Reviews
- Review
- Haberfield
This egg-yolk yellow cafe and its ‘Happiest Meal’ is a sunny way to start to the day
The ridiculously popular Happyfield cafe leaves all other joints that don’t take bookings for dead. This naturally begs the question, why?
- Callan Boys
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- Chippendale
Each piece of Joy’s Korean triple-fried chicken is ‘a golden meteorite of crunch’
Loyal fans visit Joy Korean Fried Chicken’s cheap and cheerful shopfront for its tongue-tingling flavours and tender plump meat.
- Lenny Ann Low
- Review
- Rockley
Why Matt Moran’s country charmer is worth a stop on your next road trip
Counter meal classics share billing with a Chef’s Menu that takes things up a notch, including a terrific take on prawn toast.
- Terry Durack
- Review
- Enmore
This Enmore local is the perfect definition of an Australian restaurant in 2023
A training ground where young-gun chefs can flex, Osteria Russo & Russo is more concerned with deliciousness than “authentic” cuisine.
- Callan Boys
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- Ultimo
Former Aria chef serves up fine-dining skill for food-court prices at Taiwanese hole-in-the-wall
You’d be lucky to crack the $20 mark for one of Omar Hsu’s rice bowls at his cheap and very cheerful eatery Ommi Don in Ultimo.
- Lee Tran Lam
- Review
- Palm Beach
Scuffed chairs and mushy linguine: Is Jonah’s still worth the hour-long drive from Sydney?
Callan Boys revisits the destination diner overlooking Whale Beach for the first time in years.
- Callan Boys
- Review
- Clovelly
This neighbourhood Japanese gem serves up a salaryman’s menu of ‘rip-snorting value’
It’s a relief to discover a good, bustling Japanese joint that does not lace everything with obscene amounts of caviar, lobster and truffles.
- Terry Durack
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- Double Bay
‘Neil Perry magic between each slice’: Double Bay spot offers the (baked) goods for a fraction of fine-dining prices
A trip to Perry’s patch, opposite tree-edged Guilfoyle Square, feels just like sitting in the south of France, replete with excellent sandwiches, dazzling sourdough croissants and crusty bread with golden crackling chew.
- Lenny Ann Low
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- Port Kembla
The Iron Yampi pub brings new life to an old industrial town
Port Kembla is a town that really could – and should – be pumping, and this modern pub, serving slightly elevated counter-meal favourites and terrific cocktails, is a great start.
- Callan Boys
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- Haymarket
Sociable food from breakfast to dinner: Buzzy Bar Morris puts the fun back into the hotel lobby bar
This marble-clad, bottle-lined, chandelier-topped dining room offers a high-energy experience to overnight guests and day visitors alike.
- Terry Durack