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Inner West and Western Sydney

Every restaurant featured in The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2026 in Sydney’s Inner West, West and North West.

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The dining room at 20 Chapel Street.
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20 Chapel

Abhi’s Modern Indian in North Strathfield.
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Abhi’s Indian Restaurant

The Al Shami mixed plate is designed to share between two.
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Al Shami

Bonito crudo with burnt honey and rhubarb-boshi at Ante in Newtown on 20 January, 2022. Photo: Brook Mitchell
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Ante

Family heirlooms adorn the walls at Baba’s Place in Marrickville.
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Baba’s Place

Banh cuon ba oanh (steamed rice paper roll).
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Banh Cuon Ba Oanh

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Bayti’s mahalabia milk pudding.
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Bayti

The cavolo nero and fermented chillli pizza at Bella Brutta.
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Bella Brutta

Quebecois pudding chomeur with maple caramel at Bistro Grenier.
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Bistro Grenier

Prawn toast at Bloodwood.
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Bloodwood

A spread of crab blini with hollandaise, chips, steak Diane and Skull Island prawns with black pepper butter (clockwise from left).
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Cafe Paci

Ful madamas at Cairo Takeaway.
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Cairo Takeaway

Build your meal around the arroz de marisco (seafood rice).
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Casa Do Benfica

The dining room.
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Chef Ceylon

Cicci’s tiramisu is made to Giuseppe’s legendary recipe.
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Cicci

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Kottu roti at Colombo Social.
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Colombo Social

Dining at Continental Deli Bar Bistro in Newtown.
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Continental Deli

Charcoal barramundi, duck fat potato terrine, cos salad and green beans at Cricca in Windsor.
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Cricca

The Dry Dock’s light-filled dining room.
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The Dry Dock

Foul, an ultra-comforting dish of dried fava beans and chickpeas.
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El Manara

Moorish chicken, fatoush with Lebanese flatbread, homous and haloumi at Emma’s Snack Bar.
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Emma’s Snack Bar

Wagyu cubes with sea salt and crisp garlic at Firepop.
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Firepop

‘Fishman steamed rice’ is a signature, with dried prawns, scallops, toothfish and fresh squid.
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Fishboy Kitchen

The Bourdain pizza.
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Frankly Nick’s

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Wood fired pizzas at Fratelli Pulcinella in Parramatta.
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Fratelli Pulcinella

Glebe Point Diner.
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Glebe Point Diner

The gamjatang soup is pretty much the only menu item at Guk’s Eedaero Gamjatang.
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Guk’s Eedaero Gamjatang

Kitfo and ayip at Gursha Ethiopian.
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Gursha Ethiopian

The spicy marinated beef-rib stew at Hansang.
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Hansang

Chicken pot Hong Kong-style at Hong Kong Bing Sutt.
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Hong Kong Bing Sutt

Yakitori skewers on the robata grill.
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Izakaya Gaku

The dining room at Jin’s Grilled Meat Pie in Eastwood.
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Jin’s Grilled Meat Pie

Inside Kabul House restaurant.
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Kabul House

Kindred restaurant is housed in a corner terrace in Darlington.
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Kindred

Go-to dish: Dry chilli chicken.
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Kolkata Social

Truffle porcini tsukemen at Kosuke Ramen.
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Kosuke Ramen

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