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Diners' Choice: Modern Australian restaurants in Sydney

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Updated April 05, 2025

Looking for restaurants with the best overall Modern Australian cuisine in Sydney? You’re in the right place. Each month OpenTable analyzes more than 400,000 new diner reviews. We sort the results by category to help you discover new favorites. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!


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CATALINA
4.8
4.8 (137)
$101 and over
Modern Australian
Rose Bay North
About the restaurant
Catalina is an iconic harbourside restaurant, family owned and operated since 1994. It is a light airy modern space with wonderful views, floor to ceiling glass, and outdoor balcony seating. The menu is Mediterranean-inspired and features sustainable seafood from the best producers Australia-wide, and grass fed and free range meat and poultry. The wine list is one of the best wine lists in Australia, featuring over 800 wines, and receiving a 3 Goblet rating every year in the Wine List of the Year Awards. The service is welcoming, friendly, informal and yet, professional. An ideal venue for all occasions: from everyday dining, to business lunches, to celebrations, to wedding receptions and events. We look forward to seeing you soon.
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jill
Dined on Apr 14, 2025
A wonderful way to celebrate a spritely 90 year olds birthday. The team made her feel so special & placed us in the best table, on the deck on a glorious sunny sydney afternoon. Attentive, with subtle special attention without being over bearing. The menu & food was exquisite, beautiful flavours with immaculate presentation. We have been a few times before and will be back again- many thanks for making this celebration special (TBF, the weather & view helped!) Highly recommend!
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7 Course Tasting Menu
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Fixed Price 3 Course A la Carte Menu
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MOTHER'S DAY LUNCH
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Bellbird Dining and Bar
4.9
4.9 (128)
$41 to $100
Modern Australian
Casula
About the restaurant
For a unique and secluded dining experience in in the Liverpool area, look no further than Bellbird Dining and Bar, located within the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre.

With a focus on sustainability, Head Chef Federico Rekowski’s menu focusses on sourcing seasonal ingredients to create dishes that deliver perfect flavour combinations – with a wine list to match, that will make you want to come back time and time again.

Bellbird Dining and Bar's staff are professional and friendly ensuring you can enjoy your lunch, dinner or event safe in the knowledge that the care and precision put into each dish in the kitchen is replicated by the staff serving you.



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Richard
Dined 3 days ago
Excellence culinary experiences every time. Thank you so much for a hidden gem in the western suburb.
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The Early Bird
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Margaret
4.7
4.7 (854)
$101 and over
Modern Australian
Double Bay
About the restaurant
Margaret is a neighbourhood restaurant at its core, but it’s also evolved into something more than that. It’s about comfort, generosity, and cosiness.
At Margaret, we work with the best quality produce that Australia has to offer. Chef Neil Perry AM has spent years developing relationships with some of the best suppliers in the country. We are predominantly a seafood restaurant and are very fortunate to receive our seafood direct from our fishermen, caught sustainably and dry filleted here onsite at Margaret, so we can ensure that all that love and care our wonderful fisherman have taken is seen all the way through. The menu at Margaret is diverse and inspired by all the flavours that Neil has been collecting over his 45+ years in the industry. Margaret
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Kim
Dined 4 days ago
Exceptional food and wonderful service in a beautifully designed space! We will be back !
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Semiprivate Dining Room - Deluxe Package
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Semiprivate Dining Room - Premium Package
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Bathers' Pavilion Restaurant
4.8
4.8 (86)
$40 and under
Modern Australian
Mosman
About the restaurant
Executive chef Aaron Ward (ex-Sixpenny and Shell House), recently awarded 2 two hats in the SMH Good Food, works closely with producers, farmers and fisherman that all have a great ethos on producing quality product for the guest.
For Ward, cooking is all about the guest experience and breaking down the barrier between the kitchen and the guests.
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Sarah
Dined on Apr 20, 2025
Managed to get a rez on Easter Weekend at the last minute. We had the tasting menu, along with the wine flight. It was all paired perfectly, and there were dishes my husband wouldn't normally eat, and he thought were outstanding.
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Group Menu 3 Courses $125pp
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Tasting Menu - $190pp
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Blaq
4.7
4.7 (670)
$41 to $100
Modern Australian
Blackheath
About the restaurant
BLAQ offers hyper-local, seasonal and sustainable produce that allows the best ingredients of the Blue Mountains to shine. Sommelier, Andres Aragon, has curated an award-winning wine list that showcases the beauty, diversity and terroir of iconic New South Wales wine regions and BLAQ's cocktail list delivers a twist on old school favourites utilising native botanicals, spirits and liqueurs. We hope that you take the time to kick back at BLAQ!


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Rie
Dined on Apr 20, 2025
Busy restaurant but also have a caring, hart warm service fabulous food
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bills Double Bay
4.4
4.4 (47)
$40 and under
Modern Australian
Double Bay
About the restaurant
Every Bill Granger’s restaurant reflects the spirit we like to think of as ‘Australian’: sunny, easy-going and generous.

