Gertrude & Alice Cafe Bookstore
Bondi Beach
Gertrude & Alice - named after you know who - is a jewel of a cafe, with a memorable menu and lined floor to ceiling with used books to buy or peruse while you...
- Café or Bistro
- Other
Restaurant Hubert
Central Business District
Restaurant Hubert is a classy Old School French restaurant adding creative flair to French favorites. Dishes are expected to be shared. The candle-lit, wood-paneled...
- Fine Dining
- French
Bills
Darlinghurst
The international Bills chain, famous for ricotta hotcakes and corn fritters served at communal tables, began in 1992 in an old pub building in Darlinghurst. Owner
- Café or Bistro
- Local Cuisine
Icebergs Dining Room & Bar
Bondi Beach
High on the cliffs of South Bondi above the seawater swimming pool, Icebergs Dining Room & Bar offers panoramic views and multi-level dining. It has a...
- Fine Dining
- Italian
Porteño
Surry Hills
Since 2010, Porteño prepares meats the traditional Argentine way, using a parilla (barbecue) and asado (pit of fire), sometimes slow cooking pork and lamb for eight...
- Steakhouse
- Argentine
Quay
The Rocks
Quay, one of Australia's most famous restaurants, is owned by Leon Fink with Celebrity Chef Peter Gilmore running the kitchen. In the Overseas Passenger Terminal...
- Fine Dining
- Local Cuisine
Salaryman
Surry Hills
Salaryman started off as an upscale ramen noodle eatery but has broadened its base to include raw seafood, fried buns and rolls and dishes from the charcoal grill....
- Casual
- Fusion
Automata
Chippendale
On the ground floor of the Old Clae Hotel, Automata looks more like a body shop than one of the world's most innovative restaurants. The decor is all stainless steel...
- Fine Dining
- International
Bennelong
Bennelong Point
Inside the Sydney Opera House, Chef Peter Gilmore of Quay offers the best of Australian cuisine at the multi-level Bennelong. Dining options are varied and include
- Fine Dining
- Local Cuisine
Berta
Surry Hills
Hidden away on an alley, Berta serves a regional Italian menu, so seasonal it changes almost daily. Plates are meant to be shared. Tuesday's special is a four-course...
- Italian
Din Tai Fung
World Square Shopping Centre
Din Tai Fung, the international noodle and dumpling chain begun in a Taipei stall in 1972, is known particularly for its soup dumplings. Dumplings are hand made and...
- Casual
- Chinese
Ester
Chippendale
Part of the Vini wine bar family, Ester cooks almost everything from cauliflower to oysters to grass-fed steak on the bone in its huge wood-fired oven - but no...
- Fine Dining
- International
Fred's
Paddington
Award-winning Fred's is a 60-seat restaurant serving minimalist, season-driven fare like whole boneless duck with fig and hazelnut stuffing. Leg of lamb is the...
- Fine Dining
- Mediterranean
Sagra
Darlinghurst
Sagra - which translates "celebration" - offers simple farm-to-table Italian cuisine, rustic but with touches of elegance. The creative menu is seasonal and sourced
- Café or Bistro
- Italian
Sean's Panorama
North Bondi Beach
With a constantly changing blackboard menu, the 45-seat Sean's Panorama offers a choice of four entrees, mains and desserts or a five-course chef's degustation plus...
- Beach
- Mediterranean
Thai Kanteen
Mosman
Gay-owned Thai Kanteen in the posh suburb of Mosman specializes in classic Thai cuisine with Australian influences and an emphasis on organics. Meals are designed to...
- Casual
- Thai
Three Blue Ducks
Bronte Beach
Run by surfers, the Three Blue Ducks has rustic alleyway dining with a kitchen garden, chickens and beehives outback. Dishes are organic and seasonal. Close to the
- Café or Bistro
- Local Cuisine
Wild Ginger Dining + Bar
The Rocks
Wild Ginger took over the premises of the old Sailors Thai Canteen, which closed in 2016 after being a mainstay for two decades. Happily for diners, it retained many...
- Casual
- Thai