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Charlie’s $ offering beautiful leafy views.
Café Map 2 D5 Enjoy an open-air lunch any day
7–41 Cowper Wharf Roadway, or a lazy breakfast at weekends.
Woolloomooloo
Tel 9358 4443 Chiswick at the Gallery $$
A no-fuss, long-established café Modern Australian Map 2 D4
serving up a big selection of hot The Art Gallery of NSW,
and fresh fast food, including Art Gallery Rd, The Domain
burgers, sandwiches, rolls, Tel 9225 1819
barbecue chicken, hot chips Head to the contemporary
and salads. This is the perfect dining room and grab a bite to
way to fuel the troops on a eat at the large communal table,
family outing. or have a drink in the casual bar
area before or after enjoying
Courtyard Café da Capo $ the exhibitions.
Café Map 1 C4
8 Macquarie St Kingsleys Sydney $$
Tel 9382 7359 Steak and Crab Map 2 D4
Tucked away in Sydney Hospital’s 10/6 Cowper Wharf Roadway,
courtyard off Macquarie Street, Woolloomooloo Classic salad with a stylish twist at Italian
this is a quiet and pleasant place Tel 1300 546 475 Otto Ristorante
to refuel with a coffee, snacks, a No need to decide between
light meal or more substantial steak or seafood; enjoy both jumped from the harbour waters
offerings. There is both open-air with surf and turf options – below straight onto the plate.
and indoor seating. from Wagyu rib-eye scotch fillet, Good-quality house wine.
to yellow-fin tuna sashimi and
The Pavillion Kiosk $ Singapore chilli crab. DK Choice
Café Map 2 D4
1 Art Gallery Rd, The Domain The Pavilion Restaurant $$ Otto Ristorante $$$
Tel 9232 1322 Modern Australian Map 2 D4 Italian Map 2 D4
Order light refreshments at this 1 Art Gallery Rd, The Domain Area 8, 6 Cowper Wharf Roadway,
café in The Domain across from Tel 9232 1322 Woolloomooloo
the Art Gallery. The menu has In The Domain, just across the Tel 9368 7488
sandwiches, soup and freshly road from the Art Gallery, this The Finger Wharf is great for
baked pastries and muffins. Find elegant restaurant’s uniquely people-watching and celebrity-
a spot on the green to enjoy lunch. shaped curved building serves spotting, but Otto is the real
up breakfast and lunch with star among stars on this
Poolside Café $ beautiful garden views from waterfront, reinventing the
Café Map 2 E3 the terrace and deck. flavours of Italy in stylish
Andrew (Boy) Charlton Pool, new forms, with dishes that
1C Mrs Macquaries Rd, The Domain Sienna Marina $$ delight and superb service.
Tel 8354 1044 Closed June, July Italian Map 2 D5 The food somehow tastes even
Perched above the Olympic-sized 6/7-41 Cowper Wharf Roadway, better if you can get a seat on
Andrew (Boy) Charlton swimming Woolloomooloo the alfresco terrace.
pool, this café has views across Tel 9358 6299
Woolloomooloo Bay. Enjoy a Choose from the breakfast, lunch,
swim and a snack – from healthy dinner, pizza or kids’ menus –
salads, to fish-and-chips and ice- there’s something for every time
cream sandwiches. of day. The leather loungers in Kings Cross and
front of the fireplace are perfect Darlinghurst
Aki’s $$ for relaxing.
Indian Map 2 D4 Bar Coluzzi $
6 Cowper Wharf Roadway, China Doll $$$ Café Map 5 B1
Woolloomooloo Modern Asian Map 2 D4 322 Victoria St, Darlinghurst
Tel 9332 4600 4/6 Cowper Wharf Roadway, Tel 0412 253 782
Masterful modern Indian food Woolloomooloo Established in 1957, this small
offers a combination of tandoori Tel 9380 6744 old-school original has stood
flavours from the north, classics A favourite with celebrities, this the test of time. Locals, from
from the chef’s native Chennai wharf eatery with spectacular politicians to art students, get
and seafood dishes from Goa. Sit views is a real gem. It offers their morning coffee fix sitting on
at an outside table and dine modern versions of traditional the little stools on the footpath.
during sunset, or enjoy the cool, dishes from China, Japan, Hong
split-mezzanine interior. Kong and Southeast Asia and a Bill and Toni’s $
well-priced banquet menu. Italian Map 5 A1
Botanic Garden Restaurant $$ 74 Stanley St, East Sydney
Modern Australian Map 1 C3 Manta $$$ Tel 9360 4702
Royal Botanic Garden, Seafood Map 2 D4 A stalwart loved for its great-
Mrs Macquaries Rd 6 Cowper Wharf Roadway, value, no-frills Italian food,
Tel 9241 2419 Woolloomooloo strong coffee, free cordial and
An enchanting venue in the Tel 9332 3822 old-fashioned red tablecloths.
middle of the picturesque This destination is best enjoyed Enjoy simple but tasty and filling
Botanic Garden, featuring the from a prime position outside, pasta dishes upstairs, then head
original 19th-century façade and with fish so fresh they could have downstairs for gelato.
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