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Best Restaurants in Darlinghurst

Updated 4 months ago

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Darlinghurst is a weirdly shaped pocket wedged between Kings Cross and Surry Hills. Buzzing with galleries, an art school, boutiques and an eclectic mix of restaurants and bars, it's got an energy unlike anywhere else in the city. Visit the area for a rare taste of modern Filipino food; one of Sydney's oldest restaurants; another inspired by Notorious B.I.G, and a tiny izakaya joint where you'll be enticed by the smells long before you sit down.

  • Hyde Park House

    Restaurant

    A four-level extravaganza with a retro cocktail bar with views over Hyde Park, stone-baked pizzas, and a Japanese menu by an ex-Sake chef.

  • Moon

    Restaurant

    An innovative European-Thai restaurant marrying molecular gastronomy with traditional Thai cooking.

  • Gaku Robata Grill

    Restaurant

    The chefs behind this exacting neighbourhood diner serve what they call “Australian kaiseki”, where local ingredients are transformed into artful Japanese dishes with French touches. On the menu? Sashimi, plates of Wagyu and sushi, a signature duck yuzu ramen, and more.

  • Joe's Table

    Restaurant

    It's all about that cold fermented sweet glutinous rice with mango and coconut cream.

  • Buffalo Dining Club

    Restaurant

    The club’s signature cacio e pepe is served hot inside a hollowed-out wheel of Pecorino Romano, imported once a month from Sardinia, Italy. That’s how serious this slick diner is about cheese. Score a seat at the communal table with some quality European booze and get down to business.

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  • Wings and Tins

    Restaurant

    Are you game to take on T-Bone's Doom Juice, made with Carolina Reaper chillies?

  • Brick Lane

    Restaurant

    Indian flavours used to create not-so-Indian dishes inspired by East London's Brick Lane.

  • Black Bottle

    Restaurant

    $2 espressos in the afternoon, European share plates in the evening.

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  • Chaco Bar

    Restaurant

    A homage to the grungy izakayas of Fukuoka, Japan. It’s a little more refined than that, but the yakitori is on-point, the beer is ice-cold, and the light is low enough to obscure the fact that you’re dining at the Paris end of Potts Point.

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  • 169 Darlinghurst

    Restaurant

    Cafe by day, wine bar by night.

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  • OHBAR 1982

    Restaurant

    An all-in-one Thai cocktail bar, cafe and restaurant.

  • Beppi’s

    Restaurant

    This is the godfather of Italian dining in Sydney. Beppi’s has been ticking-over with the same consistency, fit-out and leather-bound menus – hand-carved by the late Beppi Polese himself – since 1956. Immortal dishes include clams and mussels with garlic, olive oil, white vino and tomato; and zucchini flowers stuffed with ricotta, basil and mushrooms.

  • Bills Darlinghurst

    Cafe

    At one time, the breakfasts at Bill Granger’s sun-drenched cafe were the yardstick by which all the city’s cafes were measured. This blonde-wood institution still hits with avo on Iggy’s bread, poached eggs with elevated sides and ricotta hotcakes.

  • Big Poppa’s

    Bar

    Italian food, drinks and hip-hop served until 3am. Big Poppa's is low-key one of Sydney's best places to eat cheese – whether you like it on a platter or inventively deployed across a range of handmade pastas.

  • Love, Tilly Devine

    Bar

    A small bar menu, perfect for a light meal.

  • Johnny Goes Italian

    Restaurant

    A seafood-focused wine bar from the owners of Buffalo Dining Club.

  • Johnny Wong's Dumpling Bar

    Restaurant

    Serves dumplings of all kinds made fresh in-house.

  • Sagra

    Restaurant

    Sagra is one of Darlo's quiet achievers. It's laidback, it's wallet-friendly, and there's something on the menu for just about everyone. The pastas, most of which come in at under $25 a bowl, are particularly worth your time.

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  • Nom

    Restaurant

    An intimate, authentic izakaya.

  • Paski Vineria Popolare

    Restaurant

    A bar and bottle shop styled after the enotecas of Italy. And a colourful upstairs restaurant with pasta and panache. Paski is a three-part stunner by wine importers Giorgio de Maria and Mattia Dicati, and chef Enrico Tomelleri.

  • Yachiyo Japanese Bistro

    Restaurant

    The chef behind this Japanese bistro honed his craft at a Michelin-starred Kyoto restaurant. Here he’s serving top-grade sushi, Kyoto-style duck and classic Japanese dishes that draw everyone from diplomats to Darlinghurst locals.