Reviews
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Sunday Telegraph Magazine
September 2007 'Bar None'
This stylish waterfront wine and tapas bar is a surprisingly unpretentious magnet for culture... -
2006 Chamber of Commerce and Business Associations Award Winner
Walsh Bay Precinct
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SMH Sydney Magazine
October 2006 'Bars'
When liquid refreshment calls, there's no better place to be than a waterside bar... -
The Wine List
The Sun-Herald, May06
Intimate, waterside and neighbourly, Firefly is one of Sydney's greatest bars. Nestle in for pre-theatre drinks and try to resist the temptation to stay... -
Three of a kind
Good Living SMH, May06
These guys got the wine bar thing a while back so they have the small-plates-and-glass-of-something routine sorted, operating as they do... -
Bite Sighs
Good Living SMH, Feb06
Firefly is a true to the Spanish roots of tapas, even if its definition adds peking duck pancakes, chicken tikka and steamed yum cha dumplings... -
clockoff//mixer
Dec05
You can get seriously comfortable in this pocket-sized waterside bar. So comfortable, in fact, that you can pop in for pre-show drinks before a trip... -
Tapas Dancing
The Australian Jul 05
I've recently banned tapas from my life. Now, I don't take banning an entire cuisine lightly, especially one that has the impressive feature... -
Unwind
Sun Herald Jun 05
Possible Sydney's best bar, Firefly whispers intimacy. Overlooking the newly developed Walsh Bay, it is an enviable local for the inhabitants... -
Drink Streets
May 2005
You can get seriously comfortable in this pocket-sized waterside bar. So comfortable, in fact, that you might pop in for drinks before the trip... -
Balmy Army
SMH Spectrum January 2005
Amid the flurry of the Sydney Festival, Firefly is a glowing pool of calm. Across from the new Sydney Theatre and just along the waterfront... -
October Good Food Month
Review SMH
Cocktail: Gabriel Boudier. Sloe sling with five citrus juices. Canape: Tuna in citrus and juniper berries... -
Bar Tab
9 to 5
he five key elements of a good bare are: Good staff, good customers, good products, good location and good music... -
Artichoke Review
Spring 2004
We responded with a very theatrical experience, a nod to the Sydney Dance and Theatre Companies that neighbour the site... -
Hotspots
Gourmet Traveller Wine Spring 2004
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Design Trends Review
Firefly shortlisted
This compact wine and tapas bar adds a touch of drama to Sydney's Walsh Bay redevelopement, thanks to the celver use... -
Qantas Mag & 'Bartender'
June 2004
Walsh Bay is Sydney's newest waterfront location and home to Firefly, a cocktail and wine bar created by brothers Daniel and Oliver Sofo... -
Gourmet Traveller
April 2004
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Sydney Magazine Cocktail Review
April 2004
Presumably there was a time when it wasn't old-fashioned, but if this giant of a drink was considered pretty retro in the 1930's, it's positively ancient today... -
Sunday Telegraph
March 2004
Hickson Bay is the next space to watch waterside, and mid-January this little beauty opened to sighs of relief from theatre crowds. Basically it's a wine... -
Why Don't You
Sydney Magazine March 2004
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All Fired Up
Sydney Magazine February 2004
We're headed for a little wine bar called Firefly, spurred on by a local Walsh Bay resident who swears by it for a glass of wine and a light meal... -
Micro with Scope
SMH February 2004
They say a little goes a long way. Then again, they also say small ones are more juicy and oompah oompah stick it up your jumper... -
Walsh Bay Stirs
SMH January 2004
Walsh bay is trying to do a Wooloomooloo, kick-starting another wharfside Sydney food precinct. Fresh from catering Nicole Kidman's... -
Feature Cocktail
SMH January 2004
The newest addition to Walsh Bay, Pier Seven's Firefly is positioning itself as an upmarket espresso joint by day and a place to enjoy wine and cocktails... -
LifeStyle Food
SMH January 2004
Brothers Daniel and Oliver Sofo know a thing or two about taking on trends. They pioneered the ultra unique, ultra hip and down right gorgeous Firefly Wine Bar...
