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Lox in a Box
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Restaurant in North Bondi
Blackwood Bondi
An all-day Bondi bistro and aperitivo bar on Glenayr Avenue, pairing Mediterranean-leaning brunch plates with a Friday-to-Sunday dinner and cocktails.
- Type
- Restaurant
- Area
- North Bondi
- Price
- $$$ ($$$)
- Cuisine
- Mediterranean, Modern Australian, European
- Good for
- Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
- Where
- Glenayr Avenue
Why we’d go
Blackwood works the whole day from one address a few streets back from the sand: a genuine sit-down brunch of eggs, bowls and sandwiches in the mornings, then a proper evening menu of grilled fish, veal cotoletta and spatchcock come the weekend. Chef Rob Lechowicz brings a serious French-trained pedigree to what could easily have been just another beach cafe, and the aperitivo-and-cocktail side (drinks program tied to the Maybe Sammy team) gives it a grown-up second gear most all-day rooms don't have. We'd choose this when we want somewhere that can flex from a laptop-friendly late breakfast to an actual dinner without changing postcode.
What to order
For daytime, the big breakfast plate or one of the loaded bowls; at dinner, lean into the aperitivo snacks (oysters, prosciutto, cheese) and the grilled mains like snapper or the crumbed veal cotoletta.
The atmosphere
Calm, contemporary room in soft greens and greys that lifts into a livelier aperitivo buzz on weekend evenings.
Local tip: The dinner service only runs Friday to Sunday evenings, so if you're picturing cocktails and cotoletta, aim for the back half of the week; midweek is a daytime-only affair.
Worth knowing: It's a backstreet address on Glenayr, not a beachfront table, so come for the food and the room rather than an ocean view.
Good to know
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How we verified this (Medium confidence · checked 2026-08-10)
- https://blackwoodhospitality.com.au/
- https://www.instagram.com/blackwoodbondi/
- https://concreteplayground.com/sydney/food-drink/now-open-blackwood-bondi
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