The Old City Bank Brasserie in Katoomba's famous Carrington Hotel is so popular it's a mistake not to book, especially on weekends. The long menu changes seasonally, offering pastas and risotto, steak, burgers, pizza, fish of the day plus specials. Beef and Guinness pie with mushy peas was rich and filling. Pork cutlet with shallot mash cake and spiced plum glaze was a little less than succulent but very tasty, and the tagine of chicken with green olives, dates and spiced cous cous was dateless but the cous cous was soft and moist and the chicken tender. Service is fast and friendly.