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Grab your activewear and get yourself to Manly STAT because we’ve just discovered Power Living and we’ve never felt so zen in our lives. 

ICYMI, brunch is the most important meal of the day. When else can you indulge in pancakes aaaaaaand pulled pork? Exactly. Sydney is spoiled for choice when it comes to our brunch scene and the latest (and damn tasty) kid on our favourite meal block is Mr Monochrome. 

Tucked away in the backstreets of Marrickville, you’ll find District. Serving their coffee (by Golden Cobra) strong and smooth (just the way we like it), it’s the perfect place to seat yourself and stay any (or every) day of the week.

A slice of London has come to Sydney in the form of delicious Indian fusion food at Darlinghurst restaurant, Brick Lane. British-born owners Kiran Bains and Alistair French were inspired by famous East London street, Brick Lane, which is known equally for their delicious Indian food as they are for their street art and celebration of all things unconventional. 

What’s not to like about crepes? Straight from Europe, Love Crepe in Pyrmont serves up melt in your mouth hand-held crepes using a secret family recipe.

Sitting in the basement below Fred’s, Charlie Parker’s is Paddington’s newest local boasting stunning interiors and an impressive list of produce-driven cocktails that echo the menu upstairs. Behind the bar it’s Toby Marshall and Sam Egerton, both Palmer & Co. alums and makers of delicious, seasonal cocktails. 

Fred’s is the latest venue by restaurant giants Merivale is unveiling their brand new double venue in Paddington, on Oxford Street. On the pans is Chef Danielle Alvarez, who earned herself the title as mother of the farm to table food movement as the owner of Californian restaurant Chez Panisse. 

Cured. is a New York style bar and restaurant committed to providing excellent produce and service in Manly. Unsurprisingly, their specialty is cured meats, cheeses, pickles and bread and when it comes to quality – they won't settle for anything less than the best, sourcing only from the best producers from around the globe. They offer a selection of 22 meats and 14 cheeses so the hardest decisions will be deciding which to order, but they've thought of this too, because half the fun is creating your own platter to ensure you get the charcuterie board of your dreams.

If you’re looking for an authentic food experience, Lal Qila in Darling Harbour is where it’s at. The Pakistani institution first opened in Surry Hills which has seen the likes of Neil Perry,  Mark Nicholas, Mushtaq Ahmed and Greg Chapel dine on its signature Pakistani cuisine.

On the shore of Cronulla, open for breakfast lunch and dinner, Gerrale St. Kitchen is a modern yet simplistic restaurant giving the food all the attention it deserves; and for good reason. With a new menu designed by Simon Sandall (former Executive Chief for ARIA, Chiswick and Opera Bar), the food is elegant, flavoursome and plain old delicious!  

After a long awaited restore, Cauliflower Hotel is now launching their own specialist Rum Bar & Kitchen on the rooftop in Waterloo. With a rock inspired bar, you can share your food whilst listening to live music every Saturday night and Sunday afternoon or simply enjoy a beer or two with your mates as you watch the footy. 

East  Village is a 100-year old Darlinghurst watering hole (spanning over four levels) has been completely renovated and redesigned by Goodtime Hospitality group (the geniuses behind West Village), and it includes a wine pub, old-school gentleman’s sports bar and rooftop terrace (our favourite part).

The team at Ora are all about respect and providing organic food to live a healthy life. At the core of their business is knowing where every single ingredient has come from and when we talk about respect, we mean of all things—produce, meat and your hungry little belly. This North Shore café is serving up delicious and nutritious meals for breakfast and lunch. 

Charlie Rabbit is Sydney’s ultimate dessert bar, and they’re committed to satisfying that sweet tooth of yours in a single visit to their CBD store (although you’ll no doubt be back again for round two). 

If #cleaneating is the way you choose to live, you should probably choose to shop at Naked Foods at Tramsheds too.

Sydney’s Tramsheds is all kinds of perfect already but it's just become even more delicious with the opening of Mama’s Buoi. This popular Vietnamese joint will be dishing up its signature authentic home-style and quite frankly, we can’t wait.

