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Mother Chu's Vegetarian Kitchen

Strictly Buddhist, so no alcohol! Also, order the veggie peking duck a day in advance...

Mai Ake

A nice quite and simple Thai restaurant. Liked the food. BYO wine. Many options for all. For veggies, Red Curry, Green Curry, Steamed rice and Spring rolls would be perfect.

Get the Prawns wrapped in Betel Leaf at Thai Nesia, Oxford St.

A great little Thai Restaurant on Oxford St., quite near Taylor Sq. It's BYO, with a bottle shop two doors down which couldn't be more convenient. Concentrate on the starters ('Entrees' in Aussie...) which are fantastic. The Prawns wrapped in Betel Leaf with flying-fish roe blew me away.

Sydney Cafe

Pretty good food, great ambiance, fantastic room, and absolutely stunning view.

Breakfast with a View

Ripples restaurant on the north side of the Harbour Bridge next to the swimming pool and near Luna Park is a fantastic location for breakfast or lunch.

chippendale strip down

cafe giulia on abercrombie st off broadway is a great inner city secret. great breakfasts, really relaxed courtyard. talk to the staff about what's happening in the arts scene. they'll have a pretty good idea coz they all reside in it.

The Rose, off cleveland st is a nice little pub to have your little creatures on tap.

PELOTON is an art gallery off meagher st, just behind cafe giulia. one of the last surviving art spaces.

great coffee can be found at Toby's, off city road. if you dont mind the noise.

there's a great little salvos if you're into your opt shopping. it's on abercrombie st, but on the redfern end.

Carriage works has been open for a while, that's also on the redfern end. that's a huge performance space.

Spice I am

great thai food. ask for the specials, they usually live up to their name. prepare to wait though. they get pretty busy.

Hurricanes grill

Great ribs close to beach, you'll have to book early...

Spice I Am

Best Thai food in Sydney. Make sure you go early to get a seat or be prepared for a long wait.

Prasit's Thai restaurant

Sick of waiting for Spice I Am to have your table? Or don't feel like sitting on a milk crate on the pavement tonight? Try Prasit's at 395 Crown street, Surry Hills. The food is just as good, the prices are comparable and the sitting area upstairs is much more civilised. They also do takeaway and unlike Spice I Am, they're open on Monday nights.

Pancakes on the Rocks

Great restaurant for pancakes and other food done all sorts of ways. Open 24/7 too!

Campos coffee - best coffee in Sydney?

I think so and am happy to debate, but this place is great to visit after a trip overseas, as i reckon it is not only the best in Sydney, but potentially the best in the world!!

Breakfast at Bills

A quintessentially Sydney experience for locals and long-time visitors alike. The communal table is back and the menu has come down from off the wall, but the original Bills remains true to form and still does the best breakfast in town. The eggs and corn fritters are still worthy of their "classic" status on the menu.

Sundowner @ Opera Bar

If your down in Summer (or anytime really) for the best vantage point of the harbour and probably the BEST location for a drink as the sun sets.. you have to have a drink at Opera Bar.

Pony

We stumbled across this restaurant in the Rocks. Was a nice meal in a cool setting.

Good coffee in Sydney

Sydney has lots of coffee joints, but very few of them are very good. Before I found this place, I just used to go cold turkey in Sydney when visiting Australia.

Café Two Ants down in Elizabeth Bay is a real find. Good coffee (no really, I mean as good as that other city further south), personal service (they don't have many tables and therefore have to notice you!) and really really great breakfasts.

Most highly recommended.

For the avid carnivore - Churrasco in Coogee

My friends took me to this restaurant on Coogee Bay Road in Coogee. Brazilian barbeque where you pay set price and simply keep eating the meat as they come round with it until you are full. Outstanding!

Cool cafe right in the heart of Kings Cross

Definitely go to MATCHBOX cafe, it's on Victoria St in Kings X. Beautiful!

Icebergs

Pricey but good service, great food and one of the best views across Bondi beach.

Queen Victoria Building

Beautiful Victorian architecture. Plenty of shops, both boutique and chain. Cafés and restaurants.

