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Reviving French splendour in an old-fashioned setting.
High-quality produce cooked over a naked flame, with no sauces to hide behind.
Drinks and snacks reach new heights at this not-restaurant from the team at Ester.
Where a wood-fired oven is fed with produce sourced from Sydney and surrounds.
After a fire, a pop-up and a Covid-19 shutdown, Nomad has returned to its original Foster Street home. Enter for smoked free-range chicken, wood-roasted eggplant with flatbread, and a six-week dry-aged rib eye.
An intriguing restaurant in Pyrmont, with a chef that lists Noma and Attica on his CV.
In the heart of the CBD, Bentley offers dishes that reflect a reputation for innovation.
A wood-fired oven, an open-flame hearth and some of the country’s best produce and cocktail bar underneath.
This Surry Hills pub got a shake-up in 2020 – but it’s still one of Sydney’s best all-in-one wine bars, restaurants and boozers.
This “rickety-chic” institution has been winning over Sydneysiders with its ever-changing seasonal menu since 1993. It’s packed with ultra-fresh produce from the restaurant’s own farm in the Blue Mountains – check the restaurant chalkboard details. Cheerfully charming and dangerously good.
A fun, energetic take on fine dining headed by ex-Momofuku Seiōbo chef Clayton Wells.
Noisy, spicy and lots of fun, just like the original in Melbourne.
A sharp restaurant and bar from the team at Bulletin Place. Naturally, it serves great cocktails.
Italian swagger in Sydney’s most experimental wine bar. Chef Dan Pepperell’s legacy lives on in his unshakeably spectacular pretzel with whipped bottarga, but Trisha Greentree’s farm-to-plate focus across the daily menu brings even more panache to this gamechanging Paddo institution.
This Mexican diner's menu is entirely plant-based, and it's all the better for it. If you're a veg-lover and a fan of Mexican flavours, this is the spot for you. When your tortilla's loaded with pastor-style mushrooms, pico de gallo and pineapple; you won't even notice the meat's gone.
The sister venue of Love, Tilly Devine is perfect for a date night of snacks and wine.
A trio of chefs is behind this dapper bar with a penchant for low-intervention wines.
Settle into the handsome dining room to tackle the 180-bottle-strong wine list, or grab some takeaway slushies from the old coffee window. Plus, there's excellent house-made pasta.
Not quite Neapolitan, not quite New Yorker – the pizza at Bella Brutta is a style all of its own. Expect a puffy, blistered crust, a sag-proof base and a raft of creative toppings (a slice of the white clam pie with fermented chilli is a must). From the teams behind LP’s Quality Meats and Porteño.
A corner of Paramount House brings together two coffee heroes.
Caviar, champagne, tanks of live lobsters – there’s a certain swagger to this high-end restaurant in a relaxed waterside locale.
Sydney’s most influential burger joint.
An intimate vibe and 300-strong wine list make this one a date-night home run.
Hoppers, curry, sambol, wine and a slick design.
Italian food, drinks and hip-hop served until 3am. Yes. Big Poppa's is low-key one of Sydney's best places for cheese-lovers – whether you like it on a platter or inventively deployed across a range of pasta dishes.
The spiritual successor to its former tenant, Limoncello. The southern Italian vibe here has been nailed, which is no surprise given the hospitality guns running the show. But it’s all about the pizza – perfectly light, elastic dough that won’t leave you bloated and lethargic.
Sourdough is king at this lauded bakery.
A smaller, simpler version of Reuben Hills in the CBD.
Apart from sides, there's only one thing on this menu: T-bone steaks, sold by weight.
There’s something slightly Alice in Wonderland about this cheery wholefoods cafe.
Head here for a bowl of cacio e pepe, a glass of Roman wine and a seat outside in Rushcutter’s Bay.
Doughnuts, vegetarian food and a back-to-basics approach.
An authentic Mexican deli serving cult tamales. Try the handmade parcels in-store or take home the ingredients to make them yourself. There are few places in town making these dishes, and this one's the best.
Another winner from Bill Granger, the man who revolutionised Sydney's cafe scene.
The vast headquarters for one of Sydney’s top coffee roasters.
No-rules croissants made with charcoal-dyed dough. Past fillings have included salmon, ginger and wasabi.
Whisky, cognac and "shit tinnies" are your reward for finding this rowdy bar. Just look for the three skulls.
The Two Chaps team have passed the baton to new owners, but their meat-free legacy remains. The seasonal menu changes weekly, with vegetarian toppings you’ve probably never tried on a slice of pizza. And – busy intersection be damned – an al fresco meal on the footpath outside is a quintessential Marrickville experience.
Consistently great coffee from the original shakers in the city’s third wave coffee movement.
A tiny cafe setting the standard for breakfasts.
The first pizzeria in Sydney to go completely vegan. And if anything, the lines to get in are bigger than ever. Umami-rich, plant-based toppings here go above and beyond mere substitute status. You won’t miss the meat and cheese, that’s for sure.
Barbequed chooks, vino and fake grape vines from the Arcadia Liquors and Redfern Continental team.
As far as small corner cafes go, this is about as good as it gets.
Live music and hardly any food over $20, from a Mary’s burger-flavoured pizza, to American-Korean nachos.
A standing-room-only tapas bar with mini cocktails and Spanish snacks.
A classic old boozer blessed with one of the best beer gardens in Sydney.
A tapas bar to handle the overflow from Buffalo Dining Club.
Gin cocktails, seasonal creations from a beautiful German-made still and a bar styled like a church.
A whisky bar in a former opium den/bootmaker’s workshop/doss house.
The standard-setter for fine dining in Sydney. Executive chef Peter Gilmore is tireless in his pursuit of what’s interesting, new and Australian. His backyard is peppered with test plantations of rare vegetables, he works with local ceramicists on custom crockery and he’s a leading advocate for native produce. The restaurant’s theatrical tasting menus show off all this and more, bolstered by some of the city’s best harbour views.
