Sydney — Places to eat
Commute by ferry, lunch on the sand
- Harry's Café de Wheels (Woolloomooloo) — Pies and hot dogs from a dockside caravan since 1945
- Sydney Fish Market (new building) — The new fish market (Jan 2026): buy oysters and lobster, eat by the water
- Mamak Haymarket — Malaysian canteen where you watch roti being spun
- Chat Thai (Thaitown) — Thaitown's long-running Thai canteen, open till 2 am on weekends
- Pancakes on the Rocks (The Rocks) — The Rocks' pancake house, open past midnight
- Hurricane's Grill (Circular Quay) — Six-hour ribs above Circular Quay
- bills Surry Hills — The original ricotta-hotcake breakfast spot
- The Grounds of Alexandria — An old pie factory turned garden café, redecorated every season
- Doyles, Watsons Bay — Fish and chips on the same beach since 1885
- Opera Bar — Outdoor bar under the Opera House, facing the Harbour Bridge
- 6HEAD Sydney — Steak with the Opera House straight across the water
- Single O Surry Hills — The corner where Single O started roasting in 2003
- Black Star Pastry (Sydney CBD, The Galeries) — The strawberry watermelon cake: fresh watermelon between rose cream
- Gelato Messina (Circular Quay) — The gelato Sydney queues for, with dozens of flavours
- Bourke Street Bakery (Surry Hills) — The 2004 corner bakery: meat pies and ginger brûlée tarts
- Sydney Cove Oyster Bar — Sydney rock oysters at the water, opposite the Opera House
- Gumshara Ramen — Pork-bone broth thick enough to stand a chopstick in
- Chef's Gallery (Town Hall) — Hand-pulled noodles made behind a glass kitchen
- Chin Chin Sydney — Thai-leaning sharing plates in a loud, neon-lit room
- Mr Wong — Peking duck in a big laneway hall
- Icebergs Dining Room and Bar — Italian-leaning dining above Bondi's ocean pool
- Bennelong — Modern Australian under the Opera House sails
- Quay — Harbour-view tasting menu and a Sydney landmark
- Fratelli Paradiso — Relaxed Italian trattoria in Potts Point
- Reuben Hills — Roastery café with a Latin American menu
- Cafe Sydney (Customs House rooftop) — Customs House rooftop dining above the Quay
- Zeta Bar (Hilton Sydney) — Hilton level-4 cocktail bar with city views