Book Now: Full 50-Event Program Revealed for Dine Out 2026

July is almost here and that means the return of Dine Out, Broadsheet’s annual food festival celebrating Sydney’s top culinary talent. In partnership with Mastercard and Doordash, we’re staging 50 new events across the city from July 27–August 2.

We released the first half of the program earlier this month, including events by Mimi Wong x Attenzione, Brendan Pang x Refettorio Ozharvest, Bistro Livi x South End, and more. Now here’s the rest – and we’ve saved some of the best for last. Book your spot for ticketed events now, and add the many walk-in specials to your list.

Melbourne chef Tom Sarafian is sometimes known as the city’s “hummus king”, both due to his eponymous brand of dips and his Collingwood restaurant Zareh, which Broadsheet last year crowned the hottest opening of the year. On July 27, Sarafian is appearing for a single night at Surry Hills wine bar Poly to put on a $99 set menu featuring that famous hummus with spanner crab, plus a heap of other exciting dishes.

Three other big Melbourne names are flying north for the festival. On July 29, John Rivera of new wave Filipino restaurant Askal (and co-founder of Kariton Sorbetes) is popping up at Alejandro Saravia’s Morena, where the two chefs will explore the surprising similarities between Filipino and Peruvian food. Both have been shaped by the ocean, migration, Indigenous traditions and Spanish colonisation.

The following night Melbourne’s Audrey Shaw (Carnation Canteen, Bar Carnation) and Clarence & V’s Stella Roditis are putting on a dinner that highlights their shared approach to produce and not messing with it too much. The Mediterranean-inspired set menu includes small plates, mains and dessert.

The final Melbourne name is returning a favour from last year’s Dine Out, when the good folks at Corner 75 flew south to spread some Hungarian cheer. This year, their former host, Bistra, is coming to Sydney and bringing along new chef John-Paul Twomey. He’ll prepare a set menu of Bistra classics for $160 per person, with a welcome drink included. There will also be three seatings from 12pm, which means your Sunday lunch plans are well and truly covered on August 2.

Local collabs abound, too. Firepop’s ongoing Pop Stars series brings top Sydney chefs into the Enmore kitchen for unexpected and unforgettable one-night collaborations. There’s a special one planned for Dine Out, starring Oscar Solomon, development chef at the Apollo Group. He brings a distinctive style shaped by Greek hospitality, Japanese technique and a passion for charcoal cooking. Together, Solomon and Firepop’s own Alina Van and Raymond Hou will present a four-course, 12-dish set menu with optional paired drinks on July 29.

On July 29 and 30, Japanese restaurant Ibushi is switching gears to welcome Surry Hills wine bar 40Res for a special two-night collaborative dinner. The event brings together two chefs whose careers have been intertwined for more than a decade: Ibushi’s Chris Kim and 40Res’s Josh Raine first worked together at Brisbane’s acclaimed Urbane, before reuniting at Sydney’s iconic Tetsuya’s. They’re joining forces on an eight-course menu featuring signature dishes from both venues, plus a new collaborative creation.

Also on July 29, Italian wine bar Vineria Luisa and veteran drinks retailer P&V Liquor are holding a tasting highlighting Australia’s best winemakers under the age of 40, paired with a limited menu of Italian snacks and off-menu pasta specials to keep the good times rolling.

A seafood dinner to remember is happening on July 30, as Double Bay fave Margaret (including owner Neil Perry) pops up at Felons in Manly. The five-course menu includes spicy scallop-and-prawn sausages, coral trout with XO butter, and Blackmore Wagyu sirloin with red curry butter. Bookings are essential.

The same night, Bar Yuki is swinging into beloved Redfern pub The Bat & Ball for a menu takeover that promises to be as fun as last year’s Tabasco-themed one. Walk in for prawn sandos, barbeque pork skewers, sashimi and chicken parmies with Japanese curry gravy.

