SMH Good Food Guide Awards 2025: The full list of hats
From one hat to three, the essential list of every hat-winning restaurant from the SMH Good Food Guide 2025.
Three hats
Two hats
CITY AND SUBURBS
- Aalia
- Allta NEW
- Aria
- Bathers’ Pavilion Restaurant
- Bennelong
- Bentley Restaurant + Bar
- Berowra Waters Inn
- Bert’s Bar & Brasserie
- Cafe Paci
- Ester
- Firedoor
- Fred’s
- Icebergs Dining Room and Bar
- King Clarence NEW
- LuMi Dining
- Margaret
- Mimi’s
- Monopole
- Mr. Wong
- Ormeggio at The Spit
- Petermen
- Pilu at Freshwater
- Porteno
- Rockpool Bar & Grill
- Sean’s
- Shell House Dining Room & Terrace
- Spice Temple
- Sushi Oe
- Ursula’s
- Yellow
- Yoshii’s Omakase
REGIONAL AND ACT
One hat
CITY AND SUBURBS
- 10 William St
- 20 Chapel NEW
- a’Mare
- Abhi’s Indian Restaurant
- Ammos NEW
- Ante
- Armorica Grande Brasserie
- Attenzione! NEW
- Baba’s Place
- Bar Copains
- Bar Louise
- Bar Totti’s
- Bar Vincent
- Bastardo
- Bistro George
- Bistro Rex
- Brasserie 1930
- Buon Ricordo
- Catalina
- Chaco Bar
- Cho Cho San
- Civico 47
- Clam Bar
- Comedor NEW
- Cricca NEW
- Da Orazio
- Esteban
- Firepop NEW
- Fontana
- Gildas
- Good Luck Restaurant Lounge NEW
- Haco
- Ho Jiak Town Hall
- Hotel Centennial
- Ito NEW
- Jane
- Kiln
- Kindred
- Kisuke
- Kuon Omakase
- Lana
- Lankan Filling Station
- Longshore
- Loulou Bistro
- Maiz
- Martinez
- Matkim NEW
- Maydanoz
- Morena NEW
- Ms.G’s
- MuMu
- Nour
- Oborozuki
- Osteria di Russo & Russo
- Otto Ristorante
- Palazzo Salato
- Parlar
- Pearl NEW
- Pellegrino 2000
- Poetica Bar & Grill
- Poly
- Porcine
- Porkfat
- RAFI
- Restaurant Ka
- Royal Palace Seafood Restaurant
- Sala
- Sinclair’s NEW
- Sokyo
- Song Bird NEW
- Soul Dining
- Sydney Common NEW
- Taste of Shunde
- The Apollo
- The Charles Brasserie & Bar
- The Dining Room by James Viles
- The Gidley
- Uccello
- Viand
- The White Horse NEW
- Woodcut
- Yan
REGIONAL AND ACT
- Amara
- Ates
- Bangalay Dining
- Bar Heather
- Bar Rochford
- Beach Byron Bay
- Bistro Molines
- EXP. Restaurant
- Flotilla
- Humbug
- Italian and Sons
- Margan Restaurant
- Megalong Restaurant
- Mu Omakase
- Norma NEW
- Onzieme
- Paper Daisy
- Paste Australia
- Printhie Dining
- Raku
- Rebel Rebel
- Restaurant Santino
- Roco Ramen & Sake
- The Schoolhouse Restaurant at Union Bank
- South on Albany
- Such and Such
- Valentina
- You Beauty
- The Zin House
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