Destination: Sydney

1. Barangaroo Reserve

9.3
1 Merriman St, Barangaroo, NSW
Park · Barangaroo · 20 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: Barangaroo lures weekend throngs with its stellar location on a formerly industrial, unused slice of the harbor foreshore that has been transformed into a vast green space. Mehr erfahren.

2. Parlour X

261 Oxford St, Paddington, NSW
Boutique · 4 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: Eva Galambos has taken Parlour X from an under-the-radar boutique to an incubator for some of the globe’s biggest fashion talent. The new home was renovated by Tobias Partners. Mehr erfahren.

3. The Standard Store

7.3
503 Crown St, Surry Hills, NSW
Boutique · 4 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: The Standard Store is an emporium peddling offbeat fashion discovered on trips to Europe and the U.S. Shop for bamboo-handled umbrellas from London Undercover and tees from French brand Maison Kitsuné Mehr erfahren.

4. P Johnson Tailors

49 Liverpool St (Glenmore Rd), Paddington, NSW
Boutique · 1 Tipp

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: Next-gen tailor P. Johnson is the place to get a lightweight bespoke suit. The atelier offers three cuts, all of which employ a “floating canvas construction.” Mehr erfahren.

5. The Intersection

122 Oxford St, Paddington, NSW
Fußgängerzone · 4 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: The Intersection is a retail strip in the leafy, upscale Paddington neighborhood that stocks homegrown designers like Bassike and Zimmermann. Mehr erfahren.

6. Establishment Hotel

7.2
5 Bridge St., Sydney, NSW
Hotel · Sydney City Center · 3 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: Tucked into a brick-lined laneway, the 31-room hotel is a study in juxtapositions: plush velvet sofas against raw brick walls; 19th-century columns and Japanese-inspired black stained wood floors. Mehr erfahren.

7. Primus Hotel

339 Pitt St, Sydney, NSW
Hotel · Central Business District · 5 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: A 172-room retrofit by architecture firm Woods Bagot with a cavernous lobby featuring red columns made from scagliola—an Italian plaster resembling marble—and a paneled skylight crowning the lobby. Mehr erfahren.

8. The Old Clare Hotel

7.7
1 Kensington St, Chippendale, NSW
Hotel · 16 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: The 62 rooms feature eye-catching pieces by names like PSLAB, Eloise Rapp, The Rag and Bone Man and artworks by Richard Glover and Jason Loucas. Mehr erfahren.

9. Ovolo Woolloomooloo

8.6
6 Cowper Wharf Roadway, Woolloomooloo, NSW
Hotel · Woolloomooloo · 14 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: The former warehouse’s immense atrium spine is broken up using pavilions that function as a check-in desk, bar, and series of lounges with Thonet sofas and retro video-game tables. Mehr erfahren.

10. QT Sydney

8.2
49 Market St, Sydney, NSW
Hotel · Sydney City Center · 25 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: Expect locally-inspired motifs in the 69 rooms, from the digital artworks by Australian artists Shaun Gladwell and Dean Tirkot to the Bondi-brewed Wild Kombucha in the minibars. Mehr erfahren.

11. Tilbury Hotel

7.2
12-18 Nicholson St, Woolloomooloo, NSW
Kneipe · 24 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: Architects Luchetti Krelle have transformed the Tilbury Hotel from a classic Aussie pub into an airy ode to Danish modernism. The pastel color scheme is accented by woods and hand-quilted chairs. Mehr erfahren.

12. LuMi Bar & Dining

7.5
56 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont, NSW
Italienisches Restaurant · 14 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: The eight-course tasting menu trips a fantastical trail from sorrel-and-lime sand crab through mushroom agnolotti served in dashi broth, and ending with pineapple tacos. Mehr erfahren.

13. Bennelong Restaurant

8.6
Bennelong Point, Sydney, NSW
Australisches Restaurant · Circular Quay · 25 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: Set in a cathedral-like room inside the Sydney Opera House and helmed by acclaimed chef Peter Gilmore, guests can enjoy a three-course set menu spotlighting the country’s best produce Mehr erfahren.

