Sydney

From food courts to fine-dining, regional specialities to dim sum, the array of Chinese on offer in Sydney just keeps getting better.

The long-awaited Italian sequel to Restaurant Hubert swings from groundbreaking to traditional, with fun at the top of the list of priorities.

The food is Italian-ish, with swagger. Don Peppino’s godfathers write their own rules.

From wood-fired to dry-aged, salt-crusted to sharing-style, we've rounded up the definitive list of top steaks across the city so you'll never have to eat a bad one again.

Meet the new-in-town players making their mark on the Harbour City.

Take a peek inside Sydney’s best watering holes, from underground spirit specialists to the spots with the best ocean views.

REVIEW There are people who, somewhere along the way, got the idea that “produce-driven” meant “boring”. Luckily, Bent Street is here to quietly explode any such ideas with blasts of flavour conjured from seasonal bounty. Blood plums provide the acid flash that animates grilled hand-pressed tofu, while vivid tomato and cardamom frame deeply flavoursome grilled […]

REVIEW This place pumps. In full flow it’s more akin to The Apollo where James Brown sweated out his hottest performances than the Apollo of the tunics and lyres. But for all the darkness, din and hustle, the attention to detail from the kitchen is splendid. Would you look at the flaky delicacy of that […]

REVIEW An evening at Acme is like kicking on at your mate’s place after a big night out. There’s Drake and Cardi B on the stereo. Staff greet you like the party couldn’t start until you got there. And the best part? Your mate’s a banging cook whose combinations blow your mind. On the menu, […]

REVIEW Luxury takes many forms. While the walls of this solid, two-storey villa all but groan under the weight of owner Armando Percuoco’s collection of fine art, you get the feeling that he is personally moved just as much by the ratio of tomato, bread and oil on the bruschetta as he is by the […]

REVIEW What if the ultimate hangover cure wasn’t greasy bacon or burgers? Meet some of the most vibrant, flavour-first Chinese in the city. It’s fresh and fast and you’ll find it at a revamped pub. The menu steers clear of oil and gloppy sauces. Oversized xiao long bao are way better than they need to […]

REVIEW Nowhere is the connection between Kylie Kwong’s Chinese-Australian heritage and her understanding of place more clear than in her dishes fusing native ingredients with Cantonese cuisine. They’re no gimmick. The tartness of Davidson’s plum balances crisp-skinned duck with orange; the acid-pop of finger lime plays crucial foil to the XO sauce and lardons of […]

REVIEW There’s a hint of Alice in Wonderland about Oscillate Wildly: the narrow dining room, the black-and-white tiled floor, the sense of falling down an inner-west rabbit hole and meeting brilliant minds – from kitchen talent to front of house – along the way. Karl Firla’s dégustations are pure imagination. Creamy avocado with bergamot dressing […]

REVIEW At one end of the long, elegant room, a table of silks roars at a joke from the senior partner. At the other end, the arts maven and the former premier collude on the banquette at half the volume and twice the intensity. This is a place for machers who like their dining fine, […]

After winning fans with sandwiches and pop-ups, Joey Astorga puts down roots and branches out at Paperbark.

Time to open your wine cellar and grab that special bottle: we've narrowed down Sydney's best BYO restaurants.

The Acme team tries its hand at Cambodian food on the former Mr Liquor site; good times, ace value and great booze follow.

Handmade, hand-crafted and following the principle of "taste of hand", Sáng by Mabasa has an assured touch, and expands the definition of Korean dining in Sydney.

With a newly refreshed look and an updated menu, Bentley consolidates its position as the rare restaurant where wine and food meet on an equal footing.

O Tama Carey finally has a permanent site to show off her own brand of Sri Lankan food, and the result is all killer, no filler.

The tablecloths may be gone, but Quay 2.0 bridges the gap between luxuries old and new like no other fine diner.

A glam new brasserie atop The Newport in Sydney's northern beaches boasts crab worth crossing bridges for.

We've narrowed down Sydney's best wine bars to a tight list of 12 top spots, as seen in the 2018 Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide.

Newtown restaurant Hartsyard 2.0 riffs on its previous form, but with a lighter, more up-tempo rhythm.

A new CBD pop-up taps classic London style to create the perfectly unpretentious restaurant Sydney has been waiting for.

As seen our 2018 Restaurant Guide.

Marrickville and the CBD are catching up but Surry Hills continues to be ground-zero for Sydney's café scene. Here are our favourites for brews, food and everything in between, as seen in Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide, published in August 2017.