Best restaurants on the Northern Beaches
From Manly Wharf to the tip of Palm Beach, these are the Northern Beaches’ best eats.
Thirty kilometres and dozens of beaches make up the coast north of Sydney, and along it, some of the city’s best restaurants. Going out for dinner up here means no two nights need to look the same. One evening you are eating handmade pasta a block from Manly Wharf, the next you are watching the sun drop over Pittwater with a glass of something cold in hand.
This is a part of Sydney that eats well without trying too hard. Fish is treated properly, wine lists are considered rather than showy, and the best tables still book out weeks ahead in summer. We have driven (and eaten) the length of it, more than once, so you know exactly where to point the car.
Alessandro and Anna Pavoni brings the Italian piazza to the beach at Cibaria Manly Cibaria Manly is an all-day Italian restaurant at the Manly Pacific Hotel from Alessandro and Anna Pavoni, the team behind a'Mare, Ormeggio at The Spit and Postino Osteria. Think morning espresso at the caffetteria, afternoon gelato, aperitivo at the champagneria and…
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Stanley Manly Wharf arrives on Sydney Harbour. Award-winning chef Louis Tikaram is returning to Sydney with Stanley Manly Wharf, a new Cantonese restaurant opening on the harbourfront this September. Inspired by Hong Kong's Stanley Bay, the waterfront venue spans 212 seats across indoor and outdoor dining spaces, a private dining room and a dedicated bar,…
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Is the new Bistro the answer to Manly Pavilion's prayers? It's a lazy, sun drenched afternoon in Manly. It may be winter but no one's paying attention, leaving jackets and scarves at the door and instead donning light tee-shirts and sandals. Is that someone in a bikini? With the sun creeping below the water's edge, only…
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Sip natty wines, nibble on British-inspired share plates and slip into weekend mode with good beats at Banco Manly. Intimate, bar-style restaurants are having a moment in Sydney. We've scored La Salut from the crew behind Ragazzi and Dear Sainte Eloise, Mille Vini which took over MV Bistro & Wine Bar in Surry Hills, Little…
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Discover the ultimate seaside dining at Pilu Freshwater A beautiful summer Saturday saw a group of us get the ferry over to manly and then on to freshwater. We arrived at a quaint little cottage on the hill overlooking the beach at the restaurant Pilu Freshwater. Here we indulged in a 7 course degustation for a…
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After a salty day at the beach, make a beeline to St. Alma for salty margaritas and modern Mexican share plates. After staking their claim in Avalon, hospitality duo Jack Leary and Tim Christensen are ready to bring their popular Mexican eatery, St. Alma, to another Northern Beaches suburb. Freshwater has just welcomed the 100-seater…
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Narrabeen Beach has welcomed a fresh new restaurant, Fat Pomelo, from the team behind Paddington’s Chubby Cheeks and Mona Vale’s Armchair Collective. Owners Songpol and Lyn Manoonpong have teamed up with ex-Mimi’s chef Julian Luczyc-Wyhowski and Executive Chef James Sombunpeng to deliver a menu packed with Southeast Asian flavours at Narrabeen's newest restaurant, Fat Pomelo.…
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The Newport – Pittwater's waterfront playground Set on the shores of Pittwater on Sydney's Northern Beaches, The Newport has been a local drinking and dining fixture since 1880, first as the Newport Hotel, then the Newport Arms, before Merivale took over the site in 2015 and reopened it under its current name. What was once…
The Northern Beaches has just scored Bar Elvina, a must-see new wine bar from a top-notch team. During the summer months, we all want to drink and dine by the water. And for a venue that calls the picturesque spot of Avalon home, you'd expect Bar Elvina to have had a bumper opening. But, the…
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Fancy a staycation this Easter long weekend? Look no further than sunny Palm Beach. Unless you're living on the Beaches, a 'quick' trip to Palm Beach can prove tricky. Here to change the way you think about a visit to this sunny Northern Beaches nook is The Boathouse Group, who have announced the opening of…
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