New entries: 17 restaurants make delicious.100 list for the first time
Every year restaurants vie for a spot on the delicious.100 top restaurant list and this year, 17 new eateries across NSW have earned a spot on the coveted list. SEE THE FULL LIST
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From Japanese and Italian to Contemporary Aussie cuisine — 17 restaurants have made the delicious Top 100 restaurant list for the first time this year.
In fact, the number one delicious.100 spot was taken out by newcomers Alberto’s Lounge.
Barely a year old, the Italian restaurant impressed judges with its signature pasta dishes.
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MARY’S UNDERGROUND
29 Reiby Place, Circular Quay
(02) 9247 3430
Jake Smyth and Kenny Graham of the famed burgers have revived the subterranean space once home to legendary live-music venue, The Basement, and there they’re subverting Sydney dining categories with a big-night menu and bringing back the music
ARTHUR
544 Bourke St, Surry Hills
0468 991 088
A restaurant for locals, Arthur focuses on best-in-class seasonal produce and turns the notion of the degustation on its head to deliver a generous feast that falls somewhere between shared meal and traditional tasting menu.
TOTTI’S
283 Bondi Rd, Bondi
(02) 9114 7371
The Merivale formula for success is in full swing at Italian eatery Totti’s. The current ‘IT’ restaurant of Bondi, Totti’s hits that sweet spot of casual neighbourhood meets eastern suburbs chic, a magnet for a young, trendy, well-heeled crowd.
CONTINENTAL DELI, BAR, BISTRO CBD
167 Phillip St, Sydney
(02) 9922 7347
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Offering all the elements that lured us into the inner west’s best deli in Newtown, Continental CBD is more of a restaurant and bar, than the deli/bistro/bar of the original.
SAGRA
62 Stanley St, Darlinghurst
(02) 9360 5964
This cute dimly lit cottage on Darlinghurst’s once infamous Stanley St has an even cuter menu, that places importance on pasta as a mid course. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to find better pasta anywhere in Sydney — it’s that good.
PAPERBARK WATERLOO
8/18 Danks St, Waterloo
(02) 9310 1356
You won’t miss the meat, the cheese, or the dairy. At Paperbark, vegetables are given the spotlight, native ingredients the mic, and it rocks hard.
PIPIT
8 Coronation Ave, Pottsville
0490 380 117
Ben Devlin has a “deep connection” to the Northern Rivers. Proud of the region and its produce, having dedicated the last four years to Cabarita’s Paper Daisy, now it’s Pottsville’s turn — and his.
GOWINGS BAR & GRILL
1/49 Market St, Sydney
(02) 8262 0062
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Chef Michael Box, supported by QT creative director Robert Marchetti, highlights the provenance of ingredients on a menu that pays homage to brasserie classics.
CHUUKA
Jones Bay Wharf, 26-32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont
(02) 9657 9882
From the culinary prowess of Sokyo’s Chase Kojima and Lee Ho Fook’s Victor Liong comes a brand of fusion that’s been formulated over generations.
PEPPE’S
261 Bondi Rd, Bondi
In just a few short years the mere utterance of the word “vegan” has gone from “leave a bad taste in your mouth” to “must-eat” thanks to restaurants like Peppe’s.
THE ARGYLE INN
80 Orchard St, Taralga
0448 402 008
The Argyle Inn, originally built in 1875, was sensitively restored two years ago to its former Victorian glory with a contemporary touch — and a flare for food.
LA CASITA
5/3 Fawcett St, Brunswick Heads
(02) 6685 1223
With its rattan screens and peach terracotta walls, you’d be forgiven for thinking nothing’s been done to upgrade the ‘little house’ formerly known as Gringo’s. Wrong — this place has been impeccably thought out.
FRANCA
81 MacLeay St, Potts Point
(02) 9167 2921
Potts Point has a knack for dishing up good restaurants. New French brasserie Franca is packed and walk-ins are being turned away — for good reason.
BAR CLEMENTINE
52 Harris St, Pyrmont
(02) 8591 3660
It might be a clever morphing of a bar and restaurant, but its true lure is the warm and gentle manner of host and owner Eric Morris.
BRONTE ROAD BISTRO
282 Bronte Rd, Waverley
(02) 9389 3028
With service as friendly as dinner at your best mates, an open dining space and smart, no-frills adaptations of classic bistro dishes, it’s the sort of place you’d be glad to have on your street corner.
PRINCE OF YORK
18 York St, Sydney
(02) 8066 0550
It’s loud, brash and jam-packed with revelry, and although Prince of York appears to be another run-of-the-mill CBD swill house-cum-restaurant, what’s actually happening here in regards to service, wine and on the plate is really quite exciting.
Originally published as New entries: 17 restaurants make delicious.100 list for the first time
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