Potts Point in Sydney/Eora may only comprise a tiny handful of streets bordered by Kings Cross, Elizabeth Bay, Rushcutters Bay, and Woolloomooloo, and yet the area packs a real wallop in terms of restaurant quality.
Scattered down laneways, on magnolia-lined streets, and with panoramic city views, Potts Point restaurants span date night venues, easygoing locals, and destination restaurants for special occasions.
These are Urban List's picks for the best Potts Point restaurants right now.
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TBC By Grape Garden
Shop 3, 2/14 Bayswater Road, Potts Point
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An absolute locals' favourite, Grape Garden is a revived institution that's popped up around Sydney in a few forms before settling in Potts Point in recent years.
At TBC Grape Garden, ingredients are fresh and community is key: “We generally source our ingredients directly from farmers at Paddy's and Flemington markets and grow some of the vegetables ourselves to ensure quality,” says son Ecca Zhang. “We make our food fresh and in-house to ensure quality and freshness, which does have its drawbacks, such as limited stock and often selling out, but that is a compromise we are willing to make to ensure quality is maintained.”
The Potts Point restaurant is family-owned and run, and we are big on supporting small businesses here at Urban List—you just can't fault their quality. It's also BYO, and seating spills out onto the street, lending the whole experience a laid-back, communal feel that makes it feel like home from your first visit.
Insider Intel
- Whilst they don't have an official website for bookings, you can make a call to 0416 767 933 to secure a table.
Chester White Cured Diner
3 Orwell Street, Potts Point
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In an old terrace house, Chester White feels like a home kitchen—a “locals lounge room”, if you will. It doesn’t really follow any style, with a menu packed with an eclectic assortment of dishes from across Europe, but it ties it all together with an emphasis on good times and non-stop country music.
Their menu changes seasonally, but ass the name may suggest, this Potts Point restaurant is meat-forward, so grab yourself a platter of your choosing piled high with cheese, pickled veg, olives, and fruit—and get grazing.
Insider Intel
- For lovers of pasta, they do a fabulous truffle cacio e pepe, served from a cheese wheel tableside.
Chaco Bar
186-188 Victoria Street, Potts Point
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Chaco Bar is a sister venue to the tiny ramen-ya in Darlinghurst—but you won’t find bone broth here. Instead, the Potts Point outpost specialises in yakitori, meaning char-grilled skewers threaded with everything from chicken, lamb, and pork to ox tongue, hearts, and gizzards are the main event.
Owner Keita Abe was previously the head chef at Toko, and his inspiration for the venue is straight out of his hometown, Fukuoka. “Fukuoka’s style is laneway”, Abe says. “We wanted this to be a step up”. Dishes are cooked over cherry blossom charcoal and basted in Japanese seasonings, giving them a rich, smoky flavour, and the sake is bought from a rotation of small, family-run makers in Japan, packing out their extensive drinks list of shochu and whisky.
Insider Intel
- Their banquet menu is $89pp, and you'll get assorted yakitori alongside main dishes like sashimi and uni wagyu.
Tacos Tacos Tacos
46 Llankelly Place, Potts Point
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A polka dot among Potts Point’s laneways, Tacos Tacos Tacos dishes up Mexican street fare and mainly—yep, you’ve guessed it—tacos. Making our list amongst some of Sydney's best mexican restaurants, it's no frills at this uber-casual venue (but that makes us love it even more).
Expertly crafted by Chef Joe Valero (from Guadalajara), the menu features flavour-packed combos like chorizo y salsa de chipotle, fish adobado and juicy pork with a chilli-chocolate mole sauce. His favourite (and ours) is the beef suadero: brisket slow-cooked for ages in its own fat for a silky result that gets topped with salsa morita and diced white onion. It’s a juicy—really juicy—taco with so much flavour from just a few elements.
Insider Intel
- This place is too tiny to take bookings, snag a spot outside for prime people watching with BYO wine at $5pp.
