Sydney Restaurants

There are so many excellent Sydney restaurants; you'll have difficulty making a selection. It all depends on what your tastes are in food, and how fat your wallet is.

You will discover Sydney restaurants serving every kind of cuisine imaginable. There are Sydney restaurants in the European tradition: French, German, Swiss, Italian and Spanish cuisine.

If you enjoy seafood, then you'll love the Sydney restaurants which specialize in fish and seafood dishes, such as the famous Doyles Seafood Restaurants. They have no less than three restaurants at Watsons Bay, a few minutes drive east of Sydney by bus or taxi. Plus there's another Doyles Restaurant at Circular Quay, plus a Bistro at the popular Sydney Fish Markets, Ph 61 2 9552-4339.

There are a multitude of great Asian cooking traditions available to you in countless Sydney restaurants, including Indian, Vietnamese, Thai, Cambodian, Chinese, Mongolian and so on. China alone is such a big country with so many different cultures that it has thousands of different dishes, literally.

Some of the Spanish restaurants in Sydney have a floor show complete with Flamenco Dancers. Check the Spanish Club at 88 Liverpool St, between the cinema strip and the Chinatown area (Ph 9267-8630). And in nearby Glebe, the Spanish Tapas restaurant at 28 Glebe Point Rd, has whirling Spanish dancers as well. Check with them on 9571-9005 for the times of the dancers.

The best place for Sydney restaurants serving Chinese food is the Chinatown district... namely Dixon Street, Sussex Street and George Streets between Haymarket and Liverpool Streets. It's a huge area, and well worth exploring on foot during the day.

Then don't forget the food styles from Africa and the Middle East. There are several Sydney restaurants serving Lebanese and Turkish food to be found in places such as King Street, Newtown, and Cleveland and Elizabeth Streets (on the border of Surry Hills and Redfern). However, it is not a good area to be in at night.

At the low end of the scale, you'll find numerous cafes and takeaway food places which sell hamburgers, fish and chips, hot meat pies, chicken and beef kebabs, falafel and pide (Turkish bread).

There are Kosher Sydney restaurants in the eastern suburbs to cater to Sydney's large Jewish community. These include:

Beaches Kosher Restaurant, in Hall St, Bondi, Ph 61 2 9365-5544.
Lewis' Continental Kitchen, 2 Curlewis St, Bondi, Ph 61 2 9365-5421.
Pita Mix, Shop 5, 809-823 New South Head Rd, Rose Bay. Ph 61 2 9388-1424.

Vegetarians and Vegans will enjoy the Green Gourmet Restaurant at 115 King St, Newtown, which has all kinds of Chinese vegetarian dishes, including many made with mock meats. Their mock chicken, mock duck, mock pork or beef are actually textured vegetable protein (TVP) which looks pretty much like the real thing, and tastes enjoyable even to hard-core meat eaters as well.

Some of the middle eastern Sydney restaurants even have upstairs rooms with cushions all over the floor, and belly dancers to entertain you as you eat your meal.

These are just a tiny sample of what's available on the Sydney Restaurants scene. So be adventurous. Go and enjoy some of these, whatever your tastes and budget, and then hunt out some other Sydney eateries on your own!