Who can be bothered cooking after a massive weekend?
Whether you're a monarchist or republican, a day off is a day off. Here's where to make the most of it.
Plenty of places are open for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Save the Easter eggs for dessert (if you can).
Bit dusty? These places will sort you out.
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Chef Dan Pepperell and his dream have brought a new wave of French dining to Potts Point. On the menu you'll find boudin noir (blood sausage) spring rolls, escargot pasta and steak frites. Plus, there's a drinks list by the Swillhouse Group's former sommelier.
Rosa Cienfuegos makes some of Sydney's best Mexican food. At this colourful and casual all-day Mexican eatery and deli, she's serving home-style dishes: huevos divorciados, tacos, garnachas and more. Plus, there are hard-to-find Mexican pantry goods to buy.
This sustainable South Eveleigh bar – by Scout London's Matt Whiley – is pioneering a new mode of hospitality without losing focus on smashable drinks. From the furniture (made from pineapple-leaf fibre and recycled milk bottles) to the drinks (crafted with produce destined for landfill), Re– is regenerative and revolutionary.
This is the long-awaited Sydney outpost for the beloved Japanese dining empire, and it's brought its signature miso cod along for the ride. Dine on salmon-sashimi tacos and evaporate-in-your-mouth nigiri, knock back "sushi cups" and enjoy some aged sake.
At this French bistro above P&V;’s Paddington bottle shop, a 60-kilogram Berkshire pig gets delivered each fortnight. Evert part of the beast is used, from the head (which becomes terrine) to the belly (bacon sangers for staff meals).
A bakery from the Bodega team. Visit for baked-bean toasties, jam doughnuts, sausage rolls and quince danishes – with a Mimosa or Bloody Mary on the side.
An elevated fish'n'chipper from the team behind Fishbowl. Pull up a char in the light-filled dining room for Mediterranean-inspired bar snacks, or settle on a picnic rug in the neighbouring park with takeaway boxes.
These huge, tasty soups sold here are unlike anything else in Sydney. And they’re guided by a sustainable ethos.
This tiny pizzeria, run by two ex-Bella Brutta chefs, makes just 150 pizzas a day. So order your fermented-garlic honey, 'nduja or pepperoni pizza early – they sell out fast.
The laneway CBD eatery is plating up veal saltimbocca, tiramisu and lobster maccheroncini (with shaved truffles if you want it).
Descend the stairs into a labyrinthine den of lush velvet booths, flowing booze and a menu that champions Black Angus rib eye.
A moody Mexican laneway diner in an old CBD printing shop. The upstairs restaurant serves tacos al pastor, a one-kilogram Wagyu rib eye and a sweet potato dessert. Downstairs there's a bar with more than 200 mezcals and tequilas.
Woodfired pide and Turkish breakfast spreads in Newtown
David Allison supplies produce from his Hawkesbury farm to some of the best restaurants in Sydney. Now, he's doing farm-to-table dining at this urban market and cafe in a former industrial loading dock.
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.
This is a buzzing South American-inspired cocktail bar and diner by the teams behind Gin Lane and Eastside Bar & Grill. Expect ingredients such as spiced worm salt and grasshoppers, Margarita "trees", and more than 100 types of mezcal and tequila.
One of Melbourne’s favourite cafes has a Byron Bay outpost. This beach-adjacent space has large umbrellas at the entrance, terrazzo tabletops inside and large wooden windows to keep things bright. Come here for strong coffee and great bagels.
This restaurant surrounded by lush gardens is serving a modern-Asian menu inspired by Luke Nguyen’s heritage.
After 50 years of obscurity, this prime harbour spot is open to the public; serving bacon-and-egg rolls and fish'n'chips
Oma is a wine bar and restaurant by the Three Blue Ducks team, replacing their nightclub Locura. There's an all-natural wine list highlighting female winemakers, and exciting dishes such as a sourdough crumpet with XO pipis and Oomite spread.
Visit for fiddle-leaf figs, golden cane palms and pots from around the world. Plus Tuga pastries and strong coffee.
Eat octopus cooked on the plancha, buffalo mozzarella on lemon leaves, and cured meats paired with vermouth cocktails at this seaside eatery open until 3am.
At Acre’s second Sydney venue, dine on Italian food made with ingredients grown on-site, pick up house-made pastries and cakes, and hang out with chooks.
This tiny bar serves old-school cocktails, classic drinks with a twist and fresh-juice highballs.
This brewery interprets slow-fermented, old-world beers in modern, radical ways. Its wild beers include a hoppy sour ale (fittingly called Resting Place) made with a yeast strain found on a tree in a Philadelphia graveyard.
It stocks 150 plant varieties – the majority of which are indoor and shade-friendly. And if you’re lacking a green thumb, it’ll help you keep your new purchases thriving.
Sydney's crunchiest fried chicken. Plus katsu burgers, waffle fries and tater tots.
One of the few places in the centre of town where you can try Nanjing specialties. If you’re into duck, this is the spot for you.
Authentic Neapolitan street food in a bright, modern setting.
At this offshoot of CBD diner Restaurant Leo, it's all about pastries by day and aperitivi by. Head into the laneway for innovative cocktails paired with oysters, anchovy-and-sage scrolls and parmesan custard.
Go for a 120-day dry-aged beef sirloin with Café de Paris butter, an apple tarte tatin and something from the whisky cart.
Get "proper" ancakes topped with real maple syrup, “happy” eggs with an assortment of sides and a Canadian take on the Bloody Mary (complete with Clamato juice and Canadian vodka) at this sunny cafe.
At this buzzing charcoal chicken restaurant and takeaway joint, match the smoky Lebanese chook with slushies or Middle-Eastern “packaged” cocktails. And get brisket-shawarma tacos and lamb san choy bow on the side.
This tiny spot does fresh sangas during the day and decadent meaty sandwiches and margaritas at night.
Order fettuccine carbonara and pizza slathered in cheesy sauce at this diner in Sydney’s Green Square.
A nautical-themed bar with small-batch Aussie gin, live music, and regular trivia.
A hole-in-the-wall spot where you can grab chewy bagels stuffed with cured salmon or salted beef, with a side of crisps and pickles. Or grab house-made egg dip and schmears to take home.
A cellar door, bottle shop and late-night rotisserie for the Oaks.
Everything at Mschief, from the banana and pear bread to the brownies, tarts and cakes, is low in sugar.
This casual eatery highlights the cuisine of southern Italy. There's slow-cooked octopus, chickpea pasta and house-made shortcrust pastries.
A tiny grocery store with a Filipino barbeque, karaoke and a cult following.
Italian classics and a late-night outdoor bar in a previously underused space.
Twenty-eight types of Nepalese dumplings and a full vegan menu.
This isn't just a carbon copy of the Bondi original. DJs play live sets most nights, so you can smash a flaky lasagne pie to some retro Italian tunes until 2am.
The smallest venue at Coogee Pavilion is packed with spritzes, Martinis and snacks. It’s also open till late on weekends.
This cafe – from the founder of The Grounds of Alexandria – is looking to reinvent the humble office lobby.
Local DJs, craft beers and beer-flavoured lamingtons bring the RSL into the 21st century.
A modern atrium space on Liverpool Road’s busy strip.
This Greek cafe channels new-school Athens, serving an array of pastries, pies and cakes.
Home-style cooking at this Malaysian-Indian restaurant.
