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  1. Azuma Japanese Restaurant

    Azuma Japanese Restaurant

    Traditional and innovative Japanese

    This stylish restaurant owes its white hat status to dishes that elevate Japanese fare to high art. It also serves as the perfect backdrop for culinary theatre - whether you’re savouring a ten-course degustation in the private dining room, perched at the sushi bar watching chefs spin magic with rice, seaweed and sashimi or combining your business deal with the seductive pleasures of cloudy plum sake. Visit for a dining encounter with a real sense of occasion.

    Address
    Chifley Plaza, Level 1, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney
    Phone
    9222 9960

  2. Cara&Co Restaurant

    Cara&Co Restaurant

    Cara&Co Restaurant invites you to experience a style of cooking found nowhere else in Australia. The Cara&Co menu is enriched by Flemish fine dining with the aim to challenge your usual eating habits. Constantly striving to create new food pairings, the restaurant offers pure cooking that delivers heightened flavours with each dish.

    Address
    Westfield Sydney, Level 4
    Phone
    9226 9988

  3. Fat Buddha

    Fat Buddha

    Piping hot steamed prawn dumplings, freshly made rolls with tender BBQ pork, crispy salt and pepper squid and an all day yum cha menu awaits you within the stylish QVB. For a more decadent lunch or dinner, diners can indulge in dishes such as the "Legendary Eight Treasure" of double cooked whole duck stuffed with eight traditional ingredients such as lotus seed, pearl barley and salted duck egg, or the roasted pork ribs with vintage black vinegar.

    Address
    QVB, Level 2, North End
    Phone
    9264 9558

  4. Fratelli Fresh CBD

    Fratelli Fresh CBD

    Ever fresh goodness

    A buzz of energy radiates from the hidden Fratelli Fresh on Bridge St. The venue is home to the infamous Cafe Sopra, a Mozzarella bar for the cheese obsessed, Aperitivo Bar, Pizzeria, a private dining room and private bar. Breakfast is also available until late.

    Address
    11 Bridge Street, Sydney
    Phone
    8298 2701

  5. Galileo

    Galileo

    Fine Dining Restaurant

    Chef Anthony Craven, now at the helm of Galileo Restaurant, has crafted menus using fresh and local produce to create innovative modern Australian cuisine.

    Address
    89-113 Kent St, Sydney
    Phone
    8248 5252

  6. glass brasserie

    glass brasserie

    Luke Mangan's one hat restaurant

    Fresh, seasonal and local ingredients showcased with a clean and contemporary twist exemplify Luke Mangan's one-hatted glass brasserie. The epitome of decadent dining, glass is an Australian evocation of the classic French brasserie, providing an outstanding dining experience in the very heart of the city.

    Address
    Hilton Sydney, Level 2, 488 George Street, Sydney
    Phone
    9265 6068

  7. I'm Angus Steak House

    I'm Angus Steak House

    Waterfront steak house

    Award winning waterfront steakhouse with an established reputation for premium quality steaks and a wide selection of Australian wines. Mouth watering range of cuts that chefs flame to perfection on an open grill, enthralling diners and passers by.

    Address
    The Promenade, Cockle Bay Wharf, Sydney.
    Phone
    9264 5822

  8. King Street Wharf

    King Street Wharf

    Food and drinks destination

    Waterfront neighbourhood has been given over to sanctuary and sophistication at King St Wharf. This culinary and social playground of food and drink outlets nurtures a pulsing scene.

    Address
    The Promenade (via Lime St), Sydney
    Phone

  9. Kobe Jones

    Kobe Jones

    Modern Japanese with a twist

    Fusing Eastern spices with elegant simplicity, Kobe Jones is Japanese with a twist. Its stunning terrace overlooking Darling Harbour is the perfect setting to experience this luminous blend of chic Californian and modern Japanese cuisine.

    Address
    29 Lime Street.
    Phone
    9299 5290

  10. Mad Cow

    Mad Cow

    Flamboyant New York-style grill

    This fabulously flamboyant New York-style grill draws upon fresh, quality produce and the flair of Head Chef, Chris Whitehead. With the finest steaks grilled to your specifications, Mad Cow deserves its loyal local following.

