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1. Bennelong
A contemporary Australian restaurant inside one of the Sydney Opera House shells, with a three-course dining room menu, à la carte counter seating and a bar.
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10 places · Updated October 24, 2026
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A contemporary Australian restaurant inside one of the Sydney Opera House shells, with a three-course dining room menu, à la carte counter seating and a bar.
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A long-running fine dining restaurant on East Circular Quay, associated with Matt Moran, serving Australian produce with views of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
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Chef Lennox Hastie's Surry Hills restaurant, where seasonal Australian produce is cooked entirely over wood fire in an open kitchen.
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Chef Josh Niland's Australian fish restaurant in Paddington, known for its whole-fish cooking, dry-aged fish and use of every part of the catch.
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An Italian restaurant and bar above the Bondi Icebergs ocean pool, with views along the full length of Bondi Beach.
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Chef Mat Lindsay's modern Australian restaurant in Chippendale, where a wood-fired oven shapes a menu of shared plates.
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The original branch of Chat Thai on Campbell Street in Thaitown, serving Thai street food, noodles, curries and desserts at moderate prices.
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A busy Malaysian restaurant on Goulburn Street in Chinatown, known for roti, satay and other hawker-style dishes.
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A long-standing pie cart beside the Woolloomooloo naval wharves, serving meat pies and hot dogs, including the Tiger pie topped with mash, peas and gravy.
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A laneway of hawker-style Asian kitchens off Kensington Street in Chippendale, with Singaporean, Thai, Malaysian, Cantonese, Korean and Japanese food.
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