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My husband and I were as tourists in New York (we are Italian) and we wanted to eat in an Australian restaurant: so we decided to try this one, basing on the reviews we read on this site. And so, here is our (wonderful) experience. It was a terrible day, it was raining cats and dogs and ... at last we found this place (we went there by subway from the Metropolitan Museum). But an evil demon seemed conjuring against us - the restaurant was closed! I must confess that I did not keep in mind that it is open only for dinner. While we were turning our steps back, regretting that we had to renounce to our Australian lunch, the door opened and the patron - a young, friendly person - invited us to enter and to sit. He had mercy of the two dripping wet foreign people! He told us that he was preparing for dinner, but nonetheless he accepted to serve us as well. Unfortunately we could not eat kangaroo as we wanted, because, the patron told us, he had no kangaroo; but instead we had emu and barramundi (not to mention a beef steak). As Italians, we appreciated also the bread and olive oil, served as appetizer. A large selection of Australian and New Zealand wines were available. The dessert too deserves a particular mention (date pudding, served with ginger ice-cream) and a fine Australian porto. All the food was special, as it was the wine. We enjoyed a very good time and, luckily, when we finished eating, the weather had been turned to be much better ... Before concluding, we would like to give public reward to the kindness and thoughtfulness of the patron, who received us with open arms, in spite of the restaurant was closed, entarteined us in speaking about Australia and Italy, and prodigated himself to let us have a pleasant stay (for example, he went out to buy some bread, notwithstanding the rain!). If we come again to New York we'll surely visit again Eight Mile Creek - remembering the opening time! In the meantime, I recommend this place to everyone wants to try new tastes and to experience the pleasure of an inspiring ambience, with the friendly liveliness of the owner!

As and Aussie living in the USA, have always been looking for a place like this to feel at home. This week I entertained a number of our clients from NY and they all thoroughly enjoyed the experience and are already making plans to return again. The Roo was special, the lamb was great, and the desserts, sticky date(just like my wife makes) were all great. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to try some genuine Australian Hospitality.

We live near this casual restaurant that serves amazingly top notch food, and we've tried everything on the menu. The combinations of flavors is artistic yet not so unfamiliar. If you are the meat and potato type, with a glass of shiraz, it's beyond....If you're into salads or light fare, there's something for you, too. We've gotten to know the staff well and they are hardworking cheerful folk that make you feel like you've stumbled into a quaint place in Australia unknown to foreigners. It's a small space and sometimes a bit loud during soccer season. Other than that, we keep coming back for the great food and attentive staff. My son thinks the burgers are the best in New York. And you'll certainly have to wander off the diet for a bit of sticky date pudding for dessert. We never imagined when we moved to Little Italy that our favorite place would be....Australian!

I was once there. I received lunch/brunch menu and ordered something from it but I don't remember name of the dish. It was passable but nothing spectacular. The service was poor. Waitress appeared about once per half an hour and behaved as she was doing me a great favor. To make matter worse I was seated in the garden with a very noisy cattle at the next table. So I'm not impressed. It was my first and last visit there.

I've visited this restaurant once but ... I was there at 5 pm when it should have been opened. It wasn't ready yet, however, and I was told that it would in half an hour so I left. My advice is to stay away of this restaurant.If this is the way they run their business then count me out. There are plenty of restaurants in NY(and maybe some Australian ones too) that one doesn't have to wait half an hour in, aren't they?

Not bad but not great. I have been travelling for a long time and been to many Australian themed/run places. I was not that impressed with this joint.

My girlfriends and I wanted to try something Australian, and the friendly waiter recommended the kangaroo skewers. We then had the seared kangaroo fillet. I must say that the kangaroo tasted just like beef, maybe more tender :) Great service here. I will surely return. Oh, the prawns of the barbie--delightful!