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What’s On In Sydney This Week, This Month And Beyond

Your guide to what's happening in Sydney this week, the rest of February, and beyond.

What's On

60+ Restaurants To Book For Valentine’s Day In Sydney

Sydney is a pretty romantic city, with water views galore, amazing restaurants and a burning love for a great cocktail—so of course it's packed with options for a perfect Valentine's Day.

Cafes

12 Of The Best Cafes In Sydney’s Inner West

Sydney’s Inner West is chock full of great cafes, from hole-in-the-wall joints operating on an IYKYK basis to all-day eateries with trendy fit-outs and top-tier feeds.

Restaurants

Eleven Barrack

Eleven Barrack is a Sydney CBD restaurant blending an old-world steak and seafood grill concept with a stylish setting and service.

Restaurants

Mister Grotto

Mister Grotto is an intimate seafood restaurant in Newtown's Australia Street precinct.

Restaurants

Fat Pomelo

Fat Pomelo is a buzzing Asian fusion diner across from Narrabeen Beach with a gorgeous dining room, bold share-style menu and vibrant drinks.

Local Escapes

The Grand National Hotel By Saint Peter

The Grand National Hotel by Saint Peter is a 14-room boutique hotel above the world-respected Saint Peter seafood restaurant.

Things To Do

Who Are You Celebrating Valentine’s-Day With This Year? Here’s 5 Things To Do For Any Date

From situationships to first dates and catch-ups with your mates, here’s how to celebrate Valentine's Day differently in 2025. 

Health + Wellness

This 4-Week Wellness Challenge Is The Ultimate Start To 2025

We've made a health and wellness pact with the newest gym to hit Surry Hills, The Foundation—and you should too.

News

A Brand New Creative Content Festival Is Hitting Luna Park—Here’s How To Get In

Produced by creators for creators, this one-off weekend will feature inspiring keynotes, talks, and workshops from Australia's leaders in all things gram-worthy.

Restaurants

Lottie

Lottie is a stunning Mexican restaurant and mezcaleria in Redfern’s Wunderlich Lane.

Food & Drink

Ruma

Ruma is a Double Bay all-day eatery serving modern Australian comfort dishes spiked with exciting Pan-Asian flavours like caviar-crowned Korean fried chicken and kimchi hashbrowns. 

Restaurants

Golden Century At Crown Sydney

Sydney's iconic Chinese restaurant, Golden Century, is back.

Cafes

Tessuto

Tessuto is an Italian cafe in the Sydney CBD Italian.

Things To Do

Here’s Where You Can Grab A Free Chandon Spritz This Month

Summer might be coming to a close, but there’s no need to go thirsty.

Things To Do

21 Of The Best Parks And Picnic Spots In Sydney

Sydney may take the cake for some of the best beaches in the world, but nestled around our coastline is also an epic line-up of next-level parks that are absolutely perfect for picnicking. 

Gifts

25 Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas That Your Special Someone Will Love

Upgrade everything from picnic-dates to love-making with these great Valentine's Day gift ideas. 

Bars & Pubs

Letra House

Letra House is an underground wine bar and restaurant in the Sydney CBD tucked beneath Italian eatery Palazzo Salato.

Bars & Pubs

The Espy

The Espy is a breezy, open-air waterfront bar and casual dining spot in Manly.

Restaurants

Pippis Cronulla

Pippis is a waterfront Australian-Italian BYO restaurant in Cronulla’s Calico Marina.

Restaurants

Mina Maria

Situated on Newtown’s vegan mile, Mina Maria serves elevated, Euro-inspired, plant-based creations.

Features

Aussie Surfboard Shaper Nev Hyman On The Power Of Community On The Coast

Now a cornerstone of Australian surf culture, Nev’s story is one of passion, craftsmanship and an unrelenting connection to the waves.  

Restaurants

L’Enclume, The World’s #1 Restaurant, Is Returning To Sydney

Simon Rogan's flagship restaurant will pop up again in Sydney for six weeks in 2025.

Fam

Why A Disney Cruise Should Be At The Top Of Your Bucket List

Your go-to guide for maximising your time on-board.

