Good Food Guide 2025
Good Food’s great regional wine bar road-trip (plus great places to stay)
Small towns across NSW are increasingly becoming better places to eat and drink thanks to a proliferation of new wine bars run by young, ambitious teams.
- Callan Boys and Good Food Guide Reviewers
Sydney’s cafe scene is the best and sunniest in the world. Here are our top 20
We eat at restaurants, but we live in cafes. They get us going in the morning, act as settings for catch-ups and consistently soothe and surprise us.
- Bianca Hrovat and Jill Dupleix
The ultimate guide to the Good Food Guide
Here’s everything you need to know about the annual dining bible, from if restaurants can pay to be included (no), to how the hat scoring works.
- Good Food
The Good Food guide to Sydney’s best 20 bars, right now
Cin, cin. It’s our annual list of the best gin joints, cantinas and cocktail lounges across town.
- Callan Boys, Matty Hirsch, Sarah Norris and David Matthews
Apply now for the Good Food Guides’ Cultural Change Champion award
The new award shines a light on initiatives and programs that foster positive, safe and empowering work environments and culture.
‘We need to be part of the tide that lifts’: How hospitality is tackling its dark side
A new Good Food Guide award will shine a light on positive initiatives. And after explosive coverage of toxic behaviour, many are hopeful that change is afoot.
- Dani Valent
- Opinion
- Good Food Guide
The Good Food Guide drops Swillhouse venues, introduces workplace culture award
It’s the biggest evolution to the Guide’s approach to reviews in its four-decade history.
- Sarah Norris
Calling all applicants for the Good Food Guide’s Young Chef of the Year
The prestigious long-running award recognises Australia’s next culinary leaders. Here’s how to apply.
- Callan Boys and Emma Breheny
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