Restaurant recommendation in Melbourne and Sydney

Will be going to Australia next week for 2 weeks first time ever. I want to try some of the best restaurants there. Pls suggest great ones (fancy or cheap eats) in Melbourne and Sydney. Many thanks.

 

Melbourne

1. Attica - best restaurant in Australia, No 32 in the world. Booked months ahead but you might get lucky

2. Vue de Monde - excellent fine dining

3. The Press Club- fine dining with Greek themes

Next are less formal but excellent

4. Chin Chin - Busy funky Asian food

5. Supernormal - hip place, Asian fusion

6. Hellenic Republic - Melbourne Greek food with a slight modern twist

Sydney

1. Quay - best fine dining in Sydney by far
Excellent views

2. Bennelong - fine dining in the most iconic building in Australia (Sydney Opera House)

Less formal

3. Cafe Sydney- upmarket, order the cold seafood platter. Great views

4. Ester - quirky, highly rated, order the baked Mud Crab

5. Mr Wong - upmarket Asian, order dumplings, lobster with black pepper

6. Worthy mentions - Chin Chin (sister restaurant Melbourne), Alpha (Greek lamb at its best)

Have fun, plenty more to choose from. Stay away from the touristy restaurants, rubbish

 

Oh good, I was hoping someone would give a straight answer before the thread drifted

 

I forgot to add, don’t bother going to QLD, there’s nothing interesting there

 

We have been and is OK for lunch in Melbourne ... https://www.sofitel-melbourne.com.au/restaurant/the-modern-new-yorker-lunch/

 

Don't listen to him - he's upset because we won't let him in

 

I’m just glad you have my mother in law up there. You’re welcome

 

Thanks for the invite.

 

You should go the short trip to Auckland and really experience the best food in this part of the world.

 

Unfortunately, coming from New York, I already lose 2 days flying and wife would only let me go on a solo trip for so long. Auckland will be next time 10 yrs later. Haha

 

You are all making me hungry.

 

In Sydney, I'm a big fan of the Gantry, a more casual waterside spot. But then I come from QLD, what do I know about fine dining?

 

QLD is a great place, the only drawback is it's full of QLDers, they ruin the vibe for normal people

 

Good god, NZ is the last place you want to go if you're going to have a good time ... unless you want to shake, rattle and roll

 

Well, I hope you're coming here on business, because there's bugger-all to see in those two smelly places. Sydney does have the harbour, and any dining there really should be waterside. Melbourne has... help me out here, guys, why does any body go to Melbourne? Anyway, both cities are full of strange, Southern folk.

 

Carl

 

BS there's Paulines Fish and Chips.....The best Bogan fusion in Australia....

 

hahah....here on personal...visiting some relatives and just getting away from my kids as far away from NY as possible

 

The only food you spit on yourself

 

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It has the ferry that takes you to Tasmania.....

 

Go to Queenstown. Dust the north Island.

You'd like Queenstown JM, you can wear your trackie dackies there all year round.

 

Just booked my flight, and both sets of trackies are in the bag

 

Fixed JM.

 

Its so bloody cold there you would need three pairs of trackies on to stop parts disappearing!