Thievery

This place is really cool! Great tapas food and a wide selection of drinks and damn cool vibe.
They describe themselves as contemporary middle eastern — it and delivers as well! The tapas menu has pretty much everything that you’d expect and some more that I didn’t expect. The food is explosive with flavour and texture. The hummus is out of control, possibly the best I’ve ever had. Good portions of dipping bread as well. The potatoes are amazing, so crispy and soft in the middle, the beef kebab was seriously so well balanced. Apparently the LFC (Lebanese Fried Chicken) is the go, however I didn’t partake.
The drinks are really good — good prices. Good selection of beers and wines and spirits. Simple yet very effective. Loved it.
The vibe is so rad — awesome playlist and cool vibes. The staff are super friendly and helpful when it comes to food and drink recommendations — they know their product well. Really contemporary space that is executed in a very interesting way.
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Overall 8.6÷10

I tried Thievery at Taste of Sydney and it was delicious then I went to an event there for their first birthday and their food and cocktails were amazing, not to mention the décor. You must venture upstairs to see how they have done the ceilings and lighting. Very cool.
The name comes from a story of them stealing the recipes from a great chef. Who knows if it is true but it is a fun theme and delicious experience.
Things you must try:
The Labne cocktail — cultured AF — it tastes like desert
The BABA GANOUSH
The Halumi
The Octopus — like the best I have had
THIEVERY NAYYEH

Such a cool joint, cramped & cozy with a menu full of surprises.
Not your typical Middle Eastern food, but I kind of like the contemporary touch.
The Haloumi bastorma stands out and so does the baba ghanouj… certainly try the 961 beer.

Just opened up on the Glebe Point Road strip, The Thievery is brought to you by the gang that created the very popular Eat Art Truck.
We walked by The Thievery on its second day, and noticed the scorched glass panels, slick waiters, trendy layout, and packed audience. We paused to take a look, and were approached by a smooth-​talkin’ British lad, who showed us the menu. Lebanese street food? Award winning chef? Done!
The staff are super friendly, and I mean REALLY friendly. Small talk generally makes me pretty uncomfortable, but I just felt like the socially awkward frankenchild of Rainman and Forrest Gump. Also, did I mention it’s super trendy?
We were escorted to a table upstairs (the place is two-​storey and has a cool balcony area, which has unfortunately fallen prey to smokers). The décor is rad. I never use that word, but it totally makes sense here. The wallpaper is «ripped», there is Arabic graffiti on the walls, and the place echoes the rebellion and revolution of the Arab Spring.
The waitress pulled up a stool from the next table and chatted with us while we decided what to order. It was cool though, she was cool, this whole place just reeks of cool.
The menu is different from your traditional Lebanese restaurant. When we met one of the owners later on, he told us that the chef had recently won a best young chef award. Appetizers include cauliflower fattoush and LFC (Lebanese Fried Chicken), and cocktails have names such as Arab Spring and Baby Got Baklava. There’s a platter option called «The Chef’s Booty» which includes a bit of everything (including a lap dance from the chef. Kidding. Or not.).
Since we were a little lower on the rad spectrum, we just ordered a bottle of wine and the staff brought us some lupin beans to snack on while we waited for our meal.
We ordered the kebabs — fried chicken and wagyu beef. When they came out, they were laid out like tacos. Round miniature traditional lebanese bread, a piece of fried chicken or wagyu, dressing, and pickles. I will take a moment to say here that this review does no justice to the food. The food is truly fantastic. And of course… I forgot to take photos, something which I bitterly regret.
We were the stragglers at Thievery that night, ordering glass after glass, discussing nonsensical postmodernist existentialism on the balcony as Sydney unleashed its furious rains on us. We finally went back inside and took a seat at the bar upstairs where a gentleman was tinkering about. After chatting with him for a while, we found out he was one of the owners.
He told us many things, like how his name rhymes with Cannoli, how there are 5 owners, how the chef is awesome, and how they’re excited to be in Glebe. We may have gotten too friendly and given him a nickname too.
Glebe Point Road is a competitive strip, and these guys have what it takes to last. The street features classic watering holes and has long needed a trendy sexy slick spot. The Thievery brings a combination of fantastic food and edginess.