Arms Length
7 Kellett Street, Potts Point
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Look out for a fairy-light-wrapped tree along Kellett Street and you’ll find a NYC-inspired wine bar with wholesome neighbourhood energy. On Arms Length’s menu is an assortment of cheesy jaffles, bougie-fied with lobster mornay, alongside crumbed burrata with Italian XO sauce, drool-worthy steak frites, and luscious bowls of hand-rolled pasta. The vino comes from iconic wine regions like Orange, McLaren Vale and Margaret River, so it's worth sharing a bottle (or two) with your food.
From 10pm, they move into a late-night menu—and it's one of our favourite things about this spot. While other kitchens pack up shop, you can get sourdough with pistachio and honey butter, cheese platters, and jaffles with smoked ham and cheese (with a side of crisps); perfect for those who get late-night cravings after a couple of cocktails.
Insider Intel
- Sister venue Bar Nina is also just a stone’s throw away in Darlinghurst, offering one of the best bottomless brunches in Sydney and even more Italian-leaning delights.
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Best Potts Point Restaurants For Groups
The Apollo
44 Macleay Street, Potts Point
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Under the DeVere Hotel sits one of Sydney’s top Greek restaurants, The Apollo, in a bright and minimal space that splashes out onto the corner cul-de-sac.
The modern taverna is big on flavour and does traditional Greek specialties that don't need fussing with, like charcoal chicken, bubbling saganaki cheese in honey, and oven-baked lamb with plenty of Greek yoghurt, with lots of simple but satisfying sides to craft your perfect meal.
Cocktails use Greek spirits like ouzo, mastiha and Metaxa for twists on classic combos, and the set menus make The Apollo a great Potts Point restaurant for feeding a larger group.
Insider intel
- They even have a 12-person chef’s table next to the kitchen, perfect for your next special occasion.
- Their banquet menus start at $78pp for a full table, and you can add on ouzo for $5 extra.
Ms.G's
155 Victoria Street, Potts Point
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It may not look like it from the outside, but this Potts Point restaurant is a vast, four-story cavern of fun. A Merivale outpost, Ms.G's serves pan-Asian food from the mind of Dan Hong—also of Mr Wong—so everything is big and bold, and absolutely packed with flavour.
They’ve got off-the-wall cheeseburger spring rolls, mini bánh mì, Vietnamese steak tartare with crackers, and wok-fried king prawns with green sambal. Personally, we can't pass up the childhood dream for dessert: Ribena sorbet, aloe vera granita, mochi, strawberry sago and yogurt cream. It's a textural wonderland. Pair the vibrant eats with fun cocktails like yuzu slushies and the sparkly city skyline, and you're in for a winner.
Insider Intel
- Go for the $70pp banquet if you're planning a lunch on Thursday, Saturday or Sunday.
- On Mondays, pop in for a meal that's BYO after 5pm.
Bistro Rex
Shop 1, 50/58 Macleay Street, Potts Point
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A contemporary take on the Parisian bistro, Bistro Rex manages to span satisfying weeknight meals, drinks and nibbles, drop-in lunches, and stepped-up nights out.
Led by Fabio Salvatore (ex-Lumi, Icebergs, Totti's), their kitchen is dishing up both modern dishes and French Bistro favourites, utilising Australia's finest produce. Situated on Potts Point's main drag, the menu is elegant but comfortable—expect tartare or steak with fries, cheese souffles, dry-aged duck with sorghum, a Wagyu cheeseburger, and caviar bumps.
Insider intel
- For groups, dine on a generous banquet of Rex classics for $89pp or go luxe with the Le Grande Banquet for $129pp and add on a bougie caviar bump for $20pp.
- Their Prix Fixe menu is a little more affordable: $59pp for two courses, $65pp with dessert.
Best Potts Point Restaurants For Dates
Ezra
3 Kellett Street, Potts Point
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In a converted terrace house with two outdoor dining areas, Ezra is a Potts Point restaurant doing hearty Israeli food (drawing on broad Mediterranean traditions) that's punchy, flavourful, and perfect for sharing. Co-owners Kirk and Nick Mathews Bowden (ex-Bistro Rex) became enamoured with Israeli cooking during four years working in London, and decided it was what Sydney was missing.
