Sydney

Sydney Food and Wine

Sydney’s food and drink scene invites both everyday eating and deliberate exploring. A pub bistro can cover lunch with a schnitzel or burger, while neighbourhood bakeries offer sourdough, pastries and café meals for a slower start. Across the inner city, wine bars, breweries and distilleries create relaxed ways to meet over a drink, and markets bring together seafood, seasonal produce and artisan goods.

There is room for occasion dining too, from French bistro plates and Greek shared feasts to hands-on cooking classes and tailored catering. The following selection spans Darlinghurst, the CBD, the inner west, the harbour-side markets and nearby neighbourhoods, with useful choices for eating, shopping, tasting and learning.

🍺 Pub & Bistro Dining

Kinselas

This Darlinghurst pub bistro serves lunch and dinner with familiar choices including chicken schnitzel, battered hoki and chips, a classic cheeseburger, rump steak and a falafel burger. It offers an easygoing format for a straightforward meal in the inner city.

383 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010 · ☎ 02 9331 2416

The Salisbury Hotel

In Stanmore, this pub combines a bistro, café and drinks offering. The menu ranges from chicken wings and fried prawn dumplings to red duck curry and Shan Dong chicken, with house-made desserts, while the café provides a breakfast option for earlier visits.

118 Percival Rd, Stanmore, Sydney · ☎ 02 9569 1013

The Frisco Hotel

This Woolloomooloo pub bistro serves traditional pub fare such as burgers, steaks, schnitzels and salads. Its drinks list includes 16 draught taps, and the venue has outdoor seating plus an upstairs balcony with views towards the CBD and Woolloomooloo Wharf.

46 Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011 · ☎ 02 9357 1883

🍽️ Restaurants & Occasion Dining

Bistro Rex

Potts Point’s Bistro Rex takes a modern Australian approach to the Parisian bistro, pairing French-style dishes with cocktails and wine. Published menu highlights include Sydney rock oysters, steak frites and cheese soufflé, making the format suitable for a more considered meal or a relaxed bistro catch-up.

Shop 1, 50-58 Macleay St, Potts Point NSW 2011 · ☎ 02 9332 2100

Ester

Ester is a Chippendale restaurant with dining enquiries and provision for larger bookings. Its published contact information supports both ordinary restaurant visits and group occasions, giving the inner-city food mix another option for shared time around the table.

46-52 Meagher Street, Chippendale, Sydney 2018 · ☎ +61 2 8068 8279

The Apollo Chef's Table

At The Apollo in Potts Point, the chef’s-table experience is designed for groups of eight to 12. Guests share a Greek-style feast that can include seafood, dips, spanakopita, vongole kritharaki, lamb shoulder and gelato, offering a distinct private-dining format for a celebration or group meal.

44 Macleay St, Potts Point, Sydney NSW 2011 · ☎ 02 8354 0888

☕ Cafes, Coffee & Bakeries

Single O Surry Hills

Single O’s Surry Hills café and coffee roastery offers breakfast and lunch, freshly roasted coffee for home and several ways to explore its coffee range. The adjoining Sideshow brew bar presents single-origin coffee, pour-over, cold brew and espresso for a focused coffee stop.

60-64 Reservoir St, Surry Hills NSW · ☎ 02 9693 2232

Bake Bar Paddington

This Paddington artisan sourdough bakery and café brings together bread, pastries, pies, cakes and café meals. Its menu also includes European- and Mediterranean-influenced dishes such as shakshuka, sandwiches, salads and soups, so it suits both a baked treat and a more substantial casual meal.

226 Glenmore Road, Paddington · ☎ 02 8357 9636

Flour and Stone

Flour and Stone’s Woolloomooloo shopfronts offer cakes and tarts, bread, pastries, sweet baked goods and pantry items, with takeaway and order collection available. The business also provides baking classes and catering, extending its offering beyond the daily bakery counter.

43 Riley Street, Woolloomooloo · ☎ 02 8068 8818

Bourke Street Bakery

The Surry Hills location of Bourke Street Bakery provides bakery and café service among the bakery’s Sydney shops. It is a practical neighbourhood choice for café fare and bakery purchases in the inner city.

633 Bourke Street, Surry Hill NSW 2010 · ☎ (02) 9699 1011

🍷 Wine Bars & Drinks

Claret Club

Claret Club occupies a two-storey Darlinghurst terrace, with a seasonal à la carte menu in the upstairs dining room and a downstairs wine bar offering drinks, snacks and counter-style dishes. Its classical European format suits both a full meal and a more informal drink with something to eat.

77 Stanley Street, Darlinghurst 2010 · ☎ 0427 744 290

Two 88 Bar & Kitchen

In the Sydney CBD, Two 88 combines wine and cocktails with charcuterie and cheese sliced to order. The kitchen also serves starters, mains and desserts, while the drinks and food offering brings together local and international meats, cheeses, wines and cocktails.

288 Sussex St, Sydney NSW 2000 · ☎ 02 9063 0100

🍺 Breweries & Distilleries

Young Henrys Brewing

Young Henrys’ Newtown brewery has a tasting bar and bookable brewery tours. The public venue provides a way to explore the brewery’s beer range, while the weekend tours offer a closer look at the brewing operation.

76 Wilford Street, Newtown NSW 2042 · ☎ +61 2 9519 0048

Archie Rose Distilling Co.

Archie Rose in Rosebery is a distillery, bar and cellar door making whisky, gin, vodka and rum. Its spirits experiences include gin tasting, cocktail shaking and sessions focused on making and blending spirits, with food served at the bar alongside drinks.

61 Mentmore Ave, Rosebery NSW 2018 · ☎ 02 8458 2300 (customer care; office hours Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm)

🧺 Specialty Food, Producers & Markets

Carriageworks Farmers Market

Held at the Carriageworks precinct in Eveleigh, this recurring farmers market brings together seasonal produce and artisan goods from growers and producers across New South Wales. It offers a public setting for browsing food for home alongside the cultural surroundings of the former railway works.

245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh · ☎ +61 2 8571 9099

Sydney Fish Market

At Blackwattle Bay, Sydney Fish Market brings together seafood and grocery shopping, restaurants, specialty retailers and official tours. Sydney Seafood School also operates within the market as a cooking school and event space, adding a practical way to engage with seafood beyond the retail counters.

1 Bridge Rd, Glebe · ☎ 02 9004 1100

👩‍🍳 Catering & Private Dining

CHAPA

CHAPA provides catered food for corporate events, weddings and private parties across Sydney and New South Wales. Based in Enmore, its service is centred on celebrations and business occasions where a dedicated catering arrangement is required.

163 Enmore Road, Enmore NSW 2042 · catering enquiries: ☎ 02 7205 2922

🫖 Cooking Classes & Food Experiences

Sydney Cooking School

Sydney Cooking School in Neutral Bay runs hands-on classes covering world cuisines, barbecuing and desserts. It also offers team-building sessions and private bookings, with classes designed for a range of experience levels and a practical emphasis on taking part.

73 Military Road, Neutral Bay NSW 2089 · ☎ 02 8969 6199

Sydney’s food offering is best enjoyed at its own varied pace: a bakery breakfast, a pub meal, a market browse, a carefully chosen drink or a class shared with friends. Restaurants, cafés, producers, caterers and other local food businesses are warmly invited to add or update their listing, helping people connect with the business’s own menus, reservations and enquiries.

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