As you may know, Messina make gelato. And as you also may know, it’s pretty damn good. Actually, it’s the very best, made with real ingredients all in the name of putting a smile on our faces. And boy have they succeeded! Messina in Circular Quay is the 9th location for the gelato superstars, and they promise to deliver their famous obsession with the creative process, from launching new (and slightly mad) flavours to killer music playlists for the stores. Once again, you will not be disappointed.  

Ice cream lovers lives have been made all the more simpler with the opening of Gelato Messina at Tramsheds.

Any true lover of Italian food will know A Tavola serves up some of Sydney’s best, but what you might not know is that they’ve opened a third outpost at Tramsheds.

Sydney’s first ever Egyptian food truck has finally arrived and these guys are serving up Cairo’s three most traditional—and delicious—dishes. All three are vegetarian and jam packed with flavour as you’d expect, plus they’ve got a whole lot of superfoods in them to boot—yes we’re serious. This one is the Taameva, served in a traditional balady flatbread pouch, with tomato, cucumbers, pickles, radish and tahini, these super food patties are like falafels but better. We’ve also got our eye on the Koshary, lentils, macaroni and rice topped with Middle Eastern spiced tomato sauce and may or may not be drooling at the thought of it.

It’s no secret that some of Sydney’s best coffee can be found outside the CBD so if you’re on the morning hunt in the ‘burbs, Welcome Dose Specialty Coffee is a good place to start.

Sydney’s vibrant harbour-side dining scene never slows down and we’re as excited as ever about the arrival of Lotus Dining at Barangaroo.

Mobius Bar & Grill has recently opened at Pullman Sydney Airport, offering visitors an all-day menu from 5.30am.

Knafeh Bakery is the latest and greatest pop-up bakery, focusing on Middle Eastern street food, this family-run food truck has seen raging success. The entire production is run within a converted shipping container, with beautiful street art designed to take customers straight to the Middle East. Knafeh is a sweet dessert, made with sweet cheese or cream, finished with pistaschios and soaked in sugar-based syrup. Yum! The knafeh served by the Knafeh Bakery is made using a family recipe, and the chefs hope that sharing this dessert with Sydney will bring together people from many different races, religions and cultures, to share a love of food and tradition. We’re sold on the sound of that delicious sugar syrup!

Nour has recently opened its doors to Surry Hills, to enormous success and we are pretty excited about the modern take on Lebanese food on offer.  Their food philosophy revolves around presenting traditional food in a new, exhilarating way, going above and beyond to excite your taste buds. Offering menu items such as spiced kingfish bastirma with celeriac, garlic chips and chilli, all the way through to a spiced pumpkin cheesecake with halva ice cream and honey pepitas.

Straight out of the streets of bustling Malaysia, Malacca Straits on Broadway delivers those hard-to-find regional dishes at the top notch quality we hunt for. Known for their signature Golden Sand Prawns, the equally tasty Assam Laksa is available on Fridays and Saturdays. 

Mosman has a new local pub, The Buena, and it’s the ideal place for a few bevvies with your mates this summer. The Buena boasts an upmarket bistro and the pub’s menu is varied with wood fired pizzas and fresh tuna ceviche, because life is all about balance after all. The drinks list features seasonal cocktails like a salted caramel espresso martini and popcorn-coladas. You’ll feel right at home at this stylish pub so get yourself to Mosman, it won’t disappoint. 

Prepare your bellies Sydneysiders, QLD's Betty’s Burgers are finally coming to town. 

Franck Provost is a household name in both Paris and the world of hairdressing at large. The name is synonymous with accessible luxury and they’re famous for nailing beautiful, timeless hair every single time. 

Sydney’s Inner West can now get a fried chicken fix one step closer to home, with the arrival of Belles Hot Chicken at Tramsheds.

Sashimi tacos, spider rolls and melt in your mouth wagyu steak are all that much easier for mid-week eats, with the welcome arrival of Zushi at Barangaroo.

One of Sydney’s freshest salon faces when it comes to the Hairdressing game, Marli Rose is a boutique salon located in the heart of Alexandria. It doesn’t hurt that the salon is located in one of our city’s most up and coming lifestyle hubs and the fact that they’re bringing over 15 years of industry experience and friendly salon vibes to the table only sweetens the deal further.

