The Best Sydney Restaurants for an Excellent Lunar New Year Feast
These are the best restaurants in Sydney celebrating the Year of the Dragon this Lunar New Year.
With the Year of the Dragon almost upon us, Lunar New Year festivities are beginning to pop up across the city. Whether you're looking for a bustling mahjong club or a more low-key meal at a local restaurant to say farewell to the Year of the Rabbit, Sydney has you covered.
We've compiled a list of the best restaurants in Sydney putting on celebrations and offering up special meals for the Lunar New Year. From adorable dragon bun creations to multi-course feasts, here's where to head if you want to get into the spirit and be well-fed while you're at it.
Top Image: The Gardens by Lotus, Inlighten.
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Great Dragon Hot Pot Burwood
53 Burwood Road, Burwood
With recipes over a century year old, your cravings won't be disappointed.
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Spice Temple
10 Bligh Street, Sydney
Spice Temple pushes Chinese cuisine to new heights without losing traditional flavours.
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Pearl 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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New Shanghai
B38 Chatswood Chase, 345 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood
For when you can't (don't want to) choose between a soup dumpling and a pork bun.
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The Gardens by Lotus
Chinese Garden Of Friendship, Corner Pier And Harbour Streets, Darling Harbour
This teahouse in the Chinese Garden of Friendship serves dumplings and tea during the day before switching to a Sichuan menu at night.
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Din Tai Fung
644 George Street, Sydney
You can score utterly adorable dragon dumplings at Din Tai Fung, as well as Lunar New Year feasts featuring XO prawn stir-fried noodles and wagyu beef spring rolls.
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Ho Jiak
92 Hay St, Haymarket
This Penang-style spot serves up some of the best laksa in town.
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Lilymu
153 Macquarie Street, Parramatta
This neon-lit Parramatta restaurant is whipping up tom yum dumplings and black garlic mie goreng.
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Lotus 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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Cash Only Diner
1 Barrack Street, Sydney
Cash Only is hosting a one-night four-course Têt Banquet for Lunar New Year on Saturday, February 10.
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Spice Alley
Kensington Street, Chippendale
A not-so-secret, hidden alley of Asian culinary delights.
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Sky Phoenix
188 Pitt Street, Sydney
This CBD institution chooses class over chaos for its yum cha service.
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Cirrus Dining
23 Barangaroo Avenue, Barangaroo
Cirrus is offering an extravagant Lunar New Year banquet featuring scallop dumplings, spanner crab congee and XO king prawns until Sunday, February 18.
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Aria
1 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Aria is pairing its unbeatable views of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge with a $350 seven-course Lunar New Year tasting menu between Saturday, February 10–Saturday, February 24.
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Lana
5-7 Young Street, Sydney
Lana’s Executive Chef Alex Wong has created a Prosperity Dinner featuring rock lobster spaghetti, kingfish and scampi salad, ginger and shallot Murray cod, and mango pancakes.
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The Streets of Barangaroo
Barangaroo Avenue, Barangaroo
There are a bunch of activities and banquets popping up at The Streets of Barangaroo for Lunar New Year, including lion dancers, matcha gelato and an affordable $88 set menu at Devon.
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Dopa Donburi and Dessert Darling Square
6, 2 Little Hay Street, Haymarket
A Japanese take on the classic Aussie milk bar by the Devon team.
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The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre
8-12 Sydney Street, Marrickville
The Marrickville brewery and its Chinese restaurant The Lucky Prawn are pulling out all stops with lion dancers, a limited-edition rice lager and yum cha.
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Taphouse Sydney
122 Flinders Street, Darlinghurst
The newly revamped Taphouse is hosting a Year of the Dragon rooftop party on Saturday, February 10.
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Royal 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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Mr. Wong
3 Bridge Lane, Sydney
A classic CBD eatery loved for its dim sim, mud crab and vintage setting.
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Canton Kitchen
100 Edinburgh Road, Castlecrag
A new Cantonese restaurant on the lower north shore by ex-Queen Chow head chef Jason Chan.
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Queen Chow Manly
22–23 Manly Wharf, East Esplanade, Manly
Merivale's second Cantonese eatery boasts a 200-strong wine list and some of the best dumplings in the city and on the waters of Manly Cove.