    Address
    330 George Street, ivy, Sydney
    Phone
    9240 3000

  11. Nick's Bar & Grill

    Nick's Bar & Grill

    Innovative cuisine and stunning views

    The very best of casual alfresco dining with stunning waterfront vistas and Nick's infamous Seafood Platter for Two. Relax with a cocktail, beer or wine while the chefs prepare your meal on the chargrill.

    Address
    The Promenade- King Street Wharf.
    Phone
    02 9279 0122

  12. Nick's Seafood Restaurant

    Nick's Seafood Restaurant

    Innovative cuisine and stunning views

    A restaurant capturing the essence of Sydney harbourside dining. With an emphasis on quality and freshness, Nick's is famous for succulent oysters, a wide array of fish, chargrilled seafood and seafood platters.

    Address
    The Promenade, Cockle Bay Wharf, Sydney.
    Phone
    9264 1212

  13. Restaurant Arras

    Restaurant Arras

    A chic location of modern design, Arras encourages good conversation over a pick of fine dining delicacies. A diverse selection of freshly baked bread is ready to nibble on, when anticipating the following four course spread.

    Address
    204 Clarence St
    Phone
    9283 1922

  14. Rockpool

    Rockpool

    Two-hatted restaurant

    Seasonality is key at Neil Perry's two-hatted flagship restaurant. Experience evocative fine dining where local and international ingredients unite for sumptuous a la carte and tasting menus, with produce from spanner crab to quail

    Address
    107 George Street, Sydney
    Phone
    9252 1888

  15. Selah

    Selah

    Dining in style is kept simple at Selah with a menu of sustainable, seasonal and unprocessed ingredients. A place for any occasion, locals flock to Selah for an easygoing yet craftily prepared dish.

    Address
    12 Loftus St
    Phone
    9247 0097

  16. Sepia

    Sepia

    Known for their excellence in food, George Costi and Martin Benn have created Sepia's modern Australian menu. This award winning location offers both a la carte and degustation choices with a wine list to match. Rich with the highest quality local produce and inspired by Japan, each plate holds a delicacy resembling delightful edible art.

    Address
    201 Sussex St
    Phone
    9283 1990

  17. Spice Temple

    Spice Temple

    In an art deco basement den with oriental-style interiors, experience a food excursion through regional China's hot, sweet and sour. Exciting textures and finesse galore from this venture from culinary icon Neil Perry.

    Address
    10 Bligh St
    Phone
    8078 1888

  18. Teppanyaki

    Teppanyaki

    Teppanyaki with a modern twist

    Asian tradition fuses with chic sensibility at this superb modern Japanese restaurant. Black tasselled lamp shades, a long communal table, dim lighting and staff in kimono-inspired dresses- An experience not to be missed.

    Address
    ivy, Level 2, George Street, Sydney.
    Phone
    9240 3000

  19. The Rocks Teppanyaki

    The Rocks Teppanyaki

    Serving Traditional Japanese Teppanyaki Cuisine

    Experience the traditional art and taste sensations of Japanese Teppanyaki. Located in a historic 1840s building, guests sit at one of six private, individual cooking tables ideal for entertaining friends and loved ones.

    Address
    176 Cumberland Street.
    Phone
    9250 6020

  20. Westfield Restaurants

    Westfield Restaurants

    Some of the best of Australia's culinary community offer express and dine-in options at 'The Food Atrium' on Level Five, where Justin and Georgia North's Becasse and Quarter Twenty One Restaurants are also located. The premium restaurant precinct on Level Six is a worldly dining destination in its own right and home to Sydney favourites, Chat Thai, Sky Phoenix, David Tsirekas' 'fun park of Greek food' Xanthi, and Alessandro Pavoni's nostalgic Lombardian restaurant Spiedo Restaurant & Bar.

    Address
    Westfield Sydney, Level 5 & 6.
    Phone