RND Bondi

Raquel kaizen 5 months ago

Perfect place to share different healthy and yummy options ! Everything was super yummy and the service also with a great vibe. Atmosphere was great too. Really nice place. Just not too spacious so make sure you don’t go on a rainy day as the place inside is quite small so it’s nice to be on the terrace. They have sake too ! Love that. Instagram : Raquelkaizen

Charline 5 months ago

Amazing food and super friendly staff. Everything was fresh, delicious, and served with a great vibe. Definitely a place I’d come back to in Bondi.

Justas Pipinis 6 months ago

It’s always extra fun when you run into something awesome unexpectedly. I was peckish, RND was there. What a lucky chance. The prawn and nduja wontons were an absolutely smashing dish, I am bound to have cravings. Oysters and tuna tataki were very good as well. Great service, good vibe, nice location.

Jackie McMillan Edited 9 months ago

By day it’s a coffee house and Bondi institution of more than 25 years, Harry’s. By night it’s a beachside izakaya called RND. Short for Raw Next Door, you’ll find it next door to Raw Bar. All three businesses—along with Lulu up on Hall Street—are owned by Harry Lambropoulos. RND offers a little more sophistication than its long-standing, water-facing sibling. The interior plays with Japanese minimalism, with polished concrete and pale timbers. Golden afternoon light pours through the windows, giving those diners facing them that characteristic healthy Bondi glow. The floor team are equally sunny, even in the face of the kitchen advising that the Sydney rock oysters ($7.50/each) were from Bondi. Their smoky ponzu, white truffle and caviar adornment did let you taste the bivalves, harvested in Merimbula, right at the end. The menu leans into bites, snacks and nibbles, perfect for consuming with an RND martini ($24) in hand. It’s smooth and kept cuisine-friendly with the use of Four Pillars olive leaf gin and sake (rather than vermouth). From the sake list, hit up the Nambu Bijin tokubetsu junmai ($30/300ml) so you can mix and match. The latter suits the chef’s selection sashimi ($

Claudia P 10 months ago

Was excited to finally try RND during my trip to Bondi Beach. Between two of us, we ordered the oysters with smoked ponzu, crispy eggplant shokupan, crispy rice chef’s selection, tuna tataki, and grilled chicken thigh with rice. WOW — the food was incredible! Most dishes exceeded expectations and came out fairly quickly. The flavours were fresh, balanced, and beautifully presented. The only miss for me was the crispy eggplant shokupan — I was expecting a tempura-style eggplant but it turned out more braised and quite oily. We sat outside, which was nice, though it was a bit tricky to get the staff’s attention as most were stationed inside near the register. Still, overall a great dining experience and definitely worth a visit for the quality of the food alone.