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Steak frites with umami butter.

Sydney’s first steak frites-only restaurant, by the Rockpool team, is now open

The star of the show is a 220-gram scotch fillet from Gippsland producer O’Connor with chips for $48.

  • Scott Bolles and Erina Starkey
A spread of crab blini with hollandaise, chips, steak Diane and Skull Island prawns with black pepper butter (clockwise from left).
Good Food hatGood Food hat16.5/20

Why this perpetually busy restaurant is one of Sydney’s most meaningful dining experiences

Cafe Paci might have the look and feel of a bistro, but the food tells a more complex story.

  • Myffy Rigby
Sydney’s roast chicken territories.

El Jannah’s new store redraws Sydney’s ‘Red Rooster Line’

Sydney isn’t just divided by postcodes – it’s also split by charcoal chicken chains. Now, the rapidly expanding Lebanese business, launched in Granville in 1998, has pushed well past the boundary.

  • Erina Starkey
Giuseppe’s tiramisu.
14.5/20

In a city with too many tiramisus on menus, this is the original (and perhaps the best)

Blackboard specials, a serious meat-slicer and a legendary dessert: tick, tick, tick. Cicci is the cosiest of cosy neighbourhood trattorias.

  • Callan Boys
Founder of Ms. Cattea Cathy Zhang prepares Nine Mountains green tea on a candle burner.

There are more than 100 types of tea at Ms. Cattea, but you should also book in for the dumplings

The Potts Point shop can be overwhelming with its tea choices, however Lee Tran Lam has a cheat code for first-timers.

  • Lee Tran Lam
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The Argyle nightclub has been reborn as The Dining Room.
14/20

Have we hit peak luxury grill? It seems so, at the new restaurant by the Rockpool team

There’s a lot to like at The Dining Room, but somehow it manages to mask complex and assured cooking behind decisions that strip it of the magic.

  • David Matthews
Pici carbonara with guanciale.

Rovollo’s roving pasta cart delivers pici carbonara tableside

There’s always plenty of movement at 25 Martin Place, even so, it’s hard to miss the flaming cheese wheel at new Italian restaurant and wine bar Rovollo.

  • Erina Starkey

This retro servo draws crowds with live music, fire pits and deep-fried lasagne sangas

Crackerjack snacks including pork cordon bleu buns and fried fish sandwiches are among the fleeting specials at this laid-back community spot.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Acclaimed chef Mark Best is keen to challenge preconceptions about high-altitude dining.

To Infinity and beyond: Mark Best takes over Sydney Tower’s revolving restaurant

Since closing fine-diner Marque nearly 10 years ago, one of Australia’s most celebrated chefs has unexpectedly announced he’ll take over the iconic venue.

  • Scott Bolles
The Lambington.

Canvas reframed: New chef takes over at MCA’s harbour view restaurant

James Scott’s debut menu blurs the line between food and art with an intricate lamb loin “lambington” and a steak tartare served with Sydney Opera House–shaped crisps.

  • Erina Starkey

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