Diners' Choice: Best Service restaurants in Inner West

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Updated June 05, 2025

Looking for restaurants with the best service in Inner West? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

La Botte D'Oro

4.7

4.7 (170)

$40 and under

Italian

Leichhardt

About the restaurant

Authentic Italian Cuisine Since 1977, La Botte D'oro has been combining the best of modern and traditional Italian cooking and service into a tantalising restaurant experience. Come enjoy Nonna's handmade pasta and our wood fired pizzas.

Top review

Sera

Dined 5 days ago

Food and service was very good. It was relaxing and I really enjoyed watching the video of Catania. May I suggest consider to show other beautiful cities in Italy from other regions. Thank you for a good night.

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Shinmachi Newtown

4.6

4.6 (92)

$41 to $100

Japanese

Newtown

About the restaurant

Japanese small plates, sushi and ramen served in a modern, wood-lined space with tablets for menus.

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Pablo

Dined 4 days ago

Amazing food and welcoming environment. Vegan option is delicious

Belly Bao

4.8

4.8 (349)

$40 and under

Asian

Newtown

About the restaurant

Belly Bao is a located ion King Street, Newtown - Sydney's cultural hub.

Sydney's first dedicated home of Bao, we specialise in hand made Bao creativity. It's important to us that you enjoy our love for food paired with great drinks and friendly service in our fun, casual restaurant that offers a hint of old Chinese restaurant nostalgia.

Taking from the traditional chinese pork bun (pork bao), we pride ourselves on our hand made bao, and introducing our asian heritage to our Australian home.

We hope you enjoy our love for Bao as much as we do.

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Tom

Dined on Jun 6, 2025

Best noodles in town. The baos are delicious and there’s always interesting specials to explore.

Burwood Rengaya Casual Dining

4.8

4.8 (333)

$41 to $100

Yakiniku

Burwood

About the restaurant

We are a Japanese Yakiniku restaurant in Burwood, serving high quality wagyu and sake.

We are located in a centre of Burwood. It is very close to bus stop and train station, and also this building has a 1 hour 30 minutes free parking. Easy access for the customers.

We have more than 25 years of experiences of Japanese Yakiniku in Sydney. We provide our customers with a great Wagyu experience and fun.

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Kali

Dined 1 day ago

Good value, good variety of food. Love the dessert selection.

Happyfield

4.8

4.8 (135)

$40 and under

Café

Haberfield

About the restaurant

If you live in or around Haberfield, you know full well that diner-style cafe Happyfield makes some of the best pancakes in Sydney. Opened in 2020 by Jesse Orleans and Chris Theodosi, the bright yellow corner cafe serves up amazing food and a genuinely (as the name suggests) happy vibe. Alongside friendly service and menu items like the “McLovin Muffin”, Happyfield is known best for its delicious pancake stacks.

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Heidi

Dined 4 days ago

This place is amazing. Food was Devine and definitely will be making another visit.

Ecco Ristorante

4.8

4.8 (495)

$41 to $100

Italian

Drummoyne

About the restaurant

Ecco Ristorante is a spectacular waterfront venue in Drummoyne specialising in a la carte dining, weddings, cocktail functions, corporate and group events. Come in and enjoy our top class italian dishes, range of local/Italian wines & desserts served in beautiful surroundings with a stunning backdrop of Sydney Harbour.

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Sean

Dined 2 days ago

Amazing as always. The swordfish was melt in your mouth, tuna carpaccio melted on the fork, and the fritti was crisp and succulent. New fitout is amazing too, and the wine list quality and affordable. Looked after the kids too.

Chuck & Son's Brewing Co.

5.0

5 (52)

$40 and under

Brewery

St Peters

About the restaurant

When a brewing legend confesses to his son that his best brews are still within him, the son decides to change that. To develop a craft brewery. Where beers crafted by expert palates and perfected over decades can be shared right now. Pilsners and pale ales. Amber ales and radlers. Friends and family. Memories and moments. That legend is Chuck Hahn. This is that brewery. Chuck and Son’s Brewing Co.

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Cosmina

Dined on Jun 7, 2025

Great place to hang out with friends and kids. We had a great time.

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Experience

Chuck's Supper Club

Abattoir Blues

4.7

4.7 (289)

$40 and under

Australian

Homebush

About the restaurant

Abattoir Blues is Sydney Olympic Park’s notorious, fully-licensed, boutique diner hidden away in a historic 1900s abattoir building. Capturing the heart and soul of the Park, Abattoir Blues is a restaurant, café and bar experience worth discovering.

We are open for all events in the park, and extend our trading hours to accommodate patrons and punters before a concert, sporting event or whatever reason you are in the park. We are the local's choice dining spot and a hotspot for those visiting the park.

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Mish

Dined 1 day ago

Great little tucked away cafe with nice menu & good coffee. Friendly service and quaint interior.

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Osteria di Russo & Russo

4.8

4.8 (1228)

$41 to $100

Contemporary Italian

Enmore

About the restaurant

Enmore's Osteria di Russo & Russo is a favorite among locals and visitors alike for its modern take on classic Italian flavours, served in its warm and charming restaurant. As snacks to start, the fiore di zucchini fried zucchini flower with goat's milk ricotta and lemon aspen and the cannolo filled with a duck liver parfait, date and hazelnuts are sensational selections.

Some of Osteria di Russo & Russo's specialty dishes include the saltbush gnocchi with pork sausage ragu and pecorino, the chargrilled beef flank with green garlic, nasturtium and smoked eggplant and the slow cooked freemantle octopus with chickpea, salsa rossa and native bush tomato, as well as vegetarian dishes.

Osteria di Russo & Russo's strawberry sorbet, davidson plum meringue and limoncello custard is the perfect dessert with which to finish your meal.

Top review

Andrew

Dined on May 31, 2025

Solidly good food, and th experience was elevated by the exceptional service and beautiful setting. Perfect for a romantic evening.

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Experience

Festa di Formaggio

Andiamo Trattoria Rhodes

4.6

4.6 (68)

$41 to $100

Italian

Rhodes

About the restaurant

Welcome to Andiamo Trattoria, the best Italian in Sydney's Inner West! Gather at our Table for an authentic experience of delicious Italian flavours, friendly service and an intimate environment. Our menu features classic dishes like homemade pasta, award-winning stonebaked pizza and fresh seafood using local and imported Italian ingredients. Signature dishes such as chilli crab linguine, lamb ragu and Margherita Pizza are popular with locals as is our special vegan menu, giving many options for special dietary requirements. Our cozy, rustic ambiance is the best restaurant for gatherings - perfect for romantic dinners, family dining and special celebrations or events. We also offer a well-curated Italian wine menu, along with handcrafted cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks. For celebrating special events, we offer customisable function menus and drinks' packages to make your event unforgettable. Andiamo is a popular local trattoria, great for long lunch or amazing dinners - Join us!

Top review

Ian

Dined 5 days ago

The staff were extremely polite and friendly. The food was excellent. The pizza was one of the best we have ever had. This is now our new go to Italian restaurant

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