Ask most Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi taxi drivers who’ve worked in the inner west where they go for a late-night feed and you’ll hear the same answer: Tandoori Hut. Many locals know it for its good value tandoori, butter chicken and other Indian diner standards, but that’s not what some regulars order; they ask for the special menu, a list of traditional Pakistani options scrawled on the back of a receipt.

At one of Sydneys' only Nigerian restaurants you can order goat stew, jollof rice, Nigerian meat pies and a traditional, spicy west Nigerian dish, ofada stew.

The pokies are gone and Big Buck Hunter is in. The Duke lives on with local beers, "stiff and strong" cocktails and upscale pub grub – think chicken liver pâté on toast, puffy breads stuffed with mortadella and a fancy steak.

Oversized New York-Style Pizzas. Order by the slice or walk away with a 22-inch pie.

This social enterprise serves soft-shell crab roti-tacos with mango salsa as well as more traditional home-style food, alongside punchy, spice-driven cocktails.

Bright-green felafel, rolls stuffed with charcoal lamb and a Cairo brunch.

A beloved, family run restaurant in Enmore is doing casual street food just like they would eat at home.

It’s styled after an old-school trattoria, but this enduring eatery serves thoroughly modern interpretations of Italian cuisine – often with native produce. And though the wine list reveres the classics from Piedmont and Tuscany, Australian producers are given equal weighting here. An Enmore classic for a reason.