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Half-chicken with French onion soup toast.
14.5/20

Heritage farmhouse meets natural wine at this new bread fanciers’ hang-out

The All Purpose Bakery team brings “posh RSL” vibes and a no-bookings policy to a refurbished sandstone cottage on Oxford Street, serving rissoles, steak, oysters Kilpatrick and all things bread.

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Eleven Barrack is banking on the market for plush dining rooms.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16.5/20

This new two-hatted grill is so good, our critic booked it for his birthday

Eleven Barrack pushes beyond the usual surf-and-turf trappings to create a singular restaurant, complete with a baby grand and live pianist.

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Mister Grotto is set among a new strip of venues on Australia Street.
Good Food hat15.5/20

Mister Grotto is the ‘smart-casual fish shop that’s long been missing from Sydney’

The Continental Delicatessen crew blend South American cuisines with North Carolina fish camp vibes at this inner west seafood bar.

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Cheers to travel.

From ‘splitting the G’ to the perfect pour: Eight things you need to know about Guinness

A marketing idea has made the dark stuff as popular as ever. This St Patrick’s Day we explore Ireland’s greatest invention (sorry Bono), and the drinking game that’s gone global.

  • Callan Boys and Andrea McGinniss
Vienna pork schnitzel.
14/20

This ‘raucously cosy’ club serving schnitzels and schnapps is still going strong after 45 years

The pokie-free Austrian Club has an infectiously warm vibe, deer-based taxidermy and excellent apple strudel.

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Rare beef noodle soup with fried dough stick bread and onsen egg.
13.5/20

This new CBD restaurant serves excellent pho – just don’t ask for bean sprouts and Thai basil

An An steers clear of the Saigon-style pho that dominates Sydney, instead championing its cousin from Vietnam’s north.

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Grilled pork jowl with smoked chilli nam jim at Porkfat.

Eight of the best Thai restaurants to visit in Sydney

Take your pick of these communal feasts, tasting menus and speedy venues for solo bowls of crab curry.

  • Callan Boys and Good Food Guide Reviewers
Olympus Dining’s retractable oculus glass ceiling looks like it came off the set of Dr. No.
14.5/20

Move over Totti’s, Olympus makes a bid for Sydney’s long-lunch crown

There isn’t a more in-demand restaurant in Sydney right now, but does the food (and service) live up to the hype?

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Super lamb soup with potato noodles.
14/20

‘The value here is phenomenal’: Don’t miss the $14 signature soup at this tiny eatery

If you’re into cumin, salt and all things lamb-related, make Shang Lamb Soup in Hurstville your next dinner destination.

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The dining room is a bona fide looker, all brooding leather, original terrazzo sandstone and cedar.
Good Food hat15/20

Why this charming bistro is Newcastle’s new hatted dining destination

The handsome, historic site on Bolton Street finally wins back a chefs’ hat with the arrival Bistro Penny.

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