Ever wanted to taste the intersection of Korean and Italian food? Head to Dawes Point cafe Jinius on July 31, where chef Jowoon Oh of Enmore institution Russo & Russo will collaborate with founder Yeongjin Park, who’s more famous for his viral Portuguese tart at Tenacious Bakehouse. Their menu will highlight traditional techniques and house-made ferments such as rice sourdough, artichoke miso and shellfish garum butter. Expect delicate snacks, handmade pasta, seafood, Berkshire pork and a bakery-inspired dessert.

You’ve met wine party Big Moves – now meet its Dine Out sibling, Small Moves. The bite-sized event will have you ascend to the Ace’s stunning 18th-floor rooftop restaurant Kiln on August 1 for an intimate wine tasting by Drnks, paired with snacks by culinary director Isobel Whelan-Little. There’ll be music all afternoon, plus some of the city’s best sunset views to bring it home.

You can also get snacky on August 2, as French restaurant Caravin takes over the kitchen at Heaps Normal Health Club. The team will serve snacks all afternoon, matched with wines from Caravin’s outstanding wine list. Heaps Normal will keep the beer taps flowing and provide the soundtrack, with a full music program running long after the sun goes down.

The same day, Pepito’s and Porcine are joining forces at L’Avant Cave in Paddington for an unusual menu exploring French and Peruvian cuisines, with the menu still to be revealed. Naturally, the L’Avant Cave crew will be curating a tight wine list to go with the menu.

The funny thing is, that’s not even the most outlandish and unexpected of the local collaborations. That crown goes to Junda Khoo, who’s hosting internet stars Vincent “Dimsimlim” Lim and Nipun “Nipcooks” Liyanapathirana at Ho Jiak Town Hall on July 30 alongside TV chef Manu Feildel. How Chinese, Malaysian, Sri Lankan and French cuisines will all come together remains to be seen. You’ll have to show up to find out, but an early set menu draft hints at XO butter scallops, Khoo’s signature laksa bombs and truffle Peking duck.

That’s it for the one-off ticketed events, but if you want to play it by ear, there’s plenty more to put on the list. You can also catch exclusive dishes, deals and menus available only during Dine Out at Porteño x Humble, Manly Fish & Chips, Felons, Caness, Homer, Jane, Pizza A’Mare, Woodcut, Baker Bleu, Aalia, Besa, Kiln, Lox in a Box and Shaffa. Plus, in a Dine Out first, we’ve curated happy hours in three of the city’s buzziest drinking precincts: the CBD, Potts Point and Enmore Road.

Dine Out 2026 full program
40 Res x Ibushi
Aalia
Ama
Arms Length
Ashe (sold out)
Baker Bleu
Bar Carnation [Mel] x Clarence & V
Bar Demo
Bar Julius
Bar Planet
Besa
Bistra [Mel] x Corner 75
Bistro Livi [Murwillumbah] x South End
Brendan Pang x Refettorio Ozharvest
Caness
Caravin x Heaps Normal Health Club
Continental Deli x Joe’s Tavern x Mister Grotto x Osteria Mucca
Doom Juice Cellar Door x Calzone Zone
Drnks x Ace Hotel
Famelia x Olotl
Firepop x Oscar Solomon
Gildas
Goodways Deli x Sang
Hey Rosey [Orange] x Earl’s Juke Joint
Homer
Jane
Jowoon Oh x Jinius
Junda Khoo x Dimsimlim x Nipcooks x Manu Feildel
Kiln
Kolkata Social
Lottie x Maiz
Lox in a Box
Manly Fish & Chips
Mapo x Baba’s Place
Margaret x Felons
Mimi Wong x Attenzione!
Morena x Askal
Mucho Group
Old Love’s
Pantry Story
Paul Farag x Avia
Pepito’s x Porcine
Pizza A’Mare
Porteno x Humble
Rick Stein Coogee
S’more x 20 Chapel
Shaffa
Sundays Bondi
The Bat & Ball x Bar Yuki
The Dry Dock x Lode
Tio’s
Toby Wilson x Superfreak
Vineria Luisa x P&V
Woodcut
Yellow
Zareh [Syd] x Poly

Broadsheet’s Dine Out festival returns from July 20–26, 2026 in Melbourne and July 27–August 2, 2026 in Sydney, with 100 events across the two cities.

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