The Best Japanese Food in Sydney
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The best Japanese food in Sydney, according to the experts: Australian Good Food Guide, Eater, and The Infatuation have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Yoshii’s Omakase comes out on top.
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Haco and Kuro Bar & Dining hold the next two places. Australian Good Food Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Eater next.
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Rank 1. Yoshii’s Omakase
Japanese
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 16/20 · Three Chef Hats
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Rank 2. 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.
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 15/20 · Two Chef Hats
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Rank 2. Kuro Bar & Dining
Japanese
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 15/20 · Two Chef Hats
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Rank 2. Prefecture 48
Japanese
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- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 14/20 · Two Chef Hats
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Rank 2. Restaurant Garaku
Japanese
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- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 14/20 · Two Chef Hats
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Rank 2. Sushi Oe
Sushi
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- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 14/20 · Two Chef Hats
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Rank 7. Amuro
Japanese
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
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Rank 7. Besuto
Japanese
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- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 13/20 · One Chef Hat
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Rank 7. Cho Cho San
Japanese
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
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Rank 7. Ibushi Robata Grill
Japanese
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
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Rank 7. Ito Restaurant
Japanese
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
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Rank 7. Kazan Dining
Japanese
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
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Rank 7. Kisuke
Japanese
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 13/20 · One Chef Hat
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Rank 7. Kuon Omakase
Sushi
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 13/20 · One Chef Hat
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Rank 7. 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.
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 13/20 · One Chef Hat
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Rank 7. 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.
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 13/20 · One Chef Hat
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Rank 7. Sokyo
Japanese
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
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Rank 7. Tanuki Restaurant Sydney
Japanese
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
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Rank 7. Wagyuto
Japanese
The restaurant takes its name from the Japanese word for a Western chef's knife, which tells you something about where this place sits, one foot in Japanese tradition, the other in the cooking-obsessed Sydney dining scene. It's a considered, sit-down Japanese restaurant in sleepy Clovelly, and the kitchen leans hard on local produce while keeping the cooking precise and unfussy. The kind of room where people are there to eat, not to be seen.
The awards
- Australian Good Food Guide Australian Good Food Guide: 12/20 · One Chef Hat
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Rank 20. Cafe Monaka
Japanese Café
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Rank 20. Chaco Bar
Ramen Shop
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 31 Best Places To Eat & Stay In Sydney
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Rank 20. Comeco Foods Cafe
Vegan Japanese Café
The awards