Rip and dip the house pita or Jerusalem bagels into fresh hummus with fried chickpeas, before digging into proteins like market fish with smoked labne and pistachio tahini, or Ras el Hanout-spiced lamb shoulder with dill pickles.
Set up in the charming front courtyard on a sunny day and sip a pomegranate spritz, and bring your pup—they're welcome too.
Insider Intel
- You even get to eat for free on your birthday (sign up three weeks before to redeem).
Dear Sainte Éloise
5/29 Orwell Street, Potts Point
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If you’re looking for a cosy date-night spot, nightcap, or drop-in glass of something fun, Dear Sainte Éloise is your place. It’s a chic wine bar-slash-restaurant catering to Potts Point locals, wine lovers, and the end-of-the-shift crowd with a 400-strong wine list.
According to them, "our food is creative, thoughtful and honest and our dishes are centred around the changing seasons". What does this mean for the menu? Think tasty and considered bites like anchovy-topped brioche, fresh pasta, tuna crudo, and cheese for snacking—either at the bar, in the offset dining room, or out at the coveted laneway tables.
Insider intel
- A $75pp set menu is generous and ticks off the favourites, with gentle wine guidance from the experienced staff.
Caravin
Shop 2/9 Ward Avenue, Potts Point
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Potts Point’s small but mighty two-level French restaurant and natural wine bar, Caravin, is one of the best date night spots in Sydney. Dimmed moody lighting from a centre chandelier sets the tone for a romantic dinner or lunch on weekends.
While the menu changes weekly, expect snacky plates like oysters and carpaccio paired with champagne and other fizzy sips, followed by an irresistible three-cheese soufflé and premium meat cuts.
Insider intel
- Their apéro happy hour runs from 4.30pm to 5.30pm—it's walk-ins only, and the spots are coveted (so we recommend getting in early).
Best Potts Point Japanese Restaurants
Kisuke
50 Llankelly Place, Potts Point
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After decades of training and working in kitchens around the world from Tokyo to Amsterdam and London, chef Yusuke Morita finally settled in Potts Point to open up Kisuke in 2020.
Teaming up with his wife, Mirota's restaurant offers just six seats hidden behind traditional noren curtains for a genuinely intimate omakase dining experience ($220pp), showcasing a lifetime of passion for and experience with traditional Japanese cuisine.
Expect the peak of seasonal produce served in soups, sashimi, grilled and steamed dishes, as well as plenty of sushi to pair with sake and whisky. This is hands-down one of the best omakase experiences in Sydney.
Insider Intel
- Bookings are essential at this bite-sized Japanese joint, and spaces have been known to book out for more than a month in advance, so definitely plan ahead.
Cho Cho San
73 Macleay Street, Potts Point
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Since 2014, Cho Cho San has been one of Potts Point's favourite spots to get stuck into fun, fuss-free Japanese food, with an extensive whisky list and bespoke seasonal cocktails making it a perfect after-work spot or long lunch destination. They implore guests to "sit shoulder to shoulder with friends and be transported to Tokyo’s metropolis, all while watching the world of Potts Point pass by"—and it's certainly doable, with sleek booth-style seating and a bustling street-side outlook.
Spanning izakaya snacks, a raw bar, noodle dishes and small plates, meat and cooked seafood like golden pork cutlets and teriyaki kingfish collars, the menu is best for sharing—and basically demands you finish on the black sesame mochi ice cream bites.
Insider intel
- Weekend bottomless here doesn't mess around—for $95pp, you can chow down an hour and 45 minutes of prosecco, house wine and beer alongside the stars of their menu. For $35pp extra, you can secure a cocktail upgrade—and we've never said no to a cocktail upgrade.
