There are a few Sydney restaurants that encapsulate the city’s dining scene quite like Icebergs. Opened in 2002, this modern Italian restaurant and bar at the south end of Bondi Beach attracts both local and international guests for its regional Italian cooking and breath-snatching views of the surf below.

Following a seven-month restoration in 2022, Icebergs reopened twenty years to the day of its first service. Lazzarini Pickering Architetti, the Rome-based architecture firm behind the building’s original design, returned to create an “invisible restaurant” immersed seamlessly within Bondi’s coastal landscape.

The result is a sleek dining room rendered in sea blues and greens that reflect the Pacific Ocean crashing beyond the windows and dramatic terrace. There’s now a 50-seat private dining room with uninterrupted views of the sea, and a seafood counter showcasing the exquisite produce and suppliers the venue works with.

As ever, the menu is inspired by Italian coastal dining. A pizzelle (a wafer-like Italian biscuit) with N25 Oscietra Caviar and cultured cream is one example. You can also expect lovingly made pastas, daily crudo selections, seafood platters and desserts such as lemon soufflé with salted almond gelato.

Much of the restaurant’s extensive cellar now resides inside a custom walk-in fridge. The current focus is chilled reds, coastal vineyards and Italian varietals.