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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

Best NSW restaurants revealed in Delicious 100 awards

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

marysunderground.com

Mary’s Underground Lobster Australienne dish.
Mary’s Underground Lobster Australienne dish.

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

arthurrestaurant.com

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

merivale.com/venues/tottis/

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.

A selection of dishes at Totti's.
A selection of dishes at Totti's.

CONTINENTAL DELI, BAR, BISTRO CBD

167 Phillip St, Sydney

(02) 9922 7347

continentaldelicatessen.com.au

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

sagrarestaurant.com.au

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.

Sagra is number 52 on the delicious.100 list.
Sagra is number 52 on the delicious.100 list.

PAPERBARK WATERLOO

8/18 Danks St, Waterloo

(02) 9310 1356

paperbarkrestaurant.com

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

pipitrestaurant.com

Pipit is located in Pottsville.
Pipit is located in Pottsville.

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

qthotelsandresorts.com/sydney-cbd/eat-drink/gowings-bar-grill

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

chuuka.com.au

Chuuka opened earlier this year.
Chuuka opened earlier this year.

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

peppelovesgnocchi.com.au

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

theargyleinn.com.au

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.

The Argyle Inn serves Modern Australian food.
The Argyle Inn serves Modern Australian food.

LA CASITA

5/3 Fawcett St, Brunswick Heads

(02) 6685 1223

lacasita.com.au

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

francabrasserie.com.au

Franca offers French cuisine.
Franca offers French cuisine.

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

barclementine.com

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

bronteroadbistro.com

One of the tasty dishes at Bronte Road Bistro.
One of the tasty dishes at Bronte Road Bistro.

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

princeofyork.com.au

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.

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