Coming Soon: 13 Sydney Restaurants, Bars and Cafes We’re Looking Forward to in 2026

With 21 openings arriving in January, and another 13 in February, the year’s been big already. Phew. But there are plenty more on the cards for 2026 – here are all the details.

Meadow, Cronulla

Just before summer kicked off in 2023, local couple Adam and Kylie Micola – the duo behind Bangor Tavern – opened Bobby’s in Cronulla’s old Zimzala space. The 115-seat dining room looks over the beach, and its menu looks to the Med. Now, the pair are going again – this time with day-to-night bistro, bar and “music room” Meadow. Vinyl records will soundtrack the venue, with a live music program in the works. In the kitchen, executive chef Pablo Tordesillas is overseeing a menu that leans French with gougeres and comté, Moreton Bay bug frites, and a cheeseburger he’s tipping as a signature. There’s a daily aperitif hour, too, in a space designed by Tom Mark Henry.

Meadow is slated to open at Shop 7, 2–6 Cronulla Street, Cronulla, in May 2026.
@meadow.musicroom

Pizza Studio Tamaki, CBD

In February, Eater announced New York’s Tokyo-style pizza era was beginning. And it’s looking like Australia’s is, too: Tokyo-born Pizza Studio Tamaki is heading Down Under.

Japanese pizzaiolo Tsubasa Tamaki’s floppy, charred rounds are globally renowned – launching him from the little Tokyo kitchen he opened in 2017 to the world (with Pizza Studio Tamaki now found across Japan, along with outposts in Singapore, Thailand, New York and the Philippines).

The project has been planned for a year, with Sydney’s incoming 78-seater undergoing a full design and fit-out. Tamaki will be here for the launch, and deeply involved with the Australian expansion – with a Melbourne outpost planned for November this year.

Pizza Studio Tamaki is slated to open at 259 George Street, Sydney, on May 15, 2026.
@pst.australia

Sugo, Bexley North

The trio behind My Mother's Cousin, Self Raised Bread Shoppe and Slice Shoppe are opening a dedicated pasta bar: Sugo. The lineup is still being finalised, but here’s a taste: a couple of baked pasta options, an overnight lamb ragu and a classic bolognese. Elsewhere, antipasti and warm bread courtesy of Self Raised. Plus, “big” cotoletta chooks served straight up, with vodka sauce or parmigiana’d to heaven.

“Once again, we’re serving an under-serviced area with high-quality food you’d usually find in the city,” says Huss. “We want it to be really substantial and affordable for families in the area to come in at least once a week. It’s for the neighbourhood, by the neighbours. We love to serve the suburbs.”

Sugo will open at Shop 3, 8-20 Sarsfield Circuit, Bexley North in early March.
@sugopastabar

Bar Bridge, CBD

Soon after converting its Negroni haven into a Martini go-to, Mucho (Bar Planet, Cantina OK!, Bar Herbs, Tio’s, Centro 86, Cliff Dive) is doing the ‘tini dance again. Bar Bridge is set to open in the CBD, taking on the old Double Deuce basement. The brief? “Chic” Martinis with a Sydney edge.

Bar Bridge is slated to open at 6 Bridge Street, Sydney, in early April 2026.

Super 44, Newtown

Mucho is readying to open a new Margarita bar in the old Midnight Special space. The divey space – 100 metres from the team’s ever-popular Martini joint Bar Planet – is currently being refit as Super 44. It’ll be the fourth Mucho venue to champion agave cocktails and spirits from the group’s intensive research trips to Mexico.

“It will be as if Centro 86 and Bar Planet had a baby,” says general manager Daisy Tulley. “We’re going to bring the world’s best Margaritas to the inner west. That’s the mission.”

Super 44 is slated to open at 44 Enmore Road, Newtown, in late May 2026.

Razz Room and an Odd Culture “osteria”, CBD

The team behind the inner west’s Odd Culture, Bistro Grenier, Pleasure Club and Duke of Enmore, as well as Woolloomooloo treasure The Old Fitz, is opening two new venues in Sydney’s CBD. There’s Razz Room, an underground Daiquiri bar and discotheque, and a so-far-unnamed “neighbourhood nextdoor.

