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Degustation

Bar Spontana’s fitout features brick walls, exposed roof trusses and colourful artwork.
14/20

Funk, fire and fantastic cocktails: This secret bar might be the Thai diner of your dreams

Bar Spontana is one of those spots that feels like a secret, and a really juicy secret at that.

  • Besha Rodell
Go-to dish: Coral trout and its parts.
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Sydney has a new three-hat restaurant, and it’s in a former pub

Josh Niland’s tasting menu showcases the near-limitless potential of fish. But it’s not all livers and eyes and “oh, my!”

  • Callan Boys
Allta’s timber slats arch over diners like a blond wood Hokusai wave.
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‘One to watch and then some’: Two-hatted newcomer is fancy, but also a lot of fun

Allta is one of Sydney’s best new restaurants to open this year. It’s also the most expensive.

  • Callan Boys
The go-to dish: Chilli oil parfait is a riot of bold flavours.
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Lygon Street favourite gets a new chef, and a hot new ‘mind-bending’ chilli oil dessert

Always a place that showcases Melbourne dining, Etta has been reinvigorated by a new chef bringing Asian-influenced flavours to the fore.

  • Besha Rodell
14.5/20

Jackets off! The city’s born-again Japanese canteen is already chockers with corporate types

After closing in December, popular all-rounder Azuma returns to the CBD.

  • Terry Durack
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Go-to dish: Tempura hot rolls filled with avocado and topped with a slice of strawberry.
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Bet you’ve never had a hot sushi roll like this before, Melbourne

Over the past five years, we’ve welcomed about a dozen high-end omakase restaurants, but Oshan’s South American angle is interesting.

  • Dani Valent
Head chef Yusuke Morita at work preparing sushi with his wife Izumi.
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This tiny six-seater is the size of a bento box, but it packs a wasabi-like punch

One of Sydney’s tiniest restaurants, Kisuke delivers a larger-than-life omakase experience.

  • Terry Durack
Beneath a nutty granola-like topping of nuts and seeds is a silky artichoke custard.
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‘I’m still marvelling’: The Geelong restaurant dish our critic can’t stop thinking about

Eleven-year-old Tulip looks casual, even unremarkable. But passionate new owners are helping it blossom.

  • Besha Rodell
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Fine dining meets fusion at this ‘slightly otherworldly’ Circular Quay showpiece

Former Aria chef Daeun Kang’s fusion of French and Japanese cooking plays out on every plate at the luxurious Oborozuki.

  • Terry Durack
Pro tip: Check the Port Authority cruise-ship calendar before booking, so your view is unobstructed.
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With a near-perfect score of 19/20, this is now Australia’s top-rated restaurant

There are few overblown adjectives that haven’t been used for Quay under Peter Gilmore’s tenure, writes Callan Boys.

  • Callan Boys

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