Best Restaurants & Bars for Vivid Sydney

by OpenTable Australia

Updated 11 June 2022

Looking for the best way to enjoy this year's Vivid Sydney? From Vivid-inspired menu to the best spot to enjoy the lights with amazing food and cocktails. Check out some of our favourite dining experiences for Vivid Sydney this year.

Mode Kitchen & Bar

4.4

4.4 (533)

$A40 and under

Breakfast

The Rocks

About the restaurant

Mode Kitchen & Bar is a modern Australian restaurant located in Sydney's CBD, offering an innovative and uncomplicated menu that blends diverse cultural influences. The restaurant serves a range of meals, including breakfast, lunch, aperitivo, and dinner, with a focus on delivering delicious flavors with fresh, high-quality ingredients. Mode's menu celebrates modern Australian cuisine, featuring a balance of locally sourced produce and global culinary techniques. The restaurant is known for its chic atmosphere, ideal for casual dining, business lunches, or evening meals with a sophisticated touch.

Top review

Daniel

Dined 7 days ago

Wonderful food and ambience. Staff were fantastic and made our 15th wedding anniversary special and memorable.

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Squire’s Waterfront Restaurant

4.1

4.1 (1467)

$A41 to $A100

Modern Australian

Sydney CBD

About the restaurant

Squires Waterfront Restaurant is THE spot for a night out, a special occasion, or a casual hang with mates. Our menus marry unique modern Australian flavours, with inspiration from the legend himself, James Squire. Nestled on the Sydney Harbour, the waterfront views certainly enhance the ambiance of Squire's Waterfront Restaurant.

Bookings are available for the Restaurant. If you have 8 or more guests, a set menu and 10% gratuity apply. For non-exclusive parties of 8+ please enquire through our website. for our Brewhouse and Forecourt areas please contact our events team on 8014 5663

10% surcharge applies on Sundays. 15% surcharge applies on public holidays.
All Minors must be accompanied by a legal guardian or parent at all times across the whole venue.

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PaulH

Dined 3 days ago

This was our wedding anniversary. Staff were helpful and friendly. Food was amazing. A bit of noise from the bar downstairs but not intrusive. Cruise ship was delayed and ended up parked outside our window. We were grateful that the restaurant refunded our booking fee. All in all a great night, very happy.

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Experience

Australia Day

Experience

Guarantee Yourself a Window Table!

Experience

First Mates Addition Menu

The Dining Room by James Viles

4.4

4.4 (866)

$A101 and over

Modern Australian

Sydney CBD

About the restaurant

Located right on the edge of Sydney Harbour with the Opera House just beyond your fingertips…it doesn’t get any more Sydney than The Dining Room.

Our produce-driven menu is paired back, sustainable and unmistakably Australian, and shares center stage with unrivalled harbour views. Relaxed and elegant, enjoy the freshest of
seafood, seasonal Australian ingredients, and a selection of fine wines and locally crafted beers and spirits.

Lunch and dinner reservations are highly recommended. Our popular window tables are available at a surcharge when booking and subject to availability. Dress code is smart casual.

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BigJ

Dined on 23 Feb 2024

Experience was generally quite good. Couples should be placed away from family and group tables. We were place inboard having to look over groups commanding the best view. This was despite the groups spending more time inwardly focused with conversation. Being inboard takes away from the ambience and experience. More considered and thoughtful table placement for a couple would have been appreciated. The restaurant had quite a few children in it, which took away from us as a couple having a child free moment. Decor and environment is tasteful and as you would expect for a Hyatt.

The Living Room, Park Hyatt Sydney

4.3

4.3 (212)

$A41 to $A100

Modern Australian

The Rocks

About the restaurant

A complement to Park Hyatt Sydney's signature restaurant The Dining Room, the stylish and glass-walled Living Room and Bar is the restaurant’s all-day dining option ideal for casual meals, coffee and cocktails.

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MiguelZ

Dined on 10 Feb 2024

It was OK but we expeted much more, still would visit again

Helm Bar & Bistro

4.3

4.3 (270)

$A40 and under

Gastro Pub

Sydney CBD

About the restaurant

Helm Bar and Bistro and the Cockle Bay Yacht Club is Darling Harbour’s best roof top and open air bars to enjoy delicious, fresh food and mouth-watering cocktails whilst soaking up our stunning harbour views that really are second to none.

We have an impressive capacity of 600 people meaning we can cater to groups of all sizes. We are highly experienced in organising an array of memorable events including birthdays, engagements, farewells, corporate events and many more.

You now have the choice of dining in our brand new venue Cockle Bay Yacht Club situated on the ground floor next door to Helm Bar and Bistro.
Minors must be accompanied by their parent or a legal guardian.

Our food is made fresh and each dish is sent to the table when ready, this does mean that at certain times that all dishes will arrive at the table at different times.

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OpenTable DinerVIP

Dined on 6 Aug 2022

Best experience in the Sydney CBD area. Great food drinks at excellent prices.

love.fish - Barangaroo

4.5

4.5 (1803)

$A41 to $A100

Seafood

Barangaroo

About the restaurant

How many restaurants offer premium Australian seafood and waterfront dining at an everyday price point? love.fish is a casual Australian seafood restaurant located on the waterfront in harbour-side Sydney. Now in its thirteenth year, the love.fish Barangaroo restaurant takes Sydney seafood and our founders passion for authentic, accessible seafood dining to the next level. With a 17 metre harbour frontage and 175 seats, we offer a wider selection of Australia’s best locally-sourced oysters, raw fish, whole fish, platters, and crustaceans. All in a world-class waterfront location with the soul and values of a family owned restaurant. Our Barangaroo restaurant offers the provenance and quality of Australian seafood in a relaxed waterfront setting. We’re all about sustainable, local seafood that doesn’t cost the earth, because it doesn’t need to!

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OpenTable Diner

Dined 2 days ago

The venue was lovely, close to the harbour and a terrace table. Our server was extremely pleasant and helpful and gave us a good introduction to the menu and options. The food was extremely tasty and beautifully presented. Would highly recommend to anyone wanting to enjoy a fish meal. Prices were affordable and this great value overall.

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Popular dish

Australian Seafood Platter

Popular dish

Flash Fried Brussel Sprouts

Experience

'FEED ME' menu at love.fish

BORN by Tapavino - Barangaroo

4.5

4.5 (1320)

$A40 and under

Spanish

Barangaroo

About the restaurant

BóRN is the 3rd venue in the Tapavino stable and takes its cue from the tapas bars & restaurants in & around El Born, Barcelona. Located on the waterfront in Barangaroo, We take inspiration from the Spanish classics but with a modern twist.

Top review

Daniela

Dined on 11 Dec 2024

Born by Tapavino is fabulous for a group wanting to share lots of yummy food. I highly recommend the jamon croquettas (sorry about spelling) and the burrata and beef cheeks, but ALL the food is wonderful and the staff are lovely

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Experience

Bottomless Brunch $99

Kinhboy

4.8

4.8 (146)

$A41 to $A100

Vietnamese

Barangaroo

About the restaurant

Vietnamese with attitude. Authentic flavours with locally sourced ingredients. Great Cocktails, Asian Beers & and extensive Wine List.

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JayY

Dined on 25 Jul 2024

This is the 2nd time we have had the Feed Me menu for $69 per person which has an abundance of mouthwatering deliciousness on every single plate . Definitely does not disappoint. Such great value for money. Unfortunately due to rent increase, we were told that they were closing down and Saturday is the last day. So sad. So get there asap!!

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