Bennelong Sydney

Bennelong sits within the sails of the Sydney Opera House on Bennelong Point, a ten-minute walk from the Royal Botanic Garden.

The restaurant holds three hats from the Australian Good Food Guide and sits at number 31 on La Liste. While the room runs smart, the draw is the proximity to the building’s concrete ribs rather than the simple fact of the water. Most restaurants nearby trade on the harbour vista to distract from an indifferent plate, but Bennelong uses its contemporary seafood menu to command the attention of the table instead. The interior engineering holds as much weight as the cooking, making it a better choice than the surrounding tourist-heavy venues that lack such singular focus.