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NewsThe London Hotel Is Getting a Spicy New Upstairs Sichuan Restaurant
Expect Chinese comfort food from an ex-Rockpool and Chin Chin chef.
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NewsSydney's Rockpool to Close and Reopen as More Casual Restaurant
Neil Perry's flagship restaurant will become Eleven Bridge.
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NewsDeus Bar and Kitchen Opens in Camperdown
Deus Cafe has moved into more mature territory — with an ex-Bistro Moncur chef no less.
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NewsParadise Road Kitchen Opens in Bondi
A home-style chicken shop from the guys behind Paradise Road Diner.
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GuideFamous Sydney Takeaway Spots to Try Right Now (and What to Order)
Sydney’s food scene has a short attention span — until it finds something really good. These are the takeaway spots that have inspired queues, Instagram posts and repeat visits.
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GuideHonda ZR-V-Approved: The Honda Team's Favourite Spots
The Honda team's own picks across Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne: the spots they keep going back to and would probably take you to themselves.
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GuideX-Factor Venues Made to Impress Even the Most Jaded Out-of-Towners
Restaurants and bars across Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide worth showing off to the friend you've been trying to talk into moving closer.
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GuideSunset Picnic Spots to Stake Out and Claim Early Before the Crowd
Picnic grounds across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with room to spread a blanket, crack open a bottle and settle in just as the sky turns pink.
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GuideRoad Trips Just Outside of Town to Fill an Entire Day Out
Nine day trips close enough to squeeze in before dinner, from high tea in a 1904 hydropathic retreat to a solar-powered treetop park in the Otways.
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GuideQuick Lunch Spots to Get You Out of the Office and Back Fast
Nine lunch spots fast enough to squeeze in between meetings, from a Florence import with a queue out front to a dumpling bar that plates in minutes.
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GuidePubs to Settle Into and See Out a Long and Lazy Sunday Session
Twelve pubs made for a lazy weekend sesh with mates — a beer garden to claim, a few pints to work through, and nowhere else you need to be.
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GuideOpen-Flame Restaurants That Cook With Fire and Smoke
The restaurants across Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide where coal, ironbark and open flame do all the cooking instead of a gas line.
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GuideNeighbourhood Restaurants the Locals Try Hard to Keep Secret
Nine neighbourhood restaurants locals would rather you didn't find out about, from a Collingwood taverna with no menu to a Paddington bistro carving duck tableside.
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GuideMarkets Where You Can Do Your Whole Weekly Food Shop in One Go
The produce markets across Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane where one lap of the stalls sorts out the week's shopping, coffee in hand.
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NewsSaporium Is Rosebery's New Fancy Artisan Supermarket
With everything from specialty coffee to craft cuts to a cooking school.
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NewsA First Look at the New Dolphin Hotel by Icebergs' Maurice Terzini
Cake icing walls and metallics everywhere.
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NewsCould Burgers by Josh be Getting a Permanent Location?
Josh Arthurs' legendary burgers are coming to Darlinghurst for two months — and perhaps longer.
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NewsCarriageworks Is Launching a New Foodie Night Market for Vivid
It's called... The Night Market.
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CafeSonoma Bakery Rose Bay
779 Shop 1 New South Head Road, Rose Bay
Rose Bay's magnificent corner bakery reopens after a refurbishment making it even lighter, brighter and more welcoming.
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CafePapi's Birria Tacos
20 Smidmore Street, Marrickville
This cult Mexican taco truck has gone permanent, trading wheels for walls, and the consommé is worth the trip alone.
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CafeBottom of the Harbour Seafoods
21 The Esplanade, Mosman
A family-run fish and chip shop that's been feeding Balmoral Beach locals since 1989.
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CafeSalumerie Bondi
75-79 Hall Street, Bondi Beach
Salumerie's fourth outpost brings Neapolitan deli energy — and laneway aperitivo sessions — to Bondi.
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CafeTOUCH WOOD
1B Bridge Road, Glebe
Sydney Fish Market's sun-washed all-day spot reimagines brunch classics with a seafood focus.
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CafeHippo Espresso
468 The Esplanade, Warners Bay
One of the most beloved cafes in the state can be found in Warners Bay.
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BarKahii Kissaten
364 Kent Street, Sydney
Start your day with matcha and croissants and end it with wine and oysters — all at this inner-city spot.
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BarThe Old Rosebud
654 Darling Street, Rozelle
Stop in for your morning flat white or arvo takeaway wrap before a walk along the harbour.
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CafeSplash Coffee
2A Station Street, Petersham
The Soulmate team has reinvented the pool canteen with this nostalgic cafe right by Petersham Park and the Fanny Durack Aquatic Centre.
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NewsA Giant Arcade Game-Themed Burger Bar Is Coming to Vivid This Year
Just what you've always wanted: a bar with Mary's burgers and video games.
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NewsNorsk Dor Is Sydney's Mysterious New Underground Nordic Restaurant
Hiding under Pitt Street is a snuggly corridor of hearty Nordic nosh.
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NewsMike McEnearney's No. 1 Bent Street Opens in Sydney's CBD
Finally, the fine dining venture from the Kitchen by Mike team is here.
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NewsKindred Is Darlington's Cosy New Home of Italian-Style Cooking
Organic wines and hearty Italian nosh has come to Cleveland Street.
