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Every Good Food Guide hatted restaurant to add to your 2024 bucket list

From one hat to three, this is the essential list of every hat-winning restaurant from the SMH Good Food Guide 2024.

Three hats

  • Oncore by Clare Smyth
  • Quay
  • Sixpenny
Dishes from three-hat restaurants Sixpenny, Quay and Oncore by Clare Smyth.
Dishes from three-hat restaurants Sixpenny, Quay and Oncore by Clare Smyth.

Two hats

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CITY AND SUBURBS

  • Aalia
  • a’Mare
  • Aria
  • Bennelong
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  • Bentley Restaurant + Bar
  • Berowra Waters Inn
  • Bert’s Bar & Brasserie
  • Brasserie 1930 NEW
  • Cafe Paci
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  • Cirrus
  • Clam Bar NEW
  • Ester
  • Firedoor
  • Fred’s
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  • Icebergs Dining Room and Bar
  • Margaret
  • Mimi’s
  • Monopole
  • Mr. Wong
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  • LuMi Dining
  • Ormeggio at The Spit
  • Petermen NEW
  • Pilu at Freshwater
  • Porteno
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  • Rockpool Bar & Grill
  • Saint Peter
  • Sean’s
  • Shell House Dining Room & Terrace
  • Spice Temple
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  • Sushi Oe
  • Tetsuya’s
  • Ursula’s
  • Yellow
  • Yoshii’s Omakase
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REGIONAL

  • Bistro Livi, Murwillumbah
  • Muse Restaurant, Pokolbin
  • Pilot, Ainslie ACT
  • Pipit, Pottsville
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  • Raes Dining Room, Byron Bay

One hat

CITY AND SUBURBS

  • 10 William St
  • Abhi’s Indian Restaurant
  • Alberto’s Lounge
  • Alpha
  • Annata
  • Ante
  • The Apollo
  • Armorica Grande Brasserie NEW
  • Bar Copains NEW
  • Bar Louise
  • Bar Totti’s
  • Bar Vincent
  • Bastardo
  • Bathers’ Pavilion Restaurant
  • Bistecca
  • Bistro George NEW
  • Bistrot 916
  • Catalina
  • The Charles Grand Brasserie
  • China Doll
  • Cho Cho San
  • Civico 47
  • Continental Deli Bar Bistro
  • Da Orazio Pizza + Porchetta
  • The Dining Room by James Viles
  • Esteban
  • Franca Brasserie
  • Fratelli Paradiso
  • The Gantry
  • The Gidley
  • Gildas
  • Gowings
  • Haco
  • Ho Jiak Town Hall - this year’s cover star
  • Hotel Centennial
  • Irori Kuon NEW
  • Kame House NEW
  • Kiln
  • Kindred
  • Kisuke
  • Kuon Omakase
  • Kuro Bar & Dining
  • Lana
  • Lankan Filling Station
  • Le Foote NEW
  • Longshore NEW
  • Loulou Bistro
  • Marta
  • Maydanoz
  • Ms.G’s
  • MuMu
  • Nomad
  • Nour
  • Odd Culture Newtown
  • Osteria di Russo & Russo
  • Otto Ristorante
  • Palazzo Salato NEW
  • Parlar
  • Pellegrino 2000
  • Poetica Bar & Grill NEW
  • Porcine
  • Poly
  • Porkfat
  • Promenade Bondi Beach NEW
  • Queen Chow
  • Ragazzi
  • RAFI
  • Raja NEW
  • Redbird NEW
  • Restaurant Hubert
  • Restaurant Ka
  • Restaurant Leo
  • Rising Sun Workshop
  • Royal Palace Seafood Restaurant NEW
  • Sala NEW
  • Sokyo
  • Soul Dining
  • Sushi e
  • Uccello
  • Una Mas
  • Viand
  • Woodcut
  • Yan
Armorica Grande Brasserie was awarded its first hat in the SMH Good Food Guide 2024.
Armorica Grande Brasserie was awarded its first hat in the SMH Good Food Guide 2024.Wolter Peeters
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REGIONAL

  • Amara
  • Ates
  • Babyface Kitchen
  • Bangalay Dining
  • Bar Heather NEW
  • Bar Rochford
  • Beach Byron Bay
  • Bistro Molines
  • EXP. Restaurant
  • Flotilla
  • Frida’s Field
  • Humbug
  • Italian and Sons
  • Margan Restaurant
  • The Milton Hotel
  • Morks Restaurant
  • Mu Omakase
  • Onzieme
  • Osteria il Coccia
  • Paper Daisy
  • Paste Australia
  • Printhie Wines
  • Queen Chow Narooma
  • Raku
  • Rebel Rebel
  • Restaurant Santino
  • The Schoolhouse Restaurant at Union Bank
  • South on Albany
  • Such and Such NEW
  • Valentina
  • Yellow Billy Restaurant
  • You Beauty
  • The Zin House

    How we score:
    15-15.5 out of 20: One hat
    16-17.5 out of 20: Two hats
    18-20 out of 20: Three hats

    The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2024 is on sale for $14.95 from newsagents, supermarkets and at thestore.com.au. It features more than 450 NSW and ACT venues, from three-hatted fine-diners, to suburban wine bars, regional chicken shops and food-court icons. Venues listed in the Guide are visited anonymously by professional restaurant critics, who review independently. Venues are chosen at our discretion.

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