Restaurants

Saint Peter

Saint Peter is a globally acclaimed restaurant owned by pioneer chef Josh Niland. The Paddington restaurant sees him champion Australian seafood, applying unconventional cooking techniques and treatments to offer a must-try Sydney dining experience.

Wellness

Sense Of Self Sydney

When Sense Of Self opens on the edge of Surry Hills and Paddington in 2025, it'll be the largest bathhouse in Sydney.

Wellness

One Playground: Urban Oasis

Urban Oasis is a Surry Hills wellness centre by boutique Sydney fitness and wellness brand One Playground.

Restaurants

Olympus

Olympus brings the philosophy of Greek dining to Surry Hills and Redfern’s Wunderlich Lane dining precinct.

Health + Wellness

10 Wellness Spots Around Sydney To Help You Thrive In ‘25

In 2025, we're all for ditching the routine overhaul and making small changes that stack up to a better year.

Restaurants

Alessandro Pavoni Is Doing Italian, All Day, At Cibaria In Manly

Cibaria is Manly’s new Italian restaurant, cafe and gelateria by the busy Sydney chef.

Travel

A Local Aussie Chef’s Guide To Spending 24 Hours In Singapore

An Aussie-born chef and Singapore local, Peter Smit has carved a unique place for himself with his nose-to-tail cooking style. We followed the Dirty Supper chef-owner, to uncover what he does to decompress when he's out of the kitchen and off the clock.

Bakeries & Delis

Lune Croissanterie Sydney

After years of anticipation, world-renowned Melbourne export Lune Croissanterie will open in Sydney on Saturday 7 December, 2024.

Restaurants

Island Radio

Island Radio is a pumping Sydney restaurant in the Wunderlich Lane lifestyle precinct, where Surry Hills and Redfern meet. 

Bars & Pubs

Mountain Culture Beer Co.

Blue Mountains brewery Mountain Culture Beer Co. has brought its core philosophy of brewing good beers to Redfern while making room for new experiments.

Restaurants

Avia

Avia is a Darlinghurst restaurant that pays homage to chef-owner Stefano Marano’s time in his nonna’s kitchen in Italy.

Restaurants

19 Of The Best New Restaurants In Sydney For February 2025

Looking for somewhere new to eat? Sydney/Eora is brimming with new restaurants to try in February 2025.

Features

How To Make 2025 Your Most Calm And Centred Year Yet

Your guide to finding more soul-nourishing moments in 2025.

Restaurants

Neptune’s Grotto

Neptune’s Grotto is a Sydney CBD Italian restaurant, focusing on regional specialties from Italy’s north, by the trio behind Clam Bar, Pellegrino 2000, and Bistrot 916.

Wellness

Slow House

Slow House is a 700-square-metre bathhouse in Bondi, with a range of wellness treatments and beauty offerings available under one roof.

Restaurants

Suki

Suki is a refined Asian fusion restaurant by the Merci Group, taking over the former Rosa Mexican space on Barrenjoey Road in Mona Vale. 

Bars & Pubs

Bar Julius

Bar Julius is a Euro-inspired bar coming to The EVE Hotel in the Wunderlich Lane precinct.

Local Escapes

The Best Boutique Hotels In Sydney In 2025

If you're looking for a Sydney hotel with unique personal touches, a cool bar, and thoughtfully designed interiors—you've come to the right place. 

Restaurants

These Are The Best Sydney Restaurants Right Now (February 2025 Update)

This is Urban List's guide to Sydney's best restaurants for February 2025, curated by our expert food editors and food-obsessed content creators.

How Our Team’s Styling New Balance’s Slick 9060 Kicks For Summer’s Big Ticket Events

This is in our opinion the shoe to beat when it comes to staying on trend in a way that is accessible and wearable. 

Bars & Pubs

The Panorama Bar At The International

The Panorama Bar is a vibrant Sydney CBD bar on the top level of dining destination The International.

Local Escapes

Sea Sea Hotel

Sea Sea Hotel is a 25-room, boutique New South Wales stay in the cute coastal town of Crescent Head.

Cafes

Buckle Cafe & Distillery

Buckle Cafe & Distillery is a dynamic all-day venue in a heritage-listed glass atrium in Artarmon.

Bars & Pubs

Penny’s Hotel

Penny’s Hotel is a chic, social hub in Kings Cross.

