Eating out
The full list: Every venue in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes & Bakeries guide
From specialty coffee shops to cult sandwich spots, here are the best places to start your day in Sydney.
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Don’t miss the ‘chopped roti’ dish at this Sri Lankan eatery in western Sydney
Chef Ceylon’s kottu roti crackles with deep-fried curry leaves and coconut shreds.
- Lee Tran Lam
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‘People want new experiences’: Manly’s Sake to shut as hospo giant changes direction
The operator of the beachside spot will also close El Camino, while the business puts greater focus on “unique venues” and pulls back on its Bavarian chain.
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- Lane Cove
Split your mochi with a piece of string at this hidden Japanese cafe
Our reviewer has never encountered a more expansive offering of these squishy pastry desserts than at this spot. It’ll cure your wish-I-was-in-Japan blues.
- Lee Tran Lam
Sydney’s best dog-friendly venues now serve ‘puppitini’ cocktails and pooch-only high teas
“We’re BYO human”: Cafes are embracing four-legged friends like never before.
- Bianca Hrovat
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- Eastwood
This slow-simmered Korean pork bone soup is best split with friends
Even the small size of gamjatang – priced at $40 – feeds two to three people, or go the large for $70 for groups of four or more.
- David Matthews
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- Redfern
On omakase restaurant in Redfern that turns dinner into a show
There’s a new rendition of Stairway to Heaven. You’ll find it at R by Raita Noda, a 15-seat Japanese fine diner on Redfern’s Wunderlich Lane.
- Erina Starkey
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Rockpool team to open restaurant serving only steak frites
Plus a salad and cheesecake tart, making it arguably Sydney’s smallest menu.
- Scott Bolles
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Sydney’s most exciting openings of the year so far
From CBD grills and hatted Italians to destination sandwiches, these are the new venues to tick off as we head into the second half of 2025.
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- Bowral
This old-school regional Chinese restaurant is a delicious time-warp to the 1970s
Prawn toast, fried ice-cream and red lanterns abound at a Southern Highlands institution still going strong after 50 years.
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Filet-O-Fish and salt & vinegar onion rings: a French dinner inspired by a Happy Meal
For one night, Melbourne’s hatted Poodle Bar & Bistro comes to Sydney. Expect mini burgers, savoury profiteroles and “cheeky, decadent” dishes.
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