The Best Sydney Restaurants for an Excellent Lunar New Year Feast
Ring in the Year of the Horse this Lunar New Year at one of these stellar Sydney restaurants.
With the Year of the Horse almost upon us, Lunar New Year festivities are beginning to pop up across the city. Whether you're looking for a multi-course family-style banquet or a more low-key meal at a local restaurant to say farewell to the Year of the Snake, Sydney has you covered.
We've compiled a list of the best restaurants in Sydney to visit this Lunar New Year — many of which are putting on their own special Year of the Horse parties and menus. Here's where to head if you want to get into the spirit and be well-fed while you're at it.
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RestaurantSpice Temple
10 Bligh Street, Sydney
Gallop into the Year of the Horse with a $159pp banquet featuring dishes such as lobster and scallop dumplings, steamed coral trout with longevity noodles, and premium beef fillet with house-made chimichurri. The menu runs until March 3.
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BarThe Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre
8-12 Sydney Street, Marrickville
The Marrickville brewery and its Chinese restaurant Lucky Prawn are pulling out all stops with lion dancers and a special yum cha brunch on Sunday, February 15. Also on the menu: a $78 banquet running throughout the Lunar New Year period and a limited-time Hawke’s Lucky Lager.
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RestaurantPearl Dining
50 Bridge Street, Sydney
Lotus Dining Group has injected a big dose of luxury into Cantonese favourites at this sleek Circular Quay diner.
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RestaurantGood Luck Eating House
11 Bridge Street, Sydney
Swing by Dan Hong’s fast and fun Chinese diner this Lunar New Year for dumplings, noodles, stir-fries and Aussie-Chinese classics.
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RestaurantDelta Rue
101 Phillip Street, Sydney
Delta Rue is celebrating Lunar New Year with an $88 French-Vietnamese set menu designed for sharing, with highlights like XO mushroom longevity noodles, pork belly glazed in palm sugar caramel and fish sauce, and sticky rice ice cream with ginger syrup and candied peanuts. It runs from February 17–27.
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RestaurantHo Jiak
92 Hay St, Haymarket
Enjoy a Lunar New Year feast from February 10–March 1, with a lion dance on Sunday, February 22.
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RestaurantLana
5-7 Young Street, Sydney
MasterChef Australia alum Mimi Wong joins Lana’s Executive Chef, Alex Wong, in the kitchen on Tuesday, February 17, to oversee a four-course menu ($139) that blends Lana’s Italian-Asian style with Mimi’s Cantonese traditions. A special Lunar New Year edition of Lana’s Chef Selection Menu will run from February 18–28.
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RestaurantLee Ho Fook Sydney
203 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
Victor Liong's celebrated Melbourne restaurant has brought its refined Chinese cuisine and tea pairing menu to Castlereagh Street.
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RestaurantTOKI Bistro & Bar
100 Miller Street, North Sydney
From February 17–28, the North Sydney fine diner will present a $155 five-course set menu featuring stylish takes on auspicious ingredients, such as chicken roulade with morel mushrooms and double consommé, three-hour braised abalone mushroom risotto, and red snapper with house-made cavatelli.
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RestaurantThe Eight
13 Hay Street, Haymarket
One of the largest yum cha restaurants in town is also one of the best.
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RestaurantLilymu
153 Macquarie Street, Parramatta
This neon-lit Parramatta restaurant is whipping up tom yum dumplings and black garlic mie goreng.
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RestaurantLotus The Galeries
The Galeries, Level 1, 500 George Street, Sydney
In a long and illustrious career of dumpling eating, some of the most perfect dumplings we've ever had.
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RestaurantCash Only Diner
1 Barrack Street, Sydney
Cash Only is hosting a one-night family-style dinner party for Lunar New Year on Monday, March 2. The nine-dish, $119 banquet includes a cocktail on arrival.
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RestaurantMaster Cow Hot Pot
123 Liverpool Street, Sydney
Master Cow Hot Pot brings premium ingredients and expertly flavoured broths to a late-night (and early-morning) location in World Square.
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RestaurantSky Phoenix
188 Pitt Street, Sydney
This CBD institution chooses class over chaos for its yum cha service.
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RestaurantAria
1 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Aria is ringing in the Year of the Horse with a refined snack selection in its sleek bar. Available between February 16–March 3, the menu includes red-braised Maremma duck pie with garnet plum sauce, Brolos rock lobster toast, and scallop and shiitake egg roll.
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CafeDopa Donburi and Dessert Darling Square
6, 2 Little Hay Street, Haymarket
DOPA is celebrating Lunar New Year with limited-edition takes on its cult-fave Flamin’ Karaage and Flamin’ Karaage Don from February 2–March 8. Every purchase will come with a red packet, with special prizes — like a Dyson Airwrap — also up for grabs.
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RestaurantRoyal Palace Seafood Restaurant
393-399 Sussex Street, Haymarket
Royal Palace Seafood Restaurant offers three levels of dining in the former Golden Century site, including yum cha, mango pancakes and late-night feeds.
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RestaurantMr. Wong
3 Bridge Lane, Sydney
A classic CBD eatery loved for its dim sim, mud crab and vintage setting.
Top image: Delta Rue, Trent van der Jagt.