Diners' Choice: Great for outdoor dining restaurants in Sydney

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Updated October 05, 2024

Looking for the best restaurants that are great for outdoor dining in Sydney? 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!

Newmarket Hotel

4.8

4.8 (346)

$40 and under

Australian

Mascot

About the restaurant

Centrally located on the Corner of Gardeners Rd & Botany Rd

Newmarket Hotel offers a unique, exciting, drinking and dining atmosphere.

Comprising of a Sports Bar, Bistro, Private Function spaces, TAB facilities and Beer garden our friendly team ensure an enjoyable experience.

Top review

Annette

Dined on Sep 22, 2024

Eating at the Newm is always great-good food and drinks easy to order and feeling great atmosphere

Iluka on Baywater Wentworth Point

4.8

4.8 (70)

$40 and under

Café

Wentworth Point

About the restaurant

Beautiful cafe on the water in Wentworth Point. Supporting local produce and business.

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Hildavip

Dined on Sep 24, 2024

The best coffee and delicious food and the view perfect Place for breakfast and lunch And great for functions

Jounieh

4.7

4.7 (174)

$41 to $100

Middle Eastern

Dawes Point / Walsh Bay

About the restaurant

Jounieh is a contemporary approach to the Middle Eastern culinary tradition.
Perfectly positioned on the Walsh Bay harbour foreshore, this waterside venue takes you on a journey through the distinctive flavours and tastes of its famed namesake – the coastal town of Jounieh in Lebanon.

From the pickles and spices of the bustling ‘Souk’, the grandeur of its luxurious oceanfront resorts, bustling nightlife and numerous promenade eateries, Jounieh is an all-encompassing slice of Lebanese culture.

So grab another round of dips and pile up the pita; time moves slowly when you’re eating this well.

Top review

Gianluca

Dined today

Lovely food with a great view, staff were friendly

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Experience

Melbourne Cup - Banquet 1

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Melbourne Cup - Banquet Three

Experience

NYE LATE SESSION - 915PM-1230AM

Bare Witness

4.7

4.7 (11)

$40 and under

Café

Rhodes

About the restaurant

Bare Witness, where seasonal ingredients shine in our thoughtfully designed menus, paired with award-winning coffee, freshly baked bread, and handmade pasta, all enjoyed with a stunning water view.

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Chemi

Dined on Sep 22, 2024

Great decor, beautiful lights & view, food was well flavoured. Great service. Would recommend going at sunset. Sunday night they also have live jazz which really levelled it up more.

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Experience

$10 cocktails & live jazz every Sunday night

Zushi Barangaroo

4.6

4.6 (1520)

$41 to $100

Japanese

Barangaroo

About the restaurant

At the edge of the CBD, in the spectacular 22-hectare waterfront precinct where an old container terminal once stood, discerning foodies can now find some of the city’s best sushi in Barangaroo. Established in 2016, the newest addition to the Zushi restaurant empire is in Sydney’s impressive new harbour foreshore playground. Zushi Barangaroo is both stylish and comfortable, capturing the relaxed style of a typical Japanese bar or izakaya designed by the renowned architect Koichi Takada. We offer premium service complimented with a wide selection of imported beers, Japanese inspired cocktails, and Japanese sake and whisky.
Zushi prides itself on using only carefully sourced local ingredients; the freshest vegetables and sustainable seafood where possible and most of the menu is gluten-free. We are open every day for lunch and dinner, serving delectable sushi, sashimi and share plates. And the glorious harbour views are pretty tasty too.

Top review

Amanda

Dined on Sep 28, 2024

Dinner for 3 people on. Saturday night, Zushi staff were very accommodating, the food was delicious and great for sharing.

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The East Chinese Restaurant

4.6

4.6 (30)

$41 to $100

Chinese

Circular Quay

About the restaurant

The East is Sydney’s leading fine dining Chinese restaurant by the Opera House, Circular Quay. With both indoor and outdoor seating with a view of the Sydney Harbor Bridge, we proudly serve authentic Chinese cuisine, offering a diverse and delicious menu inspired by rich Chinese history.