14. Billy Kwong

Shop 1, 28 Macleay St, Sydney, NSW
Chinesisches Restaurant · 20 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: Most people lucky enough to snag a reservation will be concentrating on the plate, where dishes like wallaby tail braised with black bean and chili show off the toque’s mastery of culinary fusion. Mehr erfahren.

15. The Bridge Room

44 Bridge St. (Young St.), Sydney, NSW
Australisches Restaurant · Sydney City Center · 21 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: Architect Nick Tobias created a gorgeous visual backdrop for Euro-Asian dishes prepared over binchotan charcoal and slow-smoked in the Japanese Robata style. Mehr erfahren.

16. LOT.1 Sydney

18-20 York St., Sydney, NSW
Italienisches Restaurant · Wynyard · 8 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: Diners tuck into salumi and hand-made pasta beneath the beams of the magnificent sandstone John Solomon building. The interior showpiece is sculpture inspired by the swirling crema on an espresso. Mehr erfahren.

17. The Dolphin Hotel

6.4
412 Crown St, Surry Hills, NSW
Kneipe · 44 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: Maurice Terzini is behind the newly minted Dolphin Hotel, a gastropub in the inner-urban suburb of Surry Hills. The heritage building was reimagined by designer George Livissianis. Mehr erfahren.

18. Automata

5 Kensington St, Chippendale, NSW
Australisches Restaurant · 19 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: Automata became an instant hit for gastronomic eats such as seaweed-wrapped hapuku fillet in a black sauce of cured roe and sea succulents that some joke is Sydney’s least Instagrammable dish. Mehr erfahren.

19. Roslyn Oxley9

6.3
8 Soudan Ln, Paddington, NSW
Kunstgalerie · 3 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: For a primer on the country’s contemporary giants, don’t miss a visit to Roslyn Oxley9, a magnet for deep-pocketed collectors since 1982. Oxley has fostered the careers of a cadre of locals. Mehr erfahren.

20. Brett Whiteley Studio

6.5
2 Raper St, Surry Hills, NSW
Kunstmuseum · 5 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: Fans of Brett Whiteley, the late enfant terrible of 20th-century Australian art, will thrill to the in-situ authenticity of the Brett Whiteley Studio, the painter’s former workshop and home. Mehr erfahren.

21. Carriageworks

9.2
245 Wilson St (Codrington St), Eveleigh, NSW
Darstellende Künste · 36 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: Positioned at the site of an erstwhile rail yards and blacksmith in Waterloo, Carriageworks is an ambitious multi-arts center whose roster includes talent such as Nick Cave and Francesco Clemente. Mehr erfahren.

22. White Rabbit Gallery

9.1
30 Balfour St, Chippendale, NSW
Kunstgalerie · 38 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: The four-story space, a former Rolls Royce service depot from the 1940s, showcases one of the world’s most significant collections of Chinese contemporary art. Mehr erfahren.

23. Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA)

8.5
140 George St, Sydney, NSW
Kunstmuseum · Circular Quay · 108 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: Circular Quay is home not only to the Opera House, but one of the most important institutions, the Museum of Contemporary Art, which holds a dress circle location overlooking Sydney Harbor. Mehr erfahren.

24. Bondi Beach

9.3
Queen Elizabeth Dr, Bondi Beach, NSW
Strand · 310 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: There’s a salty, punk-rock swagger to Australia's creative class that makes a visit invigorating, like diving under a wave at Bondi Beach and then emerging, dazed but renewed. Mehr erfahren.

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25. Opernhaus Sydney

9.2
(Sydney Opera House)
2 Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW
Opernhaus · Circular Quay · 440 Tipps und Bewertungen

Surface MagazineSurface Magazine: Bold design has been a hallmark of Sydney since Danish architect Jørn Utzon won the contract to design the Sydney Opera House. Mehr erfahren.