Outdoor dining
- Review
- Haberfield
It won the Haberfield pizza duel, but is this icon still one of Sydney’s best pizzerias?
La Disfida’s warm-lit dining room and wood-fired winter cooking has serious pulling power.
- Callan Boys
- Review
- Geelong
‘I’m still marvelling’: The Geelong restaurant dish our critic can’t stop thinking about
Eleven-year-old Tulip looks casual, even unremarkable. But passionate new owners are helping it blossom.
- Besha Rodell
- Review
- Earlwood
The suburban bakery pulling in customers from Melbourne, Perth and even further for a taste of home
Treats abound at Baked at Bina’s in Earlwood: fried, sugar-dusted Portuguese doughnuts, just-baked custard tarts and soft-centred Brazilian rolls.
- Lenny Ann Low
- Review
- Newtown
New ‘sushi’ spot offers bargain $35 omakase experience just off Newtown’s meat-free mile
Plant-based Japanese venue Kimusabi on Enmore Road takes sushi to a new, creative level with a vegan twist.
- Lee Tran Lam
- Review
- Oakleigh
This hidden rooftop bar is a dose of Greek island heat during a bitter Melbourne winter
It’s out with sedans and SUVs, in with saganaki croquettes and spritzes, at this former car park in the city’s Greek heartland.
- Dani Valent
- Review
- Dawes Point
Bet you’ve never had a parma or a carbonara like these before, Sydney
What was fine-diner The Gantry at Pier One Sydney Harbour hotel is now a simpler affair, but the comfort food has more to it than you might expect.
- Terry Durack
- Review
- Wetherill Park
This hidden kiosk in a business park makes a ‘glorious’ steak sanger to a 40-year-old family recipe
From rolls filled with layers of deli meats to sandwiches stuffed with doorstopper-sized schnitzels, there are plenty of home-made delights at Pauly’s Deli.
- Lenny Ann Low
- Review
- Wantirna South
‘I’m full of praise for this Malaysian canteen in a suburban megachurch’
There’s something mysteriously good about Terry’s Kitchen’s chilli sambal that will keep me coming back.
- Dani Valent
- Review
- Cammeray
This neighbourhood Italian adds a dash of lemony sunshine to winter (and tiramisu)
With its Amalfi-inspired aperitivi, focaccia and pasta, Nico is a mood-lifting place to hibernate.
- Terry Durack
- Review
- Rose Bay
Icon review: Is a long lunch at Catalina still a great day out?
When lunch calls for white linen napkins and good ol’ fashioned hospitality, this Sydney stayer nails the brief.
- Callan Boys