Wetherill Park is home to one of Sydney’s most adorable and quirky Italian restaurants, Grano. Combining a whole lot of brick, wall and hanging plants, exposed lighting and a miss-match of furniture, Grano is designed to feel welcoming and homely. One look at the menu, and you’ll know that you’ve come to the right place—for delicious Italian food, that is. The salads here are not your ordinary salads, with bocconccini wrapped in lightly fried speck (now we’re talking), topped with rocket and balsamic. Other top picks are the slow roasted duck pomodoro gnocchi, or the wood-fired Italian sausage, cooked with olives, zucchini and prosciutto, because there’s no such thing as too much cured meat. 

French food is having a moment and we're beyond excited about it. Showing no signs of slowing down, Eté (french for summer) is set to open in Barangaroo so we can continue our obsession with all things champagne and snails.

Surry Hills’ favourite Japanese-style burger bar has opened at Barangaroo to bring the hard working corporate world all of the saké and edamame you ever want.

When the word cycling comes to mind, somehow the image of a 50-year-old man, who shouldn’t be wearing lycra as well as cable ties in their helmet to fight off the unruly Magpie, is what appears. Thankfully, Lekker Bikes is here to save the day (and those of us who just can’t handle the stereotype any longer). 

Bowls packed full of goodness is exactly what Fishbowl is serving up in their Manly outpost (hot tip: this venue is huge). They’ll be serving poke salad bowls filled with only the freshest ingredients, which are delivered to the store on the daily to ensure premo quality of all ingredients. The raw fish is prepared by their sashimi masters (we know—totally a thing), so you can be sure that only the best make it into your poke bowl. 

Whether you're after a light bite or full on hangover feed, Café Els in Winston Hills sure does know how to serve up an insta-worthy feast.

Whether you’re hitting the surf or shopping around, a day at the Northern beaches is incomplete without a trip to Upper Crust in Collaroy.

A classic Sydney venue, Gazebo has been serving hungry and thirsty Sydneysiders since the 1960s. Having recently undergone a refurbishment, Elizabeth Bay's Gazebo is the perfect spot for pretty much any occasion where good times are desired. The space is bright, airy, and perfectly conducive to whiling away an afternoon or evening with flowing drinks and nibbles a'plenty.

If getting your body in shape is #1 on your list of goals this summer, enlisting the help of the team at P.E. Dept is the smartest thing you’ll do all season. With expert personal training advice, one-on-one sessions as well as group classes, and healthy food and drink on site—P.E. Dept has all you need to up your fitness game in the smartest way possible.

The name itself means many things, with the ‘s’ in S’Age standing for sweet and savoury, sea and soil, which should tell you a lot about the new Crows Nest restaurant, S’Age Bistronomy. On the menu, you can expect purely seasonal offerings that focus on comforting and hearty flavours in a classically French ‘bistronomy’ style. 

Opening just in time for the long weekend, The Port is channelling a French coastal vibe with uninterrupted harbour views to appreciate from their harbour front cabanas. This is the perfect place to unwind after a long day and take advantage of those precious sunlight hours once you clock off during the summertime. 

Another notch has been added to Barangaroo’s bedpost, with the opening of European-style food emporium, Bel & Brio. We’re talking 800 square metres of wining, dining, take away and shopping and it is one of the only places in the area that you can head to, to pick up your weekly essentials, a morning coffee or a quick lunch. Once the sun goes down they’re even serving wine and cocktails as well as a light dinner. 

Belles Hot Chicken has been feeding chicken-loving Sydneysiders for years. And at the Barangaroo diner, you can feast on its famous hot chicken sambo and slaw with a side of harbour views. 

Tucked away in Sydney’s Bulletin Place is Silvester’s. A fail-proof dining experience that’s equally immersive as it is intimate.

Authentink is one of Sydney’s most premium tattoo studios and they really do have a specialist for all custom tattooing styles. We say that, instead of simple saying that they specialise in everything because the distinction is important. You want traditional Japanese tattooing? They have a person for that. You would prefer dot-work or traditional Americana? Yeah, they have people for that too.

