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Sydney hit list September 2023: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

New North Sydney hotspots, country pubs with soul, affordable wine and snacks, Michelin-starred chefs and more. These are the best venues to see and be seen this September.

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Odd Culture’s new drink-in-bottle-shop, Spon, in Newtown.

Drink wine by the glass at a fraction of the usual price at Odd Culture’s new bar Spon

  • Bianca Hrovat
Funda.

Michelin-starred chef brings French finesse and Korean skill to fun and funky Funda

  • Scott Bolles
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Enjoy wood-fired toasties and saltbush martinis at North Sydney’s Poetica

  • Bianca Hrovat
14.5/20

Eltham Hotel Bistro has it all – frosty beers, live gigs and a big-city chef serving upscale specials

  • Terry Durack

Hatted restaurant a’Mare casual osteria serves affordable Italian snacks and fun drinks

  • Scott Bolles
Pulpo escondido (grilled octopus on chintextle paste with huitlacoche and tostada) with chile relleno (poblano chilli stuffed with shiitake picadillo over mole verde).

Sip small batch Mexican spirits and eat Oaxacan food at Nu’u in Glebe

  • Scott Bolles
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Ester Spirits.

Ester Spirits opens ‘Willy Wonka’ bar to public in Marrickville

  • Bianca Hrovat
Creamy tonkotsu ramen at Hakata Gensuke in Melbourne.

Cult Melbourne ramen brand opens first Sydney outlet at this bustling Japanese hot spot

  • Scott Bolles
Milton
Good Food hat15/20

Milton Hotel is perfect for ‘eating a pile of fat prawns with your toes exposed’

  • Callan Boys
The live seafood tanks are glowing again with lobster, crab and coral trout.
Good Food hat15/20

Live tanks are back at Royal Palace Seafood in the old Golden Century site

  • Terry Durack
Preparing the tea at Ambi’s Chai.

Ambi’s Chai Bar puts a spicy African spin on 15 kinds of chai

  • Lee Tran Lam
Inside The Dolphin in Surry Hills.
13.5/20

The beer is cold and the fried squid is hot at The Dolphin

  • Callan Boys
Pillar has a calming, minimalist design.

Enjoy curated brews, cakes and creative cafe classics at Burwood’s Pillar

  • Lenny Ann Low
Hokkaido toast is plated as if it knows the camera will be shooting from directly above.
14.5/20

‘The dishes should have their own Instagram account’ at Bondi’s new Lulu

  • Terry Durack
Hara bhara goat riblets at Raja restaurant in Potts Point.
Good Food hat15/20

Hatted newcomer Raja is nothing like other Indian restaurants around Sydney

  • Callan Boys
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Fennel, yoghurt, mandarin cake (left) and a salad plate with risoni, corn, pinenut, preserved lemon, roast pumpkin, dukkah, yoghurt, fennel, leek and pecorino at Salma’s Canteen in Rosebery, Sydney.

Andy Bowdy and Kepos Street Kitchen’s new collab Salma’s Kitchen ticks all the boxes

  • Lenny Ann Low
Go-to dish: Singapore chilli crab, market price.
13.5/20

Bibs and napkins, sticky fingers and hullabaloo at Harry’s Singapore Chilli Crab

  • Terry Durack
The Happiest Meal comprises two hash browns, a “McLovin Muffin” with egg, cheese and chicken sausage, and three pancakes.
14/20

This egg-yolk yellow cafe and its ‘Happiest Meal’ is a sunny way to start to the day

  • Callan Boys

Each piece of Joy’s Korean triple-fried chicken is ‘a golden meteorite of crunch’

  • Lenny Ann Low
The Rockley Pub.
14/20

Why Matt Moran’s Rockley Pub is worth a stop on your next road trip

  • Terry Durack

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