★★★★★ ★★★★★ Great location, high tea very disappointing jenny 26 June 2026 What a beautiful place to have high tea, up high overlooking a stunning city. The staff were attentive and very helpful. Unfortuantately the high tea itself was dissappointing, considering the price we paid. We got one hot piece of food, savoury, a slider, it was the highlight of the tea spread. Then it went downhill from there. A few store bought cube sized cheesecake style cakes. The highlight of any high tea is big fluffy scones, well, these ones were cub sized and rock hard... literally trying to eat rocks... Coffee needs to come from the restaurant below the bar. Bar 83 did not really seem to be set up for high teas. I unfortunately do not recommend having this high tea at all. Customer Experience Hi Jenny, Thanks for your detailed feedback. While we’re glad you enjoyed the views and attentive service, we’re sorry the high tea didn’t meet expectations. We’ll share your comments with the venue to help improve the offering. 29 June 2026
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Disappointing Sheena 23 June 2026 The first section of food was very good but the scones on the second plate were so hard we couldn’t eat them. Cassie Hi Sheena, thanks so much for your feedback. We are always looking for ways to improve so I really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. 23 June 2026
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Staff n views great, food below average Rekha 11 January 2026 I had booked high tea for a large group. Staff was awesome, views were nice, couches with stains and dated were a bad look however food was the worst. For high tea there were sad dry sliders n no sandwiches and dessert were more of store bought chocolates. They didnt have tea and coffee as well...yeah high tea with no tea!! But staff was lovely enough to get us coffee from downstairs Customer Experience Hi Rekha, I am sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy your experience. I’ve passed your valuable feedback through to our experience operator. We’re always looking for ways to improve, so I really appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback. 21 January 2026
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Recommended Sky High Tea at Bar 83 was amazing Jane 15 October 2025 We really enjoyed the high tea with sparkling wine at Bar 83. The views are spectacular, the staff were friendly and efficient, and the high tea tasted as delicious as it looked. It was very relaxed and not very busy and we could stay as long as we wanted to admire the views. Bar 83 is at the top of Sydney Tower so it is a great way of going up to see the views without having to pay the usual admission fees. Customer Experience Hi Jane, it's great to hear about your positive experience. Thank you for sharing your feedback! 15 October 2025
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Just go for the view Ann 5 May 2025 We made a booking for high tea, my friend gave me a $100 voucher as a late gift. We come to the venue on time and they serve as sparkling wine, a moment after they said food will be late for 15 mins. They asked if that's ok, and we said yes not really sure what will happen if we said no. We got the food after 32 mins to be exact. Only good thing about this place was the view, it felt like the food taking long does not make sense as we were the only table there, just another table came after few minutes and that's it. The booking was made a week early, it felt like they did not know there was a high tea thing and just made everything as soon as possible. We have had many red balloon high teas in the past which was amazing and this place had disappointed us. The scones don't taste fresh, the lemon tart was way too sour and the trifle cake was so dry. The rest was alright nothing special, presentation was great though, for the price i guess we did just pay for the view and wine. Felt like we wasted my friend's gift voucher. This place is just for bar not a high tea place.
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Recommended LOVED this High Tea Experience! Hannah 2 April 2025 The high tea was absolutely delicious, and enjoying it at the top of Sydney was an unforgettable experience - can't beat those views!The staff were incredibly friendly and welcoming as well. Customer Experience Hi Hannah, thank you for your kind feedback. We're so happy to hear you enjoyed your experience! 2 April 2025
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Recommended High Tea experience was exceptional Evan 1 April 2025 [Employee of redballoon] High Tea experience was exceptional. Great food and views of the city. Customer Experience Hi Evan, thank you for your feedback. We're so happy to hear you enjoyed your experience! 3 April 2025