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NewsBurger Head Is Penrith's New Burger Joint from Sydney's Top Fine Dining Chefs
With Momofuku Seiobo, Quay and Master minds in the kitchen.
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NewsSeven Must-Try Foodie Experiences in Auburn
Take yourself on a DIY food trail through cauldron-made Turkish Delight, saffron ice cream and otherwordly kasar cheese.
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NewsTen Australian-Owned International Restaurants Worthy of a Holiday
For when you're overseas, but want to be close to home.
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Guide12 Killer Summer Recipes from Some of Australia's Best Chefs
Entrees, mains and cocktails from Porteno, Kitchen by Mike, Matt Stone, Big Poppa's and more.
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GuideConcrete Playground's Most-Read Food Stories in 2016
Fried chicken 'n' sneaker joints to 'New Nordic' basement bars.
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NewsThe Best Restaurants in Sydney to Take Your Dad This Father's Day (or Any Day)
Spoil the paternal figure in your life with a memorable Father's Day lunch or dinner at these standout Sydney restaurants, bars and cafes.
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GuideThe Best New Restaurants and Bars in Sydney You Need to Visit
Discover your next dining obsession with our cheat sheet to the best new venues in town.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Steak in Sydney
From dry-aged cuts to highly marbled wagyu — we've got no beef with this list of the best places to slice into a juicy, perfectly seared and expertly rested steak.
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NewsThe Best Restaurants in Sydney to Take Your Mum This Mother's Day (or Any Day)
Spoil the leading lady in your life with a memorable Mother's Day lunch or dinner at these standout Sydney restaurants, bars and cafes.
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NewsTen Grown-Up Easter Treats to Hunt Down Around Sydney
Have your very own adult Easter hunt this year, running around the city to find the best hot cross buns and Easter eggs.
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GuideThe Best Sydney Restaurants for an Excellent Lunar New Year Feast
These are the best restaurants in Sydney celebrating the Year of the Snake this Lunar New Year.
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GuideThe Best Italian Restaurants in Sydney
Find where you'll be carb-loading next in Sydney — whether it's in the form of pasta, pizza or panzanella.
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NewsWhere to Find the Best Ice Cream and Gelato in Sydney
Whether you like your scoops creamy, salty, deep-fried or vegan, you can find them here.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Pizza in Sydney
From pepperoni-topped slices to vegan rounds, if it's pizza you're craving, we've got you covered.
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GuideThe Most Popular Restaurants in Sydney for 2024
These are the spots you went looking for this year, from dazzling hawker markets to Japanese dining hubs — and lots of pasta, of course.
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GuideSydney's 50 Most Popular Restaurants of 2016
Catch up on the year's most buzzed-about establishments.
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NewsThis New York Company Prints Edible Selfies On Cookies, Cupcakes and Coffee
Why just upload your selfies to Instagram when you can eat them?
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GuideYour Guide to Dining Out in Sydney on Christmas Day
Swap the roast pork for a dozen dumplings this year.
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NewsMatt Moran's Solotel Just Bought the Clovelly Hotel
No changes are expected to be made — for now.
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NewsThis Non-Profit Lets You Book a Restaurant for Valentine's Day and Help End Hunger
A Table to End Hunger is bringing purpose to one of the most stressful days of the year.
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The Summer Guide to Sydney 2016/17
Slap on your invisible zinc and get out there. Blue skies wait for no one.
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RestaurantFlaminia
61 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Giovanni Pilu's long-awaited follow-up to his celebrated Freshwater restaurant celebrates the great port cities of Italy.
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RestaurantGrill Americano
1 Chifley Square, Sydney
Melbourne restaurateur Chris Lucas' celebrated Venetian-inspired steakhouse has landed in a historic Sydney location.
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RestaurantRick Stein at Coogee Beach
242 Arden Street, Coogee
The beloved British chef brings his legendary love of seafood to one of the city's most beautiful stretches of sand.
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RestaurantMAGMA by Dany Karam
1 Bartley Street, Canley Vale
The acclaimed chef's long-awaited return brings destination dining to a dramatic, marble-clad space in Sydney's south west.
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RestaurantSan Pancho
276-278 Marrickville Road, Marrickville
A Marrickville taqueria that represents Mexico instead of reinventing it.
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RestaurantHazel Kitchen and Bar
782 Kingsway, Gymea
A Gymea hideaway that specialises in breezy, relaxed feeds no matter where the sun is in the sky.
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RestaurantKazzi Beach Greek Bondi
14-16 O'Brien Street, Bondi Beach
The third arm of this Hellenic-style eatery has set up shop on Sydney's most iconic beach.
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RestaurantBistro Bondi
17 Warners Avenue, Bondi Beach
This polished bistro from the Lox In a Box crew pairs Euro-leaning plates with a killer 70-bottle wine list in a relaxed neighbourhood setting.
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RestaurantSketch Manly
19 Pittwater Road, Manly
Hot curries, cold craft beers and a chai-misu, it's all part of the ethos that makes Sketch Manly a Northern Beaches institute.
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NewsMelbourne's Insane Vegan Cafe Matcha Mylkbar Is on its Way to Sydney
Vegan eggs and crazy blue algae lattes are coming.
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NewsMelbourne's Gingerboy Is Popping Up in Sydney This Summer
Expect yellow curry, creme brûlée and Vietnamese coffees.
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NewsAnnouncing Concrete Playground's Best of 2016 Sydney Award Winners
The very best new Sydney bars, restaurants, cafes, pubs, events and precincts of the year.