Bill opened his first restaurant in Sydney’s Darlinghurst in 1993. It soon became loved for its legendary breakfasts, served at the famous central communal table, where locals and travellers, families and friends, continue to be welcomed. Thirty years later, Bill’s relaxed, friendly and infectious joy in good, fresh food has become truly global, and is enjoyed at his restaurants in Sydney, Seoul, Tokyo and London.
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Joanna
Dined on Feb 15, 2025
A relaxed setting with excellent food and service.
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Teddy
4.7
4.7 (72)
$41 to $100
Modern Australian
Potts Point
About the restaurant
Teddy offers a fresh and approachable take on the modern Aussie bistro, filled with familiar favourites seen through fresh eyes. The menu is curated by widely acclaimed Chef Ben Sears (Melbourne), and the kitchen is overseen by Head Chef Nicole Coelho who brings her culinary flair to strike the right balance between old and new school favs.

Teddy is the perfect space for all season and all reasons. Gather the crew for the next big event or just drop in for a weeknight-wine on the way home from the daily grind.

Double Daily Happy Hour is from 4pm-6pm Wednesday to Sunday (and it's well worth sneaking out of work early for!)

The Teddy courtyard offers a killer private event space and is the perfect area to book out for you up to 25 of your favourite people.

Pour yourself into a bar stool, order some freshly shucked Sydney rocks with a glass of Aussie bubbles, tap your feet along with the back2back 80s bangers and settle in for some of the best people watching in the hood.
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Ryan
Dined 4 days ago
A beautiful and relaxed restaurant that offers incredibly great blend of Mediterranean/Aussie food with amazing service, complemented by a laid back atmosphere that would suit anything from a casual catch to up to romantic date night.
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Angelo's Cabarita
4.4
4.4 (48)
$41 to $100
Modern Australian
Cabarita
About the restaurant
Discover the harmony of tradition and modernity at Angelo’s Cabarita. Winning the first significant award of 2025, "The Chef Hat", our menu is rich in Modern Australian flavors, infused with contemporary creativity of fresh local produce, it promises a culinary experience that resonates with heritage yet sparkles with innovation. Here, every dish is a testament to our dedication to quality and a tribute to the timeless art of cooking. Join us in celebrating the fusion of classic tastes and modern gastronomic excellence.
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David
Dined 4 days ago
Great seafood restaurant had the hot seafood platter for 2 - great value and selection ample for my wife & -I small let down lobster a bit over cooked (needed a bit more love) and on a Sat night no tonic water for a G & T ? but everything else perfect - bone marrow outstanding & top way to start meal will be back as for a seafood restaurant has plenty of options on menu to explore
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Pasta, Dessert and Wine Promo
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Mother's Day
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The Oven, Club Parramatta
4.6
4.6 (486)
$40 and under
Modern Australian
Parramatta
About the restaurant
Lazy lunches and laid-back dinners – The Oven is made for moments like these.
Our crowd pleasing menu is jam packed with favourites, from classic pizzas and char-grilled steaks, to share graze platters. It is the place to be any day or night of the week for relaxed dining with a quality menu, indoor and ambient outdoor dining and a bar stocked with a great drink selection.
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Diane
Dined on Apr 21, 2025
Outstanding staff who were quick to assist right from the start as we entered the Club. Very friendly. Food is always delicious and we didn’t wait long at all considering it was a busy day being game day. They could however use more bar staff as the queues were long, otherwise, overall we had a great time. Atmosphere is top notch 👍
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Glass Brasserie
4.6
4.6 (1906)
$41 to $100
Modern Australian
Sydney CBD
About the restaurant
Glass Brasserie is an eloquent, lofty restaurant and wine bar with panoramic views overlooking Sydney's historic Queen Victoria Building. Under the culinary guidance of head chef Natalie Murphy, the Glass team dreams up honest, simple culinary experiences that celebrate the finest seasonal produce in imbued flavour.

The brasserie-style menu is designed to take guests on a journey, losing themselves in the enclaves of the restaurant's ambiance, flavours and character. Glass boasts one of Sydney's most comprehensive wine lists, curated by Head Sommelier, Mauro Bortolato for almost two decades. The 3,500 strong collection is encased in a striking wine wall that spans floor to ceiling through the space. Designed by renowned interior designer, Tony Chi, the restaurant's interior exudes equal party's intimacy and grandeur with it's ambient open-plan kitchen and expansive day-to-night dining experiences.

Located on Level 2, 488 George Street, Sydney.
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Shelley
Dined 1 day ago
We had a Pre theatre booking. Service was excellent and quick (to help us arrive at theatre on time). Food was excellent as usual It’s a guarantee that you will always have a great experience and best quality food and drink Thank you Glass
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Mother's Day Lunch 2025
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