The Top 100 Restaurants Near Newmarket Room
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Rank 1. Newmarket Room
Modern Australian
The dining room at this Warwick Farm restaurant sits inside the Inglis bloodstock complex, and the horse-world setting is not subtle. It's a Modern Australian restaurant where the alfresco terrace looks out over riverside stables, which makes for a more distinctive backdrop than most. The menu runs to butter-poached lobster and pressed lamb shoulder, and the cocktail list takes itself seriously enough to earn its own paragraph in the menu.
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Rank 3. Oribu
Japanese
A live olive tree strung with fairy lights sits at the center of the room, which tells you immediately that Oribu is playing a longer game than your average Japanese restaurant. This is fine dining, rooftop, Parramatta's first of its kind, built around omakase platters and wagyu with choppped wasabi and sansho salt. The Australian Good Food Guide gave it a Chef Hat. Theatrics are part of the deal, and the bar is a reasonable place to start.
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Rank 4. Saint Peter
Modern Australian
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Rank 5. Abhi's
Indian
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Rank 6. Aalia
Middle Eastern
Open-fire Middle Eastern cooking in the Sydney CBD, where ironbark wood and charcoal from the Blue Mountains do the structural work rather than playing atmosphere. The kitchen pulls from Levantine and North African tradition, including medieval Arabic manuscripts, and the debt shows in the layering of spice rather than any museum-piece earnestness. It landed at number 14 on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list, though it behaves nothing like a steakhouse.
- World's 101 Best #14 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- Australian Good Food Guide 15/20 · Two Chef Hats
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Rank 7. Sixpenny
Modern Australian
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Rank 9. ARIA Sydney
Modern Australian
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Rank 10. Gran Torino
Italian
Neil Perry's Italian restaurant in Double Bay is built around the aperitivo rhythm: Martinis and spritzes arrive first, then antipasti, housemade pasta, seafood, and steak. The beef program leans into rare Australian breeds, including grass-fed Chianina, cooked simply enough that the sourcing does the talking. Ranked 27th on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list, though the room reads more like a generous Italian trattoria than a temple to beef.
- World's 101 Best #27 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- Australian Good Food Guide 12/20 · One Chef Hat
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Rank 11. Fior
Modern Australian
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Rank 12. LuMi Bar & Dining
Italian
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Rank 13. Yoshii’s Omakase
Japanese
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Rank 14. Nel Restaurant
Modern Australian
Fine dining that occasionally serves fried chicken and doughnuts without any apparent shame. Nel runs a rotating 11-course degustation in a moody CBD room of exposed brick and open kitchen, where the theme changes entirely and regulars come back to see what the kitchen has cooked up next. The format is unmistakably tasting-menu serious; the attitude is something else. Three Chef Hats from the Australian Good Food Guide.
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Rank 15. Bennelong
Modern Australian
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Rank 16. Quoi Dining
Modern French
A lakeside dining room tucked beside Norwest Lake in the Hills District, Quoi Dining runs a modern French menu with Australian produce woven through it. The setting is quiet enough that conversation doesn't compete with anything, which suits the careful, technique-forward cooking. It's a fine-dining room that draws the special-occasion crowd, and the Australian Good Food Guide has given it a Chef Hat.
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Rank 18. Atelier By Sofitel
French
South of France cooking in a Darling Harbour hotel, with wine racks lining the walls and a menu that leans on local produce shaped into something unmistakably French. The kitchen uses coal and char alongside classical technique, so there's smoke and richness alongside the bright, coastal flavors you'd expect. A polished, unhurried kind of dinner, the sort where you dress up a little and nobody feels self-conscious about it. The Australian Good Food Guide awards it two Chef Hats.
