Diners' Choice: Best Ambience restaurants in Sydney

OpenTable

Updated 05 December 2024

Looking for restaurants with the best ambience in Sydney? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyses nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favourite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you book, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

The Shop & Wine Bar

4.9

4.9 (13)

$40 and under

Australian

Bondi Beach

About the restaurant

At The Shop you can expect to find the same customers that have been coming since day one.
The Shop is like being welcomed into the home of a favourite relative and the food that comes out of the kitchen is like they have preformed magic.
We like to focus on comfort food and all locally sourced.
Everything is made from scratch, including the dressings, relishes and pickled vegetables.
Most of our wines are organic and always have a preservative free wine. Cocktails available if your feeling colourful..
Sharing plates and seasonal specials available.
Huge colourful salads, burgers and meatballs.
The heart and the soul of the owners and locals oozes out of The Shop!

Top review

Chiara

Dined on 12 Nov 2024

Amazing vodka pasta and meatballs. Cannot wait to come back!

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Experience

Pasta & Wine $25

Chuck & Son's Brewing Co.

5.0

5 (33)

$40 and under

Brewery

St Peters

About the restaurant

When a brewing legend confesses to his son that his best brews are still within him, the son decides to change that. To develop a craft brewery. Where beers crafted by expert palates and perfected over decades can be shared right now. Pilsners and pale ales. Amber ales and radlers. Friends and family. Memories and moments. That legend is Chuck Hahn. This is that brewery. Chuck and Son’s Brewing Co.

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Dipen

Dined 1 day ago

Absolutely fantastic experience - great menu of beers, very friendly staff and service with a smile Fantastic location & great character Thanks team Chuck & Sons for a great evening

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Experience

Chuck & Son's Brewing Co. Brewery Tour and Tasting

Elements Brasserie Belmore

5.0

5 (36)

$41 to $100

Steakhouse

Belmore

About the restaurant

Welcome to Elements Brasserie Belmore! We are excited to introduce our new local steakhouse menu, a celebration of the finest local flavours. Indulge in a selection of premium cuts, expertly grilled to perfection and served with a range of delicious sides. Our menu is crafted using the highest quality ingredients, showcasing the rich and robust flavours that make our steaks truly unforgettable. From juicy ribeyes to tender fillets, each dish is a tribute to the art of grilling. Join us for a remarkable dining experience and savour the taste of excellence in every bite.

Top review

aiesha

Dined 3 days ago

Always does not disappoint. Steaks cooked perfectly, sides fantastic and service outstanding

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Experience

Kebab Factory Experience

Experience

The T-Bone Experience

MATKIM

4.9

4.9 (22)

$100 and over

Korean

Sydney CBD

About the restaurant

Matkim is short for “Mat kim” (Entrust) “Cha rim” (Table) which is Omakase in Korean

Matkim is a Korean BBQ Chef’s table like you have never experienced before.
The finest cuts of meat are daily sourced, prepared by the hands of our butchers, perfectly aged and served with the finest ingredients to match.

Top review

Michelle

Dined 4 days ago

great experience to explore diversity of the original korean flavour !

Iberica

4.8

4.8 (108)

$41 to $100

Spanish

Bondi

About the restaurant

Spanish Mediterranean Restobar paying homage to the Balearic Islands

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Thitaree

Dined 3 days ago

Food is amazing but Marianne and Patrick are even better!

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Experience

BALEARIC BANQUET | 75pp

Experience

Bottomless Brunch

Experience

MEDITERRANEAN FEAST | 89pp

Chester White Cured Diner

4.9

4.9 (57)

$41 to $100

Italian

Potts Point

About the restaurant

Welcome to your home away from home. The locals' lounge room.
Where new and old friends from around the globe gather for organic charcuterie, house-made pasta + European and Australian wine.

Owner Stu and his team enjoy meats of Europe, the pastas of Italy, and wines from off the beaten track. The restaurant comes together over a love of pork and swill (and country music).

The kitchen team spends afternoons pickling, rolling gnocchi, making focaccia and keeping an eye on our beloved cured meats and pecorino cheese wheels. By nightfall the show is on, the house is full and the atmosphere is swinging.

