Sydney

Restaurants & bars

Central:

• Cantina OK – Super duper cool mezcal bar in the CBD
• Fabbrica Pasta Shop
• ==Alberto's Lounge== – Always a great Italian cozy restaurant to go to
• Parlour Cucina (night coffee & intimate meals in State Theatre building)
• Opera Bar, a must-visit in the evening for the views of the city
• Restaurant Hubert (very cool French in an old undeground Chinese restaurant)
• Duke of Clarence (English-style pub, with old imported wood from dead London pubs)
• Konkara (great tiny Japanese restaurant)
• Menzies Bar & Shell House (upscale but cool restaurant)

East:

• Lox Stock – Good spot for bagels in Bondi, also halva

Inner West:

• The Dock in Redfern (wed 8pm jazz nights)
• Bearded Tit (very awesome queer bar)
• Ban Xeo Bar, awesome vietnamese in the Cannery, Rosebery
• Two chaps cafe
• Illi hill cafe
• Bob Hawke's Leisure Centre (good Chinese)

Pyrmont & Darling Harbour:
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• Blue-Eyed Dragon (very good Taiwanese restaurant)
• Lord Wolesley Hotel (sweet & old small neighbourhood pub)

Beaches & Nature

• Bondi & Icebergs. Just go here.
• Milk Beach – The bushland around this beach is beautiful. Ideal spot for a picnic and swim day
• Darling Point Reserve (cute little hidden picnic spot, great for new visitors)

Leisure

• Slow House, sauna & spa
• Tate & Lyle, hot shave barber

Hotels

• The Langham (the rocks)
• The Ace (Surry hills)
• Moxy

Experiences

• Sydney Observatory, on the harbour
• Oysters & seaplane ride
• Sunday nights at Big Poppas for dancing

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Other things

• A public fruit foraging map of the city

Australian idioms

“Up shit creek without a paddle”