The Places · Australia
Sydney
Made By profiles 19 places in Sydney, spanning bar, cafe, winery — each tied to the people and producers behind it.
01.Modern Australian Seafood
Saint Peter
Sydney, Australia
The only Australian restaurant to appear on the World's 50 Best list in 2024 and 2025, Saint Peter occupies a modest corner of Paddington with an outsized reputation for whole-fish cookery. Josh Niland's approach to seafood has reshaped how Australian restaurants treat fish, and the room in Underwood Street is where that reputation is tested nightly against a plate.
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02.Bar
Maybe Sammy
Sydney, Australia
Maybe Sammy gives Sydney's cocktail scene a rare thing: grand-hotel polish without grand-hotel stiffness. Its theatre-led drinks programme, pink-jacketed service style, and repeated World's 50 Best Bars recognition place it in the city's international cocktail bracket rather than the casual bar lane.
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03.Mediterranean Grill with Steak and Seafood
The Grill at The International
Sydney, Australia
Occupying a commanding space above Martin Place, The Grill at The International channels Sydney's appetite for produce-led, fire-driven dining into a format built around premium Australian beef, oak-fired technique, and a wine program of considered depth. Chef Joel Bickford structures the menu around dry-aged cuts and complementary small plates that together make a case for what Australian fine dining can look like when it commits to both precision and place.
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04.Modern Mediterranean with Australian Seafood
Shell House
Sydney, Australia
Nine floors above the CBD on a heritage-listed Margaret Street address, Shell House Dining Room and Terrace is Sydney's most considered meat-forward restaurant. Culinary Director Joel Bickford and Head Chef Brad Guest run an open-fire grill program built around dry-aged Australian beef, with a garden terrace offering unobstructed city views to match the ambition of the menu.
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05.Modern Australian Steakhouse
Rockpool
Sydney, Australia
Housed in Sydney's City Mutual Building, Rockpool at 66 Hunter Street is one of Australia's most decorated fine dining addresses. Under Executive Chef Santiago Aristizábal, the kitchen centres on self dry-aged beef grilled over ironbark charcoal, alongside seafood and produce-led sides. Its World's 50 Best rankings, as high as #4 in 2002, place it in rare company on the Australian dining scene.
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06.Florentine Steakhouse
Bistecca
Sydney, Australia
On a quiet stretch of Dalley Street in Sydney's CBD, Bistecca has built its reputation around a single cut: the bistecca alla Fiorentina, grilled over ironbark, charcoal, and olive branches on an open hearth. The focused menu, Tuscan-inflected room, and a phone-free policy place it in a narrow tier of Sydney restaurants where format discipline drives the experience. Chef Pip Pratt leads the kitchen, and the restaurant holds a White Star from Star Wine List.
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07.Modern Mediterranean Grill with Asian Influences
Margaret
Sydney, Australia
Neil Perry's Double Bay flagship sits at the serious end of Sydney dining, where Blackmore Wagyu and line-caught coral trout share the menu with equal billing. Ranked No. 2 on the World's 101 Best Steak Restaurants list, Margaret pairs a wood-fired grill program with Australian seafood preparations that carry clear pan-Pacific influence. The wine list skews strongly toward Australian producers, and the front-of-house operates at a pace that feels effortless rather than rehearsed.
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08.Modern Australian Fine Dining
BENTLEY Restaurant & Bar
Sydney, Australia
Once a neighbourhood wine bar, BENTLEY Restaurant & Bar has evolved into one of Sydney's CBD dining addresses with serious staying power. Situated inside the Radisson Blu Hotel on O'Connell Street, it holds consecutive La Liste placements (83.5 points in 2025, 82 in 2026) and multiple Star Wine List awards, with a wine program that has ranked among Australia's most recognised for several years running.
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09.Modern Middle Eastern Fine Dining
AALIA
Sydney, Australia
At 25 Martin Place in Sydney's CBD, AALIA brings Middle Eastern and North African grilling traditions to a contemporary Australian context. Executive Chef Paul Farag works from an ironbark wood and charcoal grill sourced from the Blue Mountains, anchoring the menu in fire-driven technique and historically researched ingredients. The interior, designed by architect Matt Darwon, pairs sculptural woodwork with warm lighting to match the cooking's register.
