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Taguan is a Filipino cafe in Redfern.

Taguan Cafe

This cafe is a finalist for best food in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

The arayes pita with tomato salad and amba.

Kepos Street Kitchen

This cafe is a finalist in the best all-rounder category in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

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?

  • Callan Boys
‘Mina’ Padellino (pan-baked pizza) with white bolognese, rosemary, parmesan, finished with pecorino sauce and lemon zest.

It’s national pizza day, and these newcomers might change your mind about deep-dish pies

Put aside your preconceptions. Sydney’s latest pan-baked pizzas are made from quality ingredients.

  • Scott Bolles
Island Radio, Redfern.
14.5/20

Deep-flavoured sambals and satay: Our critic’s verdict on the tropical disco of Island Radio

Does the first restaurant to open in Redfern’s new $500 million Wunderlich Lane precinct live up to the hype?

  • David Matthews
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Here you can see the almost-perfect layer of salted carrot and pickled beetroot that have both been painstakingly julienned and cut into matchsticks.

The salad sandwich is a perfect summer lunch option, this is one of Sydney’s best

Some salad sangers lead to regret, but this is a celebration of crunch and freshness. “It’s by far our most labour-intensive sanger on the menu.”

  • Sarah Norris
A 50-year-old bougainvillea stands at the centre of the room.

Olympus

Greek dining has reached new heights.

  • Erina Starkey
Inside Island Radio.

Island Radio

High-energy spot for South-East Asian fare.

  • Erina Starkey
Grilled beef tongue with jicama and salted chilli at Attenzione! Food & Wine.
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Attenzione!

Inviting Italian-ish bar big on personality and flavour.

Chipotle barbacoa beef taco (left) and al pastor pork and pineapple taco at Ricos Tacos.
Critics' Pick

Ricos Tacos

Tacos, tostadas and the rest pop inside a two-storey pub.

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