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The Best Restaurants in Bondi for a Satisfying Seaside Spread
This iconic beachside suburb is overflowing with amazing foodie hotspots. Here are the best restaurants in Bondi.
A bustling beachside neighbourhood in Sydney’s east, Bondi boasts a diverse offering of eateries. Some of the best restaurants in Bondi range from Icebergs Dining Room & Bar for spaghetti vongole above the ocean pool, Sean’s on Campbell Parade for seasonal home-style cooking with sea views, and Totti’s on Bondi Road for handmade pasta in a buzzing courtyard.
This is our edit of the Bondi tables worth booking.
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Editor’s Pick: Ikaria
Ikaria
As you’d expect for a place in Bondi Beach and named after a Greek Island, Ikaria is beautiful. With Mediterranean mezze and delicious drinks, this is the perfect spot for your next dinner with friends. A neutral-toned wonderland with arches and views, this place could be as close as you could get to a European holiday.
With shared mezze plates and a set menu that features dips, saganaki, calamari and keftedes. Their signature cocktails are downright mouth-watering.
Suburb: Bondi Beach
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Greek
Best For: Group dining, Cocktail lovers, Weekend plans
Best Restaurants in Bondi With Ocean Views
Sean’s
With artwork adorning the walls, sweeping views of the ocean and fresh roses from their farm on each table, Sean’s Panorama is all charm. Homely in vibe, the intimate dining room and home-style cooking make it one of the best restaurants in Bondi.
While the menu changes daily, you can expect outstanding quality from seasonal and fresh produce, curated by award-winning Head Chef Sean Moran. Think chestnut gnocchi, kingfish carpaccio, barramundi and roast chicken.
Sitchu Tip: The desserts here are always sublime, so save room!
Suburb: Bondi Beach
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Best For: Waterfront, Date night, Special occasion
Icebergs Dining Room & Bar
Icebergs is one of the most iconic spots in Sydney, and everyone knows that the ocean pool is arguably Australia’s most Instagrammed body of water. The dining room is just as impressive. Where else can you indulge in the complete luxury of Sydney’s seafood with the depth of regional Italian flavours? The spaghetti vongole is an icon so be sure to order at least one serve!
Suburb: Bondi
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Italian
Best For: Special occasion, Waterfront, Date night
North Bondi Fish
Nothing screams ‘Sydney’ like sparkling sea views paired with incredible seafood, and North Bondi Fish delivers on all fronts in its aesthetic seafood restaurant. The interior is bright and airy, and the clientele is hip yet relaxed — so you and your crew will fit right in.
Everything on the menu is incredible, but you can’t go past their trademark fish and chips (obviously!).
Suburb: North Bondi
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Seafood
Best For: Waterfront, Group dining, Weekend plans
Best Italian Restaurants in Bondi
Da Orazio
This hatted Italian mainstay is the perfect spot to hole up for a feast. Arrive hungry as you’ll want to dip into the fresh and seasonal antipasti menu before making your way to woodfired pizza, pasta and larger mains. Da Orazio is famous for their porchetta, so don’t pass up the chance if you’re offered it!
Sitchu Tip: The shared menu is incredible value at $85 per person if you’d like to leave it up to the chefs.
Suburb: Bondi Beach
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Italian
Best For: Group dining, Special occasion, Weekend plans
Totti’s
Totti’s is always going to be high on this list. The Merivale star at The Royal has become the go-to destination for a fancy lunch, serving up hand-crafted pasta, meats and classic Italian cocktails in a relaxed eatery, courtyard and bar on Bondi Road.
Led by two heavy-hitting chefs, Mike Eggert and Khan Danis, the menu is fun, simple and delicious, suited to all ages and designed to share.
The front end is built around Italian-style flatbread, cooked to order and accompanied by small plates of local and housemade charcuterie. Drinks are simple, retro-Italian-inspired crowd pleasers, while the wine list focuses on small boutique wineries and organic drops with an Italian twist. But the best part about Totti’s? The electric atmosphere is always present.
Suburb: Bondi
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Italian
Best For: Long lunch, Group dining, Families, Outdoor dining, Wine lovers
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Best Greek and Mediterranean Restaurants in Bondi
Rocker
A step back from the bustle of the main drag of Bondi, Rocker is a go-to for everything from bottomless brunch to winter Sunday roasts. The welcoming dining room is casual yet elevated, providing the perfect backdrop to a meandering Mediterranean-inspired feast.
