Best Restaurants at Kensington Street
Located in the heart of Chippendale, only ten minutes from the CBD, Kensington Street is a must-visit lifestyle precinct with cafes, markets, artists, galleries and innovative retailers. Explore tiny historic, workers’ cottages and lofty industrial warehouses as you stroll through this vibrant culinary laneway. Choose from a series of communal dining courtyards as well as an excellent selection of restaurants to suit all tastes and budgets with Best Restaurants at Kensington Street.
With Best Restaurants, you discover crowd favourites like Spice Alley and elegant dining destinations such as Olio Kensington Street, or explore even more top-rated eateries with our Best Eats guide.
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Read moreSpice Alley is reminiscent of the alleys in Singapore and Hong Kong, where you can walk through and choose from a variety of Asian cuisines, all very inexpensive. Choose from fresh, nourishing and delicious Asian food available for dine-in or takeaway.
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Dine-in at Olio at Kensington Street to enjoySicilian cuisine from the award-winning chef, Lino Sauro. Olio is set on the second floor of the beautifully restored The Old Rum Store, featuring exposed brick and loft-style windows alongside outdoor rooftop dining.Read more -
Read moreGavroche Chippendale brings classic French cuisine to Sydney. It’s very French with an imposing oakwood entrance, brass-railed banquette seating, oversized carved wooden bar, four-metre antique French silk weaver’s table, and a 1950s Parisian motorised bicycle. A great place for a romantic dinner,
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Read moreEastside Bar & Grill pays homage to the upmarket dining experiences of New York. Nestled within a heritage-listed warehouse in Kensington Street, it offers the finest cuts of meat that have been dry-aged in-house and prepared on the beautiful Parrilla custom-built wood-fire grill.
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At Holy Duck you can watch the chefs expertly prepare crispy, succulent ducks from the huge, traditional hanging gallery. There’s plenty of other meat and vegetarian options.Read more -
Read moreViet on the Mekong is set in Chippendale's Kensington Street, one of Sydney's most exciting and fast-growing dining precincts is a piece of Vietnam at Mekong. Located at the start of Spice Ally, come and enjoy authentic Vietnamese-street style food like rice paper pancakes and pork buns created by the talented and experienced head chef Chef Tiw Rakarin. Chef Tiw Rakarin (ex Alphabet Street, Mama's Buoi) has created a higher end dining experience that melds Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian and Thai fare.
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Read moreCartel pays homage to the intense and diverse cultural and culinary makeup of Latin America. Located in the Old Rum Store in the exciting Kensington Street Dining precinct in Chippendale, Cartel is a charming and colourful venue. Just like its vivacious people and cultures, its cuisine is full of flavour, and designed to be shared with family and friends. Bring some Latin American flavour to your life at Cartel.
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Read moreAndiamo Trattoria is famous for serving simple, rustic Southern Italian food in a friendly, casual atmosphere. Pizza is their specialty but there is an extensive selection of traditional Italian dishes. The stone-baked pizza is a must-order, while the Margherita is the best choice for an authentic pizza. Craving something hearty and comforting? Try their fresh gnocchi or pasta.
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Read moreFanning out over two iconic heritage-listed buildings in trendy Chippendale, The Old Clare Hotel has been reborn with three restaurants, two bars, a rooftop pool and 62 impressive hotel rooms. The upmarket restaurants, Automata, Kensington Street Social and the Clare are the stomping grounds of acclaimed chefs, each with their own signature style. The Hotel also offers a regular schedule of pop-up markets, tastings, art exhibitions and live music events.