Where to eat in Sydney

Restaurants, cafés and street food in Sydney, Australia that locals actually go to — plus the local names for the chains you already know.

• Bourke Street Bakery — Bakery, Surry Hills (1). Order the Ginger brûlée tart + sausage roll. The corner bakery that became a Sydney signature.
• Mr. Wong — Cantonese, CBD (3). Order the Peking duck + dim sum. Basement-glam Cantonese; the duck earns the hype.
• Harry's Café de Wheels — Pie cart, Woolloomooloo (1). Order the Tiger pie (mash + mushy peas). The wharf-side pie cart since 1938 — sailors, cabbies, celebrities.
• Icebergs Dining Room — Italian / seafood, Bondi (4). Order the Crudo + the Bondi view. Dinner above the ocean pool — Sydney's postcard table.
• bills — Café / brunch, Darlinghurst (2). Order the Ricotta hotcakes. Bill Granger's sunny corner — birthplace of avocado-toast brunch culture.
• Fratelli Paradiso — Italian, Potts Point (3). Order the Spaghettini gamberi + espresso. The all-day Italian that Potts Point runs on.
• Saint Peter — Fish, Paddington (3). Order the Dry-aged fish of the day. Josh Niland's nose-to-tail fish revolution.
• Chat Thai — Thai, Haymarket (2). Order the Boat noodles + pad kee mao. The late-night Thai canteen of Thaitown.

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