Welcome to Carnegies Bar & Restaurant

Two of my friends and I ordered one ham and pineapple pizza and a basket of fries with sour cream and sweet chili dips to share... the food was really delicious but quite pricey.

But Wednesday half price cocktails is great!! That's the main reason I go because they taste absolutely wonderful!!

It definitely showed that the waitress / waiter didn't want to be working there which wasn't a good vibe. Also I had to grab her attention for us to order as she didn't come to us even though she walked past a couple of times.

Really cool place to go to, the music is good and it has a funky decor too.

I would say to only go for Wednesday half price cocktails with your work friends because it's a nice place to catch up and relax with old and new chart music :)

After sharing some chips and dip (sour cream and hot chili, which either the guy forgot to give us instead of sweet chili, or was pretty much the same as sweet chili) and a couple of beers, my husband ordered the Carnegie's club sandwich and I ordered the spinach gnocchi. My husband said that the sandwich was not outstanding, but not bad either (he asked them to hold the egg, and they did not, and he couldn't get it all off) - all in all, nothing to come back for. I, on the other hand, LOVED the spinach gnocchi (even if it was quite heavy), and it is very rare that I find something vegetarian that isn't bland or not actually vegetarian in Australia. I would order it again if I hadn't eaten all day.

The service was absolutely disgraceful. It was a Saturday or Sunday afternoon (so it was VERY slow - there were about 8 people there, inside AND out), and after we took our seats outside (he insisted we not order at the bar), it took about 30 minutes and my husband going back in to get service.

The ambiance was typical of a CBD pub/restaurant. If you were sitting outside (as we were), you were surrounded by the annoyances of the CBD traffic (motor and foot), but sitting indoors was a bit depressing since it was empty and cavernous. With more people, it might have been cosier.

Overall, Carnegie's was a bit on the expensive side (the spinach gnocchi was lovely, but it was not a very "large" portion as indicated, and didn't warrant the $18.50 price tag), though it does shock me how expensive it is to eat out in Australia (versus America) even at McDonalds. In LA or Austin, I would have expected to pay no more than $10 for this same dish. It was a nice place for a late lunch, but the service could have been quicker and they could have gotten the order right.

I have never actually eaten a proper meal here but I have sampled many of their cocktails (liquid food some would say!) This place has loud music, plays a lot of top 30 stuff as well as RnB and soft rock. Wednesday nights are 1/2 price cocktail nights - get there early otherwise you'll line up to get inside and then line up again to get upstairs where the dance floor is. Wednesday nights attracts a young crowd, teens to twenties. Their cocktail menu is HUGE and there's plenty of choice. On half price nights you can get excellent cocktails for between $5-$10, very good value. The only problem is that the bars are extra busy so expect to wait a while. I have found their staff to vary greatly in skill. Some can make a killer cocktail but others have made worse cocktails than I would make while drunk.

One night I had a delicious Toblerone & then an excellent frozen Margarita, only to be followed up by the worst Strawberry Daiquiri I've ever tasted (watery and tasteless). If they trained their staff properly before putting them on and improved consistency this place would definitely get a top rating from me.

I have been here for the quiz night and sampled some finger food. Chips and wedges (can one really comment on this!?) and Turkish bread with dips (average, but what you'd expect at a pub). Their desserts were okay, we tried the apple crumble, custard & ice cream and the sticky date pudding & ice cream. You certainly wouldn't expect a culinary delight there.

They have $6 pints of Becks and $6 Sex on the Beach cocktails at their quiz nights at the moment too.

If you're looking for a value for money night out - try their $5 chicken schnitzel burger special on Thursday nights! Go during Happy Hour for a pint - there's a great selection on tap - and it's an even better bargain. Good service and great music and good fun.

It was nice for a fun night out. It is a two story bar/restaurant. It has lots of interesting show biz/music pictures and memborabila on the walls and loud music. It has a HUGE list of cocktails available. The ones I tried were great! The food was tasty, but not exceptional. The service was fast and friendly. More of a bar than restaurant - too loud for much conversation. Nice outdoor tables too.