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Says Sarah Murdoch "We love it [at Swell]. The food is exceptional and they are very kid-friendly..."
SMH the(sydney)magazine, December 2008

Swell is praised in a feature story about summer in Sydney in the
New York Times travel section
New York Times, 24 February 2008
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"Sandy, owner of Swell, is fantastic... and the food there is great" says
Matt Moran, chef of award winning Aria Restaurant, listing Swell as his
favourite spot for breakfast with the kids.
Gourmet Traveller "Best of the Best issue" April 2007