Sonora
37 Bayswater Road, Potts Point
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Mexican in Sydney has a reputation for novelty, which is what Sonora goes to great lengths to challenge in its compact but bright Potts Point restaurant. Although owner Roy McVeigh doesn’t come from a Mexican background, his love of spice, smoke, and complexity has shaped his entire culinary philosophy (and a few big-name restaurants—Bathers Pavilion and Bennelong included).
Sonora transports the coastal cuisine of the region to your table with a focus on flour tortillas instead of the typical maize, served with big helpings of Moreton Bay bug, grilled octopus, or meatless chorizo.
The cool neon setting makes it a great spot for an after-work margarita, which are (just quietly) some of the best in Sydney. Enjoy yours with a side of fresh guacamole and hand-fried corn tortillas.
Insider intel
- Sonora offers custom cooking classes, as well as margarita and tequila masterclasses.
Best Potts Point Restaurants For Lunch
Teta’s Deli
4B Roslyn Street, Potts Point
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In a converted architect's office on Roslyn Street sits a tiny family-run Lebanese deli. Named after owner Dina el-Kaddoumi’s late grandmother, Teta’s Deli is all about slow food that honours traditional techniques and Lebanese culture.
Preserves, dips, pickles, za'atar mixes and a best-selling chilli sauce are all made in-house and fill signature pliages (think toasted sandwiches made Middle Eastern)—the perfect lunchtime bite.
Insider Intel
- The menu is limited and changes often, making it all the more exciting for a surprise pop-in lunch.
Franca Brasserie
Shop 2/81 Macleay Street, Potts Point
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With foundations in classic French cooking, but a library of flavours and food stories from all the neighbouring beaches of the Mediterranean, Franca is a French restaurant that covers a lot of ground, with especially good specials only available at lunch; think spanner crab rolls drenched in cocktail sauce on a buttery brioche bun and the signature Franca Burger with onions, cornichon, cheddar, and on espelette bun.
Expect Parisian charm in the spacious dining room, with cherry red velvet chairs, bold green leather booths, lashings of marble, parquetry flooring and brass accents.
Insider Intel
- Their happy hour runs from 5pm to 6pm, Tuesday through Sunday: Moreton Bay Bug rolls are accompanied by 5 discounted items.
The Butler
123 Victoria Street, Potts Point
Image credit: The Butler | Guy Davies
Sporting insane views of Sydney's skyline, The Butler is one of the best restaurants for a long lunch in Sydney.
The multi-level marvel is suited to any and all occasions with a leafy terrace overlooking the city, Instagrammable French-colonial-inspired interiors, and a contemporary Mexican menu that everyone will love. It's where the "sophisticated charm of Sydney’s most cosmopolitan enclave meets the bold flavours of Mexico City’s Polanco and Roma Norte districts".
Standout dishes include crispy calamari tacos, lobster scrambled eggs and lamb barbacoa—or head to street-level Juanita's Bar for easy snacking and pre-dinner drinks and sips.
Insider Intel
- Let the kitchen do the work for you with $125pp bottomless long lunch menu, including two hours of free flowing bubbles, wine, beer and soft drinks.
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Fratelli Paradiso
2–16 Challis Avenue, Potts Point
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From the team behind 10 William Street, Fratelli Paradiso gives the Paradiso brothers the space to show off their skills and showcase the breadth of Italian cuisine.
This Potts Point restaurant is a sleek indoor/outdoor affair with the ubiquitous coffee bar for slamming espresso and street seating prime for people-watching, with plenty of Italian wines and aperitivo sips.
The fresh spaghettini with roast scampi, cherry tomato, Napoli and bisque is a signature that fits in perfectly with a multi-course feast of silky carpaccio topped with anchovy aioli, and a 1kg bistecca alla fiorentina.
Insider intel
- They cater to large groups and functions, with 3- and 4-course menus available for groups of 80 to 130 people.
Macleay St Bistro
71A Macleay Street, Potts Point
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Macleay St Bistro has been serving up impeccable French fare in Potts Point for over 40 years, garnering loyal patronage and glowing reviews along the way.
