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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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Sails overlooks Lavender Bay, Luna Park, the bridge and beyond.
14.5/20

If you’ve ever searched ‘harbourside restaurants with a view’ this revamped diner will float your boat

Sails had recently had a major renovation, and now feels like a relaxed luxury weekender where you’ll want to linger.

  • Terry Durack
The space is compact and buzzy with a touch of glamour.

From breakfast to late-night lattes, this all-day eatery is a buzzy beachside spot

Makaveli Bondi’s footpath window bench is the perfect perch, day or night, to enjoy a chia bowl or a plate of silky beef carpaccio.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Go-to dish: Grilled beef tongue, jicama and salted chilli.
Good Food hat15/20

The pasta might have caught your attention, but there are other delights at Attenzione!

The wine bar-restaurant is big on personality and flavour, plus great cocktails, mystery wine and head-scratching dish names.

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Crisp-skinned red mullet on sauce Americaine with fregola.
Good Food hat15/20

‘Make a mess’: This beachside bolthole puts the fun into fine dining

Head chef Luke Churchill’s menu is simultaneously serious and playful, running from sultry little snacks to big-ticket, kick-up-your-heels items.

  • Terry Durack
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Street-food feasts for under $10 a head make this suburban spot a winner

For incredibly cheap Korean cooking, such as tteokbokki, fried chicken and wobbly milk bunnies, it’s hard to go past this Strathfield hot spot.

  • Lenny Ann Low
A wall of vending machines at Gacha Cafe.

Getcha self to this fun gacha spot for snacks that taste just like Japan

Visiting this George Street spot is like cracking open a toy capsule as it swooshes down the machine.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Allta’s timber slats arch over diners like a blond wood Hokusai wave.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16.5/20

‘One to watch and then some’: Two-hatted newcomer is fancy, but also a lot of fun

Allta is one of Sydney’s best new restaurants to open this year. It’s also the most expensive.

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14.5/20

Coogee dining was a hard sell during winter. Until this beachside wine bar reinvented itself

A refreshed menu from experienced fine-dining chefs takes beachside bar Coogee Wine Room from popular local haunt to fully fledged restaurant.

  • Terry Durack
No-waste cake.

Our reviewer visited this food co-op four times to try the chef’s tongue-wowing cooking

Let Eilish Maloney and her team at Moss Vale cafe The Studio by The What If Society do all the hard work for you by dreaming up local, seasonal dishes that will bring you back again and again.

  • Lenny Ann Low