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Dim Joy House.
14.5/20

This restaurant hidden inside an RSL offers old-school Cantonese for a new generation

The chefs at Chatswood’s Dim Joy House hail from Chinatown’s greats – East Ocean, Emperor’s Garden, Golden Century, Silver and Marigold.

  • Terry Durack
Natalie Elliott, widow of celebrity chef Bill Granger.

The woman behind the breakfast empire: After Bill Granger’s death, Natalie Elliott steps into sun

It was a love story that began over corn fritters, and went on to conquer the culinary world. Now, Natalie is tentatively rediscovering joy in continuing her husband’s legacy.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Menchi katsu is made from pork mince instead of pork fillet.

Make it a katsu Tuesday with these crowd-pleasing crumbed numbers

Pull out the panko breadcrumbs for these crisp yet juicy Japanese pork and chicken favourites.

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Fragrant Syrian chicken with lemon and pistachio cous cous.

Beat the 3pm snack attack with a low-GI diet – plus three easy recipes to get started

A diet rich in low-GI ingredients will keep you feeling full for longer. But there are plenty of other health benefits.

  • Sarah Pound
The Baba’s Place crew, winners of the inaugural Bill Granger Trailblazer Award.

Everything you need to know from the SMH Good Food Guide 2025 Awards

Catch up on all the action, hats, finalists and winners from the 40th anniversary celebration of the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide.

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The Age Good Food Guide 2025.

The Age Good Food Guide Awards 2025: The full list of hats

Chef of the Year Jung Eun Chae with husband Yoora Yoon.

Chef of the Year works two days a week, serves only six people at a time

  • Dani Valent
Chef of the Year Jung Eun Chae.

The complete list of winners at The Age Good Food Guide 2025 Awards

Grilled king prawns with side of piaya (flatbread with miso onions) at Askal.

The finalists for the three biggest awards at The Age Good Food Guide Awards, revealed

  • Emma Breheny and Good Food Guide reviewers
The Baba’s Place crew, winners of the inaugural Bill Granger Trailblazer Award.

Everything you need to know from the SMH Good Food Guide 2025 Awards

Eating out

Somer Sivrioglu

Celebrity chef behind 280-seat restaurant at new $800m Sydney Fish Market revealed

Turkish-born Somer Sivrioglu has built a small restaurant empire in Sydney. But he’s going big with his latest eatery at Blackwattle Bay.

  • Scott Bolles
The team at new hatted Windsor restaurant Cricca.

It’s the first time these unlikely Western Sydney suburbs scored a Good Food Guide hat

  • David Matthews
Hotel Brunswick is a 20-minute drive north of Byron Bay.

Three Blue Ducks to open in ‘quintessentially Australian’ pub

  • Scott Bolles
Luke Bourke in the Rockpool Bar and Grill kitchen.

The Good Food Guide Young Chef of the Year sets sights on western Sydney

  • David Matthews and Callan Boys

Lists & guides

Customers wait for table at Cabramatta’s popular Com Ga Ba Nga Hoi An.

Ramen to rice: 20 casual restaurants the Good Food Guide critics love

“Dangerously good vibes” can happen in the courtyard of P&V Paddington.

From late-night bites to hidden gems: 31 great Sydney dining finds you need to know about

Sydney’s cafe scene is the best and sunniest in the world. Here are our top 20

Sydney’s cafe scene is the best and sunniest in the world. Here are our top 20

Hey Rosey

Good Food’s great regional NSW wine bar road-trip (plus great places to stay)

Butter Boy cookies

Ditch the crummy imports – here’s where to find Sydney’s freshest and best cookies

Sails overlooks Lavender Bay, Luna Park, the bridge and beyond.

Your October hit list: Hot, new and just-reviewed venues to check out this month

Viet Hoa Hot Bread.

Breakfast noodles to all-hours banh mi: The Good Food guide to Sydney’s Vietnamese heartland

Mini Core-teaser at The Bar at Oncore by Clare Smyth.

From cut-price margaritas to mini tasting menus: 10 of Sydney’s best-value dining deals

Martinis any way you like ’em at Bar Planet.

The Good Food guide to Sydney’s best 20 bars, right now

Try the tacos at La Tamaleria, known for its traditional Mexican cuisine.

10 of Sydney’s top taco specials (and a margarita bargain or two, too)

Bar Louise’s tortilla vaga, a brown butter and prawn omelette with potato crisps.

Eat Streets: Where (and what) to eat and drink along Enmore Road

The Grounds Coffee Factory In Eveleigh.

