If you’ve been to Italy, you may have accidentally stumbled across a restaurant with the menu chalked up on a board, one that the chef changes daily or weekly depending on what’s available and fresh at the markets. Such is La Vucciria, the latest restaurant to take up residence in Sydney’s eastern suburb of Paddington. [...]

It’s been called hip, vibrant, sexy. A place you take someone you want to impress, seduce or even engage in a cinq-à-sept. But how about a blind date? It’s Saturday night at Emmilou and you can feel the vibrant energy of this modern European Tapas Bar on the approach from Bourke Street. The blind date [...]

On a double shot Tuesday, Toby’s Estate Founder and Director Toby Smith launched his first book Coffee Trails and the opening of his newest café at 80 Bay St, Broadway. The café  is located in the former Reader’s Digest building across from the Broadway Westfield shopping centre. The décor retains some of the features of [...]

Weeknight at the Carrington Hotel. And it’s pumping. The Carrington Specialite: Beba y Cene This once unobtrusive Surry Hills pub has been revamped into a buzzy Spanish-style tapas bar with colourful Moorish tiles, a glass-topped tapas counter and a collection of Iberian paraphernalia. Front bar With standing room only at the front bar and decibels [...]

Café Cre Asion is one of the latest cafés and macaronies to hit Sydney. This tiny café is situated along Alberta Street, a narrow laneway at the city end of Surry Hills. Former Universal Restaurant chef Yu Sasaki, who trained under Christine Manfield, creates a range of fusion-style macarons with unusual flavours – chai, green [...]

Mention the name Concrete Blonde and you might think of the ’80s alternative rock band from the US and their successful album Bloodletting. Concrete Blonde is also the name of a stylish new restaurant that hit the Potts Point dining scene in the last six weeks. Concrete Blonde interior Amidst a rustic industrial design with [...]

Listen… You can hear the tranquility. I am at one of the most beautiful restaurant locations in the world. Locanda dell’Isola Comacina is situated at the tip of Isola Comacina, a small island in the middle of Lake Como that holds a mysterious curse. The restaurant boasts a stellar clientèle of the rich and famous, with [...]