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Oh my WOOOOW. Wow Machiavelli. Wow. Had the most AMAZING meal at this glorious institution. 30 years of serving delicious authentic downright amazing Italian food has solidified this restaurant as a fave in Australia for a whole list of A-list celebs that the wall of fame pics proudly show off (John Travolta, Whoopy Goldberg and tha maaaan Malcom Turnball just to name a few). And rightfully rightfully so. The handmade pasta here is beyond amazing - gnocchi that literally melts in your mouth and flavours that will have you doin’ all of the food moans. I will save my spiels on the other aspects of this heavenly meal for future posts but expect so see plenty more Machiavelli love because I am officially OBSESSED 😭. Thank you thank @machiavelliristorante and @polkadotcommunications for this one of a kind dining experience 🌹🇮🇹🌹 | Machiavelli Ristorante, CBD

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Another day, another lifting 😝🍝

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KICKING IT OLD SCHOOL 👌 Raviloli with langoustine & snapper, house made pasta with the lightest freshest Napoletana sauce I’ve ever tasted 👌 Figs & prosciutto in Gorgonzola sauce, decedent & DELISH 👌 Steak Diane, house special, melting in mouth steak in oodles of sauce 👌 Arguably the best fries in town 👌 Old school side of creamy potato and creamy spinach 👌 Crispy AF Canoli, with choc, coffee and vanilla filling👌 Great food in this classic Italian style room with impeccable service .....that explains why the business peeps favour this joint, amazing dining that’s super efficient so you can get back to work and make another million in the afternoon #ifonly 😜 You have to respect a resto that has survived 30 years and with the quality at this joint another 30 is achievable FO SHO 👊 Keep hunting for the best food peeps ✨ #Italian #pasta #steak #canoli #ravioli #figs #sydney #invite #australia

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The last time Allan Fels dined at @machiavelliristorante was the mid '90s, when the Sydney restaurant under Clarence Street was at the height of its influence, a regular haunt for top politicians, media barons and their relevant hangers-on.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ "Twenty or 30 years ago, you thought nothing of having lunch with someone you were regulating or investigating," he tells our reporter @lisaadelemurray over Lunch with the AFR. "Now a regulator would be very cautious about having a free lunch."⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Fels came very close to choosing a life in politics. He started out as a budding student politician in Western Australia, where he became president of the Liberal Party's Nedlands branch, which sits in @juliebishopmp's electorate, before opting to study at @dukeuniversity and then onto @cambridgeuniversity.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ He moved into regulation and was made head of the ACCC's precursor, the Trade Practices Commission, in 1991. For the next 12 years, Fels reinvented the role of the regulator taking a consumer activist approach to investigations and using both the courts and the media to make his case.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ In the past, Fels was described as a "media tart"; he does not recoil from the label. On the contrary, his high profile has served him well throughout his career.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Read the full story at www.afr.com/x/h167xe⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ 📰: @lisaadelemurray⠀⠀ 📷: Steven Siewert⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #lunchwiththeafr #lunch #politics #auspol #leadership

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I recently had the pleasure of being invited to sample the menu at Sydney's iconic, Machiavelli. All sorts of wealthy, famous and political figures have dined here and do so regularly and once you walk towards the underground entry and are greeted by the welcoming and hospitable Italiano staff members, it becomes apparent as to why this is their "place to be". It's no wonder this place was and continues to be an institution. You're bound to feel like Italian royalty once you enter. Personally, whenever I'm given the option of the chef taking the liberty to create a sample menu for me, I'm sold! It shows a whole lot of confidence and passion and I encourage you to do the same if you're ever given the opportunity. To date, this option has never disappointed me. On this specific occasion, I was treated to many gorgeous dishes but the stand out was this vongole pasta. So simple, so delicious and it too me back to the gorgeous shores of Italy! To sum things up... Everything experienced during this visit was perfect - food, wine, service, ambiance. Loved it! #getfatwithnat #gfwninvite

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