Features

We Asked Taronga Zoo Residents For Their Wild 2025 Resolutions, Here’s What They Told Us

Many of us start the year with ambitions to do better; it's the perfect opportunity for a reset. But this year, we're moving away from resolutions to realistic, sustainable, long-term changes. 

Markets & Food Events

Here’s Why Orange FOOD Week Is Worth A Weekend Trip In 2025

Orange FOOD Week will run between Friday 28 March and Sunday 6 April, with almost 50 events including dinners and lunches with well-known chefs, vineyard sessions, masterclasses and family-friendly fun.

What's On

The Best Places For Barefoot Bowls In Sydney

Lawn bowls is basically an Australian rite of passage. And, thanks to the invention of barefoot bowls and our undying love of life's simple pleasures (cold beer and bistro food), the era of the trusty bowlo is not over yet. Here are all the best places to go barefoot bowling in Sydney.

Bars & Pubs

Jōji

Jōji is a Sydney CBD rooftop bar with cocktails and snacks inspired by Japanese minimalism and creativity.

Where to stay

Sofitel Sydney Wentworth

Sofitel Sydney Wentworth was Sydney's first-ever five-star hotel when it opened in 1966. In 2024, the Sydney CBD hotel underwent a $70 million makeover.

Restaurants

Delta Rue

Delta Rue is a Vietnamese-French restaurant in the Sydney CBD, on level five of the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth.

Bars & Pubs

Wentworth Bar

Wentworth Bar is a CBD rooftop bar at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, flanked by the iconic building’s unique curved form. 

Food & Drink

The Feed | Sydney Food News You Need To Know About

To make sure that you're on top of all the tasty things happening in Sydney, we've wrapped up everything that you need to know right here.

Activities & Itineraries

The Best Cinemas And Outdoor Cinemas In Sydney

From charming old-school cinemas to futuristic movie theatres and an outdoor cinema right on Sydney Harbour.

Travel Tips

Here’s How You Can More Than Double Your Annual Leave In 2025

Thanks to those long couple of years we were grounded at home, we’re guessing plenty of you have clocked some serious annual leave days, so why not start thinking ahead and planning your next big adventure?

Food & Drink

Gyuniku

Gyuniku offers an all-you-can-eat Japanese BBQ experience with high-quality meats, a self-service sushi bar, an udon machine and a DIY frozen yoghurt station. 

Restaurants

Canvas

Canvas is a breathtaking restaurant on level four of MCA Australia in The Rocks, blending the art and culinary worlds in an ever-changing experience.

U:L Recommends

Savers Thrift Boutique

International thrifting brand Savers now has a Thrift Boutique on Oxford Street, bringing affordable pre-loved goods to Darlinghurst.

Bars & Pubs

Flight Path Wine Bar

Flight Path Wine Bar brings a stunning cellar-door experience to Newtown with rotating wine flights from boutique vineyards across Australia. 

U:L Recommends

10 Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas That Go Beyond Flowers And Chocolates

From hot air balloon rides to pasta-making courses and classic picnics.

U:L Recommends

Here’s How to Nail Your Partner’s Love Language This Valentine’s Day, According To Lucy Neville

Love languages were conceived over 30 years ago to help couples better show up for each other, but the internet’s fascination with relationship optimisation has thrust these five acts back into the cultural zeitgeist.

What's On

The Best Things To Do And Eat In Sydney This Lunar New Year

Sydney is celebrating Lunar New Year 2025 with epic banquets, luminous lanterns and cultural performances to welcome the Year of the Snake.

Restaurants

Ouzo

Ouzo is a Mediterranean bar and restaurant in Darlinghurst merging the flavours of Greece, Spain, France, and Italy in a relaxed, vibrant setting.

Wellness

Soak Bathhouse Alexandria

Soak Bathhouse will open a second Sydney location in Alexandria in April 2025, joining the Bondi Junction bathhouse coming later in 2024.

Beauty

Painted

Painted is a Sydney nail salon focused on nail health and hygiene in a relaxing and stylish salon environment.

Restaurants

Prefecture 48

Prefecture 48 is a three-storey, Sydney CBD Japanese dining hub with an omakase, whisky and cocktail bar, kaiseki restaurant, robata grill counter, Euro fusion restaurant and patisserie.