Food & Drink
100 Of Australia’s Best Breakfasts, According To Our Editors
From Melbourne’s bustling cafes to Sydney’s vibrant brunch spots, all the way to Brisbane’s innovative morning eats and Perth’s beachside beauties, we’ve curated the ultimate guide to breakfast across Australia.
The Best Restaurants In Sydney Right Now (Updated September 2024)
This is Urban List's guide to Sydney's best restaurants for September 2024, curated by our expert food editors and food-obsessed content creators.
The Best Airbnbs With Fireplaces In NSW
From roaring fires in living rooms to outdoor firepits perfect for toasting marshmallows, these Airbnbs are as cosy as they get.
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Things To Do
20 Of The Best Things To Do In Noosa In 2024
If you’re up the top end of the Sunshine Coast and looking for things to do in the bustling hub that is Noosa, we’ve got you covered.
The Grand Prix Is Hitting Singapore With An Electrifying Line Up, Here’s Everything You Need To Know
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Local Escapes
10 Top-Rated NSW Airbnbs With Pools
We've done the research for you, and found the most incredible Airbnbs with private pools in NSW.
Restaurants
The Cut Bar & Grill
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Postino Osteria
Postino Osteria is a neighbourhood Italian restaurant by acclaimed chef Alessandro Pavoni in the historic Summer Hill post office.
Restaurants
Osteria Mucca
Opening in early 2025, Osteria Mucca will be an old-school Italian restaurant set in a former butchery shop in Newtown's Australia Street precinct.
Travel
Prep For Take-Off, Singapore Airlines Is Offering Up Flight Deals To A Heap Of Destinations
Whip out the spreadsheet and make sure your passport’s valid, because Singapore Airlines is offering up flight deals to a heap of destinations for its Early Bird Fares sale.
Here’s 9 Sporting Experiences To Tick Off Your Bucket List While You’re In LA
With eleven pro sports teams, landmark arenas and magnificent weather all year round, Los Angeles offers endless opportunities to get your sporting fix.
Things To Do
Everything You Need To Know About The Wine Festival Hitting Orange Next Month
Awash with breathtaking nature, rich in culture and boasting a stacked events calendar year-round, Orange is the dreamy destination you need to start planning your next getaway to.
Restaurants
Mister Grotto
Mister Grotto will be a seafood restaurant and bar in Newtown's Australia Street, with a front seafood bar and daily-changing menu.
Flora
Opening in early 2025, Flora will be an all-day Newtown restaurant serving a vegetarian menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Food & Drink
Jude’s Cafe & Wine
Jude’s Cafe is Alexandria’s newest brunch contender, brought to life by the team behind Melbourne’s famous Lorna Cafe.
Food & Drink
Superfreak
Superfreak is a funky all-day Marrickville eatery serving up freakishly good food and banging vinyl tunes.
Features
Season Two Of Chantelle Otten’s Audible Original Podcast Is Back With An Intimate Dinner Series
Ahead of the highly anticipated drop of Sex Therapy: Sessions with Chantelle Otten, we spoke to Otten about her new series and the intimate dinner she's hosting to celebrate.
Join Sydney’s Foodies At The Grape, Grain & Graze Festival This Month
We’ve found the ultimate foodie festival for you to hit up this spring
Things To Do
Keep An Eye Out For Westinghouse And Mrs Mac’s New Pie Popping Up In The City This Month
To the delight of Melburnians and Sydneysiders, Westinghouse is back on its mission to serve free food to hungry crowds.
Bars & Pubs
Dry Martini
A hidden cocktail bar in Chippendale, Dry Martini celebrates the beloved martini in a setting inspired by the roaring ‘20s and ‘30s.
Ennui
Ennui is a Haymarket restaurant and bar from a team with collective experience with the Love Tilly and Bentley Groups, as well as Hartsyard and Stillwater in Tasmania.
Restaurants
Yum Cha Project
Yum Cha Projectthe traditional Cantonese yum cha experience
Bars & Pubs
Baptist Street Rec. Club
At the intersection of Surry Hills and Redfern, the Wunderlich Lane lifestyle precinct is set to welcome a huge collection of restaurants and bars, with the first openings due for October 2024.
Travel
Our Travel Editor’s Guide To Australia’s 50 Best Places To Stay In 2024
Ready to plan your next getaway? Discover the top 50 places to stay in Australia for 2024, from secluded forest cabins to luxurious beachside resorts.
What's On
The Best Things To Do In Sydney This Weekend
Your guide to the best things to do in Sydney this weekend.
What's On
Love Your Local? Score A Free Oat Coffee This Week Just By Dialling This Hotline
Score a free oat coffee in Melbourne or Sydney with Oatly’s "Support Your Local Oat Dealer" campaign. Find out where to get yours from Sept 16-22.
