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Go-to dish: Coral trout and its parts.
Good Food hatGood Food hatGood Food hat18/20

Sydney has a new three-hat restaurant, and it’s in a former pub

Josh Niland’s tasting menu showcases the near-limitless potential of fish. But it’s not all livers and eyes and “oh, my!”

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

Five years in the making, Josh Niland’s revamped Saint Peter opens at the Grand National Hotel

Josh and Julie Niland have transformed the Paddington pub into a plush hotel, bar and restaurant. The ambition? To be a ‘world-class’ dining destination.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Busby’s
14/20

Top hospo talent combine for this wine bar that brings warmth to a part of Oxford Street that needs it

Former Automata chef Clayton Wells has paired with natural wine guru Mike Bennie of P&V Liquor and the Maybe Sammy crew at Paddington’s new dark and moody bar, Busby’s.

  • Terry Durack
P&V’s lively inner-west courtyard.
14.5/20

Sydney needs more freewheeling not-quite-a-restaurant venues just like this

Within minutes of arriving at P&V Wine + Liquor Merchants, I knew I’d be spending a lot more time in its courtyard this summer.

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Jimmy’s Falafel has made about 140,000 wraps and pitas since opening in the CBD three years ago.

Fun, fast, furious and ‘a little chaotic’: Merivale to bring the Jimmy’s Falafel pita party to Oxford St

The popular Middle Eastern eatery from Merivale will open a couple of doors down from sister restaurant Fred’s on a Paddington strip now on a major upward trajectory.

  • Scott Bolles
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Wood-oven roasted potatoes.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16/20

‘Supernaturally crunchy spuds’: We revisit Sydney’s most beautiful open kitchen, Fred’s

Fred! What’s happening? Is the wood oven still roasting those potatoes? It’s been too long!

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Al fresco dining makes the most of the venue’s inviting location.

Neighbourhood favourite Zafferano serves up ‘the lost flavours’ of Sicilian life in Paddington

This authentic trattoria is a loving tribute to family history.

  • Lenny Ann Low
El Primo Sanchez in Paddington.
14.5/20

El Primo Sanchez is not a bar for everyone, but gee, it is fun

This sharp, slick and slightly swanky Mexican bar is a riot of colour and sound.

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Go-to dish: Farinata with anchovies, mascarpone and herbs.
Good Food hat15/20

Everything is in its right place at 10 William St

For more than a decade, this tiny bar and restaurant has been loved by Paddington locals for late-night natural wines and produce-first dishes.

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Ravioli with ricotta, burnt leek and black garlic.
Good Food hat15/20

Civico 47 brings a new Italian accent to former Lucio's site in Paddington

The paintings are gone and the new team have a blank canvas on which to paint their own culinary story.

  • Terry Durack

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