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Rank 19. Yellow
Vegetarian
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Rank 21. Firepop
Modern Australian
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Rank 22. Vineria Luisa
Italian
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Rank 23. Prefecture 48
Japanese
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Rank 24. Restaurant Garaku
Japanese
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Rank 25. Maiz Mexican Food
Mexican
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Rank 26. Kuro Bar & Dining
Japanese
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Rank 27. Osteria Mucca
Italian
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Rank 28. Allta
Korean
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Rank 29. Gildas
Spanish
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Rank 30. Haco
Japanese
Charcoal grilling and tempura in the same omakase menu sounds like a contradiction until you sit at the counter and watch the chef make it feel inevitable. Haco is a compact Japanese fine dining room in the Sydney CBD, built around a single tasting progression you watch unfold in front of you. The name means theatre in Japanese, which the room leans into without apology. It holds two Chef Hats from the Australian Good Food Guide.
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Rank 31. Matkim
Korean
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Rank 32. ANTE
Modern Australian
- Australian Good Food Guide 12/20 · One Chef Hat
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best International Restaurant Bar
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Rank 33. Cafe Paci
Modern Australian
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Rank 34. White Horse
Modern Australian
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Rank 35. Lana
Italian
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Rank 37. Brasserie 1930
Modern Australian
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A Victorian terrace on Glebe Point Road that was once a private investigator's office, which may explain why the atmosphere feels like it has something to hide. It's a wine bar and restaurant loosely inspired by Mexican flavours, though the menu roams freely: dry-aged sirloin, barramundi, tres leches cake. Whitewashed walls and open fireplaces keep things easy, and the Australian Good Food Guide gave it a Chef Hat.
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Rank 40. Restaurant Ka
Modern Australian
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Rank 43. Seven Spices
Modern Indian
A tandoor and a dosa menu in the same room as chilli saffron foam tells you everything about where Seven Spices is headed. It's a modern Indian restaurant in Lane Cove that pulls from street food, slow curries, and flame-cooked classics without treating any of them as lesser than the others. The room skews toward families and celebrations, and the Australian Good Food Guide awarded it a Chef Hat.
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Rank 44. Sokyo
Japanese
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Rank 45. Sala
Italian
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Rank 46. Attenzione Food & Wine
Italian
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Rank 47. Fontana
Italian
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Rank 48. Franca Brasserie
Mediterranean
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Rank 49. Chez Beckett's
Modern French
Softly lit and tucked into Chippendale's Kensington Street, Chez Beckett's is a modern French bistro where the industrial bones of the building meet white-tablecloth formality without feeling stuffy. The menu leans into the classics, escargots, tartare, duck, done with Australian seasonal produce threaded through. The wine list is curated and the cocktails are genuinely considered, which the after-work crowd in the corner seems to have figured out already.
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Rank 50. Kindred
Italian
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Rank 52. BTWN
Modern New American
Darling Harbour views frame every table at this theatrical modern Australian share-plates restaurant inside W Sydney. The menu leans on local growers and coastal producers, with wild-caught seafood making a strong case for itself as the room fills and the energy climbs toward something noticeably louder than dinner. The Australian Good Food Guide awarded it a Chef Hat.
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Rank 53. a'Mare
Italian
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Rank 54. Omakase by Prefecture 48
Modern Australian
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Rank 55. Ibushi Robata Grill
Japanese
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Rank 56. Woodcut
Modern Australian
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Rank 57. Civico 47
Italian
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Rank 58. Ennui
Modern Australian
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Rank 59. Palazzo Salato
Italian
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Rank 60. Clarence and V
Modern Australian
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Rank 63. Bastardo
Italian
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Rank 64. Esteban
Mexican
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A neon-lit basement off York Street designed to feel like a gambling den, which sets the mood pretty squarely. Hustlers. Syd is a shared-plates Asian restaurant built for late nights, with a menu that roams across the continent and a cocktail list that keeps pace. The Australian Good Food Guide gave it a Chef Hat. Come with people you like sharing with, and don't schedule anything early the next morning.
