REVIEWS
BEST FOOD AND WINE MATCHING
"Christine's food has always been about vibrancy and life,
complexity and contrast, diversity and depth.
Leave yourself in the capable hands of sommelier
Matthew Hardy and his inspired by-the-glass pairings.
To find wine matches with such food is a challenge.
To do it so well is masterful.
A seriously edge, left field list with numerous wines you will want to try."
2010 Australian Wine List of the Year Awards
"Voted one of Sydney's top five
restaurants, Christine Manfield
presents gorgeous, power
packed dishes from around the
world."
Sunday Telegraph, April 2011
“Christine Manfield’s food meets its match with a stunning wine list.”
Awarded 3 goblets 
2011 Australian Gourmet Traveller WINE National Awards
“A visit to Universal is an intensely sensual experience;
voluptuous fragrance and flavour leave you breathless.”
Awarded 2 stars 
2012 Australian Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide
“Very few Australian chefs can successfully
marry so many flavours into a single menu
as Christine Manfield.”
Matt Preston, MasterChef
2011 Citibank Insider Guide
“Fasten your seatbelts ladies and gentlemen as
Christine Manfield takes you on a whirlwind spin
around some of the world’s most seductive cuisines.”
Awarded 2 chefs hats 
2012 Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide
“Christine Manfield’s desserts
have always been a highlight
of her restaurants and the ones
at Universal are no exception.
Like the rest of her menu,
texture and incredibly flavoured
ingredients rule. Manfield’s
sense of play when it comes to
naming her desserts is part of
the fun of eating them.”
Best Dessert Restaurant
2010 Time Out Sydney Food Awards
“Universal awarded one of Australia’s
50 Hottest Restaurants”
The Weekend Australian, 2011
“Like great winemakers, great chefs stamp
their personality on their product.
So welcome to Christine Manfield’s universe:
bold, extrovert, adventurous, perfectionist.
Taste it in her quite extraordinary, original food,
the culinary cure for a world of blandness and
pale imitations. Backing her is first class service
from staff who know when to engage and when to vanish.”
The A-List. 50 Great Australian Restaurants
Weekend Australian, September 2009