City Centre & Haymarket
Founded in Fukuoka in 1985 and now found across southeast Asia, this excellent ramen house in the Westfield centre serves all the soupy, noodley…
Must-see restaurants in New South Wales
Mid-North Coast
Choose between a casual wood-fired pizza or a schnitzel dinner, or go for the large sharing platters of ribs, salmon, pork belly or slow-cooked lamb…
Mid-North Coast
Cute cosy cafe focusing on ethically sourced and local produce to cook up filling meals such as spicy corn fritters, Thai chicken salad and a steak…
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
A local institution, serving homemade meat pies (a couple of vegetarian options, too), mash, mushy peas and gravy. There are a few tables and chairs…
City Centre & Haymarket
This eat-and-run Malaysian joint is one of the most popular cheapies in the city. The satays are cooked over charcoal and are particularly delicious when…
Sydney
This cafe and deli is a one-stop shop for tasty Italian baked treats, pasta, cheese, coffee and anything else that springs to mind. It's in a foodie…
City Centre & Haymarket
There's no glamour at all to this hole-in-the-wall spot, but the simple dynamics work, with a tasty and cheap selection of vegetarian and vegan Thai…
Mid-North Coast
Every beach town needs a good ice-cream shop, and this one has a colourful range of flavours. While it isn't entirely authentic, the gelato is made on the…
New South Wales
A delightful little, erm, former butcher shop, cleverly transformed. It serves a hearty array of food, all chalked up on the blackboard. The melts and…
Sydney
Away from the beachside strip, this cosy restaurant is hugely popular with locals. The menu is modern Australian with a Creole twist; try the signature…
New South Wales
This no-frills Chinese takeout with an open kitchen and plenty of tables for dining in, doles out delicious chunky dumplings and a variety of popular…
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Serves tasty wraps, salads, rolls, smoothies, an extensive menu of teas and housemade gelato (one scoop $4.50), with flavours such as panna cotta, chai…
New South Wales
The Longyard is a big, rowdy, popular Tamworth watering hole with a decent menu of pub-grub classics (pizzas, burgers, steaks and a few token salads) plus…
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
You'd never expect such an over-the-top dining room to be lurking within a budget chain hotel, but here it is, and it serves nicely presented if rather…
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
This unexpectedly hip cafe offers imaginatively prepared, super-fresh food with Middle Eastern and Asian bents, not to mention the best single-farm…
Newcastle
Delicious pizza and endearingly old-school decor make this one of Newcastle’s most popular pizzerias. The dynamic is simple, and it works. The pasta is…
Byron Bay
Hustle for a street-side table for big and tasty, if not mind-blowing, Thai salads, stir fries with coconut, lime and lemongrass, and laksas at this Bay…
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
The folk from the acclaimed Harvest restaurant and bakery in nearby Newrybar opened this tiny joint that delivers excellent Allpress coffee and indulgent…
Mid-North Coast
Rolls out great Allpress coffee and breakfasts to get your day started right, all while doubling as a bike showroom. Friendly staff will happily advise on…
Mid-North Coast
Daytime cafe fare such as house-cured salmon, inventive risottos and worthy Campos coffee leads into dinner with upmarket, produce-driven cooking and…
New South Wales
This cafe offers basic but well-executed breakfast and lunch menu options. The local-made cakes and the lovely al fresco area with garden views are…
South Coast NSW
As you wind up the hills heading north to Central Tilba, make time to stop at this authentic French cafe in Tilba Tilba for scrummy crêpes and hot…
Mid-North Coast
Starting with strong, early-morning pre-surf coffees and stacks of corn fritters, the all-day breakfast menu rolls on to generous salads and afternoon…
New South Wales
This stylish cafe makes seriously good coffee, freshly squeezed juices, healthy breakfasts and light lunches for you to enjoy amidst the urban-chic decor.
Mid-North Coast
The 'Recky' has a bistro with plenty of seafood on the menu. The kitchen closes at 2pm and reopens for dinner at 5.45pm but snacks are served in-between.
Millthorpe Chocolates and Station Cafe
New South Wales
You can get a decent lunch here, but it's the sweet stuff that gets the big tick, with handmade chocolates, gelato and cake all very agreeable options.
South Coast NSW
Friendly waitstaff and fresh food make the Wharfside a decent enough spot for fish of the day or a cooked breakfast, though service is inconsistent.
Newtown & the Inner West
In the heart of bustling Newtown, this gelato place is totally vegan and have some excellent creations. There's a wide range of delicious flavours.
Coffs Harbour
The urban decor, on-to-it service and excellent breakfasts make this town-centre cafe a hot spot for Coffs’ business set and parents with prams.
New South Wales
Enjoy wood-fired pizza, pasta and homestyle Italian cooking, with a frequently changing blackboard menu at this cafe by day, restaurant by night.
Mid-North Coast
One of those favourite road-side bakeries that hangry (hungry to the point of anger) drivers and passengers can't wait to reach. It's pie heaven.
New South Wales
Part cafeteria, part groovy cafe, part takeaway store, this busy place does Orange's best burgers, as well as fish and chips and salads.
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Park yourself by the sunny window or take in the scene from one of the pavement tables for good cafe fare and even better baked goods.
Manly
Handy for the ferry, this is a larger outpost of the casually excellent Barefoot Coffee folk.
Outback NSW
Tuck into a full cooked breakfast or a Back o' Bourke lamb-and-mint pie, or pick up pastries and sandwiches to take on the road.
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Water views and carefully prepared dishes make this old-school Italian restaurant beneath the Ramada hotel a fine dinner choice.
New South Wales
Hearty country-style Aussie food rules the menu here, with pies, burgers and cheesy pastas all featured prominently on the menu.
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
A broad range of 'Australian' and gourmet pizzas is rounded out with pasta, risotto and a good osso bucco. Takeaway also.
Coffs Harbour
One of the few eateries along motel-cluttered Ocean Pde, O.P 81 has a large front deck, great coffee and big breakfasts.
Mid-North Coast
LRK does good-value pizza and pasta dishes in a casual atmosphere with occasional live music. BYO (corkage $5).
