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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

Monopole

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4

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

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

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

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

Raja

Raja

  • 5 out of 5 stars

To experience the beauty of Indian cuisine is to witness a harmonious dance – and it's a dance that Raja has so gracefully mastered

Bistrot 916

Bistrot 916

Swing by this confident crack at freshening up old-fashioned French fare, brought to you by a winning chef-and-somm tag team

Salumerie

Salumerie

Italian-born Salumerie founder Donato Salomone hopes to transport Sydneysiders to the sundrenched coast of Naples with his house-made focaccia sambos

Snack Kitchen

Snack Kitchen

Icebergs Dining Room and Bar restauranter Maurice Terzini and son have opened an easy breezy Italian haven, serving (you guessed it) killer snacks and Euro vino

The best bars in Potts Point

The Hook

The Hook

An old-school oyster bar inspired by the ones found in San Francisco and New Orleans is set to capture Sydneysiders hook, line and sinker when it opens this May

Dear Sainte Éloise

Dear Sainte Éloise

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4

Ask and ye shall receive a laneway wine bar packed full of delicious drops at prices that won’t make you wince

The Butler

The Butler

Sip on a floral cocktail and assemble 12-hour braised lamb shoulder tacos at this pretty Potts Point restaurant while you look out over Sydney’s skyline

Caravin

Caravin

Potts Point has welcomed a cool new French(ish) wine bar and restaurant from the crew who brought us Bar Suze

The best shopping in Potts Point

Becker Minty

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...