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Business Lunches


Some of the best and most lucrative deals can be sealed with a handshake over a great meal (with wine of course - it makes us all ever so generous and affable after all!).

Whether you're trying to knock a client's socks off, networking to open your prospects or maybe just smoothing things over, a business lunch is like real estate; it's all about location, location, location.

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Forbes & Burton
Darlinghurst
Embracing simplicity and value, this sandstone restaurant offers exquisite French and Asian influenced meals for reasonable prices. They also open as a cafe during the day for more casual dining.

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Ripples Cafe
Milsons Point
There is no better place to soak up the ultimate Sydney Harbour view than this cafe on the water's edge

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La Sala
Surry Hills
Cheeky celeb chef Darren Simpson serves up his distinctive bold (yet simple) cuisine in a stylish space of high ceilings, wiry chandeliers and grandiose murals - inspired by Venice's Harry's Bar.

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Cafe Sydney
Sydney
Another of Sydney's restaurants with a fabulous view, Cafe Sydney is certainly at its best in summer on the outdoor terrace.

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Taxi
Melbourne
Pushing boundaries with great success, this fine diner serves Japanese-inspired food with complex flavours in a schmick space of chrome and glass.

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Il Bacaro Cucina e Bar
Melbourne
With a decade-long history of serving balanced meals with a modern twist, this is a comfortable and judiciously lit space to enjoy tender seafood, game and the popular calamari.

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Vue de Monde
Melbourne
Chef Shannon Bennett's fine French food is displayed in all its splendour as a degustation-only experience. Set in an historic building, the restaurant space is as impressive as the food.

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The Press Club
Melbourne
At this elegant city restaurant, avant-garde chef George Calombaris combines the traditional Greek food of his childhood with a dash of his own eye-brow raising style.