The 10 most exciting new restaurant, cafe, bakery and bar openings of spring

Recent reviews

Dim Joy House.
14.5/20

This restaurant hidden inside an RSL offers old-school Cantonese for a new generation

  • Terry Durack
Tilda.
Good Food hat15/20

This seafood-led restaurant puts the glamour (and a hat) into hotel dining

  • Terry Durack
Go-to dish: Chicken schnitzel with mash and gravy ($27).
14/20

Goodbye, pokies. Hello, oysters and ‘pretty bloody good’ schnitty at this reborn boozer

  • Callan Boys
The level four terrace has been transformed into a cool, blonde, Scandinavian haven.
Good Food hat15/20

‘Cool, blonde haven’: The MCA’s new fine-diner has a revolving door of big-name chefs

  • Terry Durack
Boscaiolo pizza with pork sausage, mushrooms, garlic cream and grana padano cheese.
14/20

Fill up on pizza then fill your trolley five metres away at Tonino’s International

  • Callan Boys

Investigations

Swillhouse staff speak out.

‘I will not be silenced’: More Swillhouse staff allege sexual assaults, drug taking and abuse

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Bianca Hrovat
Level 6, The Ivy.

‘One step from being a brothel’: Sex, drugs, harassment alleged in Ivy penthouse

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Bianca Hrovat
Anton Forte pictured outside his Le Foote restaurant in The Rocks.

Troubled Swillhouse CEO Anton Forte steps down, but is appointed in ‘an oversight role’

  • Bianca Hrovat

Sex, sleaze and Swillhouse: The sinister side of the glitzy hospitality scene

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Bianca Hrovat
The old bank vault door at Swillhouse’s the Baxter Inn.

The sordid bet that unfolded behind the bank vault door at Baxter Inn

  • Bianca Hrovat and Eryk Bagshaw

Recipes

Give your salmon some Korean-inspired kick.

This speedy Korean-inspired salmon is your new healthy midweek go-to

With only a handful of ingredients and ready in less than 15 minutes, this spicy fish recipe is guaranteed to be on hot rotation all summer long.

  • Sydney Fish Market
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s lemon ciambella (Italian ring cake).
EASY

Cake for breakfast? Bring it on with this lemon ciambella

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Rib-eye steaks with hot butter.
EASY

Fire up the barbie for Adam Liaw’s juicy rib-eye steaks with hot butter

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
The black vinegar sauce on these Sichuan-style cumin and lamb skewers also serves as a glaze.

One of the top dining trends of 2024 is fun and easy to make at home, too

  • Katrina Meynink

Recipe collections

RecipeTin Eats’ Greek chicken salad with dried oregano.

14 delicious dinners ready in under 30 minutes to cook this week

Green salad with cool yoghurt dressing.

Five very simple green salads to have on standby this summer

Ham and pea risotto.

Give peas a chance with these 40 easy recipes

Fast four-ingredient pizza with sopressa and tomato. Sage Creative summer recipes for Good Food online and Home Front. November 2021. Good Food use only.

14 no-fuss throw-together dinners to cook this week

Spiced pumpkin loaf cake with brown-sugar cream cheese icing.

So, you’ve carved your Halloween pumpkin, now here are 10 smashing ways to use its guts

Adam Liaw’s baked chicken and tomato risotto.

14 affordable freezer-friendly dinners to cook this week

If you can’t get your hands on any broad beans, peas or asparagus are a lovely substitute.

10 light and lemony ways to celebrate World Pasta Day

Jamie Oliver's chicken noodle stir-fry with broccolini and toasted peanuts.

14 of our favourite easy Jamie Oliver recipes to cook this week

Helen Goh recipe : Chilli and cheese cornbread muffins. Photograph by William Meppem

Five savoury muffins to bake this weekend

Spinach, spring onion and basil pasta.

Flash in the pan: 15 dinners ready in 15 minutes or less

Decorate the cake with strawberries and/or edible flowers.

Five berry delicious cakes to bake this weekend

Beef soboro don.

14 healthy midweek meals anyone can make in minutes

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Tips & advice

Fragrant Syrian chicken with lemon and pistachio cous cous.

Beat the 3pm snack attack with a low-GI diet – plus three easy recipes to get started

  • Sarah Pound
Dishwashing liquid can be a multitasking cleaning product.

10 things in your kitchen you’re probably forgetting to clean (but should)

  • Debora Robertson

There are a multitude of reasons why this is the perfect Christmas gift for foodies

  • Terry Durack
Fruit yoghurt.

Fruit yoghurt – and five more everyday foods and drinks that cause inflammation

  • Laurel Ives
Crispbreads made from whole grains tends to be healthier than those made from processed and refined ingredients.

A dietitian reveals her top five crispbreads (and four to avoid)

  • Susie Burrell

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Drinks

Cap or cork: Which is better for ageing a wine

  • Huon Hooke

What’s the deal with deep-sea wine ageing?

  • Huon Hooke

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Dim Joy House.
14.5/20

This restaurant hidden inside an RSL offers old-school Cantonese for a new generation

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Give your salmon some Korean-inspired kick.

This speedy Korean-inspired salmon is your new healthy midweek go-to

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Menchi katsu is made from pork mince instead of pork fillet.

Make it a katsu Tuesday with these crowd-pleasing crumbed numbers

Natalie Elliott, widow of celebrity chef Bill Granger.

The woman behind the breakfast empire: After Bill Granger’s death, Natalie Elliott steps into sun

  • Bianca Hrovat

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