Unique Restaurants to Dine with Your Family

by OpenTable Team

Updated 07 August 2023

Hungry for a dining experience that's tailor-made for you? We’ve got you covered. Here are our top restaurant picks for your next outing. Bon appétit!

Credit: Atlas Dining

Hustlers. Syd

4.4

4.4 (148)

$100 and over

Asian

Sydney CBD

About the restaurant

Our menus will take you on a culinary journey throughout Asia, paying homage to our cultures by elevating traditional flavours through modern techniques. Enter underground and indulge in a mouth-watering menu of shared plates and cocktails.

Top review

Ian

Dined 5 days ago

Thank you for the amazing food and service as always!!

Atlas Dining

4.8

4.8 (118)

$41 to $100

Global, International

South Yarra

About the restaurant

In case you haven't travelled with us before, let us introduce ourselves. We are a fine dining restaurant located in the heart of South Yarra.

We first opened our doors in 2016, when a then, 22-year-old Charlie Carrington, decided to create a restaurant that changed cuisine every few months. Dubbed the most "Ambitious Restaurant Opening" of the year, Atlas Dining quickly rose to cult status. Within a month, Charlie became the youngest Australian chef to be awarded a Chef's Hat.

Eight years on, and (now) 23 cuisines later, Atlas Dining continues to be one of the most unique restaurants around.

We offer affordable fine dining, but most importantly, an unforgettable experience that helps guests' tastebuds travel the world.

Top review

Fiona

Dined on 1 Sept 2024

Love it! Everyone was excited for the experience and they didn’t disappoint!

Serai Kitchen

4.6

4.6 (557)

$100 and over

Filipino

Melbourne CBD

About the restaurant

Modern Filipino fare cooked over fire and Vin Naturel

Top review

Sandra

Dined 3 days ago

A lovely experience! Great food and excellent staff, highly recommended.

Yugen Dining

4.6

4.6 (433)

$100 and over

Asian

South Yarra

About the restaurant

Yugen redefines dining after dark. A promise of an experience where food, drink, and music continue well into the night. A subterranean setting with a refined industrial feel, offering dishes and beverages influenced by the cultural richness of Asia. Tradition met with the intuition of a contemporary flair.

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John

Dined 2 days ago

This would be my 6th Yugen dinning experience and as always was excellent all round. Loved it

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Experience

Yugen Chef Experience

Experience

Yugen 6 Course Banquet

Experience

Yugen 7 Course Banquet

Longshore

4.5

4.5 (86)

$100 and over

Australian

Chippendale

About the restaurant

Longshore is about celebrating the quality of Australian coastal ingredients and Asian cooking techniques. We offer a five-course tasting menu highlighting seasonal signature dishes, alongside an extensive à la carte menu plus an experimental 10-course snack-flight for you to choose from. On top of that, our 100+ wine list is selected by our team of sommeliers and it consists some of the best wines around the world for your enjoyment.

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Jacqui

Dined on 31 Aug 2024

Great fresh food, fish cooked to perfection, dessert was superb and to top it off great service. Highly recommend.

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Experience

-Bar Menu-

Burwood Rengaya Casual Dining

4.5

4.5 (294)

$41 to $100

Japanese (Yakiniku)

Burwood

About the restaurant

We are a Japanese Yakiniku restaurant in Burwood, serving high quality wagyu and sake.

We are located in a centre of Burwood. It is very close to bus stop and train station, and also this building has a 1 hour 30 minutes free parking. Easy access for the customers.

We have more than 25 years of experiences of Japanese Yakiniku in Sydney. We provide our customers with a great Wagyu experience and fun.

Top review

Jenny

Dined 1 day ago

Very lovely staff, amazing service as usual. Very responsive over text messages with regards to my reservation for Father's Day. Very attentive. We had a little accident with one of our toddlers and they helped with ice pack and extra care. Due to this ordeal, we ran slightly over time with our booking. The team still allowed us to stay back, take our time and enjoy dessert. Can not recommend this place enough for their outstanding service. My family enjoyed the BBQ. Thank you so much - we will be back!