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Rank 66. The Charles
French
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Rank 67. Eleven Barrack
Modern Australian
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A Surry Hills spot where Australian and Asian cooking get folded into each other in ways that feel less like fusion and more like a genuine point of view. The menu shifts familiar territory into something harder to categorize, which is either exciting or unsettling depending on your mood. The room is small enough that the kitchen's curiosity feels personal. It holds a Chef Hat from the Australian Good Food Guide.
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Rank 69. The Blue Door
Modern Australian
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Rank 70. Kiln
Modern Australian
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Rank 71. Maydanoz
Turkish
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Rank 72. PELLEGRINO 2000
Italian
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Rank 74. SOUL Dining
Korean
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Rank 75. Morena
Modern Australian
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Rank 76. Nomad Sydney
Middle Eastern
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Rank 77. R by Raita Noda.
Japanese
An open kitchen doubles as a stage at this omakase and theater dining restaurant in Redfern, where two chefs work in near-silence while guests sit close enough to hear the knife. The rain-inspired interior tilts quiet and contemplative, which sets the right mood for a meal built around precision and patience. Chef Raita Noda has been running omakase in Sydney for years, and this is his latest, most considered room.
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Rank 78. Bar Copains
Modern Australian
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Rank 80. Shaffa
Middle Eastern
Sandwiched between two heritage sandstone buildings down a Surry Hills laneway, Shaffa is a Middle Eastern restaurant and bar built around shared plates and a deliberately festive mood. The space pulls from the energy of a bazaar, all bold spices and low lighting, and it suits a long table of friends more than a quiet Tuesday. The Australian Good Food Guide awarded it a Chef Hat.
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Rank 81. Restaurant Leo
Italian
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Rank 82. Infinity at Sydney Tower
Modern Australian
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Rank 84. Mr Wong
Chinese
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Rank 85. Sydney Common
Modern Australian
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Rank 86. Bessie's & Alma's
Modern Australian
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Rank 87. Entrata
Italian
An Italian restaurant set inside a converted house on the edge of Sydney's Hills District, with bushland visible from the dining room and a sommelier who takes the wine list seriously. The kitchen turns out modern Italian cooking that keeps one foot in tradition, and the room is warm enough that a long dinner here feels like a reasonable way to spend an evening. The Australian Good Food Guide awarded it a Chef Hat.
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Rank 88. Mode Kitchen & Bar
Modern Australian New American
Polished wood, statement pendants, and banquette seating set the tone at this CBD bistro, which sits somewhere between a long working lunch and a proper dinner out. The kitchen leans Modern Australian, wood-roasting and slow-braising its way through a menu that reads relaxed but cooks with more ambition than the room lets on. An Australian Good Food Guide Hat for the effort.
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Rank 89. Ito Restaurant
Japanese
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Rank 90. Bistro George
European-Australian New American
A European-Australian bistro a short walk from Circular Quay, Bistro George holds an Australian Good Food Guide Hat and pitches itself at the full range: solo bar snacks, work lunches, leisurely dinners. The menu leans on local produce and lands somewhere between Continental and modern Australian, with a wine list broad enough to keep both the table orderer and the sommelier-curious happy.
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Rank 91. Nour
Lebanese
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Rank 92. Armorica
French
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Rank 93. Besuto
Japanese
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Rank 94. Kazan Dining
Japanese
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Rank 95. Silvester's Restaurant & Lounge
Modern Australian
A share-format Modern Australian restaurant near Circular Quay, Silvester's sits on a corner that's had butchers and serious produce on it for generations. The menu moves from smaller plates through to bigger dishes, building in a way that feels designed rather than accidental. The room leans convivial rather than hushed. An Australian Good Food Guide Chef Hat.
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Rank 96. Spice Temple Sydney
Chinese
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Rank 97. Restaurant Hubert
French
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Rank 98. arthur
Modern Australian
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Rank 99. Jane
Modern Australian
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Rank 100. Amuro
Japanese