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NewsThe Australian Botanic Garden Is Hosting a Massive After Dark Feast
Drinking, dancing and didgeridoo.
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NewsHow to Make Thievery's Burnt Butter Paprika Hummus at Home
Guaranteed to see you win your next drinks event.
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EventSonny Fodera at The Clubhouse
Fri, 23 Oct, 2026
North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club, North Bondi
This global house favourite is trading festival stages for an intimate set overlooking Bondi Beach.
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EventField Day 2027
Fri, 1 Jan, 2027
The Domain, Sydney
Field Day is kicking off its 25th year with a bang, adding Australian dance export Mall Grab to its already massive NYD lineup.
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EventGolden Hour 2027, Featuring Amyl and the Sniffers
Thu, 4 Mar, 2027
Bondi Beach, Sydney
Three of Australia's most exciting acts are heading to Bondi Beach for a sun-soaked summer send-off with plenty of punk-rock bite.
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EventClub Amalfi at Watsons Bay Hotel
Multiple single dates
Watsons Bay Hotel, Watsons Bay
Make Sundays feel a little more European, as this monthly Amalfi-inspired session returns to the harbourfront.
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EventMeadow X ABSOLUT TABASCO Hottest Brunch
Sun, 1 Nov - Sun, 29 Nov 2026
Meadow Music Room, Cronulla
Meadow Music Room is hosting a 90-minute bottomless brunch throughout November, with two-course dining, spicy cocktails and live music from its resident artists.
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EventHot Halloween at Meadow Music Room
Sat, 31 Oct - Sun, 1 Nov 2026
Meadow Music Room, Cronulla
Meadow Music Room is hosting a Hot Halloween party with Yolanda Be Cool, a red dress code and ABSOLUT® TABASCO™ cocktails.
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EventUNHOLY / DIVINE at Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Thu, 8 Oct 2026, Thu, 29 Oct 2026
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, The Rocks
This arts venue may have been evicted, but it refuses to stay dead and returns with three nights of art, drag and debauchery.
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EventBenson Boone Wanted Man Tour Australia 2026
Fri, 6 Nov - Thu, 19 Nov 2026
Various locations, Sydney
After demand prompted venue upgrades on his last Australian tour, Benson Boone is coming back for nine arena shows across Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
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EventBoyz II Men Australia and New Zealand Tour
Thu, 26 Nov - Sun, 6 Dec 2026
Various locations, Sydney
Prepare for a crash course in 90s music history as Boyz II Men, Salt-N-Pepa and Bell Biv DeVoe tour Australia and New Zealand.
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EventCassian: Day-to-Night Australia Tour 2026
Sat, 7 Nov 2026
Various locations, Sydney
This Grammy Award-winning producer is headed home this spring, transforming parks and club grounds into euphoric openair dance parties.
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NewsCarriageworks to Launch New Series of Bespoke Dinners for Vivid Sydney
Some of Sydney's best chefs cook, while you hang with some of Sydney's finest artists.
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NewsMatt Moran Is Reopening the Legendary Abercrombie Hotel
The old home of Purple Sneakers could become Sydney's new highfalutin gastropub.
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NewsBrooklyn Depot Is Bringing their Gold Coast Burgers to Sydney
Joining the Sydney landscape with obligatory boozy milkshakes and frickles (deep fried pickles).
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NewsHenry Lee's Is the Newest Eatery to Open in the Eveleigh Creative Precinct
The new Redfern cafe is committed to keeping it local.
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NewsLong Chim Is Coming, Sydney's New Bangkok-Style Thai Restaurant
The eatery will be opening in a former storage basement underneath Martin Place.
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NewsGelato Messina's Beautiful Handmade Chocolate Boxes Are Back for Mother's Day
Cream cheese gelato bon bon, Mum?
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NewsThis Brooklyn Pizzeria Has Invented a Pizza Box Made Out of Pizza
Introducing your new pizza messiah.
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NewsPub Life Kitchen Has Opened a New Sydney Eatery
Jovan Curic's beloved burgs have a new home in Rozelle.
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NewsDarlinghurst's East Village Pub Is Geared Up for a Revamp
The 100-year-old pub on the corner's been bought by Goodtime.
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NewsDarlinghurst Has Another New Burger Joint and It's Aptly Named Guilty
Melbourne burger maestro Jimmy Hurlston has finally set up shop in Sydney.
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NewsWin a Champagne Masterclass and Dinner in Le Jardin at The Winery
Pair French Champagne with three sumptuous courses in Surry Hills' 'Garden of Eden'.
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NewsCharlotte's Little Sister Opens in Eveleigh
The caffeinated clan adds another member to the family.
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NewsWTF Is Raindrop Cake and Why Is Australia All About It?
Behind the Brooklyn-invented confection that, let's face it, looks like a breast implant.
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NewsWelcomeOver Is the New Australian Website for Crowdsourcing Dinner Parties
Like Airbnb, but pairing amateur chefs with your kitchen.
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NewsBrisbane's Insane Mister Fitz Ice Cream Parlour Is Coming to Sydney
The guy behind Doughnut Time is getting into the ice cream biz.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Opening an Epic Eight-Seater Degustation Bar
They've evolved to the final glorious form.
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