Food & Drink

From the city fringes to deep Crown Street, Surry Hills really is a bit of a hub for dining in Sydney.

While neighbouring Newtown has long gotten the props as a Sydney dining destination, little Enmore has slowly and surely been building its own reputation for deliciousness. 

Newtown has been bringing its A-game on the restaurant front for as long as we can remember.

You'll find somewhere great to eat in North and South Bondi and beyond. 

Inner city slickers like Gelato Messina and Chefs Gallery have Parra outposts, and longstanding local favourites like Temasek and Nonna Maria's still pull the crowds. 

These are the restaurants Darling Harbour is known for.

Ooh la la.

Promise you'll try the char kway teow.

Think beyond butter chicken.

Choose your own spice level.

Need sushi, ramen, don or tempura? We got 'em.

After you've tried them all you can fight about who has the best xiao long bao.

Whether you like it floral, fruity or peated to an inch of its life, you'll find exactly what you're looking for here.

Getting the basics of a good pub down pat is a fine art – and these are the places that do exactly that.

Beer garden sessions are basically our national pastime, and here are the best places to participate.

Think good lighting, quality booze, chilled-out bar staff, comfy seats and an easygoing vibe.

We asked every single person we knew, and a few we didn't, for their favourite fishing spots in Sydney.

There are plenty of late-night options in town to keep your evening rolling along. Here are our picks.

A bar crawl in Newtown is the ultimate pick'n'mix for a parched Sydneysider. It's also great for anyone who would like the minimum travel time necessary between venues. Newtown's bars are all conveniently spaced along King Street and Enmore Road like some sort of boozy daisy chain, which means you can go from dog-friendly brewery bars to moody cocktail dens, neighbourhood wine bars, indie boltholes and rock-n-roll burger bars in no time at all. To make it even easier we've mapped out the best way to cram in all of Newtown's best bars in one hit.

Some of the best drinking dens in the city are clustered inside the 2010 postcode, which means a sip trip around Surry Hills involves a whole lot more excellent cocktails, biodynamic wines and craft brews with a whole lot less trekking between venues.

Based on Instagram posts alone, you'd be forgiven for thinking Bondi was only about sunrise yoga, surfing and high intensity cardio session. But this beachfront 'burb also possesses an ace collection of bars for when the old exercise you want to be doing is bending the elbow.

In Darlinghurst you're spoiled for choice when it comes to excellent boozing options. Maybe you feel like nautical cocktails and a lobster burger? Or would a Boilermaker and a bowl of monkey nuts suit you better? The one thing we can all agree on, surely, is that when top notch cocktails are the order of the day, you want a five star bar with the best in the business mixing your drinks. You can find in all in this boozy pocket of the East.

There was a dark time, not so many years ago, when after work drinks were limited to huge booze barns with no soul and pubs. Those were your options. Fast forward less than a decade and the CBD now possesses an exceptional collection of bars, from underground tropical hideaways to booze attics with cocktail maestros at the helm. You can drink life-changing wines, the freshest ales and fruity elixirs made from seasonal harvests, and sometimes you can do it all in the same place. It's a big part of what makes Sydney awesome.

Not only is the Inner West home to many of the eccentric, creative and proudly rainbow tribes of Sydney, it's also where you'll find some of the best small bar action. Tiny little haunts slinging great drinks and keeping the vibes lively and local. If you don't have one already, your home-away-from-home is probably on this list.