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10.Winery
Manly Spirits Co
Sydney, Australia
Manly Spirits Co operates out of Brookvale's Winbourne Industrial Estate, placing it within Sydney's growing craft spirits scene at some remove from the Northern Beaches tourist strip. The distillery holds a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating for 2025, positioning it among the more credentialled independent producers in New South Wales. For those tracking where serious Australian craft distilling is happening, this address is part of the conversation.
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11.Winery
Brix Distillers
Sydney, Australia
Brix Distillers on Bourke Street in Surry Hills earned a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating in 2025, placing it among Sydney's most recognised craft spirits producers. Operating from one of the inner city's most concentrated strips of independent food and drink venues, it represents the sharper edge of Australia's urban distilling movement. A visit rewards those who pay attention to what's in the glass.
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12.Argentine Asado & Parrilla Grill
Porteño
Sydney, Australia
Few restaurants in Sydney have held their ground as firmly as Porteño, the Surry Hills Argentinian asado house at 50 Holt Street. Where other venues chase reinvention, Porteño builds its reputation on ironbark, charcoal, and a decade-plus of fire-driven cooking. It sits in a different competitive tier from Sydney's fine-dining circuit, measuring itself instead against a smaller cohort of destination restaurants defined by singular culinary tradition.
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13.Modern Steakhouse
The Cut Bar & Grill
Sydney, Australia
Set within the historic sandstone Argyle Stores in The Rocks, The Cut Bar & Grill is Sydney's wood-fired steakhouse benchmark. Executive Chef Santiago Aristizabal, with Rockpool Bar & Grill lineage, leads a menu built around wet- and dry-aged Australian beef, David Blackmore Wagyu, and Rangers Valley cuts grilled over custom wood-fired heat in one of the city's most architecturally weighted dining rooms.
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14.Modern Australian Wood-Fired Grill
20 Chapel
Sydney, Australia
Set in Marrickville's converted industrial fabric, 20 Chapel places open-fire cooking at the centre of its menu rather than as a stylistic flourish. Chef Corey Costelloe, formerly of Rockpool Bar & Grill, brings dry-aged beef and Australian produce together over a custom wood-fired grill. The result is a restaurant that reads as a serious addition to Sydney's inner-west dining scene.
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15.Bar
Bulletin Place
Sydney, Australia
Daily-changing cocktail menus and authentic newspaper heritage define Bulletin Place Sydney, where expert bartenders craft innovative drinks within the atmospheric Press Room and Headline Bar spaces of a historic Bulletin newspaper building.
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16.Distillery
Archie Rose Distilling Co
Sydney, Australia
Archie Rose Distilling Co operates from a converted industrial space in Rosebery, Sydney's emerging inner-south precinct, and holds a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating for 2025. It sits at the premium end of Australia's craft spirits category, where local grain sourcing and distillery-floor transparency have become the defining markers of serious producers. For visitors interested in the country's spirits tradition, it represents one of the more substantive stops in the city.
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17.Cafe
Beta Coffee
Sydney, Australia
At Beta Coffee, they are pushing the boundaries of coffee, community, and hospitality by challenging traditional coffee service models. They are exploring how technology and innovation can enhance the quality and consistency of coffee, while creating space for baristas to focus on making every customer interaction meaningful and impactful.
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18.Cafe
Only Coffee Project Crows Nest
Sydney, Australia
Only Coffee Project in Crows Nest is a minimalist espresso bar renowned for its purist approach to specialty coffee, recently recognized as a finalist for Best Coffee in the Good Food 2025 awards. Located at Shop 2/118 Willoughby Rd, Crows Nest, the shop operates Monday to Sunday from 6:30 AM to 3:00 PM , with shortened hours on public holidays. The concept is strictly coffee-focused, featuring a rotating selection of beans from world-class roasters like Market Lane and Sey Coffee . The space of
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19.other
Manly Spirits Co. Distillery
Sydney, Australia
Manly Spirits Co. Distillery operates out of the Winbourne Industrial Estate in Brookvale, a working production facility on Sydney's Northern Beaches that places the craft distilling process ahead of the visitor-experience gloss. The gin range draws on coastal botanical framing consistent with Australian craft spirits' broader move toward native ingredients and place-specific identity. It sits apart from Sydney's inner-city drink venues in format, geography, and intent.
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