Bodega has joined up with Wyno, together the venue is now known as Wyno x Bodega. There’s a bigger focus on vino, a smaller menu and fan favourites, the fish fingers and banana spilt, are still available.

Italian cuisine with a subtle Australian accent, matched with a wine list that bounces effortlessly between Italy’s Piedmont region and the Adelaide Hills. The Swillhouse group’s modern-day interpretation of a cool ’70s restaurant is everything we’ve come to expect from one the city’s best operators.

Start with cocktails on the terrace, then grab a booth inside for dinner.

What could be better for a date than a dim French bistro?

Don't take a vegetarian to this temple of meat and cheese.

A taxidermy-filled den that's equally about well-made cocktails and straight spirits, bourbon particularly.

Choose seats at the long dining bar or a small table for two.

Cured meats are the star at this tiny Italian diner.

If your date is into food, this creative restaurant should be a hit.

An expert wine list in trendy surrounds.

Word of warning: don't bother bringing a large group to this tiny mezcal-centric laneway bar – even if it were completely empty, you probably wouldn't fit. It's by the team behind Tio's Cerveceria. The friendly, knowledgeable staff here will help you navigate the cracking cocktail list with confidence (and you might even end up ordering Sydney's best Margarita).

A little space with big Japanese flavours.

The bar formerly knowns as The Wild Rover is a grown-up version of its predecessor, with oysters on rotation and a slick cocktail list. You can still snag a sausage roll, but otherwise, it’s a seafood-driven menu piled with winners including a curried fish-finger roll and caviar with potato crisps.

Hip-hop and all the cheese you can eat. Fun.

The sharpest looking venue in Newtown, with food and wine to match.

Wine and cheese. Winning.

For slightly quieter dates, over a good glass of wine.

Low on light, high on intimacy.

Low lights and deep, comfy chairs. You know exactly where this night is headed.

Sit at the bar and share some snacks together. If the conversation lulls, the quick-witted staff has your back.

Margaritas and low lights to kickstart your relationship.

Oysters, share plates and a beautiful bar to sit at.

The sister venue of Love, Tilly Devine is perfect for a date night of snacks and wine.

You can never go wrong with this classic Italian.

If the date is drinks, the team behind Fratelli Paradiso has you sorted.

Dimitri’s first started as a lo-fi little pizzeria on Crown street; in 2019, it moved up to Oxford Street. The new digs feature an Italian-made woodfire oven, a bigger dining room, plus a dedicated small bar upstairs. The toppings here are a riff on Dimitri’s flavour-over-tradition approach.

Dimitri’s first started as a lo-fi little pizzeria on Crown street; in 2019, it moved up to Oxford Street. The new digs feature an Italian-made woodfire oven, a bigger dining room, plus a dedicated small bar upstairs. The toppings here are a riff on Dimitri’s flavour-over-tradition approach.

There’s a water feature with a huge buddha head, an illuminated technicolor jungle motif and stone-stacked walls covered in vines. It’s straight out of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

There’s a water feature with a huge buddha head, an illuminated technicolor jungle motif and stone-stacked walls covered in vines. It’s straight out of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

A 15-seater in Potts Point serving just five styles of pasta, by a former Metisse head chef.

Inside the Norfolk Hotel’s former sports bar is a vibrant wine nook inspired by the Barcelona suburb it’s named after. Expect a range of vermouths, plus mussels and chips, crackers topped with Cantabrian anchovies, and skewers cooked over a flat grill. From the team behind Love, Tilly Devine.

At this moody inner-west den, the team behind the city's best Margarita (and one of the world’s best bars) turns its attention to that cocktail-lounge staple, the Martini. Needless to say, the results are out of this world.