JUST IN: This unique Sydney spot has been named one of the world's best new restaurants

Us Sydneysiders are a pretty lucky bunch. We’re home to some of the most beautiful beaches on Earth, one pretty sweet white house with sails – and many of the world’s greatest restaurants. Plus, we’ve got more new restaurants than we can throw a Croc at. We’ve always known our dining scene is world-class, and so do the reviewers at Condé Nast Traveller. Last week, the award-winning travel publication dropped its 2025 Hot List of the best new restaurants that have opened (or reopened) in the past 12 months – and one Sydney venue made the cut.

Saint Peter, Josh and Julie Niland’s game-changing seafood palace in Paddington – and Time Out Sydney's Best Special Occasion Restaurant 2025 nominee  – was named as one of the best new restaurants in the world (read our five-star review here). And while the OG Saint Peter opened on Oxford Street way back in 2016, Saint Peter 2.0 reopened in 2024 at a brand-new address inside The Grand National Hotel.

A project five-and-a-half years in the making, the new Saint Peter came complete with a slick bar and a 14-room luxury boutique hotel. The revolutionary scale-to-tail restaurant has changed the way we view and consume creatures of the sea – while championing sustainability one delicious bite at a time – with Niland serving up a dazzling menu featuring noodles made from coral trout bones, charcuterie from fish offcuts and Murray Cod fat caramel. Though this is special-occasion dining – the nine-course tasting menu will set you back $275 per person – the good news is you can drop in to the more casual bar area and enjoy Niland’s creations (hello, yellowfin tuna cheeseburger) with a frosty Martini. Or dine at lunch and order off the à la carte menu.

The second Australian venue included in Condé Nast’s list of the hottest new restaurant openings from the past year is Supernormal Brisbane – an Asian-influenced riverside eatery by hospo legend Andrew McConnell (the mastermind behind Gimlet, Apollo Inn, Marion, Builders Arms Hotel). While it shares its name with McConnell’s beloved Melbourne original, which opened a decade ago, Supernormal Brisbane has been given a tropical makeover to match its breezy riverside setting.

Here are the best new restaurants in the world: 

• 19 Saint Roch, Paris
• Acamaya, New Orleans
• AngloThai, London
• Arami, La Paz, Bolivia
• Clandestina, São Paulo
• Clara, Quito, Ecuador
• Banng, Delhi NCR
• Bar Vitrine, Copenhagen
• Bungalow, New York City
• Caleña, Ávila, Spain
• Ciel Dining, Ho Chi Minh City
• Dōgon by Kwame Onwuachi, Washington DC
• Esperit Roca, Girona, Spain
• Il Carciofo, Chicago
• ​​Jan Franschhoek, Franschhoek, South Africa
• Jee, Hong Kong
• Kaia, Boston
• La Tapa del Coco, Panama City
• Le Veau d’Or, New York City
• Mr Panther, Lagos, Nigeria
• Notori, Mount Fuji, Japan
• OpenHouse, Kuala Lumpur
• Osip, Bruton, UK
• Rua Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda
• Saint Peter at the Grand National, Sydney
• Somma, Singapore
• Stüvetta, St Moritz, Switzerland
• Sufret Maryam, Dubai
• Supernormal, Brisbane
• Terrāi, Hyderabad
• Vinai, Minneapolis
• Voraz, Mexico City
• Sunny’s, Miami

You can check out the full list here.

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