Low lighting, jazz playlists, opulent cocktails and memorable menus — these Sydney favourites will help you to start planning the perfect date night.
LessThis bistro from former Rockpool chef Phil Wood pays homage to modern Australian cuisine and the storied past of its beautiful Paddington home.
This Surry Hills institution has relocated to Oxford Street and it's brought its signiture ragu along with it.
This inner city bar's wine wall boasts over 1000 bottles from ten different countries.
This underground cocktail bar is serving up romantic cocktails and signiture negronis in the basement of Hinchcliff House.
Discover a cocktail bar in a clocktower, a ground-floor bistro and a sky-high drinking hole in this historic former hotel.
This two-storey wine bar in the former digs of This Must Be The Place is poring plenty of rare wines and boasts food from a former Ragazzi and 10 William St chef.
This Challis Street restaurant is serving up boudin noir spring rolls, fried lamb's brains and snail pasta.
Surry Hills' late-night kitchen serves Swedish snacks and house-made apple wine.
Come for the renowned canned cocktails and stay for the top-notch charcuterie.
This revamped screening room and small bar brings a little old-school charm to 'going to the movies'.
The Tequila Mockingbird team's two-storey Mexican restaurant is home to Australia's biggest collection of premium tequila and mezcal.
You'll find this retrofuturistic cocktail bar on the 83rd floor of Sydney Tower.
Coogee Pavilion's fine diner serves bumps of caviar and hand-rolled pipi pasta — and has its own cocktail bar.
This underground Dalley Street restaurant specialises in just one cut of steak.
Enjoy incredible views, a luxe 30s-inspired fit-out and a covetable champagne collection in the heart of Parramatta.
Snack on oysters, anchovies or squid and choose from over 350 wines at this beloved Potts Point bar.
This hidden Italian restaurant from the Love, Tilly Devine crew pairs unforgettable pasta creations with minimal-intervention wines.
This Manly cocktail bar is hidden behind a fridge — with 250 different whiskies, creative cocktails and melty raclette.
One of Sydney's first small bars, this Darlinghurst wine bar never gets old.
High-class French food in a subterranean space on Bligh Street, where the chicken fricassée is the stuff of legend.
This cosy basement bar at Fred's boasts exposed sandstone, seasonal cocktails and killer bar snacks.
In this minimalist, well-designed setting, you’ll enjoy Japanese cuisine in a reimagined izakaya style.
You'll find memorable pastas, top-notch wine and an electric atmosphere at this 70s-inspired Italian enoteca from the Restaurant Hubert crew.
Hidden off of the main road, this lively Paddington establishment has cemented itself as a favourite among locals.
It's hard to know whether the food or the views are the most spectacular aspect of this harbourside restaurant.
This decadent dining room is attached to the sprawling waterfront pub The Newport.
This historic Glebe Point Road corner terrace has been converted into a idyllic wine bar with A-plus bar snacks.
This 60-seat 1920s Paris-inspired cocktail bar is tucked away within Merivale's Ivy Precinct.