“Looking towards the Sydney CBD for our venues has been a natural progression for us at Odd Culture Group,” CEO Rebecca Lines said in a statement. “We pride ourselves on having a diverse portfolio of pubs, bars and restaurants with a core focus on utilising spaces that make you feel something special – and for us the York Street sites are full of that kind of charm.”

Odd Culture’s Razz Room and its neighbouring osteria will open on York Street, close to the Barrack Street corner, in early 2026.

Three Blue Ducks, Burradoo

Once upon a time, or 15 years ago, Three Blue Ducks was the name of a little Macpherson Street cafe owned and run by a group of mates. Now it’s the banner for a group of farm-to-plate restaurants along Australia’s east coast. Next up is the Southern Highlands. In Burradoo, under two hours’ drive south of Sydney, the Ducks team is opening a restaurant on a working farm to be run by Annie Cannon-Brookes.

There will be a kitchen garden powering the dining room, kids education sessions with the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, a bakery and produce stall. 

Three Blue Ducks is expected to open at Burradoo Park Farm, 6 Railway Road, Burradoo, in early 2026.
@threeblueducks

Caravin Deux, Potts Point

Caravin, the Ward Avenue Parisian wine bar, is always heaving. Perpetually tricky to get a seat. And for good reason (the wine! The snacks! The vibe!). And soon there will be a smaller, snackier version – Caravin Deux, in the team’s Llankelly Place cubby, which was most recently Tacos Tacos Tacos. Expect natural wines, cocktails and picky bits, for walk-ins only.

Caravin Deux will open at 46 Llankelly Place, Potts Point, in February 2026.
@caravindeuxpottspoint

Doom Juice Cellar Door, Marrickville

The Doom Juice boys, Sebastian Keys and Zachary Godbolt, are resurrecting their short-lived, much-loved Doom Juice Cellar Door in the old Poor Tom’s space. This time it’s permanent. The space is quirky, slightly satanic and surrounded by Marrickville treasures (Ester Spirits, the new Primary Coffee, Mixtape and the rest of the Ale Trail). Plus, there’ll be more than just wine to drink, and a mix of indoor and outdoor seating.

Doom Juice Cellar Door will open at 66/6 Chalder Avenue, Marrickville, in mid-April 2026.
@doomjuicecellardoor

Lox in a Box, Paddington

Lox in a Box’s Candy Berger and Gaia Lovell are on what feels like a full Sydney takeover. The pair just opened Bistro Bondi, their first proper restaurant, joining their bagelries in Coogee, Marrickville and Manly. And they’ve just received keys for their biggest space yet.

Lox in a Box HQ will hit the heritage-listed, double-fronted store on Oxford Street that was most recently Infinity Bakery. The team is in and renovating, and will – if the poll is anything to go by – paint the double-fronted facade in its signature deep green.

Lox in a Box is expected to open at 178 Oxford Street in mid-2026.
@loxinabox
loxinabox.com.au

Parami, Darlinghurst

Word is our onigiri favourite Parami is opening an outpost in Taylor Square. Along with the team’s rice balls at Paramart, the news means even more salmon, mustard leaf and tangy umeboshi onigiri for Sydney.

Parami is expected to open in Taylor Square in autumn 2026.
@parami_alberta

Da Orazio Trattoria, Rushcutters Bay

Orazio D’Elia is known for his Bondi pizzas and Alexandria patisserie. Now he’s opening a restaurant that draws on his childhood in Naples in the old Marta dining room. Expect homely dishes from right across Italy, including those D’Elia grew up eating in his Naples hometown of Pomigliano d’Arco and on trips around the country.

D’Elia is working on his own tiella di Gaeta, an octopus pie first made by fishmongers in Gaeta, a coastal town south of Rome where he holidayed as a child. There will be pasta, too, plus mains kissed by coals, including a steak dressed in his father’s chimichurri-style dressing jazzed up for the restaurant setting. 

