Spring High Tea at The Gallery Sheraton Hyde Park is featuring two of Sydney’s summer faves, Gin and Rosé. We tend to think that “high” tea has something to do with a fancy tall stand to put cake on, we’re wrong. It originated in the 17th century when the Duchess of Bedford Anna Russell complained...
New-fashioned retro is a thing in Japan, and it’s also now a thing in Sydney’s Darling Quarter with the recent opening of Ichoume. We love a vintage vibe and this place is full of colour and genuine hospitality. Giant designs worked with co-owners Yuki Ishikawa and Ari Kondo to create a Japanese diner atmosphere to...
Seeking some sex in the city? Want to be thrilled, shocked and seduced, all at the same time? Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett has assembled a smoking hot talented troupe of performers who deliver a hilarious, hair-raising and heart-stopping show. The only place for a Sydney Fringe headline event like this is the spectacular Spiegeltent. This...
The Aiden boutique hotel Pyrmont gives off a bit of a Brooklyn vibe, looking back at the city skyline over the water. This brand new hotel in an art deco era curvaceous building with schmick black windows carries some Aussie heritage. Built as a grain store then converted into Australian icon Breville HQ, and today...
Spring, sunshine and a small reprieve from lockdown is sending us outdoors. The park is our dining room and a blanket, our dining table. Its driving foodies everywhere to google gourmet picnic recipes, so if you want to impress then there’s nothing that sings ‘Sydney summer’ more than seafood. Steve Costi is Sydney seafood royalty,...
We leave some of the best places for tourists. Now that we fully embrace staycations, it’s time to claim back Sydney’s icons for ourselves. Seafood harbour-side is iconic. The Harbourfront Seafood Restaurant tucked under the Harbour Bridge and overlooking the Opera House is a destination. The venue in the beautifully restored Campbell’s Stores at The...
Night life in real life? No zoom, it’s not virtual, yes people… some live entertainment is coming back to the CBD, and Above Par are the team behind some very cool mid-eastern house vibes. Co-owners Efe Topuzlu and Ozgur Sefkatli have been hearing their customers say, we want to have fun and they want to...
They may not have the $7m price tag or go from zero to 100 in under four seconds but you can still channel your inner F1 racing car driver in the K1. Go-karting, that is, reaching speeds of up to 85 kms on the arena at Sydney’s Entertainment Park is fast fun. John and Vicki...
If the streets of Kings Cross could talk, it would be a curious story, once home to salacious nightlife and the territory of many infamous characters, it was guaranteed to be an exotic night out. The bright lights and energy of the ‘Golden Mile’ have dimmed to flicker in recent years but with new openings...
With intra-state getaways still off the agenda, there is a way you can escape for an evening in a true ‘Virtual Reality’ way. “VR” failed to really make a mark because there some things you just cant simulate, like taste! Bill Lark founder of Tasmania’s Lark Distillery, hosted their first virtual ‘Steak and Whisky Night’...
