Potts Point has seen many restaurants and bars come and go in its time, with upscale digs moving into sites previously home to the dives of The Cross’s colourful yesteryear.
Cafe Paci, the highly lauded Darlinghurst pop-up, made its grand return in 2019. Award-winning Finnish chef Pasi Petänen (Quay, Four In Hand, Marque) opened the permanent iteration of the Sydney restaurant along one of the city’s busiest strips — Newtown’s King Street.
Rolling down King Street looking for somewhere to dine can be a daunting task, but Newtown’s Maiz is here to make that choice easier. It is easily one of the best restaurants in Sydney.
Since it opened as the first full-service restaurant from the Swillhouse Group in 2016, Restaurant Hubert has built a reputation as a true gem of the Sydney restaurant landscape. It even has the Jack Harlow tick of approval.
After building a cult following for her show-stopping hoppers, O Tama Carey flung open the doors to her first permanent restaurant in 2018. A shrine to Sri Lankan cuisine, the East Sydney venue features a hands-on menu of hoppers, sambols and curries.
City workers, theatre-goers and pasta-lovers should all have this romantic Italian restaurant at the top of their hit list. Ragazzi comes from the duo behind Love, Tilly Devine, bringing a passion for carbs and minimal-intervention wines to Angel Place.
Josh Niland is one of Sydney’s great culinary innovators. His nose-to-tail ethos around sustainable seafood has seen him named in the world’s top 100 best chefs and be listed among the world’s 50 best next-generation hospitality leaders.