So come on in and let us guide you through our menu. Welcome to our Diner!!

Top review

Stephen

Dined on 13 Dec 2024

Great ambiance, amazing team and service, awesome food and overall value for money, thoroughly recommend!

Kitanda Bevs & Bites

4.7

4.7 (18)

$41 to $100

Brazilian

Darlinghurst

About the restaurant

Kitanda Bevs & Bites is an eighty seats Tapas Bar and Restaurant that offers authentic flavours from Brazilian cuisine with a modern approach exploring every region of that vast country and its native Indigenous, African and European influences rooted on its culture and culinary. Pair your tapas with our unique drinks selection from signature and classic cocktails, a specially crafted Brazilian lager as well a solid and quality wine list. We pride ourselves on delivering the very best hospitality in a truly authentic venue. Located in the heart of Darlinghurst with a gorgeous alfresco dining area with umbrellas for the sunny days and heaters for the cold ones plus two other seating areas one more beautiful than the other. Vibes are set with LIVE MUSIC - Saturday & Sunday in the afternoon bringing the best of our bossa...

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Paula

Dined 6 days ago

Great place to eat - food was devine. The cocktails are a little pricey but delicious. The restaurant had a great buzz to it without it being loud. There was band there that was not overpowering and you could still have a conversation. Highly recommend going

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Experience

BRAZILIAN TAPAS - "To Snack Set" $38 (7 courses)

Experience

"FULL BELLY" Set Menu $55pp

Experience

PARTY HOUR"S" IS FROM 5 TO 7PM.

North Sydney Rengaya - Yakiniku & Sushi

4.7

4.7 (372)

$41 to $100

Japanese (Yakiniku)

North Sydney

About the restaurant

Rengaya has been serving YAKINIKU in North Sydney since 1993, making it one of Australia’s pioneering Japanese barbeque restaurants. Now, that tradition is set to continue at its new digs on Miller Street – just a short stroll from the original location – in a much more modern, striking setting. The new fit-out features bar-counter seats around an open kitchen, red booth seating divided by Japanese-style timber panelling and a hard-to-miss chandelier. There’s also a 20-seat private dining room. We use only the finest ingredients such as Japanese Black Cattle made in Australia for beef, Sashimi and Seafood fresh from the sea. Rengaya is the restaurant foodies around the country have chosen.

Top review

Phillip

Dined 3 days ago

I love this place. Nice decor, pleasant staff and beautiful food. I visit quite often. Perfect for a business lunch.

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Bellbird Dining and Bar

4.9

4.9 (110)

$41 to $100

Modern Australian

Casula

About the restaurant

For a unique and secluded dining experience in in the Liverpool area, look no further than Bellbird Dining and Bar, located within the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre.

With a focus on sustainability, Head Chef Federico Rekowski’s menu focusses on sourcing seasonal ingredients to create dishes that deliver perfect flavour combinations – with a wine list to match, that will make you want to come back time and time again.

Bellbird Dining and Bar's staff are professional and friendly ensuring you can enjoy your lunch, dinner or event safe in the knowledge that the care and precision put into each dish in the kitchen is replicated by the staff serving you.

Top review

Kerry and Rodd

Dined 3 days ago

We love eating at Bellbird. Today the food was delicious and the service excellent. The staff really help make the experience enjoyable, including turning down the music a little. One of the reasons we like fining here is that we can comfortably chat with each other without having to worry about other noise. Look forward to being able to sit on the verandah again and also better light quality once the entrance is reopened.

City Oltra

4.9

4.9 (46)

$40 and under

Pizzeria

Haymarket

About the restaurant

A semi permanent pizza bar underneath the tracks of Central Station. Hot pizza and cool drinks. Your friendly neighbourhood pizza bar. nice slices, wines, music and people. pop in or stay for a while…

Top review

Nat

Dined on 26 Nov 2024

Pizza was yum. Service was delightful, very helpful and great vibe. We sat outside so it made for some great people watching.

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