Sydney's Most Popular Restaurants of 2020
Whether you're craving perfectly flaky Portuguese tarts, Korean-style egg sandwiches or giant soufflé pancakes, Sydney has just what you're looking for. And, in a year that threw everything at us, good food was often a wonderful respite from the day-to-day chaos.
You were constantly on the look-out for new and exciting places to try in 2020 and these are the results. Our most-viewed restaurants and cafes of the year provide a snapshot of your recent faves and a roadmap of places to visit (either for the first time or the fifth).
Use this list as a look back on some of your favourite eats of the year and a guide to planning your first meal of 2021.
Sydneysiders on the northern beaches are under stay-at-home orders until at least midnight on Wednesday, December 23. You can find out more at the NSW Health website.
Image: Sonora Mexican
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CafeThe Boatshed La Perouse
1609 Anzac Parade, La Perouse
Go for a dip then down oysters a plenty at this beachside cafe in La Perouse.
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CafeToastiesmith Chatswood
436 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood
The lower north shore's toastie cafe offers up Korean-style sangas and house-made sodas.
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RestaurantSonora Mexican
37 Bayswater Rd, Potts Point
Wagyu burritos, handmade tortillas and lots of mezcal in Potts Point.
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RestaurantBrick Lane
75 Stanley Street, Darlinghurst
Contemporary Indian fare and some of the best meal deals you'll find in Sydney.
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CafeTuga Pastries
231 Clovelly Road, Clovelly
A Portuguese bakery in Clovelly that's home to Sydney's best pastel de nata.
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RestaurantMr Chen Beef Noodle
Prince Centre, 8 Quay Street, Haymarket
This Haymarket hole-in-the-wall is serving up bowls of hand-stretched noodles and 30-cent dumplings every day.
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RestaurantTemasek
71 George Street, Parramatta
Where Parramatta locals get their Malaysian laksa and Singaporean chilli crab fix.
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RestaurantColombo Social
159 Enmore Road, Enmore
A Sri Lankan restaurant with lassi cocktails and roti 'tacos' that supports asylum seekers.
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RestaurantPasadena Sydney
1858 Pittwater Road, Church Point
A 1930s waterfront restaurant, bar and hotel.
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CafeThe Carpenter
76 Flood Street, Leichhardt
It's all in the details at this cafe hidden inside a warehouse in the backstreets of Leichhardt.
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CafeGram Cafe & Pancakes Chatswood
436 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood
Try fluffy soufflé pancakes at the Chatswood outpost of this Japanese cult-favourite.
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CafeThe Fenwick
2–8 Weston Street, Balmain East
Balmain's historic Fenwick building is now a harbourside cafe and gallery space.
