Where to chow down in Sydney

Aqua Luna
7 Macquarie St, East Circular Quay
Ph 0061 2 9251 0311
aqualuna@bigpond.com
Style: full-flavoured fine Italian food and a buzzy
atmosphere. Olympic menu: business as usual, prices and
menu may vary slightly.
Aria
1 Macquarie St, East Circular Quay
Ph 0061 2 9252 2555
Style: the newest big-name restaurant with a rare Sydney combination - impeccable food and superb views in the one spot.
Olympic menu: Aria will take general bookings
from the public, though large function bookings have taken precedence.
bel mondo
Level 3, Argyle Stores, 18-24 Argyle St, the Rocks
Ph 0061 2 9241 3700
reservations@belmondo.com.au
Style: Italian that looks like art and tastes as good, with a
book-length wine list to boot. Olympic menu: still up in the
air, will probably have a mix of functions and tables
available for the general public.
Bennelong
Sydney Opera House,
Bennelong Point, Circular Quay
Ph 0061 2 9250 7548
Style: modern Australian in Sydney's modernist icon.
Olympic menu: booked by the Sydney Organising
Committee for the Olympic Games for non-meal periods.
Bistro Mars
Rushcutters Harbourside Hotel,
100 Bayswater Rd, Rushcutters Bay
Ph 0061 2 9361 3000
Style: European meets modern Australian.
Olympic menu: when on land, Olympic yachties will choose to stay and dine here.
fuel, also MG Garage
476-488 Crown St,
Surry Hill
Ph 0061 2 9383 9388
Style: laid-back mood but serious food (modern Australian with Italian leanings).
Olympic menu: fuel doesn't take
reservations, Olympic plans still undecided.
Longrain
85 Commonwealth St, Surry Hills
Ph 0061 2 9280 2888
Style: designer Thai for designer diners.
Olympic menu: doesn't accept bookings. Will probably introduce a late-night supper menu during the Olympics.
Quay
Upper Level, Overseas Passenger Terminal, the Rocks
Ph 0061 2 9251 5600
quay@1.com.au
Style: French meets modern Australian.
Olympic menu: from September 13 to October 3, Quay will play host to International Olympic Committee bigwigs and selected
guests.
Rockpool
107 George St, the Rock
Ph 0061 2 9252 1888
rockpool@rockpool.com
Style: the standard-setting Neil Perry has trained a large portion of Sydney's best chefs in modern Australian. A strong seafood focus.
Olympic menu: plans to be open to the public with a set menu of two courses, coffee and petit fours for $A120 per person (three courses for $A150)
Sailors Thai and Sailors Thai Canteen
106 George St, the Rocks
Ph 0061 2 9251 2466
Style: refined, classic Thai food with some modern twists and turns.
Olympic menu: business as usual.
Salt
Kirketon Hotel, 229 Darlinghurst Rd, Darlinghurst
Ph 0061 2 9332 2566
info@saltrestaurant.com.au
Style: another trend-setting eatery for the fashionable rock star/fashion designer/photographer crowd, many of whom stay at the attached boutique hotel.
Olympic menu:
business as usual.
Tetsuya's
729 Darling St, Rozelle
Ph 0061 2 9555 1017
Style: a unique French-Japanese fusion cuisine from
arguably Sydney's most internationally renowned chef.
Olympic menu: will scale down operations as expected
traffic will interrupt supplies and guests ability to travel
there.
Other addresses
Alio: 5 Baptist St, Redfern. Ph 0061 2 8394 9368.
alio@artesian.net.au.#
Arthurs Pizza: 260 Oxford St, Paddington. Ph 0061 2 9331 1779
DIG: 56 Campbell Pde, Bondi Beach. Ph 0061 2 9365 6044.
fu-manchu: Level 1, 80 Campbell Pde, Bondi. Ph 0061 2 9300 0416.
Kam Fook: Level 3, Market City, 9 Hay St, Haymarket. Ph 0061 2 9211 8388.
La Disfida: 109 Ramsay St, Haberfield. Ph 0061 2 9798 8299.
Lillipilli on King: 441 King St, Newtown. Ph: 0061 2 9516 2499.
Prasits Northside on Crown: 413 Crown St, Surry Hills.
Ph 0061 2 9319 0748.
Silver Spring: 477 Pitt St, Haymarket. Ph 0061 2 9211 2232.