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Your August hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

From cult Japanese ramen to social-media-sensation smashburgers, here’s where (and what) to eat and drink in Sydney this month.

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Head chef Gil Ghidalia at the newly opened wine bar Georgie.

French chef with Michelin star cred opens smart all-day CBD wine bar Georgie

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Lobster bisque ramen.
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Is Mensho Tokyo’s ramen worth waiting over an hour in line for?

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Celebrated Sydney seafood chef Josh Niland in the kitchen at his ambitious new venture, Paddington’s Grand National Hotel.

Josh Niland’s revamped Saint Peter opens at the Grand National Hotel on August 6

  • Bianca Hrovat
The Classic smashburger with chips and watermelon soda.

Smashburger viral hit Chebbo’s opens its first outlet in Marrickville

  • Bianca Hrovat
Omakase chef Takashi Sano (ex-Sokyo) at Azuma.

Azuma, one of Sydney’s oldest Japanese restaurants, reopens with something special up its sleeve

  • Bianca Hrovat
A dish at Soluna Dining in North Sydney.
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The new metro will take you to North Sydney in a flash. Make fancy 260-seat diner Soluna your first stop

  • Terry Durack
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Duck a l’orange, the slices of rosy pink breast lapped by an orange scented glaze.
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Two-hatted wine bar Monopole gets a French makeover

  • Terry Durack
Lit Canteen’s juicy pho-mi sandwich with slow-cooked brisket.

Lit Canteen’s banh mi-pho hybrid is inspired by The Bear’s Chicago beef sandwich

  • Sarah Norris
Pork cutlet, romesco and caramelised onion.
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Can’t get into Firedoor? Head for Osteria il Coccia, a more affordable fire-driven gem on the Central Coast

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20 Chapel is a warehouse-steakhouse from an ex-Rockpool chef

  • Terry Durack
Daniel Harrison and Michael Ico, co-owners of Newtown cafe Soulmate, have teamed up to open Superfreak in Marrickville.

Get your Superfreak on at this standout new Marrickville cafe

  • Bianca Hrovat
The Ladies League will open on Oxford Street in August. Owner Rose Valente (left), Charlotte Lucero and Abbie Lindsay.

Australia’s first women’s only sports bar, The Ladies League, to open on Oxford Street later this month

  • Bianca Hrovat
The view across the Urbnsurf lagoon.

Hospo heavyweights make waves with flash new surf park fine diner Rafi Urbnsurf

  • Bianca Hrovat

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/sydney-eating-out/your-august-hit-list-the-hot-new-and-just-reviewed-places-to-check-out-right-now-20240731-p5jxzy.html