Our menu is very extensive, with dishes that are hot and powerful to those that are more mild and subtle. Whether you’re craving sweet and sour flavors, or steamed natural aromas, or perhaps exotic herbs and spices, The East has dishes that will tantalize your taste buds.

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Linda

Dined on Sep 28, 2024

We were a large group of 10 and the dishes were all served hot and quickly. The food was delicious and some of the best Cantonese we’ve ever eaten. The soft shell crab was the standout dish. Highly recommend.

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Experience

30% OFF DISCOUNT IN OCTOBER

Giuls

4.6

4.6 (15)

$41 to $100

Italian

Surry Hills

About the restaurant

Giuls is your neighbourhood casual restaurant that is offering a selection of italian classics with a twist that can be complemented by a delicious cocktail or a glass of wine.

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Luka

Dined on Sep 27, 2024

Good vibes with the music and tone of the restaurant, all the staff members were friendly and knowledgeable. 2nd time eating at this restaurant and I would eat again in future.

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Experience

Piccolo Set Menu - $79pp

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Medio Set Menu - $99pp

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Grande Set Menu - $119pp

East Village Hotel Balmain

4.6

4.6 (21)

$40 and under

Australian

Balmain

About the restaurant

Affectionately nicknamed ‘The EVH’ by our locals, we are proudly ‘pokie free’, dog friendly, and the only remaining hotel in East Balmain. Super conveniently located, only 100m from the East Balmain Ferry (or 2 minute's walk), we are also only one ferry ride from Barangaroo!

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Talis

Dined on Sep 15, 2024

Staff were excellent and the food and wine were delicious, however, we thought the vegetables with the roast could have had a little more thought put into them. It was a little noisy but we were sitting in the front bar during a League match so it was to be expected. Overall an enjoyable experience and we will be back

love.fish - Barangaroo

4.5

4.5 (1768)

$41 to $100

Seafood

Barangaroo

About the restaurant

How many restaurants offer premium Australian seafood and waterfront dining at an everyday price point? love.fish is a casual Australian seafood restaurant located on the waterfront in harbour-side Sydney. Now in its thirteenth year, the love.fish Barangaroo restaurant takes Sydney seafood and our founders passion for authentic, accessible seafood dining to the next level. With a 17 metre harbour frontage and 175 seats, we offer a wider selection of Australia’s best locally-sourced oysters, raw fish, whole fish, platters, and crustaceans. All in a world-class waterfront location with the soul and values of a family owned restaurant. Our Barangaroo restaurant offers the provenance and quality of Australian seafood in a relaxed waterfront setting. We’re all about sustainable, local seafood that doesn’t cost the earth, because it doesn’t need to!

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Linda

Dined 1 day ago

My family and I had a wonderful experience at Love Fish on Saturday celebrating my Mum's Birthday, with everyone thoroughly enjoying their meal. There are many delicious choices on the menu, and I am happy to say the chefs are able, and more importantly willing, to cater to different dietary needs, including my gluten intolerance, and my sisters gluten and dairy free needs, all without compromising on taste, substance or flavour. We made a late booking and did have to wait a while before we ordered our food, but we could see how hard the staff were working, all the while they managed to maintain a happy and friendly approach, very obliging with nothing being a problem. It was our pleasure to dine at Love Fish Barangaroo, and we will definitely be back to enjoy more of the freshest and sustainable seafood in Sydney.

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Popular dish

Australian Seafood Platter

Popular dish

Flash Fried Brussel Sprouts

Experience

'FEED ME' menu at love.fish

The Concord

4.3

4.3 (35)

$40 and under

Croatian

Concord

About the restaurant

A Croatian-inspired Community Club brings good times back to Concord. The Croatian Club in Sydney has been a vibrant community club for Australian Croatian Families since 1951. Originally founded in Surry Hills then moved to Marrickville in 1972 and in 1983 relocated to the old Sundowner at Punchbowl. The Club has now secured premises in Concord – the former RSL Club with a rich history and local community of its own. The new Concord Community Club, or simply “The Concord” is the latest incarnation in the geographic heart of Sydney close to the shores of the Parramatta River.

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Adriana

Dined on Sep 5, 2024

The Family and I had a wonderful experience celebrating my son’s Holy Confirmation.

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