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Sydney restaurant reviews 2021

Catch up on The Sydney Morning Herald chief restaurant critic Terry Durack's reviews.

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Sydney restaurant reviews

Bangalay Dining serves as a bar, coffee stop and restaurant for the eco-luxury resort's guests.
Good Food hat15/20

Bush-meets-beach at Bangalay Dining

  • Terry Durack
Grilled-and-sliced black angus rib eye topped with tomato butter with a good handful of watercress.
14/20

Like day and night at bills Double Bay

  • Terry Durack
Bone-in O'Connor premium grass-fed sirloin from South Gippsland.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16/20

Woodcut restaurant a new jewel in the Crown

  • Terry Durack
Tomato, buffalo mozzarella and basil pizza.
14.5/20

Pizza with a personal touch at Ria Pizza and Wine

  • Terry Durack
The much-loved Nigerian meat pie is kissing-cousin to a Cornish pastie.
14/20

Little Lagos offers taste of Nigeria on Enmore Road

  • Terry Durack
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Crisp-fried Hawkesbury River School prawns with lemon myrtle, togarashi and Kewpie mayo.
14.5/20

Bar Elvina makes a splash in Avalon

  • Terry Durack
Tomatoes and peaches with tarragon, crispy chilli and fennel seed.
14/20

Free-wheeling Cafe Freda's brings party vibes to Taylor Square

  • Terry Durack
Crispy pork jowl, soy, ginger and pickled pineapple.
14.5/20

The Pines brings the beach party to Cronulla

  • Terry Durack
A wedge of Ben's apple pie with vanilla ice-cream.
14/20

Good, good, good vibrations at High Hopes Roadhouse, Bilpin

  • Terry Durack
The bavette steak comes pink and glistening inside, and darkly crusty outside, smothered in skinny, skin-on fries.
Good Food hat15/20

Young star chef brings punk pub food and old favourites to the Old Fitz

  • Terry Durack
Calves' shin, snail and garlic pie.
Good Food hat15/20

Go the whole hog at Porcine

  • Terry Durack
Be sure to order the trofie al pesto, prepared tableside.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16/20

Italians do it better at a’Mare restaurant at Crown Sydney

  • Terry Durack
Butterflied whole Nimbo trout, cooked meuniere-style.
14.5/20

Country goes luxe at Three Blue Ducks at Nimbo Fork

  • Terry Durack
Fish and chips get an upgrade.
14/20

The Boathouse heads south of the bridge to Rose Bay

  • Terry Durack
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Tortelli cacio e pepe.
Good Food hat15/20

Catch dinner and a show at Seta in central Sydney

  • Terry Durack
Cauliflower sabich with boiled egg, hummus, tahini, pickled Spanish onion, shallots is the pick of the pitas.
13/20

Join the lunchtime pita party at Shaffa in Surry Hills

  • Terry Durack
Basque cheesecake.
14.5/20

Wine Room at Manly Greenhouse is Basque-ish in all its glory

  • Terry Durack
Meaty and intense: King prawns with saffron aioli.
14.5/20

Parramatta's Ruse Bar and Brasserie is open to all-comers

  • Terry Durack
With restaurants such as EXP., the Hunter is building its own strong regional style.
Good Food hat15/20

Piece of the country at EXP. in Pokolbin

  • Terry Durack
Malawach, a flaky Yemenite pastry, with house-made buttermilk ricotta and trout roe.
Good Food hat15/20

Good things in the Gong at Babyface Kitchen

  • Terry Durack
Roast chicken, pomegranate, tourlou tourlou and yoghurt.
Good Food hat15/20

So Greek, so good at Sydney's all-new Alpha

  • Terry Durack
Must-try: Steamed prawn dumplings with Sichuan chilli dressing.
14.5/20

Kylie Kwong gets personal at Lucky Kwong at South Eveleigh

  • Terry Durack
Amah recently opened at the former site of General Chao in Chatswood.
14.5/20

Cooking smarts and family ties at Amah by Ho Jiak

  • Terry Durack
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By day, the dining space feels casual, its mix of tables, chairs and hard metal stools spilling onto the street.
14.5/20

Karkalla in Byron Bay has a big heart on its sleeve

  • Terry Durack
Pork dumplings in hot sour soup at Xi'an Cuisine.

Three delicious reasons to send Sydney's Chinatown some love

  • Terry Durack
Takeaway luxury: A mixed sushi box from Kuon Omakase in Darling Square.

Three Sydney take-home treats to take your fancy

  • Terry Durack
Cordatori (knot) pasta with pork and fennel sausage ragu from Alex and Trahanas in Paddington.

Sydney lockdown home dining, Italian style

  • Terry Durack
Built-in donation: Boronia Kitchen's fish pie and greens.

Sydney lockdown: Harvest Bites by OzHarvest, reviewed

  • Terry Durack
Butter chicken from Abhi's in Strathfield.

Curry night au-go-go from three interesting Indian eateries in Sydney

  • Terry Durack
Lankan Filling Station's beef pan roll.

Does Providoor deliver on taste in Sydney? Terry Durack road tests dishes from Hubert and Lankan Filling Station

  • Terry Durack
It's a showdown: Chat Thai's banquet for Providoor.

It's a Thai: The battle of the banquets gets spicy

  • Terry Durack
Made to travel: Lit Canteen's smart tailored banh mi box.

Terry Durack reviews three 'office' lunches for work-from-homers in Sydney

  • Terry Durack
The puffy, scorchy pizza Margherita is the go-to dish.

Terry Durack's new road map to dining out in Sydney

  • Terry Durack
The Kepos Street Kitchen mezze box is available to order online.

Three options for plant-based takeaways from Alibi, Bad Hombres and Kepos Street Kitchen

  • Terry Durack
Fish, in a hyper-crisp batter, and chips.

Sydney takeaway review: Josh Niland's new Charcoal Fish in Rose Bay

  • Terry Durack
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