You’l find Fine Dining and great Places to Eat at The Rocks.

Sydney Restaurants

Restaurants add greatly to the holiday experience and Sydney is never short of eating establishments.

Once, dining in Sydney usually meant heavy, albeit hearty, traditional English and French style cuisine.

Now Sydney dining has a reputation that blends the freshest of foods with the tastes of the regions - Asian, pacific, tropical - with the more traditional European to produce a light, nutritious taste sensation.

Some equate it with Californian style but others believe it to be a style unique to Australia.

What really makes Sydney dining stand out is the diverse mix of cultures and ethnic origins that intermix in this city.

The hot chillies from Indonesia and south-east Asia, curries from south Asia, coconuts from the Pacific, sushi from Japan, bamboo shoots from Vietnam and tomatoes from Italy all add tastes that form a truly unique dining experience.

Bring Your Own

It is a long established tradition in Australia to bring your own (B.Y.O) wine. Restaurants here are classified either as B.Y.O. or licensed.

You can purchase wines at hotel and pub bottle shops, or the liquor outlets in every suburb at very reasonable prices. Licensed restaurants normally have a select choice that you can enjoy, but at their prices. At the B.Y.O.’s, there is normally a corkage fee, but again, quite reasonable.

Australian Bush Tucker

Bush Tucker is now also very popular, with a growing number of restaurants who specialise in the exploring the taste sensations of traditional aboriginal foods such as seasonal fruits, nuts, roots, vegetables, meats and fish, served with other Australian creations such as Damper.

International Restaurants

All nationalities are represented when it comes to dining in Sydney. It is quite common to encounter streets where, side by side, there are restaurants providing cuisine from India, Singapore, Greece, Italy, Fiji, Vietnam, Lebanon, Thailand, Turkey, France and we must not forget that famous Scottish restaurant - MacDonalds.

Seafood Dining

But perhaps, above all, Sydney is famous for its seafood. Indeed, the Sydney Rock Oyster is famous around the world. So if your taste is towards seafood such as lobster, oysters, Balmain bugs, tuna or many other of the home grown delicacies, visit one of the many fine Sydney seafood restaurants.

Chinatown Restaurants

Chinatown, sandwiched between the entertainment areas of Darling Harbour and the city, is centred around Dixon St. It offers all kinds of Asian fare, not just Chinese, for lunch and dinner, you can even find Yum Cha for breakfast. Nasi Goreng, a traditional Indonesian fried rice dish makes for a delicious breakfast when topped with a couple of eggs.

Sydney Harbour Cruises

There are numerous lunch and dinner cruises available at Circular Quay. An excellent way to see the beautiful Sydney Harbour! See more about Sydney Harbour Cruises,

Sydney Dining Suggestions

• Tips are appreciated for good service, but never required.
• Bookings are advised for Thursday to Saturday Nights