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NewsSokyo's Chase Kojima Set to Open Rice Burger Bar Gojima
Bun-less burgs are comin', care of one of Australia's top chefs.
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NewsAustralia's Best Locally-Made Icy Poles to Cool Down with this Summer
Sunny Boys, move to the back. These local pops, blocks and poles do summer right.
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NewsGelato Messina's Christmas Cake Is a Delicious Festive Response to Sydney's Lockout Laws
Make a creamy cultural statement at Christmas lunch.
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EventAll About Women 2026
Sun, 8 Mar, 2026
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Hear centrepiece talks from change-making heads of government, justice-seeking journalists and razor-sharp authors as part of this powerhouse lineup.
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EventFelons Barrel Room Launch Weekend
Fri, 5 Dec - Sun, 7 Dec 2025
Felons Brewing Co. Manly, Manly
Experience this fully realised wharfside brewery, featuring three days of top-notch live music, Vietnamese cuisine and barrel-aged beers.
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EventOperation Sickie at The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre
Multiple single dates
The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre, Marrickville
It's every Australians right to chuck a sickie, so let this Marrickville boozer reward you with big discounts on six occasions this summer.
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EventCharlotte de Witte at The Hordern Pavilion
Fri, 6 Mar, 2026
Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park
Off the back of a headline festival appearance, this Belgian techno superstar is heading to Sydney for this tour's one and only sideshow.
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EventIggy's and PIÑA Takeover at Venroy
Sat, 6 Dec - Sun, 7 Dec 2025
VENROY, Bondi Beach
Some of Sydney's best matcha and pastries are coming together this December only.
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EventChristmas at Darling Harbour 2025
Mon, 17 Nov - Thu, 25 Dec 2025
Darling Harbour, Sydney
With a stacked lineup of free festive fun, Darling Harbour 2025 is ready to melt the heart of even the grinchiest among us.
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EventTHE WORKS at Carriageworks
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 - Fri, 16 Jan 2026
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
Get immersed in the inaugural season of this cutting-edge warehouse event, featuring groundbreaking electronic stars from around the globe.
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EventMov'In Bed Barangaroo Beach Cinema
Fri, 28 Nov 2025 - Thu, 30 Apr 2026
Barangaroo, Barangaroo
Catch up on classics and 2025's biggest movies on mattresses on the sand at Barangaroo.
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EventWaterworld Central Sydney 2026
Fri, 9 Jan - Sun, 1 Feb 2026
Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park
Get ready to cool off and make memories as you slip, slide, and splash your way through the holidays.
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EventSydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade
Sat, 28 Feb, 2026
Oxford Street and surrounding areas, Darlinghurst
Sydney's biggest street party returns for its 48th edition, celebrating joy as power, protest and connection.
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NewsMerivale Reopens Enmore's Queen Victoria Hotel as Cantonese Restaurant and Cocktail Bar
Say hello to Queen Chow and The Smelly Goat.
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NewsA Look Inside Porteno's New Surry Hills Restaurant
Doors have shut on Cleveland Street as a new chapter for the meatmasters begins.
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NewsLotus Dining Open Casual Spinoff Papa Bo Min in Sydney's CBD
Get Lotus dumplings and desserts to takeaway.
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NewsRestaurateur Luke Mangan Is Launching His Own Chicken Burger Chain
Chicken Confidential will be a new string of burger joints that are all about the bird.
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GuideSydney's Best New Cafes of 2016
Honouring the best new cafes on Sydney's cafe scene this year.
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GuideSydney's Best New Restaurants of 2016
Honouring the best new arrivals on Sydney's restaurant scene this year.
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NewsShuk and Salt Meats Cheese Open Popina Kitchen in Circular Quay
It's the latest eatery to open in the new Gateway Sydney complex.
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NewsAnnouncing Concrete Playground's Best of 2016 Sydney Nominees
Honouring the very best arrivals on Sydney's scene this year — vote for your favourite now.
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NewsA Cheese Advent Calendar Is the Edible Delight Your Festive Season Needs
Putting the cheese into Christmas.
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FeatureBest of 2016 Sydney
These 36 outstanding Sydney (or Sydney-based) ventures have been handpicked by Concrete Playground for their combination of originality, innovation, creativity, approachability and sustainability.
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NewsMerivale Just Bought Botany Road's Tennyson Hotel for a Cool $37.5 Million
Looks like another old pub is getting a makeover.
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NewsThe World's Best Sommeliers are Coming to Australia in 2017
Melbourne will host the greatest food and wine minds in the world.
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NewsTen of the Best Kit Kats That Are Only Available in Japan
We tried them all — from strawberry cheesecake to sake.
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News4 Pines Brewing Company Open New Beery All-Day Eatery in Manly
It's the first of three new Sydney venues.
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GALLERY: Our Barbecue Masterclass with Work-Shop and The Farmed Table
Beers and barbecue lessons on a sunny spring afternoon.
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NewsSix Australian-Driven Bars and Restaurants to Visit in Hong Kong
Who knew you'd find a Western Australian iron ore mine-themed cocktail bar in HK?
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NewsImpromptu Dining Is Potts Point's New Innovative, Affordable Fine-Dining Restaurant
Despite the name, this Potts Point newbie offers anything but an improvised eating experience.
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NewsRoyal Stacks' New Game Lets You Earn Free Food
Combining fun with freebies, and virtual burgs with the real thing.
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GuideTen Trusty Cafes to Visit on Sydney's Northern Beaches
Go for coffee in Mona Vale, wholefoods in Avalon and crepes in Dee Why.
