14.5/20

Itching to get out of town? This cosy waterside restaurant is your new weekend destination

Chillis Cottage in Davistown is an excellent spot to enjoy oysters,cinnamon scrolls,breakfast omelettes and gelato sundaes.

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Papi’s Birria
13/20

This petrol-station food truck on Parramatta Road is serving some of Sydney’s best tacos

The lines are long,but Papi’s slow-cooked,spice-throbbing beef folded into cheesy tacos are worth the wait and messy hands.

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Double Happy.
11.5/20

Dead flies in the soy sauce:Our critic’s verdict of George Calombaris’ Chinese restaurant

Callan Boys digs the cosplay dining room,but wonders if diners should spend their money at a theme-park tribute or a family-run original.

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Half-chicken with French onion soup toast.
14.5/20

Heritage farmhouse meets natural wine at this new bread fanciers’ hang-out

The All Purpose Bakery team brings “posh RSL” vibes and a no-bookings policy to a refurbished sandstone cottage on Oxford Street,serving rissoles,steak,oysters Kilpatrick and all things bread.

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Eleven Barrack is banking on the market for plush dining rooms.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16.5/20

This new two-hatted grill is so good,our critic booked it for his birthday

Eleven Barrack pushes beyond the usual surf-and-turf trappings to create a singular restaurant,complete with a baby grand and live pianist.

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Mister Grotto is set among a new strip of venues on Australia Street.
Good Food hat15.5/20

Mister Grotto is the ‘smart-casual fish shop that’s long been missing from Sydney’

The Continental Delicatessen crew blend South American cuisines with North Carolina fish camp vibes at this inner west seafood bar.

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Cheers to travel.

From ‘splitting the G’ to the perfect pour:Eight things you need to know about Guinness

A marketing idea has made the dark stuff as popular as ever. This St Patrick’s Day we explore Ireland’s greatest invention (sorry Bono),and the drinking game that’s gone global.

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Vienna pork schnitzel.
14/20

This ‘raucously cosy’ club serving schnitzels and schnapps is still going strong after 45 years

The pokie-free Austrian Club has an infectiously warm vibe,deer-based taxidermy and excellent apple strudel.

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Rare beef noodle soup with fried dough stick bread and onsen egg.
13.5/20

This new CBD restaurant serves excellent pho – just don’t ask for bean sprouts and Thai basil

An An steers clear of the Saigon-style pho that dominates Sydney,instead championing its cousin from Vietnam’s north.

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Grilled pork jowl with smoked chilli nam jim at Porkfat.

Eight of the best Thai restaurants to visit in Sydney

Take your pick of these communal feasts,tasting menus and speedy venues for solo bowls of crab curry.

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