The Best Sydney Restaurants for an Excellent Lunar New Year Feast
These are the best restaurants in Sydney celebrating the Year of the Dragon this Lunar New Year.
The Best Sydney Restaurants for an Excellent Lunar New Year Feast
With the Year of the Dragon almost upon us, Lunar New Year festivities are beginning to pop up across the city. Whether you're looking for a bustling mahjong club or a more low-key meal at a local restaurant to say farewell to the Year of the Rabbit, Sydney has you covered.
We've compiled a list of the best restaurants in Sydney putting on celebrations and offering up special meals for the Lunar New Year. From adorable dragon bun creations to multi-course feasts, here's where to head if you want to get into the spirit and be well-fed while you're at it.
Top Image: The Gardens by Lotus, Inlighten.
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Great Dragon Hot Pot Burwood
With recipes over a century year old, your cravings won't be disappointed.
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Spice Temple
Spice Temple pushes Chinese cuisine to new heights without losing traditional flavours.
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Pearl Dining
Lotus Dining Group has injected a big dose of luxury into Cantonese favourites at this sleek Circular Quay diner.
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New Shanghai
For when you can't (don't want to) choose between a soup dumpling and a pork bun.
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The Gardens by Lotus
This teahouse in the Chinese Garden of Friendship serves dumplings and tea during the day before switching to a Sichuan menu at night.
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Din Tai Fung
You can score utterly adorable dragon dumplings at Din Tai Fung, as well as Lunar New Year feasts featuring XO prawn stir-fried noodles and wagyu beef spring rolls.
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Lilymu
This neon-lit Parramatta restaurant is whipping up tom yum dumplings and black garlic mie goreng.
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Lotus The Galeries
In a long and illustrious career of dumpling eating, some of the most perfect dumplings we've ever had.
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Cash Only Diner
Cash Only is hosting a one-night four-course Têt Banquet for Lunar New Year on Saturday, February 10.
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Cirrus Dining
Cirrus is offering an extravagant Lunar New Year banquet featuring scallop dumplings, spanner crab congee and XO king prawns until Sunday, February 18.
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Aria
Aria is pairing its unbeatable views of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge with a $350 seven-course Lunar New Year tasting menu between Saturday, February 10–Saturday, February 24.
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Lana
Lana’s Executive Chef Alex Wong has created a Prosperity Dinner featuring rock lobster spaghetti, kingfish and scampi salad, ginger and shallot Murray cod, and mango pancakes.
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The Streets of Barangaroo
There are a bunch of activities and banquets popping up at The Streets of Barangaroo for Lunar New Year, including lion dancers, matcha gelato and an affordable $88 set menu at Devon.
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Dopa Don and Milk Bar
A Japanese take on the classic Aussie milk bar by the Devon team.
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The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre
The Marrickville brewery and its Chinese restaurant The Lucky Prawn are pulling out all stops with lion dancers, a limited-edition rice lager and yum cha.
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Taphouse Sydney
The newly revamped Taphouse is hosting a Year of the Dragon rooftop party on Saturday, February 10.
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Royal Palace Seafood Restaurant
Royal Palace Seafood Restaurant offers three levels of dining in the former Golden Century site, including yum cha, mango pancakes and late-night feeds.
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Canton Kitchen
A new Cantonese restaurant on the lower north shore by ex-Queen Chow head chef Jason Chan.
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Queen Chow Manly
Merivale's second Cantonese eatery boasts a 200-strong wine list and some of the best dumplings in the city and on the waters of Manly Cove.