Da Orazio Trattoria is expected to open at 30 McLachlan Avenue, Rushcutters Bay, in autumn 2026.
@da_orazio_trattoria

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Sit, Marrickville
The Baba’s Place team opens Sit, a social enterprise cafe, together with NSW not-for-profit Fresh Hope. The eatery lives on the ground floor of the Illawarra Road Nightingale Housing block, near Marrickville Station.

Compared to Baba’s Place, Sit’s food is not “reliant as much on past narrative,” the team shared on Instagram. “The kitchen is phenomenal and we are very proud of it.”

A bunch of local creatives have collaborated on the space, which moves away from the Baba’s aesthetic. “Cafes have always been a breeding ground for creativity, for community, for generative dissidence, for resistance, for coffee, for sustenance, for support. We are incredibly excited to connect to this history and to return aspects of this origin to the forefront.”

387 Illawarra Road, Marrickville
@sit.marrickville
comesit.com.au

Besa, Bondi
The Aalia team, fresh from opening Aalia Wine Room in the CBD, is busy: welcoming Spanish tapas spot Besa to Bondi. Not unlike the suburb’s recent addition Alzado, the Besa menu leans into coastal specialties, looked after by head chef Alan Kropman (ex-Sean’s, Aalia).

75-79 Hall Street, Bondi
@besabondi

The James, CBD
Sydney Restaurant Group, the team behind Sails, Akti, Ripples and more, welcomes The James to the CBD. Find the refined British dining room inside The Langham. Head chef Sam Tuchband brings experience from London and is going big on dishes like beef Wellington, waldorf salad and sticky toffee pudding, which he’s jazzing up as a soufflé.

The Langham, 89–113 Kent Street, Millers Point
@thejamessydney
srghospitality.com.au/venue/the-james

Sushi Oe, Glebe
Sushi master Toshihiko Oe has moved his fine-dining six-seater from Cammeray to the new Sydney Fish Market. Within the shiny, mega newcomer, you'll find Oe’s eight seats right next door to Get Sashimi.

Sydney Fish Market, 1 Bridge Road, Glebe

Vitelli’s Upstairs, Redfern
Baptist Street Rec Club is no more – in its place is Vitelli’s Upstairs. Expect Italian American classics: pasta (made fresh at the team’s CBD joint Grana), porchetta, Milanese. Plus tiramisu, a late-night cheeseburger (with Calabrian chilli) and classic Italo cocktails.

Corner of Baptist and Cleveland streets, Redfern
@vitellis.upstairs
vitellisupstairs.com.au

Bronte Road Fish, Bronte
The beachy Bronte Road Bistro is no more, making way for Bronte Road Fish. It’s the same team, just less French bistro plates and more… fish. You’ll find “the ultimate” potato scallop, an array of burgers (fish, tuna smash, prawn katsu, mushroom), plus fish’n’chipper classics. Sip beers or fizzy drinks, Margarita slushies or bespoke Ester Spirits from a tap, then get a soft serve. There’s an outdoor courtyard too, and you’re welcome to take away.

280 Bronte Road, Waverley
@bronteroadfish
bronteroadfish.com

Mamuki Cafe, Glebe
Enmore Road matcha haunt Mamuki Bake & Bar hit Glebe Point Road on Monday February 9. The new little cafe is wrapped in light timber with warm lighting, the setting for matcha (as classic lattes or in more out-there serves with yuzu or berry jam) and coffee (again, the classics or pours topped with cream), plus sweet baked goods and Japanese sets.

16 Glebe Point Road, Glebe
@mamuki.bake.bar

Sahtein, The Rocks
The Dining Room, within Hunter St Hospitality’s revamped Argyle space, had its final service on Sunday February 8, making way for Sahtein on Thursday February 12. The Lebanese restaurant’s menu is lengthy, full of traditional dishes cooked over wood fire. Everything’s halal, with a snacky start including meze like kibbeh nayeh, tabouli and lemony, buttery balila (a warm chickpea dish), before skewers and larger proteins get involved.

18B Argyle Street, The Rocks
@sahteintherocks
sahteintherocks.com.au