Restaurants
Island Radio
The Wunderlich Lane lifestyle precinct, where Surry Hills and Redfern meet, is soon to be home to a massive cohort of restaurants and bars, with the first openings due for October 2024.
Bars & Pubs
The Ladies League
The Ladies League is Australia’s first bar dedicated to women’s sport. The two-level Darlinghurst sports bar has a huge screen upstairs for those who need to be immersed in the on-field action, while downstairs has enough TVs for every seat to be a good one to catch the sporting action.
Cafes
The Grounds Coffee Factory
The Grounds Coffee Factory is a massive Sydney roastery, cafe and immersive coffee education venue in the busy South Eveleigh lifestyle and dining precinct.
Bars & Pubs
Tigra
Tigra is a laneway bar and restaurant in the Sydney CBD’s Quay Quarter Lanes precinct, in the same two-level building as sibling cocktail bar Disco Pantera.
Sydney is a sprawling metropolis of free-flowing mimosas, bottomless margaritas, endless sangria and unlimited bubbles.
TV & Movies
18 Of The Best Netflix Documentaries To Watch Right Now
We've rounded up the best Netflix documentaries you need to watch right now. From the intriguing to the shocking, it’s all here.
Things To Do
6 Must-See Sydney Symphony Orchestra Concerts To Book This Spring
Over the next three-or-so months, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra is is set to bless Sydney Opera House’s Concert Hall with a string of concerts to elevate your seasonal celebrations.
Bars & Pubs
Disco Pantera
Disco Pantera is a Sydney CBD cocktail bar by brothers Gordon and Ross Purnell. It’s in the pumping Quay Quarter Lanes precinct, and sits upstairs from sibling venue Tigra.
Song Bird
Song Bird is Neil and Sam Perry’s three-storey Cantonese restaurant in Double Bay. The restaurant celebrates Neil’s love for Asian cuisine, his passion for excellent Australian produce, and the significant mid-century architecture of its setting, in the heritage-listed Gaden House.
Cafes
More
Consider Rosebery cafe More a dream come true: this cute suburban spot comes with iced matcha on tap, ready to be dispensed into cups lined with vibrant strawberry syrup. More is a second venue from the team behind Our Father cafe in Sydney’s south, tucked in the foyer of an office building around the corner from The Cannery.
Restaurants
Teddy
Teddy is a casual Australian bistro and bar in Kings Cross by Nick and Kirk Mathews-Bowden, of neighbouring Middle Eastern restaurant Ezra, with a fun ‘80s soundtrack, inviting weekly specials, and covers-all-bases menu.
Things To Do
This 250-Work Exhibit Packed With Vintage Advertising Ends Soon
This month, more than 250 works from the visionary Czech artist will take over the Art Gallery of New South Wales for Alphonse Mucha: Spirit Of Nouveau, the biggest solo exhibition of the legendary artist's work in the Southern Hemisphere.
Food & Drink
The Feed | Details On The Continental Deli Team’s 3 New Restaurants And Boutique Accommodation
To make sure that you're on top of all the tasty things happening in Sydney, we've wrapped up everything that you need to know right here.
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8 Wardrobe Staples You Need To Nail The Tomboy Femme Aesthetic
Pairing cute and quirky with utilitarian, tomboy femme is the latest fashion trend blowing up on Pinterest. To help you nail the look for this season and beyond, we teamed up with Kmart to share our fave picks from their latest collection.
Bars & Pubs
Bobbie’s
Bobbie's is a Sydney cocktail bar by Neil and Samantha Perry, and long-time friends Linden Pride and Nathalie Hudson of multi-award-winning bar Dante in NYC and Los Angeles.
Bistro Grenier
Bistro Grenierfavourite Newtown wine bar Odd Culture
Restaurants
Pino’s Vino E Cucina Al Mare
Pino’s Vino e Cucina al Mare is a second location for the beloved Inner West Italian restaurant by Matteo Margiotta.
Restaurants
Besuto
Besuto is one of Sydney's best omakase experiences—fittingly, its name translates to “best”.
What's On
Your guide to what's happening in Sydney this week, the rest of September, and beyond.
An Immersive Exhibition With 80+ Life-Sized, Animated Dinosaurs Is Coming To Sydney
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Restaurants
This is Urban List's guide to Sydney's best restaurants for September 2024, curated by our expert food editors and food-obsessed content creators.
Restaurants
Mary’s VX
Mary's VX is the North Sydney outpost of one of the city's most famous burger joints.
Bars & Pubs
The Bristol
The Bristol is a five-storey CBD pub with a rooftop bar, a sports bar, a cocktail lounge, a lush nightclub, and a new restaurant on the way.
Bars & Pubs
Arms Length
Operated by a team with experience from Rockpool, Monopole, Margaret and Ormeggio, Arms Lengths is a cafe, bar and late-night spot in the charming Kings Cross row of terrace houses that’s also home to Ezra, Bar Lucia and late-night icon Caffe Roma.
