Every Good Food Guide hatted restaurant to add to your 2026 bucket list

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Three hats

• Oncore by Clare Smyth, Barangaroo
• Quay, The Rocks
• Saint Peter, Paddington
• Sixpenny, Stanmore

Two hats

CITY AND SUBURBS

• a’Mare, Barangaroo
• Aalia, Sydney CBD
• Allta, Surry Hills
• Aria, Sydney CBD
• Bathers’ Pavilion, Balmoral
• Bennelong, Bennelong Point
• Bentley Restaurant + Bar, Sydney CBD
• Berowra Waters Inn, Berowra Waters
• Cafe Paci, Newtown
• Eleven Barrack, Sydney CBD NEW*
• Ester, Chippendale
• Firedoor, Surry Hills
• Garaku, Sydney CBD NEW
• Icebergs Dining Room and Bar, Bondi Beach
• King Clarence, Sydney CBD
• LuMi Dining, Pyrmont
• Margaret, Double Bay
• Ormeggio at The Spit, Mosman
• Pilu at Freshwater, Freshwater
• Porteno, Surry Hills
• Rockpool Bar & Grill, Sydney CBD
• Shell House Dining Room & Terrace, Sydney CBD
• Spice Temple, Sydney CBD
• Sushi Oe, Cammeray
• The Grill at The International, Sydney CBD NEW
• Ursula’s, Paddington
• Yellow, Potts Point
• Yoshii’s Omakase, Barangaroo

REGIONAL AND ACT

• Bistro Livi, Murwillumbah
• EXP. Restaurant, Pokolbin
• Muse Restaurant, Pokolbin
• Pilot, Ainslie, ACT
• Pipit, Pottsville
• Raes Dining Room, Byron Bay

One hat

CITY AND SUBURBS

• 10 William St, Paddington
• 20 Chapel, Marrickville
• Abhi’s Indian Restaurant, North Strathfield
• Amuro, Darlinghurst
• Ante, Newtown
• Attenzione!, Redfern
• Baba’s Place, Marrickville
• Bar Copains, Surry Hills
• Bastardo, Surry Hills
• Bessie’s, Surry Hills
• Bistro George, Sydney CBD
• Canvas, Sydney CBD NEW
• Catalina, Rose Bay
• The Charles Brasserie & Bar, Sydney CBD
• Cho Cho San, Potts Point
• Cibaria, Manly NEW
• Civico 47, Paddington
• Clam Bar, Sydney CBD
• Continental Deli, Newtown
• Corner 75, Randwick NEW
• Cricca, Windsor
• The Cut, The Rocks NEW
• Da Orazio, Bondi Beach
• The Dining Room by James Viles, The Rocks
• The Dry Dock, Balmain
• Firepop, Enmore
• Fontana, Redfern
• The Gidley, Sydney CBD
• Gildas, Surry Hills
• Gran Torino, Double Bay NEW
• Grandfathers, Sydney CBD NEW
• Haco, Sydney CBD
• Ho Jiak Town Hall, Sydney CBD
• Ibushi NEW
• Infinity by Mark Best, Sydney CBD NEW
• Ito, Surry Hills
• Jane, Surry Hills
• Kiln, Sydney CBD
• Kindred, Darlington
• Kisuke, Potts Point
• Kuon Omakase, Surry Hills
• Lottie, Redfern NEW
• Loulou Bistro, Martin Place, Sydney CBD NEW
• Loulou Bistro, Milsons Point
• Maiz, Newtown
• Maydanoz, Sydney CBD
• Mister Grotto, Newtown NEW
• Neptune’s Grotto, Sydney CBD NEW
• Nour, Surry Hills
• Olympus Dining, Redfern NEW
• Omakase by Prefecture 48 NEW
• Osteria di Russo & Russo, Enmore
• Osteria Mucca, Newtown NEW
• Otto Ristorante, Woolloomooloo
• Palazzo Salato, Sydney CBD
• Pellegrino 2000, Surry Hills
• Poly, Surry Hills
• Porcine, Paddington
• Porkfat, Haymarket
• Postino Osteria,Summer Hill NEW
• R by Raita Noda, Redfern NEW
• RAFI, North Sydney
• Restaurant Ka, Darlinghurst
• Royal Palace Seafood Restaurant, Haymarket
• Sala, Pyrmont
• Sean’s, North Bondi
• Sinclair’s, Penrith
• Sokyo, Pyrmont
• Soul Dining, Sydney CBD
• Sydney Common, Sydney CBD
• Taste of Shunde, Hurstville
• Tilda, Sydney CBD NEW
• Viand, Woolloomooloo
• Vin-Cenzo’s, Darlinghurst NEW
• Vineria Luisa, Enmore NEW
• The White Horse
• Woodcut, Barangaroo
• Yan
• Yeodongsik

REGIONAL AND ACT

• Ates, Blackheath
• Bangalay Dining, Shoalhaven Heads
• Bar Heather, Byron Bay
• Bar Rochford, Canberra
• Beach Byron Bay, Byron Bay
• Bistro Molines, Mount View
• Bistro Penny, Newcastle NEW
• Flotilla, Wickham
• Frida’s Field, Nashua
• Hey Rosey, Orange
• Humbug, Newcastle
• Lunetta, Red Hill ACT NEW
• Megalong Restaurant, Megalong Valley
• The Milton Hotel, Milton
• Mu Omakase, Canberra
• Norma, Albury
• Onzieme, Kingston ACT
• Paper Daisy, Cabarita Beach
• Paranormal Wines, Campbell ACT
• Paste Australia, Mittagong
• Printhie Dining, Nashdale
• Rebel Rebel, Acton ACT
• Restaurant Santino, Wollongong
• Roco Ramen, Brunswick Heads
• South on Albany, Berry
• Stonefruit, Tenterfield
• Such and Such, Canberra
• You Beauty, Bangalow
• The Zin House, Eurunderee

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* Note: NEW denotes a venue that has opened in the past 12 months