Sydney is finally ready to say a tearful goodbye to ‘Titanique’

Titanique in Sydney

What started as a limited run has turned into a blockbuster season with numerous extensions and over 300 performances at Surry Hills’ boho-fabulous The Grand Electric. As it turns out, Michael Cassel Group were onto a winner when they brought Titanique, a satirical Off-Broadway hit, to Sydney in April 2024. And by winner we mean … Read more

12 Best New Restaurants in Sydney (May 2025 Update)

IFTAR is one of the best new restaurants in Sydney

Sydney’s dynamic dining scene is constantly changing and never has this been more obvious than in the past few years. After a swift recovery from the pandemic, the city started demanding more luxurious, world-class restaurants and was given a big influx grand dining rooms as a result. Recent months have restored a gentle balance to … Read more

Vivid Sydney to shut down Surry Hills with massive street parties

The Hollywood Hotel in Surry Hills

Vivid Sydney’s food lineup has been dominated by news of Nigella Lawson’s dinners, but it seems the initial announcement was only the tip of a delicious iceberg. Revealed this week. Vivid Food will present its largest program to date, from a luminescent 1950s diner pop-up staged in Darling Harbour to vibrant laneway parties set to … Read more

Is The EVE Hotel an instant classic for Sydney’s hotel scene?

The EVE Hotel is opening in Surry Hills

As a talented team of synchronised swimmers splash around Sydney’s newest rooftop pool to the tune of Chappell Roan’s ‘Good Luck, Babe,’ I forget that I’m standing on the border of Redfern and Surry Hills. I’m in West Hollywood at one point, but when the searing red lights bounce off the frame of pink sunloungers, … Read more

This fine dining experience is inspired by… cannibalism

A red dish from Nel restaurant

Chef Nelly Robinson has built up a solid reputation for doing things differently, sometimes channeling his boundless culinary wizardry into vibrant Disney-inspired degustation menus, while at other times playfully elevating fast food staples like a KFC-inspired fine dining menu. This time, his Surry Hills bunker restaurant, Nel, is getting dark. Very dark. In partnership with … Read more

Sydney set for a huge 1000-square-metre Scandi bathhouse

A modern bathhouse with Scandinavian design

Historically, Australia’s most elaborate bathhouses and spas can be found along the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria and up in Queensland. But there’s been a trend of the country’s best wellness hubs creeping into Sydney lately, assumedly because everyone wants a slice of the city’s rapidly changing lifestyle scene. We already know that Queensland’s famous Soak … Read more

Athens is on the menu as Olympus arrives in Sydney

Olympus dining in Redfern, Sydney

Sydney’s new $500 million lifestyle precinct dances on the edges of Redfern and Surry Hills. Wunderlich Lane is part of a final wave of impressive high-profile openings bookending a transformative year for Sydney’s hospitality scene. Multi-coloured Asian noodle bar Island Radio has already opened, and now, just days after we’ve been gifted a new Greek … Read more

13 Best Ramen in Sydney: Slurp Away At These Top Restaurants in Sydney

best ramen bowl sydney

There’s nothing more soulful than sitting down to a big bowl of ramen on a rainy day. Thankfully, there’s plenty of spots around Sydney where you can do just that, from Chinatown to Crows Nest. I’ve rounded up my favourite ramen restaurants below based on my personal tastes as well as Google reviews and critical … Read more