Restaurants
Table Manners
Bronte restaurant Table Manners is the first solo venture of Sydney hospitality figure Alex Cameron, with head chef Luke Churchill (formerly of Parlar, Oncore by Clare Smyth) leading the kitchen.
Health + Wellness
5 Beauty Trends For A More Sustainable Skin Care Routine, 2024 Edition
This year, instead of pushing new trends and treatments on you, we’re here to help you responsibly enhance your routines.
Food & Drink
We’re Bringing Italy Into Australia’s Favourite Kitchens For 8 Weeks Only
Find out how to score a trip to Italy, valued at $8K.
Sustainability
This Compact New EV Will Get You From School Pick Ups To Date Nights In Style
Keen to live life more sustainably without compromising on style and those experiences that make for a thrilling social life? Us too.
Raes On Wategos
Breathtaking Northern Rivers hotel RaesWategos site
Restaurants
Sella
Housed within the Newmarket dining precinct in Randwick, Sella feels a bit like a suburban secret, stacked with around 350 bottles of hard-to-find Italian, local, and international wines—and a delicious Sardian menu to match.
Restaurants
Saint Peter
Saint Peter is a globally acclaimed restaurant owned by pioneer chef Josh Niland. The Paddington restaurant sees him champion Australian seafood, applying unconventional cooking techniques and treatments to offer a must-try Sydney dining experience.
Restaurants
The Meat & Wine Co Safari
The Meat & Wine Co has join esteemed steak restaurants Rockpool Bar & Grill, Chophouse, and Alfie’s in the Bligh Street steak precinct with the launch of The Meat & Wine Co Safari.
Things To Do
Here’s How You Can Score A Trip To Greece, Thanks To Sony Scene Festival
Grab your camera team, because Sony Scene Festival just made a massive return to Australian shores. They've lined up over 120 events from a crew of Sony digital imaging ambassadors and industry experts, bringing the creative events platform to the masses.
Bars & Pubs
The Best Nightclubs In Sydney To Dance All Night At
From underground clubs kitted out with supreme sound systems to sleek bars with vinyl DJs and the best impromptu dancefloors in town—if you don't believe Sydney's nightlife is thumping in 2024, well, you haven't read this list.
Restaurants
The Best Private Dining Rooms In Sydney For Special Occasions
We’ve collected the best Sydney private dining rooms to consider for your next Christmas party, birthday celebration, or milestone event.
Bars & Pubs
Philter Brewery And Taproom
Deep in the heart of Marrickville's brewery triangle, Philter is one of Sydney's best breweries and one of Australia's most-awarded breweries.
Restaurants
Beom Beom
Beom Beom is a modern Korean restaurant in Haymarket’s Darling Square precinct, serving Korean soul food, cocktails and soju highballs to a soundtrack of Korean classics and R ‘n’ B.
Restaurants
Antica Dining
Antica Dining is a North Sydney Italian restaurant in the heritage-listed Montrose House on Miller Street, steps from the Victoria Cross Station.
Restaurants
Sean’s
Sean’s has peered over Campbell Parade to the ocean for over 30 years now, and it’s one of Sydney’s most beloved restaurants. The welcoming, coastal-chic spot by Sean Moran serves home-style food delivered with precise technique and unparalleled produce—expect simplicity that lets every element sing. Much of the produce is grown on Moran's own farm in the Blue Mountains, as it's been since doors opened in 1993.
Bars & Pubs
30 Of The Best Rooftop Bars In Sydney In 2024
These are the best rooftop bars in Sydney right now.
Health + Wellness
Meet The Nutrient-Packed Supplement Changing The Hangover Game
Forget the electrolyte, Coke-Zero and Panadol line up, a new hangover remedy has officially entered the group chat.
TV & Movies
The Best Movies On Netflix Australia Right Now (September 2024)
Stay updated with the best movies and documentaries on Netflix Australia this August. Your ultimate streaming guide is here.
Restaurants
The Gidley
The Gidley is a subterranean steak joint from Liquid & Larder, the hospitality group behind steak-centric restaurants Bistecca and Alfie's, and Surry Hills' much-loved The Rover.
Restaurants
RAFI URBNSURF
One of North Sydney’s best restaurants, RAFI, has opened a second location in Sydney’s West. RAFI URBNSURF is an elevated dining experience with sweeping views over Sydney’s first surf park, and is accessible without entry to URBNSURF.
Restaurants
Attenzione! Food & Wine
Attenzione! is a fresh Euro bistro and wine bar in Redfern, with ample charm, excellent wine, and a talented crew behind it all.
Bars & Pubs
Perched on the corner of Cleveland and South Dowling Streets, The Bat and Ball is easily one of Surry Hills' most iconic pubs.