A cold drip coffee paradise has opened up in Broadway Shopping Centre and before all of you coffee snobs head for the hills, listen in, because they actually know their way around a coffee bean. They aren’t just selling plain old cold brew (although that is a huge focus on their coffee menu), but instead are combining it with inventive flavours to create unique coffee combos. They go by names like Coco Coffee, Roots in Coffee and Lemonade Stand.

Having secured the title of Australia’s first plant-based burger joint, trust us when we say that Soul Burger knows their way around a meat-free patty. Their mission is to change what we think burgers can be and revolutionise the food system through flavourful plant-based patties that will leave even the most carnivorous human satisfied. But it gets even better—their successful expansion across Sydney has made it easier than ever to get your mouth around these burgs. 

Royal Stacks has landed in Chatswood from their home in Melbourne and we are very happy about it. Their style embraces the American burger culture with juicy meat, creative sauces and oh-so-much cheese. The flavour combos in the burgers are carefully thought out, ensuring they all work together in harmony to fully satisfy your taste buds.

Tramsheds newcomer, Butcher and the Farmer is nailing what is potentially the best combination for all meat eaters by creating a restaurant that is restaurant slash bar slash butchery. All in one. 

If you’re hesitant to head online for a much needed wardrobe overhaul, then you’ll love the Style Lab concept store by online retailer, Kent and Lime. It all starts in exactly the same way as it does with their online store – by answering a few questions about your personal style. But that is where the process changes, because now you’ll actually get to try on your new clothes on the spot.

If there’s one thing we love it is when a place describes itself as a restaurant AND a bar. It’s the perfect way to combine the two great loves of our life, seriously good food and quality cocktails.

The team that brought us the likes of Sugarcane Restaurant in Surry Hills and Elizabeth Street takeout staple, Juicy Lucy are at it again. Now, bigger and better than ever before, Griff Pamment has opened his second joint Juicy Lucy offering, this time, on Reservoir Street. 

The Royal Leichhardt is one of our fave spots in Sydney with a newly restored and grand heritage-style wraparound balcony overlooking Norton Street, boasting some of the best views in the inner west. Situated in the very heart of Leichhardt, this trendy AF pub is the perfect place to seat yourself for an entire day and kick back with a pint (or three) and watch the world go by.

Serving up delish doses of caffeine, specialty coffee roasters, Skittle Lane, is the CBD’s answer to delicious coffee. Showcasing their seasonally selected and ethically sourced coffee with a variety of different brew methods (espresso to cold brew, for starters) these guys have got your morning well and truly sorted. Be sure to try out their signature Skittle Lane iced coffee and pick up one of their sweet treats to while you’re at it. They also do a Golden Gaytime cookie sandwich, which is reason enough to visit this gem—we’ll take three, please. 

If there’s one thing that makes an eatery stand out from the pack, it’s ingenuity and Rising Sun Workshop totally hits the nail on the head. Not only is this Newtown pozzy home to delish food, it doubles as a communal motorcycle workshop. Yep, you can mod your bike before fuelling up on some top-notch tucker. 

Here at The Urban List, we take food very (very) seriously and although some foodie trends are total gimmicks and a tad lacklustre, we can assure you that Manly Wine's recent menu additions are t-a-s-t-y and totally ‘gram worthy. We’re always ready to wrap our hands ‘round the latest mouth-watering invention, and Manly Wine's kombucha cocktails and poké cones certainly fit the bill.

With all-star chef Ashley Patfield at the helm, Left of Field offers quality day-time dining in Rhodes which will leave you planning your next visit. Insta-famous for its hot cakes with Early Grey custard and popcorn topped with caramelised bananas, this café tastes as good as it’s photographed. If you’re feeling adventurous try the pork burger, pig cheek schnitzel, kimchi slaw, fried egg and mayo served with crispy pig ears fries. It won’t disappoint.

Adilla Colab is a luxe hair salon in Double Bay and the brainchild of renowned hairdressers Frankie Endersbee and Rhiannon DiMaria. Locals are loving it, and if you’re after locks as flawless as The Veronicas, who won't let anyone but Frankie near their own hair (so you know she's good) book yourself in ASAP.