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Bar Local Drop is an extension of wine delivery business the Local Drop.
14.5/20

This all-day wine bar and its handwritten little black book has our reviewer hooked

Lunch, dinner or snacks and drinks at Bar Local Drop can stretch happily from “a quick one” to “one more” to “we might as well”...

  • Dani Valent
Sour cherry pie.

Savour the ‘unbeatable tongue-twang’ of fresh fruit pies at this nostalgic bakery cafe

It’s all about fruit, not sugariness, at Miller Street’s Blessed Fruit Pies, which bakes its juicy, glistening sour cherry, blackberry, blueberry and mixed berry pies each morning.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Good Food hat15.5/20

Discover a tucked-away 12-seater jewel that goes beyond its Japanese roots

You can still go hard on the tempura at Haco. But its intimate omakase experience now also embraces grilled meats and international flavours.

  • David Matthews
Warm tofu noodles.
14.5/20

‘Warm hug for your stomach’: This eatery takes three days to make its tofu noodles

This Hurstville venue is one of the few places in Sydney serving the traditional and “unapologetically bold” cuisine of Myanmar.

  • Helen Yee
The bruschetta of the day changes with the seasons, with the charred bread perhaps topped with ricotta mousse, tomato, shaved zucchini and prosciutto.
14/20

Lunchtime BYO, ‘glorious’ bruschetta: Count yourself lucky if this Italian is your local

The 30-seater from two ex-Caffe e Cucina stalwarts is slicker than your average middle-suburban restaurant, reviews Dani Valent.

  • Dani Valent
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Ophelia’s $20 pasta night is twice-weekly.

The venue whose pasta night was so popular it’s now twice-weekly (plus five more deals)

From solo-friendly lunches to team outings and dinners, these six not-too-shabby deals cover every moment of the corporate week.

  • Haymun Win
The pizza at Da Michele holds its own with any of Sydney’s dozen or so real-deal Neapolitan-style pizzerias from Cronulla to Parramatta.
13.5/20

I went to the new Sydney version of the Eat Pray Love pizzeria and got hit by a bin

At $18 for a standard margherita, the new L’Antica Pizzeria Da Michele offers ripper value. But does the quality and service match the hype?

  • Callan Boys
Hai Au Lang Nuong.
14/20

‘It’s my soul’: This Vietnamese spot engages the senses in ways few Sydney restaurants do

For more than 25 years, this eclectic venue has delivered a lively communal atmosphere (complete with Vietnamese crooners), and a fiery, fragrant and fresh menu. 

  • David Matthews
Moya & Co studio has designed an elegant dining room with a stunning cylindrical ceiling feature.
Good Food hat15/20

This elegant Japanese spot offers high-end sushi without the usual formality of omakase

Does omakase always need to be translated to a 20-course menu? Japasu by Sang proves there’s another way to hero premium seafood.

  • Kevin Cheng
Chowon has a comfortable, Japandi interior aesthetic.

Find fine dining at an affordable price at this carefully considered Japanese eatery in Kew

Run by two Korean-Australian chefs with a passion for Japanese cuisine, Chowon is dishing raw, grilled and fried delicacies on Cotham Road in Kew.

  • Sanka Amadoru