Best Hatted Restaurants in Sydney – SMH Good Food Guide 2026

Saint Peter has reopened at the Grand National Hotel

This year, Sydney boasts a smorgasbord of hatted restaurants, with one, two and three hat awards. Which means 2026 is going to be a gastronomer’s year to party. The Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Food Guide has done all the ground work in dining, defining, discerning and deliberating all the top gongs, but nowSydney Travel Guide

The 9 best distilleries on the Inner West Ale Trail

Distillery trail

Sydney continues to aggressively respond to tired old calls that we’ve lost our creative spark. More parties are happening over at White Bay Power Terminal, for example, and now there’s been a brand new distillery trail revealed for Rozelle. That’s the Inner West Distillery Trail, mind you, which was officially launched last night to a

Gnocchi with potato gelato? Pork pie with ketchup sorbet? Welcome to Messina’s new restaurant

Messina's new restaurant, Erin.

Now that they’ve got the official Gelato Messina HQ sorted in Marrickville, the dessert deities have revealed the next step in the brand’s sugary evolution: Erin, a restaurant and wine bar with one big difference. Much like a director attempting to write a book, having a business predominantly known for gelato enter the world of

Sydney’s best breweries are turning into hi-fi listening bars for Autumn

A brewery in Sydney

The art of the Japanese listening bar has inspired the world’s most cosmopolitan drinking scenes for years. Sydney has been the most recent culprit with the likes of Merivale’s JAM Record Bar, Solotel’s Rekodo and Swillhouse’s Caterpillar Club all anchored by expensive vinyl collections. Yet head to any of those three venues and the entire

COMO to open new gallery space in Marrickville

COMA's new Marickville space

A new art gallery is coming to Marickville – the team at COMA will launch the new warehouse art venue on January 31, 2025 with a solo exhibition of new works by New Mexico-based Australian artist, Justin Williams. The space is inspired by the major warehouse-style galleries of Los Angeles. The 490-square-metre space is located

9 Best Burgers in Sydney You Need to Try

A large burger, topped with bacon, cheese, fries, and sauce, sits on a wooden board against a tiled background

While beauty is most certainly in the eye of the beholder, we have to admit that the best burgers are objectively quite ugly. But “ugly” isn’t necessarily a pejorative. Especially when it comes to food. While perfectly formed patties, just the right amount of salad, and glossy brioche buns are nice to look at, sometimes