Reviews
- Review
- Chippendale
Ukrainian comfort foods get the star treatment at this feel-good Chippendale restaurant
Chicken Kyiv, borscht, dumplings and cabbage rolls all get an update at social enterprise Kyiv Social.
- Terry Durack
- Review
- Crows Nest
Skip the snooze button for this curried egg muffin that ‘lights up your brain’
Early birds are rewarded with “mentally healthy food” at this buzzy north shore cafe.
- Lee Tran Lam
- Review
- Sydney
Loud, ambitious, high-energy: Funda puts the fun into funky Korean food
This loud and high-energy venue boasts serious cooking talent, with chefs pooling experience from Tetsuya’s, Supernormal and Michelin-starred kitchens.
- Terry Durack
These under-the-radar restaurants might not score a hat, but the critics can’t get enough of them
From a fun BYO diner to food court favourites, these are the SMH Good Food Guide Critics’ Picks that did not get a hat, but are always a hit.
- Callan Boys and Good Food Guide Reviewers
- Review
- Rozelle
The Rozelle bakery whose luscious bread, pastries and sausage rolls always sell out in minutes
Gleaming croissants, metre-long focaccia, plate-sized choc-chip biscuits and fancy fairy bread attract carb lovers from all over to Fabbrica Bread Shop.
- Lenny Ann Low
- Review
- Chatswood
The Evergreen’s Korean fried chicken wings put the happy back into happy hour
Korean fusion diner The Evergreen is a little more ambitious than your favourite Chatty noodle or dumpling shop.
- Terry Durack
- Review
- Enmore
This ‘relaxed gem of a place’ wears its heart on its Barbra Streisand record sleeve
Babs, a female-led collaborative chef pop-up, has arrived at its first semi-permanent venue, at the former Saga site.
- Lenny Ann Low
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- Petersham
‘This lasagne is one of the most compelling dishes I’ve eaten this year’
My default reaction to seafood lasagne was: Eww. Gross. No, thanks. But Noi’s rich and “beefy” version is a revelation, writes Callan Boys.
- Callan Boys
Worth a 12-hour drive: Venture west to discover Sydney’s best doughnuts
The suburban doughnut shops creating a craze for the sugar-glazed. PLUS: We round-up Sydney’s top 10 dough-based treats.
- Bianca Hrovat
- Review
- Sydney
Jacksons on George is back, and it has a hat (yes, you read that correctly)
Forget the grungy Sydney pub of decades past. The new J-on-G is an architectural marvel with an opulent city bistro to match.
- Terry Durack