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RAFI

Where vegetables, seafood and service shine.

The venue has multiple indoor and outdoor dining rooms.
1 / 7The venue has multiple indoor and outdoor dining rooms. Steven Woodburn
The main dining room.
2 / 7The main dining room.Steven Woodburn
Hummus with crispy chickpeas and green chilli.
3 / 7Hummus with crispy chickpeas and green chilli.Kate Geraghty
South Coast tuna with tahini and chilli oil.
4 / 7South Coast tuna with tahini and chilli oil.Steven Woodburn
The outdoor terrace.
5 / 7The outdoor terrace. Steven Woodburn
Kingfish ceviche.
6 / 7Kingfish ceviche. Steven Woodburn
Grilled king prawns with chilli miso butter.
7 / 7Grilled king prawns with chilli miso butter.Steven Woodburn.

Good Food hat15/20

Contemporary$$$

Whether it’s Friday work lunch in the foliage-filled terrace, or a snack and cocktail at the natural-light-flooded bar, RAFI is an easy place to relax.

Staff know the importance of a warm welcome, and are happy to steer guests through a menu full of vibrant vegetables and seafood grilled over coals. Ripe tomatoes are dressed with zingy chalaquita salsa, channelling the Peruvian roots of chef Matias Cilloniz, while South Coast tuna hums with fragrant chilli oil on a bed of tahini. Torched sardines are simply anointed with superb olive oil – puffed-up pita is a must to soak up the juices.

Elsewhere, wrap your own crackling-capped pork belly in lettuce with pickled celery, or keep with the sea theme and share a grilled lobster kicking with fruity aji amarillo chilli. The wine list, meanwhile, is diverse enough to go toe-to-toe with any dish, whatever the occasion.

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