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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
Peter Gilmore at Quay, one week before its final service.

‘It’s a restaurant that won’t ever happen again’: A farewell to Quay in its final week

It’s unlikely another restaurant will match Quay’s run of three Good Food Guide hats for 23 consecutive years. We look back at its influence and legacy over the past four decades.

  • Callan Boys and David Matthews
Quay’s snow egg will make a return for the restaurant’s final months.

Four decades of Quay: A timeline of Australia’s ‘most beautiful restaurant’

We look back at the iconic fine diner over the years, including Peter Gilmore’s arrival, the snow egg’s debut, and the time Terry Durack scored it 12/20.

  • Callan Boys
Abraham Zailaa is the third generation owner-chef at Fatima’s Lebanese Restaurant.

‘We’re coming back’: The future of Abdul’s, Fatima’s and Sydney’s original Little Lebanon

For the first time, third-generation owner-chef of Abdul’s Lebanese Restaurant reveals reason behind the shock closure.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Quay in 2024.

Quay to close after more than three decades at the pinnacle of fine dining

Chef Peter Gilmore will serve his final course at Sydney’s premier harbourside restaurant early next year.

  • Scott Bolles
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Kumar and Suba Mahadevan at Abhi’s after being named a Good Food Guide Legend.

‘I will not have samosas on my menu’: How this pioneering chef helped Sydney fall in love with Indian food

Good Food Guide Legend Award winner Kumar Mahadevan and his wife, Suba, discuss their careers and changing Sydney’s perception of Indian cuisine.

  • David Matthews
Eggs, sujuk, hummus, tabouli and pickles.

Yum Yum Bakery

The big breakfast is a generously proportioned “wow” moment.

Pioneering restaurateur Doreen Orsatti of Chianti Restaurant.

Pioneering restaurateur who shaped Sydney’s Italian dining scene dies at 93

Doreen Orsatti wasn’t born into an Italian household, but she cultivated a fine-tuned nose for the cuisine.

  • Scott Bolles
Opera Bar’s coveted harbourside location.

Matt Moran loses contract to operate Opera Bar after nearly 25 years

The celebrity chef and high-profile hospitality group Solotel will hand over operations of one of Sydney’s most coveted harbourside venues.

  • Scott Bolles
Rudi Dietz at a 1984 Tanqueray Gin promotion at Stuyvesant’s House.

‘Sometimes I lose it’: Famously direct restaurateur sells up after more than 50 years

German-born Rudi Dietz took over Stuyvesant’s House in Crows Nest in the 1970s. Now he’s set to serve his last pork knuckle as he farewells his life’s work.

  • Scott Bolles