The Best Things To Do For Father’s Day In Sydney 2026
Eloise Luke
Contributor | Urban List
August has flown by, and now Father’s Day is right around the corner on Sunday 6 September, 2026. If your plans for Father’s Day weekend are still in the air, then fret not, because Sydney/Eora has a lot lined up.
Urban List has rounded up the best restaurants, activities and events in Sydney to give you plenty of options for celebrating. Whether Dad's into a bright-and-early brunch, seafood-filled lunch, wholesome dinner, live music gigs or footy games, these are the best ways to celebrate Father's Day in Sydney in 2026.
Where To Eat In Sydney For Father's Day
Chophouse Sydney
25 Bligh Street, Sydney CBD
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If Dad takes his steak seriously, Chophouse Sydney is firing up the grill for a Father’s Day lunch built around premium Australian beef.
From 12pm–3pm, Matt Moran’s acclaimed steak restaurant will serve its regular à la carte menu alongside a 400-day grain-fed, 800g Sher Wagyu F1 rib on the bone ($250), designed to share around the table.
Every dad dining on Sunday 6 September will also receive a complimentary Wagyu slider, a tasting of Maker’s Mark Star Hill Farm Premium Whisky and a pair of limited-edition Chophouse socks to take home.
Alegre
21 Lime Street, King Street Wharf
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If Dad would rather be holidaying in Tulum, Alegre offers the next best thing with Mexican-inspired dining, harbour views and an extensive tequila collection.
Alongside the waterfront restaurant’s à la carte and banquet menus, the Father’s Day offering includes a premium steak special and dedicated cocktail. Every dad will also receive a complimentary handwritten card to take home.
AORI
39 Lime Street, King Street Wharf
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For the dad who takes his Japanese whisky—and his steak—seriously, AORI is serving a Father’s Day feast on the King Street Wharf waterfront.
Book in for the contemporary Japanese restaurant’s Chef’s Selection Menu, featuring sushi and robata-style dishes, with the option to upgrade Dad’s steak to Furano Japanese A5 Wagyu striploin. There’s also a dedicated Father’s Day cocktail, plus a considered collection of Japanese whisky and sake to explore.
Apéritif & Co.
25 Lackey Street, Summer Hill
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Give the classic Father’s Day steak lunch a French twist at Apéritif & Co., a neighbourhood bistro bringing Parisian flavours to Summer Hill.
The Father’s Day menu includes Little Joe flank steak with Café de Paris butter and steak au poivre vert with green peppercorn cream sauce. Pair Dad’s pick with one of the bar’s house-aged cocktails, including the Negroni and Martinez, for a relaxed but suitably special Sunday lunch.
Palazzo Salato
201–203 Clarence Street, Sydney CBD
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Usually closed on Sundays, hatted Italian restaurant Palazzo Salato is making an exception for Father’s Day, opening for a one-off lunch on Sunday 6 September.
The à la carte menu brings back favourites including Palazzo ham with colatura hot sauce and focaccia, plus the signature mafaldine with spanner crab, uni butter, chilli and sea blight. Father’s Day specials include porchetta Romana with butter beans and cavolo nero, and Eastern rock lobster with mandilli di seta, ’nduja butter and bisque, which must be pre-ordered. The set menu will also be available, alongside big reds and buttery whites poured by the glass.
Fabbrica Darlinghurst
348 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst
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If Dad has a special bottle waiting to be opened, Fabbrica Darlinghurst is now offering BYO wine for $15 per bottle across lunch and dinner.
Bring along a favourite drop to pair with the Italian pasta bar’s menu, which currently includes Tassie octopus with pickled fennel and orange, artichoke and ricotta pansotti, eggplant parmigiana and market steak with mustard-kombu butter and jus. Whether Dad prefers Chablis, Chianti or a bold Barbaresco, the choice is entirely up to you.
The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre
8–12 Sydney Street, Marrickville
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For the dad who’d choose beer and barbecue over a formal lunch, The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre is keeping Father’s Day suitably relaxed.
Every father figure will receive a complimentary Hawke’s beer, while in-house Cantonese restaurant Lucky Prawn will serve limited-edition specials including half a barbecue duck ($45), 500g of char siu pork ($37) and an $80 mixed barbecue plate. The duck and mixed plate can be pre-ordered, with limited quantities available on the day.
You can also pre-order a $55 merch pack, featuring a six-pack of Hawke’s Lager, a Lucky Prawn cap and a Hawke’s tinnie cooler, ready and waiting at the table when Dad arrives.
Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park
161 Elizabeth Street, Sydney CBD
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If Dad’s ideal celebration involves unlimited seafood, Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park is bringing back its Sunday Seafood Brunch for Father’s Day.
The spread covers Sydney rock oysters, tiger prawns, crab, smoked salmon and Balmain bugs, alongside a live grill serving Hereford beef striploin, barbecue Berkshire pork ribs and more. There’s also a duck pancake station, slow-roasted Wagyu beef bolar blade and plenty of desserts to finish.
Running from 12.30pm–3.30pm on Sunday 6 September, brunch costs $155 for adults and $65 for children aged four–12. Add free-flowing beer, wine and soft drinks for $35, with complimentary parking included.
PIQU
194 King Street, Newtown
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For a Father’s Day feast with plenty of punch, PIQU is opening for a rare Sunday lunch built around its Southeast Asian-inspired cooking.
The seven-course set menu ($95pp) moves through kingfish laab with praline nam jim, pork skewers with date glaze, watermelon and green mango salad, mussels with chilli jam and a Lao-style lamb shoulder stew. Coffee parfait with milk granita and dulce de leche wraps things up, while every dad receives a complimentary beer on arrival.
Anason
Shop 5, 23 Barangaroo Avenue, Barangaroo
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Take Dad to the Barangaroo waterfront for a generous Turkish feast at Anason, where a $120pp Father’s Day set menu is designed to be shared around the table.
The menu brings together stracciatella with fig chutney, albacore tuna with tiger’s milk, roast bone marrow and braised short rib, followed by revani with toffee caramel. The regular à la carte menu will also be available throughout the day.
Hamsi
Shop E1b, Sydney Fish Market, 1 Bridge Road, Glebe
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For seafood and Aegean flavours by the water, Hamsi is serving a generous Father’s Day menu overlooking Blackwattle Bay.
Priced at $110pp, the shared feast includes tuna tartare, taramasalata, burrata with pomegranate molasses, king prawn skewers and trevally with lemon butter, followed by baklava with ice cream. Hamsi’s full à la carte menu will also be available throughout the day.
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