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20 classic hatted restaurants to add to your bucket list

These iconic Aussie restaurants have been serving it up in style for 15 years or more. Isn’t it time you tried them?

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Enjoy landmark views at Quay where a BYO wine option is offered for a limited time.
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NSW: Quay

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Icebergs

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Bright new executive chef Thomas Gorringe is taking over from Joel Bickford at Aria.
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Aria

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Sean's, Bondi Beach.
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Sean’s Bondi

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Pilu boasts fabulous views over Freshwater Beach.
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Pilu at Freshwater

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Rockpool Bar & Grill
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Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney

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Lauren Eldridge's rhubarb, yoghurt and Davidson plum dessert was the NSW Good Food Guide magazine cover star.
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Berowra Waters Inn

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Wagyu rib cap with fermented black bean sauce, pencil leek and native pepper.
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Bentley Restaurant & Bar

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The iconic confit ocean trout.

Tetsuya’s

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Good Food. Bennelong at the Opera House. Chef Peter Gilmore. Roasted Hombre duck hispi cabbage, black miso, seaweed. Photograph by Edwina Pickles. 19th June 2015.
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Bennelong

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Marron in native Australian curry broth.
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VIC: Vue de Monde

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The degustation begins with a platter of indigenous ingredients.

Attica

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Go-to dish: Peking duck.
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Flower Drum

  • Besha Rodell
Veal and mortadella tortellini in brodo.
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Grossi Florentino

  • Besha Rodell
Lake House
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Lake House

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Stefano de Pieri in his namesake restaurant, Stefano's.
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Stefano’s

  • Dani Valent
Spaghetti marinara at Bacash.
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Bacash

  • Besha Rodell
The signature kingfish pancetta.
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Bar Lourinha

  • Gemima Cody
Cumulus Inc

Cumulus Inc

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Maha restaurant, Melbourne.
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Maha

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