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Cafe Cressida in Woollahra.

Cafe Cressida

This cafe is a finalist in the best all-rounder category in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Cressida is, fundamentally, a nice place to sit with a coffee and read the paper.
14.5/20

Our critic doesn’t like to eat out for brunch. This neighbourhood cafe changed his mind

You can now book for dinner at Cafe Cressida too, whose menu comes from “one of Sydney’s most proficient cross-pollinators of cuisines”.

  • Callan Boys
The rose-pink facade of Queens Court in Woollahra.

Cafe Cressida

Live la vie en rose at this Parisian-inspired cafe by Phil Wood.

  • Erina Starkey
Sixpenny in Stanmore has two new venues on its horizon.

Two big Good Food Guide winners are joining forces to open a surprising European venue

Chef-owner Dan Puskas of Stanmore fine-diner and Alex Kelly from Baba’s Place will open a new venue serving ‘plenty of old-school Hungarian classics’.

  • Scott Bolles
The sun-drenched dining room at Hotel Centennial.
Good Food hat15/20

Hotel Centennial

Beautifully precise cooking amid eastern suburbs elan.

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Wood-baked halloumi with pear and Malfroy’s Gold honey at Chiswick.
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Chiswick

Country-style garden-to-plate dining in a fancy conservatory.

Bistro Moncur’s passionfruit souffle.

Bistro Moncur

Thirty years on, there’s still plenty of tartare, steak and bearnaise to hit the brief Pignolet set in 1993.

Go-to dish: Wood-baked halloumi with pear and Malfroy’s Gold honey (plus optional rosemary flatbread, top left).
14/20

Chiswick is a sunny Sunday lunch place. So how does it fare on a chilly school night?

The glasshouse-style garden-to-plate restaurant should deliver one of the best dining experiences in town, both on- and off-peak.

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Aquna Murray cod, chickpea panisse, vongole and bourride sauce at Bistro Moncur.
14/20

Same, same, but different as Bistro Moncur celebrates 30 years

It’s been three decades since Bistro Moncur opened in Woollahra – so does it still stack up?

  • Terry Durack
Roasted duck for two at Hotel Centennial in Sydney.
Good Food hat15.5/20

Don't miss the duck at this well-heeled Sydney pub

In terms of tone, not much has changed since Merivale bought Woollahra's Hotel Centennial in 2017 – but there has been a shift in the kitchen.

  • David Matthews

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