Chippendale

Where a wood-fired oven is fed with produce sourced from Sydney and surrounds.

A fun, energetic take on fine dining headed by ex-Momofuku Seiōbo chef Clayton Wells.

When LP’s Quality Meats pulled down its roller door in February 2020 to focus on its growing wholesale business, with assurances that it would reopen in a different format at some point, Sydney’s carnivores were left wondering what the Chippendale diner might have in store. Now, with an expanded, fully kitted-out kitchen absorbing half the dining room, LP’s is back. And it's better than ever.

The kitchen slams at this little pizzeria at The Lansdowne Hotel. On a rowdy night, it sends out piping-hot Detroit-style square pies to every corner of the pub. But inside the tiny wooden-clad dining room, it’s a little sanctuary, with a secret menu and natural wines from star Australian producers. Our favourite slice is the vulgar-sounding but very more-ish slice of the “Mushroom Fucker.”

A Japanese barbeque restaurant where you collect what you’ll be eating from the shelves yourself.

Sourdough is king at this lauded bakery.

Dessert degustation and takeaway coffee on Central Park’s Kensington Street.

If you open a cafe in an old chocolate factory, you kinda have to name it after a chocolate bar, right? Hence, Old Gold – aka Grandma’s favourite dark chocolate. It’s the third outpost from the Sample Coffee guys. The coffee is excellent, the food is plant-heavy and the space is stylish.

A community hub with an eclectic down-to-earth feel.

Go here for Malaysian-fusion dishes such as sambal-egg-stuffed croissants, waffles with pandan, and nasi-lemak burgers.

The prettiest bubble teas in town with tapioca pearls, jellies and flavourings all made in-house.

Bringing experience from Employees Only, Frankie’s Pizza and Spice Temple, this speakeasy has cracking cocktails, DJs till late and live music most nights of the week. Find it in the former Freda's space in Chippendale.

This is a buzzing South American-inspired cocktail bar and diner by the teams behind Gin Lane and Eastside Bar & Grill. Expect ingredients such as spiced worm salt and grasshoppers, Margarita "trees", and more than 100 types of mezcal and tequila.

Live music and hardly any food over $20, from a Mary’s burger-flavoured pizza, to American-Korean nachos.

There’s a water feature with a huge buddha head, an illuminated technicolor jungle motif and stone-stacked walls covered in vines. It’s straight out of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

A Chippendale pub with a courtyard, music and deep-fried desserts.

This beer garden is one hell of a pleasant spot to park.

Desert Designs and Siberia Records team up in this unique concept store in Chippendale.

A Japanese import where everything is $2.80.

Wines from all over the world, but made under the same label.