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Experience

Premium BBQ Buffet $95

Experience

Standard BBQ Buffet $55

Experience

Premium BBQ Buffet for LUNCH

Perspective Dining

4.9

4.9 (40)

$100 and over

Farm-to-table

Fortitude Valley

About the restaurant

Perspective dining is a modern gastronomic tasting menu experience, a closed-door 12-seat chef table dining space, our chefs will take you on a unique culinary journey. Perspective Dining will offer cutting-edge tasting menus seasonally from 3 courses to 9 courses, a plant-based menu as well as a protein-based menu. Perspective Dining will be collaborating with local farmers and suppliers to ensure that our vision of uncompromised, no holds barred excellence and sustainability is showcased in our food.
Perspective | Lunch Thursday to Saturday
12:30pm
Food and wine pairing 140
Just the food 80
Perspective Dinner 9 courses
6:30 pm
Food and Wine pairing 300
Just the food 195

Top review

James

Dined 4 days ago

Fantastic experience - wonderful food and a unique experience having all dishes explained by the chef. Best dessert I have ever had! It is a bit cold in the restaurant so bring a sweater

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Experience

Perspective Dining: Dinner - choose menu in Add On

Experience

Perspective Dining: Variations share-style lunch

Experience

Eucalyptus Room: Sweet Symphony, a sugary soirée!

Mr. Vain

4.6

4.6 (297)

$100 and over

Pan-Asian

Fortitude Valley

About the restaurant

We believe in making ordinary food extraordinary, with our seasonal menu inspired by New York's Chinatown. We aim to highlight fresh, quality ingredients, and presenting them in an approachable yet unique style
through techniques of gastronomy. Our goal is to deliver our guests a gastronomic experience in a warm and approachable atmosphere that features an aesthetic blending of New York's Chinatown restaurants and bars.

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Joss

Dined 3 days ago

great first dining experience. service and timeliness stood out compared to eating anywhere else. all the food was some of the best I've ever had except the Wagyu bao bun which had a dryer and chewier texture compared to something I'm used to like yum cha

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4.3

4.3 (314)

$100 and over

Italian

Woolloomooloo

About the restaurant

OTTO celebrates people, place and la dolce vita. Situated in the spectacular surrounds of the Finger Wharf at Woolloomooloo, OTTO has an undeniable reputation as one of Sydney’s most respected dining institutions. At the heart of the restaurant is old world hospitality and long-standing relationships held with a fiercely loyal clientele. Approachable yet refined service greets modern Italian cuisine, alfresco dining and trademark waterside views. OTTO is the quintessential Sydney dining experience and has remained a local favourite for over 17 years.

Top review

JohnD

Dined on 13 Jun 2024

A favourite in Sydney. The service and food were typically very good.

Zushi Surry Hills - Omakase

4.7

4.7 (25)

$100 and over

Japanese Speciality

Surry Hills

About the restaurant

Omakase means, “leave it up to the Chef” so let Chef Han take you on a tantalising journey of 20 courses, using the finest local Australian and Japanese produce.

OMAKASE MENU FEB/MAR 2024
Sweetcorn cold soup, truffle olive oil, paprika
Potata Pave, scallop, sea urchin, kombu
Ika Somen, calamari noodle, ikura, cucumber, bonito jelly
Chawanmushi, paradise prawn, mentaiko, sweetcorn
Abalone Tempura, abalone liver sauce, asparagus, pecorino, sushi rice
JPN A5 Wagyu steak, grilled medium rare, JPN A5 Wagyu Steak, foie gras, leek, wasabi
Sorbet
Omakase Nigiri
Southern calamari (Shark Bay WA)
Konbujime snapper (NZ)
Scallop (JPN)
Akami zuke (SA)
Scampi (WA)
Blue mackerel (Wollongong)
Salmon belly (TAS)
Bluefin tuna O-toro (JPN)
Sea eel (JPN)

Chef’s Signature hand roll +$20
Miso soup
Seasonal Fruit
Genmai Cha

*This menu can change subject to availability of ingredients. Sorry, we are unable to cater for allergies or dietary restrictions.

Top review

OpenTable Diner

Dined on 18 Jul 2024

The value for the amount of food we received was worth every dollar. $200pp for 20 dishes that tasted great with great vibes all round.

Nikkei Bar and Restaurant

4.8

4.8 (398)

$100 and over

Peruvian

Surry Hills

About the restaurant

Nikkei features Japanese-Peruvian styled share plates alongside a 40-strong wine list and Peruvian and Japanese-inspired cocktails.
Nikkei are people from Japan and their descendants that live in a foreign country. It also specifically refers to the cuisine of the Japanese-Peruvians which started more than a century ago when the first Japanese immigrated to Peru in the late 1890s, combining Japanese techniques and flavours with Peruvian produce.
We look forward to sharing Nikkei with you.

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OpenTable Diner

Dined on 15 Jun 2024

Great food and service, wish it wasn’t closing down.

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