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Eating out in Sydney and NSW, Best Restaurants, Cafes, Bars, Pubs & More | Good Food | Sydney Morning Herald

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October 24, 2026 • 06:00 PM
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The most popular and best kept secret restaurant, cafe, bar and pub reviews across Sydney and NSW. Trusted reviews from Australia's best food writers all in the one place, here with Good Food and the Sydney Morning Herald.

Eating out in Sydney and NSW, Best Restaurants, Cafes, Bars, Pubs & More | Good Food | Sydney Morning Herald

From one hat to three, the essential list of every hat-winning restaurant from the 42nd edition of The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide.

Restaurant reviews, news and the hottest openings served to your inbox.

From blooming marigolds to slow-cooked mloukhieh, everything you see – and eat – at Salwa’s Garden is a labour of love by the pair behind legendary Almustafa in Sydney’s Little Lebanon.

We’ve collected all the chef, front-of-house and restaurant finalists into one handy cheat-sheet ahead of the Good Food Guide Awards on Monday, October 26.

No-frills favourite for late-night cheung fun.

No-nonsense restaurant for choose-your-own-carb-adventures.

Glorious meeting of French technique and Australian produce.

The winners of Restaurant of the Year, Chef of the Year and Service Excellence will be revealed on October 26.

You go to the races for the thrill, the excitement, and the chance to dress up. But the sights and sounds of race day aren’t complete without savouring the food on offer.

The revitalisation of Oxford Street gains pace with the arrival of Nikkei cuisine, which blends elements of Peruvian and Japanese food.

Take a seat at Matkim’s granite counter for a thoughtful and immersive evening of lesser-known dishes inspired by the seasons.

This food truck turned restaurant is bringing rival African cuisines together to unite people over the rich, smoky and deeply satisfying joy of jollof.

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