Restaurant of the week: Zebra Green Café

Shane Lurie is the owner and our head chef. He has spent years working for Michelin-rated chefs in Europe and opened his first restaurant in Bondi before he was 30. For ten years he had Blue Orange, a locals’ favourite there.

Eye candy:

We wanted it to feel like you have come to our home to eat, so working with Shane’s designer brother, Jason Lurie of Jalin Design in London, we came up with the concept and he helped us source the original retro art and furniture including our cool bars. All our wall art is out of this world and we handed blank spaces to the amazing creatives that are Sindy Sinn, The Grizz and local Bondi artist Mike Watt.

Flavours:

Modern Australian comfort food, accessible and designed to share. Lots of vegetarian choices and locally sourced ingredients. We focus on strong flavours and once you eat our food we know you’ll come back – memories are made here. We also have our own sauces and pickles ranges which we offer with our signature chips.

Something to start with:

People always start with our chips – it sounds heavy but once you’ve had them once you don’t want to wait till the main course. Also, our sticky wings to share are finger lickin’ good and at the moment the watermelon salad with pickled cabbage and walnuts.

The main course:

Slow cooked for eight hours, mustard crust Junee lamb shoulder, lemony roast potato, chickpeas, peppers, feta.

Room for dessert?

We bring a dessert box to every table so people can choose one or more for one or more! It’s fun and people love seeing the choices.

Care for a drink?

Jugs of Young Henrys fizz are a winner. YH cider, 666 Tassie butter vodka, fresh apples, lemons, mint…

Sounds:

’80s retro non-stop! We have a Sonos system and three rooms, so we often have ’80s in the parlour, gangsta rap for a function in the loft and cool jazz vibes in the garden.

The bill comes to:

On average $35

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