Found in the "Paris end" of Potts Point, you can expect French food as classic as it comes, with warm service, white tablecloths, and a couple of coveted streetside spots for a major Emily in Paris moment.
Insider intel
- There's free BYO on Sundays—or it's $14 per bottle otherwise—so make a booking for a special occasion and bring that bottle you've been saving.
Yellow
57 Macleay Street, Potts Point
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Yellow is a firm Potts Point local favourite and a must for any special-occasion dining in the area—not to mention it's completely vegan.
Switching owners in March 2025, after being under the reins of Brent Savage since 2013, Yellow’s head chef is now Sander Nooij, whose experience spans Sydney’s iconic Quay Restaurant and London’s Michelin-starred Pollen Street Social.
The rotating menu still turns out all sorts of fresh, seasonal produce into unrecognisable and delicious forms in a six-course tasting menu that spans snacks, hearty main dishes and elegant desserts for $115pp, with wine and non-alcoholic pairings available.
Insider intel
- Sustainability is forefront at this venue, with produce sourced locally and work conducted under the most sustainable practices possible.
Divino Osteria
1/19–23 Elizabeth Bay Road, Elizabeth Bay
Image credit: Divino Osteria | Guy Davies
Sitting on the outskirts of Potts Point in the former Sebel Townhouse spot—a major music thoroughfare for big names like David Bowie, Elton John and The Clash—Divino Osteria is an Elizabeth Bay icon.
Today, the Italian restaurant plates up nonna-approved Sicilian food. “Our goal was to recreate the kind of experience you'd find in a family home in southern Italy, good food, good wine, and good company,” says founder Anthony Alafaci.
Catania-born and Michelin-trained Head Chef Andrea Di Stefano leads the kitchen, dishing up handmade pasta in slow-cooked sauces and stone-baked pizzas in a hand-built brick oven, alongside a global sustainable wine list, Italian cocktails, and a big dose of warm hospitality.
Insider intel
- Pop out of the office for their weekday lunch special: for $39pp, you can indulge in a glass of wine, a handmade pasta and a choice of either an entrée or dessert. We know what we'll be choosing (spoiler: dessert).
Luc-San
Pennys Lane, Potts Point
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A French take on the izakaya concept from well-known chef Luke Mangan, Luc-San is a casual and creative spot tucked behind Potts Point’s iconic Coca-Cola sign.
The menu blends Japanese and French elements, with classic tartare served on crispy brioche and wasabi leaf, tempura oysters, yuzu cream chicken skewers, and bigger share plates like half-a-duck with ume and burnt orange.
Cocktails also show creative flair, and a list of easy-to-navigate saké (available in flights as well as by the glass or bottle), plus Japanese, local, and imported beers, and plenty of Japanese whisky ripe for exploring.
Insider intel
- On Thursdays, 6pm to 9pm, they serve up a martini and three oysters for $19pp.
Bloom Potts Point
66–68 Kellett Street, Potts Point
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Sunny cafe by day and booming restaurant by night, Bloom is an Italian restaurant sitting amid the action of Kellett Street. Loaded focaccia sandwiches, breakfast bowls, and salads flow out of the kitchen before the dinner menu switches to a selection of antipasti perfect for sharing, fresh pasta blanketed in rich sauces, and top-quality meat and seafood dishes.
Insider intel
- They offer fun pasta-making classes guided by Chef Mauro for groups of 4–22 people at $95pp.
Lady Chu
3 Roslyn Street, Potts Point
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To feel like you’ve been transported to the bustling streets of Hanoi, head to Lady Chu. The casual, Vietnamese restaurant is a Potts Point favourite, dishing up an extensive list of delectable rice paper rolls, bánh mì, Peking duck pancakes, dumplings, grilled meat skewers, soup dishes, salads and traditional delights. Pull up a chair at a streetside table or fill out the private green room with a group.
Insider intel
- Lady Chu also wholesales to restaurants, caterers and retailers, so you can get these goodies across Sydney.
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