The beating heart of Sydney’s dining scene.
Whether you're after coffee, a sweet treat or a full-blown meal.
Surry Hills, where you can do a bar crawl that includes a leading natural-wine bar, a pub with 15-plus taps of beer, an internationally a...
Dulwich Hill's cafes are illustrative of the inner-west's enormous cultural diversity. The only thing these places have in common are gre...
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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.
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 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 charred cauliflower, guacamole and pickles, you won't even noticed meat's gone.
A sharp restaurant and bar from the team at Bulletin Place. Naturally, it serves great cocktails.
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.
An oversized bento box-like Japanese eatery and sake bar.
The super-popular “inauthentic Indian” restaurant from Melbourne and NYC serves up butter chicken without the butter.
Line up for luxurious, velvety ramen made with the help of science.
A little French bistro with hidden, shady courtyard out back.
Top contender for Sydney’s smallest restaurant, Raita Noda is an eight-seater Japanese kitchen in Surry Hills.
Vacanza embodies the Italian “less is more” approach to pizza. There’s a neat list of pies and a calzone for good measure. There’s also dedicated mozzarella bar full of imported Italian cheeses. Need we say more?
Not every pizzeria can say it has an Italian flour technician at the pass. And the proof is well and truly in the dough here (there’s more than one kind depending on what you order). But it’s the genre-bending toppings that truly stand out: past pizzas on the menu have been loaded with anything from pureed pea to smoked turkey.
A colourful vegan-friendly pasta and spritz bar.
A Japanese dining experience with Western legs.
Authentic Neapolitan street food in a bright, modern setting.
Get your fill of Japanese-inspired burgers.
Sneakers and champers to go with your fried chicken.
Authentic Neapolitan pizza on Crown Street.
A colourful restaurant showing India’s whimsical side.
There’s udon noodles with miso bolognese, and whisky slushies.
Some of the best light ramen in Sydney.
A Vietnamese institution in Surry Hills.
A fresh, tasty, and simple seafood paradise.
The team behind Bopp & Tone, The Butler and The Botanist have given this institution a $1.5-million makeover that pays tribute to its past.
Too Korean to be called modern Australian, but not traditional enough to be called classic Korean.
A Spanish-French menu built around daily market adventures, whole beasts, croquettes and lots of cider.
A cosy, izakaya-style Japanese bar diner with a downtown vibe.
Sushi that won't break the bank.
This Crown Street eatery is a no-rules fusion joint serving spicy noodles and voluminous cocktails.
A tiny restaurant serving a very different kind of Malaysian food.
An industrial-looking local with Thai-inspired brunch.
An Izakaya with food to challenge fine-dining Japanese restaurants.
Dumpling dinner with a happy ending.
An vegetarian favourite on Sydney's Crown Street strip.
A low-down, boozy affair with Southern barbeque.
There’s a new place for pork lovers in the former Red Lantern site on Crown Street
Home cooking, Modern Vietnamese and communal spirit collide at Mama’s Buoi.
The Beresford is an ideal spot for many occasions.
