Food & Drink Reviews

  • Envy Deli Cafe

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Envy Deli Cafe was a somewhat shocking return to Sydney prices after three and a half weeks on Pasifikan islands. Even without a mortgage, adding some m…
  • Philippines Heroes Day Market

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Smoke plumes billowing from the Skyline Drive-In and the surrounding traffic chaos made the site look a bit like a war zone. As you slowly inched your way closer, the aroma of inihaw—Pinoy BBQ—clued you in that it was celebratory smoke rather …
  • Sala Dining

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Amid the gloom and doom of interest rate rises and the cost of living crisis, there has been something of a dining renaissance taking place. Sala Dining represents a return to Sydney’s dining heyday, where fine dining was about a sense of…
  • Smokin' Al's BBQ

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Smokin' Al's BBQ faces Rockdale Station. At the front of the shop is a generous wooden table and benches, with napkins in a dispenser, so the punters can eat in. Smokin' Al's BBQ however is ostensibly a take out jo…
  • Great Food

    Food & Drink Reviews
    There's been a rise in Hong Kong style cafes, also known as cha chaan teng's in Sydney the past few years. They usually follow the same formula: a bold and bright aesthetic bordering on kitschy simulating the streets of Hong Kong and a box ticking…
  • Beirut Restaurant + Grillz

    Food & Drink Reviews
    When you think of great Lebanese cuisine in Sydney, what comes to mind? I'd wager you think of "The Area" or Western Sydney. But let me ask if Kogarah has ever crossed your mind? Sitting across from Kogarah station is Beirut Restaurant and Gril…
  • Pistou

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Pistou wine bar and eat in deli sits snuggly on the St Peters end of King Street Newtown. With a distinctively French Provencial feel we were totally enarmour…
  • Konger

    Food & Drink Reviews
    New Asian restaurant Konger, in Victoria Street Potts Point, dishes up premium tasty Asian bites to make any punter happy. Defying the modest outdoor table seating and indoor bar seating, the owner chef creates nibbles of flavour magic to …
  • Cafe Freda's

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Cafe Freda's is the almost grown up evolution of late night underground bar Freda's. And now that it's out in the open at prominent Darlinghurst position Taylor Square, Cafe Freda's has not only brought 'too hip to be square' into…
  • Grandeez

    Food & Drink Reviews
    I have an affinity for novelty and searching for things off the beaten path; this applies to travel and food experiences. It doesn't always turn out to be a good experience, but nevertheless it's usually memorable in one way or another. When I fou…
  • Mr Stonebowl

    Food & Drink Reviews
    You need a strategy to dine at Mr Stonebowl. Their Burwood restaurant is ridiculously popular, so it’s best to arrive close to when it opens at 5pm. What the people queue for are well-priced, well-presented, contemporary Chinese dishes, often em…
  • JC & Co Dining

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Taking over Strathfield’s JC & Co espresso and patisserie by night, JC & Co Dining is a pop-up Korean fine diner. Launching this weekend, my meal was preceded by a fun month watching them develop their first degustation menu ($85/head) on Instag…
  • Thai Nesia

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Thai Nesia has been part of the fabric of Oxford Street — now dubbed the Rainbow Precinct — since I was in primary school. They make no bones about being queer friendly, with a satiny rainbow flag the first thing that c…
  • Like Noodle

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Wolli Creek is home to another pocket of good value dining in this increasingly expensive city. Like Noodle Wolli Creek is my latest find. I was lured in by yabbies advertised in window posters. It’s a Shanghainese chain, which formerly h…
  • Kouzina Greco

    Food & Drink Reviews
    In the long run, I haven't been much enarmoured with eating in Parramatta, particularly the ubiquitous though innocuous offerings on the Church Street strip. Luckily I've turned a corner, and discovered the stand out Kouzino Greco i…
  • Dae Jang Kum

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Just when I was starting to think good value could only be found in Burwood, Haymarket struck back with Dae Jang Kum. Perfectly placed for dinner after a film, this popular Korean restaurant decked out in traditional blonde wood, boasts a late nig…
  • Xi’an Eatery 西安诱惑

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Xi’an is a large city in Shaanxi Province in northwestern China. You might know it for its famous attraction: the terracotta soldiers. Xi’an also marks the beginning of the Silk Road, so the city’s cuisine employs the abundance of traded spi…
  • Olotl

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Since I’ve been in Australia, there’s been two prominent waves of Mexican restaurants popping up in Sydney. The first in the early 2010's when fast casual spots like Guzman y Gomez and Mad Mex (both started by Americans) started taking off and…
  • Nine Dragons

    Food & Drink Reviews
    The Dixon Street pedestrian mall hasn’t really recovered from the global pandemic. Visiting for a Sunday lunch with friends, it’s largely devoid of outdoor tables: even the touters are gone. This is despite City of Sydney finding, late last ye…
  • Shorties Bar + Dining

    Food & Drink Reviews
    Service shines at Shorties, with a comforting drinks (cocktails and wine) and food menu that makes this a best choice for Lane Cove locals.