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Affordable Fine Dining Sydney: Fancy Food for Under $100
With set menus and tasty dishes for less than $100, these fancy but affordable fine dining restaurants in Sydney deserve a visit.
When you think of fine dining, the first thoughts that spring to mind are fancy, formal and above all — expensive. But with Sydney’s new wave of humble fine diners, you can find mouth-watering menus, lavish tasting feasts and even hatted-degustation deals, without blowing your entire month’s wages. Thankfully, the days of unaffordable — and unobtainable — gourmet dining are well and truly behind us.
We’ve done some digging on the most affordable fine dining in Sydney, and the results are in. Read on for your next fancy feast.
Affordable Fine Dining Sydney: Under $50
$28 Burger, Fries & Beer at The Charles Bar
We thrive on a splash of opulence, and a visit to The Charles Bar is always set to satisfy, even when we’re on a budget. Soak up old-world hospitality without the price tag with The Charles’ aged Wagyu cheeseburger. At $25, you’ll also score fries and your choice of beer or soft drink. If this isn’t living, we don’t know what is!
12pm to 6pm
Sitchu Tip: If you’re channelling something fancier, The Charles also offers a $59 Prix Fixe menu, Monday to Friday, from 12pm to 1pm and 5pm to 6pm.
66 King Street, Sydney
$35 Lunch at Aalia Wine Room
The newer, more relaxed sibling to the two-hatted Aalia has a lunch menu that deserves a spot on your radar. Split over two levels in the heart of the CBD, Aalia Wine Room is doing a $35 per person set lunch Tuesday to Friday. Start with Khorasan pita with labneh or spiced eggplant, followed by rump steak with Café de Cairo butter and ras el hanout chips. For the price, it’s a serious spread and great for a business lunch or a leisurely midweek catch-up with wine (if you needed an excuse).
$35 per person, Tuesday to Friday from 12pm
Tenancy 6.33/25 Martin Pl, Sydney NSW 2000
Snacks at Saint Peter Bar
The legendary Saint Peter (now housed in the Grand National Hotel in Paddington) is one of Sydney’s most celebrated restaurants. If you can’t snag a booking for the two-hat dining room, head into the Saint Peter Bar for a walk-in taste of what Josh Niland does best. The bar serves a rotating à la carte menu of Niland’s boundary-pushing seafood snacks, including a swordfish bacon and yellowfin tuna cheeseburger, jammy scotch eggs, curried hapuka pie, preserved sea creatures from around Australia. Wash it all down with an Oyster Shell Martini. No bookings, just walk in.
Sitchu Tip: The yellowfin tuna burger has a cult following for a reason!
161 Underwood Street, Paddington
$59 Lunch Break at Bar Tilda
Whether you’re treating yourself because you got through another Wednesday or heading off for a business lunch, Bar Tilda’s two-course express lunch will have you returning to the desk refreshed and refuelled. Kick things off with an elevated ploughman’s complete with A.P. Bakery sourdough and LP’s salami, and follow up with a fish, steak or pasta main.
Monday to Friday, 12pm to 3pm
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, 101 Phillip St, Sydney NSW 2000
$30 Steak Nights at ANA
Hump day just got a whole lot better. For $30 at ANA, you can dig into a juicy steak served with soft pitta bread and your choice of Brussels sprouts or fries (we’d pick the fries). This is exactly what your Wednesday ordered and a perfect excuse to treat yourself at Double Bay’s newest hotspot.
$30 per person, Wednesdays
53 Cross St, Double Bay NSW 2028
Affordable Fine Dining Sydney: Under $100
The Express Menu at Aalia
Head into two-hatted Aalia any day of the week between 5:30pm and 6:30pm and feast on executive chef Adam Wolfers’ divine Middle Eastern offering for $70 per person. The express menu covers a snack, shared entrée and shared main with sides, which is a genuinely extraordinary deal at one of Sydney’s best restaurants.
$70 per person
25 Martin Place, Sydney
Bottomless Brunch at 20 Chapel
20 Chapel’s bottomless brunch is one of the best value in Sydney, and the restaurant was just named in the World’s 101 Best Steak Restaurants 2025, so you know the quality is there. For $95, every Saturday from midday, you’ll work through a set menu of cult dishes including the legendary overnight-brined wagyu tallow potato wedges, raw fish kokoda with coconut and sago, Abrolhos Island scallops with harissa butter and the 20 Chapel wagyu cheeseburger, with all the prosecco, wine and beer you fancy.
$95 per person
Saturdays
20 Chapel Street, Marrickville
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Bistro George
One-hatted three years running, Bistro George at Jacksons on George is one of those rare CBD spots that actually deserves its reputation. Head chef Steven Sinclair’s European brasserie menu is thoughtful and seasonal, with Ora King salmon gravlax with treacle soda bread, clams casino and beautifully executed pastas. For the best value, the set menu starts at $80 for two courses and $100 for three.
From $80 per person
176 George Street, Sydney
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