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Lemongrass pork sausage and egg muffin.

Bored with brekkie? Try the lemongrass sausage muffin at this cafe-bar unlike anywhere else

A co-founder of ACME and a fourth generation Vietnamese restaurateur have partnered to open an intimate all-day diner with a fresh take on the familiar.

  • Bianca Hrovat
The Manzo double steak sandwich.

This $210 steak and beetroot sanga might be Sydney’s most expensive sandwich

The CBD’s north end is fast becoming the go-to spot for sirloin lovers, welcoming Manzo Bisteccheria with its “unapologetically OTT” sandwich, plus several other steak-centric restaurants.

  • Scott Bolles
Rice Face dishes at Palisa Anderson's new food-court eatery.

Come for the rice bowls, stay for the pandan Ice Magic at Chat Thai’s new food-court diner

Rice Face is serving some of the best value lunches in the CBD, and owner Palisa Anderson says her chicken rice stands up to the greatest she’s tried in South-East Asia.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Bar Bruno's interior features exposed brick.

Odd Culture joins the Italian party with warm new neighbourhood-style osteria, Bruno

From Peroni focaccia to radicchio spritzes, the hospitality group behind The Old Fitzroy and The Duke of Enmore is taking a fresh look at the familiar cuisine.

  • Bianca Hrovat
The new upper tower dining room, once home to Quay, is now The Oriana restaurant.

Beer garden, martini bar and $280 steaks: The dining hub taking over Quay’s old digs

A first look at The Oriana. The James Squire taphouse is out, luxury seafood towers are in, plus a beer garden, martini bar and restaurant – all with harbour views.

  • Bianca Hrovat
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From left: Chefs James Tai and RJ Lines at The Hideaway.

Former Bentley and One Penny Red chefs bring a touch of Gidley glamour to the east

The duo want to put the area’s untapped pockets on the culinary map. Plus a new pizzeria by Bourke Street Bakery’s founder and a diner by the Bambini Trust crew.

  • Scott Bolles
Pizza chef Tsubaki Tamaki at his new Sydney restaurant.

Tokyo’s most famous pizzeria opens in Sydney with 1000 reservations already booked

Good luck getting a table for the opening weekend of Studio Tamaki’s first Australian store, with hundreds of pizza fans fighting to be among first Sydneysiders to try its signature slice.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Retro Roast at Eat at DJ's.

The glory is gone: Good Food’s verdict on the new David Jones food hall

It was once considered “Aladdin’s cave for gourmets”, but times have changed. There’s now a $21 smoothie apparently inspired by LA grocer Erewhon, bare shelves and Vili’s pies.

  • Bianca Hrovat

Now open in Chatswood – a French brasserie from the team behind an ambitious two-hatter

The venue, on a new luxury level at Chatswood Chase, serves oversized vol-au-vent with a prawn bisque sauce and a “burnt” pavlova with passionfruit curd.

  • Scott Bolles
The “Polish vanilla slice” is a must.

Here’s your May dining hit list, Sydney (featuring one of the city’s best vanilla slices)

From a BYO Polish restaurant in Surry Hills to a hot brunch spot in Merrylands, catch up on all the hot, new, coming soon and just-reviewed places around town.