Best Coffee in Sydney

Best coffee is at a little hole in the wall cafe called Pigeon, at the St Margarets complex on Bourke St in Surry Hills

Dinner and Drinks: Bodega in Surry Hills on Bellevue & Foveaux has incredible Spanish/Latin food (not only tapas) and drinks. http://www.bodegatapas.com/

Coffee and a Pastry Black Star Pastry on Australia St in Newtown has the best chocolate croissants I've tasted and very friendly service. http://www.timeoutsydney.com.au/restaurants/black-star-pastry.aspx

Bodhi In The Park Cook and Phillip Park, College St

Veggie Yum cha that can't be beat.

The Cod Father in Stanmore is a fab place for a casual dinner - fresh, wonderful fish

http://www.eatability.com.au/au/sydney/codfather/

Sailors Thai in the rock. Back patio has a little view of the Harbour. large communal table. Great for lunch.

Ok slightly expensive, but great steak place, (possibly the best I've ever tasted) is in Ivy, that slightly w*nky establishment on George St.. called Mad Cow, go upstairs, turn left and head straight ahead, towards the yellow lights. $50 per steak and upwards needs you might need to save for it, but it's worth it.. and the service is fantastic.

http://www.merivale.com/#/ivy/madcow

Spice Temple is Neil Perry's new venture and it is the BEST CHINESE IN SYDNEY. The banquet ($69 a head I think) is the best value in town. Real Schezuan cooking, at it's finest. Service was also very smooth, and it's a nice basement atmosphere. Cannot wait to go back again

Golden Sichuan Restaurant in 17-19 Goulburn St.

Zero Atmosphere (as is de rigeur for Chinese restaurants), but fantastic (and fabulously hot) Szechuan cuisine. Not for the faint-hearted.

Surry Hills - Billy Kwongs, Nepalaese Kitchen, lebanese and indian restaurants everywhere

Got to second Billy Kwong. Consistently a good experience.

MAMAK on Goulburn St in Sydney.

BEST MALAYSIAN food you can get in town with reasonable prices even for Sydney. There is often a queue for the 5:30pm start but it goes till late (2am) on Fri and Sat nites. Check it out worth going to. Best to order Roti (starts at $5) and Nasi Lemak (starts at $7.50) with one of its curries (extra $3). Only acceptable dessert is Ais Kacang ($5) and the drink to go for is Teh Tarik ($3.50 - sweet - condensed milk used).

A great little bakery with only a few tables inside, but take time to soak up the sunshine outside with a tasty beef, beetroot and goats' curd sandwich or a delicious pork and fennel sausage roll.

They've just recently brought out a very thick book giving away all their recipes, which you can see either in store or at most big bookstores in Sydney.

Recommended: lively atmosphere, good pizza.

One of Sydney's newest espresso bars, and the very best Sydney coffee has to offer.

A casual place for breakfast or lunch, down the street from Five Ways. Juices are good.

Cheap and cheerful Japanese in Darlinghurst. Great for a quick meal.

A great take on Chinese, the food is fresh and delicious.

Great place, tiny and tucked away, serving huge sandwiches.

Italian pasta & pizza restaurant. Nice food, prompt service and a decent range of italian and australian wines. Reasonably priced (though not cheap). Would go back again. They also do take away/delivered wood fired pizza.

Iconic Sydney Pub with great views of the city and bridge. Attracts a young and attractive clientel. Food is more than acceptable 'pub style' food - hamburgers, steak sandwhiches, bangers & mash etc.

Rooftop garden is great, as is the onstreet drinking! Can get very busy - a fund place on a friday night.

The is the best icecream I've ever had, on any continent.

I loved this food!!

Casual ambience, good coffee.

Malaysian cuisine.

Vietnamese cuisine in a lush interior.

Great African/Carribean mix of entrees and mains. Pull up a stool at the bar or eat more formally at a table if that's what you want; either way, great food and atmosphere.

Great bread, excellent quality; Sonoma is a strong competitor to the Bourke Street Bakery.

Miss Chu: informal, hole-in-the-wall style Vietnamese. The delicious rice paper rolls are the speciality.

Excellent coffee, and they serve rolls with fresh Sonoma bread.

In a city and suburb full of cafes, the Little Marionette really stands out - *fantastic* coffee, made with real passion. Tasty food. If the weather is good, don't worry about the fact that the shop itself is the size of a shoebox, grab one of their blankets and sit on the grass in Gladstone Park over the road.