Daisy Doctor

After a mammoth $14 million transformation, the three-storey 1800s boozer is back. Visit the diner for lobster rolls and braised lamb shoulder with oregano, or head up to the rooftop for city views, cocktails that’ll take you back to your last European summer, and potato scallops topped with taramasalata and caviar.

Bringing experience from Employees Only, Frankie’s Pizza and Spice Temple, it’s serving cracking cocktails, has live music five nights a week and DJs until 4am every Friday and Saturday.

It’s working with the likes of Butter Sydney, Delhi ‘O’ Delhi, Stix and Long Chim to bring you dishes that pack all the punch of a restaurant meal, ready to heat up whenever you like.

Pizzas with traditional Neapolitan toppings are whizzed through an eco-friendly oven (“We don’t cut trees for pizza”), there’s tiramisu and house-made sorbet for dessert and vegan cheese is on its way.

A “newish” cocktail bar bridging the divide between Asian and Spanish flavours.

Step inside a Japanese fine diner, where a fish tank is built into the floor and shoji screens conceal sake.

A floral oasis demanding a long lunch.

A bit of Bondi in the inner city.

Talia Golan’s travels inspired her line of Portuguese threads.

Talia Golan’s travels inspired Bondi’s latest Portuguese threads.

The New York Times thinks so.

A modern brewery in the heart of the city.