Exterior at the World Bar 2007
Photograph: Fabian Foo

Potts Point area guide

Restaurants, bars, shops and events in Potts Point

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Some clichés exist for a reason: the "Potts Point is like Paris" line is one such cliché. Just around the bend from the seediest strip in Sydney - which we kind of love - Potts Point, anchored by Macleay Street, really is like a little slice of the French capital. Tree-lined streets, gorgeous old art deco buildings, painted-up old beauties smoking at cafés with lapdogs... seriously, save yourself the Air France fare.

Bordered by the the Cross and Woolloomooloo, just like Paris, Potts is a place for foodies: Fratelli Paradiso, hot-spot Wilbur's,  Fish ShopBilly Kwong, Jeremy Strode's theme-y fish joint in the old Lotus plus Yellow and Monopole from Nick Hildebrandt and Brent Savage. Eat, drink and be tres merry.

Potts Point highlights

Monopole
Restaurants

Monopole

  • 4 out of 5 stars

The line between restaurant and bar has gone from a little fuzzy to indistinct, and nowhere is this more so than at Brent Savage and Nick Hildebrandt’s Potts...

Billy Kwong
Restaurants

Billy Kwong

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4

Have you ever met anybody who doesn’t like Kylie Kwong? No, you haven’t, because those people don’t exist. With her warm, firm-but-fair manner, she must be one...

The Roosevelt
Bars

The Roosevelt

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4

Teddy Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was in office from 1933-1945, was the 32nd. The Roosevelt in Potts...

Cho Cho San
Restaurants

Cho Cho San

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4

Cho Cho San has what is quite possibly the most beautiful restaurant interior in Sydney. The work of restaurant designer du jour George Livissianis, it’s all...

The best restaurants in Potts Point

Yellow
Restaurants

Yellow

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4

No animals were harmed in the making of this incredible tasting menu

Cho Cho San
Restaurants

Cho Cho San

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4

Bring your next date to this high-res Potts Point izakaya for a classy snack, sake flight or full-blown feast

Small's Deli
Restaurants

Small's Deli

Potts Point's tiny sandwich shop with mighty big flavours

Piña Potts Point
Restaurants

Piña Potts Point

This hip laneway café by Room Ten wins the brunch game with chilli scrambled eggs and sourdough pancakes

The best bars in Potts Point

Pelicano
Bars

Pelicano

After closing the doors to its Double Bay outpost in 2019, this restaurant-turned-nightclub is back in a Mediterranean-inspired space in Kings Cross

The Hook
Bars

The Hook

  • 4 out of 5 stars

This sexy piano and oyster bar, with Frank Sinatra and Pirates of the Caribbean vibes, is helping make the Cross great again

Caravin
Bars

Caravin

  • 4 out of 5 stars

This cool wine bar brings French cheeses, Scandi-inspired bites, alfresco drinking and a carefree European feel to Potts Point

The best shopping in Potts Point

Becker Minty
Shopping

Becker Minty

If home is where the carefully arranged, ceramic Art Deco heart is, then this Potts Point interiors store is right up your alley. The store’s owners...

More things to do in Potts Point

Flavour and Forage restaurant series
Things to do

Flavour and Forage restaurant series

Enjoy some of the country’s finest Wagyu at these special one-off dinners going down at the CBD, Potts Point and Sydney Olympic Park this spring and summer

Sydney

What's on in Potts Point

Flavour and Forage restaurant series
Things to do

Flavour and Forage restaurant series

Enjoy some of the country’s finest Wagyu at these special one-off dinners going down at the CBD, Potts Point and Sydney Olympic Park this spring and summer

Sydney