Epoque is Sydney’s answer to a Belgian beer cafe as such. A short jaunt from the North Sydney business district - a dozen of us from work sat down at the bar and started working our way through the beers, starting off with some of the lighter concoctions, including the most interestingly presented beer - Kwak, before we made our way to our table and lunch itself.

Some of the beers are quite easy to drink, and some quite difficult - with the Trappist beers being the hardest for most, particularly two drops tried, Orval and Rodenbach. As you’d expect the beer menu well and truly outweights the wine menu. Whilst the non-beer drinker is catered to, it is a Belgian beer cafe after all.

Time to order - the fare was a mixture, with everything from fried camembert to lightly panfried prawns. The main courses that showed the way to Belgium, with a plethora of mussel pots to try, to slabs of beef, or in my case, pork and pistachio sausages.

The sausages were quite good, served with sauerkraut, mashed potato and red wine jus. Quite heavy, and in association with the consumption of the heavy beers, it was hard to get through. That said, probably my favourtie beer for the day was the Chimay Bleue, which went with this dish quite well, a nutty aftertaste to compliment.

A cheese platter and a cherry beer to finish off, and I was well sated. A good location to enjoy a few different types of beers, and caters well to a work lunch crowd. The only downside is that it does get hot in warmer weather.

Returnability: If I was on the north shore having a few beers more than a session, sure.
Score: 11.5/20

Entrees $8.5 to $29.5. Mains $17.5 to $29.5. Desert $9.8. to $15.5
Fully licensed
429 Miller Street, Cammeray