Rocker’s produce-driven menus shift regularly with the season, nailing the brief every time.
Suburb: Bondi
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Best For: Brunch, Weekend plans, Locals, Group dining
Etheus
Come for a fire-cooked feast at Etheus and we promise you’ll leave with more than you bargained for! Located right on the beach within Bondi Pavilion, you can soak up the beach views from the veranda or enjoy the ambience indoors, from the dining room or one of two private spaces.
Expect a fire-led menu with modern takes on Greek classics, like garlic, oregano and lemon braised lamb shoulder and stuffed peppers, ground beef and avgolemono. As for drinks, cocktails with a Greek spin take centre stage as well as beach classics. Serving options, there are six non-alcoholic cocktails, alongside a dedicated vegan menu.
Sitchu Tip: If you live in Bondi, North Bondi, Tamarama, Waverley or Bronte, just flash your proof of postcode for 30% off your bill on Wednesdays — you’ll just need to make sure you have a booking. You’re also invited to BYO a bottle with no corkage. It pays to be local!
Suburb: Bondi Beach
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Greek
Best For: Waterfront, Outdoor dining, Group dining, Locals
Need To Know: Dedicated vegan menu available, plus two private dining spaces for groups.
Best Bondi Restaurants for Late Nights and Cocktails
Besa
From the team at ESCA Hospitality Group, Besa is a Spanish tapas bar bringing a touch of Madrid’s after-dark energy to the beach. With share-style coastal plates, a globe-spanning Spanish wine list and even literary-inspired cocktails, it feels like attention to detail is everything here.
Taking its name from the Spanish word for ‘kiss,’ a sense of connection and community is at the heart of the venue. Madrid is known for its food and drink scene, particularly its small yet packed bars, which quite literally hum with energy. Besa is designed to emulate all that, especially with its moodily lit fit-out. With DJs spinning Spanish-leaning funk and house from Friday to Sunday, this is a very exciting late-night haunt for Bondi.
Suburb: Bondi
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Tapas
Best For: Late night, Cocktail lovers, Wine lovers, Date night
Lulu Bondi
Lulu, an Asian-fusion bar and kitchen, are bringing all kinds of delicious bites and inventive bevvies to Bondi’s bar scene. Expect a selection of raw plates, sashimi and sushi alongside Asian favourites in the form of small and large plates. Think Korean fried chicken, Wagyu beef with pepper sauce and prawn banh mi.
As for the interiors, you’ll be kicking back with light and bright features including a marble bar, golden lights and rattan bar stools.
Suburb: Bondi
Price Guide: $$
Cuisine: Asian fusion
Best For: Cocktail lovers, Group dining, Weekend plans
Frequently Asked Questions about the Best Restaurants in Bondi
Icebergs Dining Room & Bar is the benchmark for ocean-view dining in Bondi, sitting directly above the famous Bondi Icebergs ocean pool at the southern end of the beach. The menu pairs Sydney seafood with regional Italian cooking, and the spaghetti vongole is the dish to order. For something more homely, Sean’s on Campbell Parade offers sweeping sea views with a daily-changing seasonal menu. North Bondi Fish and Etheus, inside Bondi Pavilion, are strong, more relaxed options if you want to eat almost on the sand.
Bondi’s standout Italian restaurants are Da Orazio and Totti’s. Da Orazio on Hall Street is a hatted mainstay known for its porchetta, woodfired pizza and seasonal antipasti, and its shared menu is excellent value if you’d rather leave the ordering to the chefs. Totti’s, the Merivale restaurant at The Royal on Bondi Road, is the go-to for a long, lively lunch, with handmade pasta, Italian-style flatbread cooked to order and a wine list focused on boutique and organic drops. Icebergs Dining Room & Bar also draws on regional Italian flavours alongside its seafood.
Ikaria on Campbell Parade is one of the best Bondi restaurants for a group, with a set menu of shared Mediterranean mezze including dips, saganaki, calamari and keftedes, plus signature cocktails. Da Orazio’s shared menu takes the decision-making out of a big table, while Totti’s on Bondi Road is designed for sharing, with flatbread, charcuterie and handmade pasta that suit all ages. For a Greek feast with a view, Etheus at Bondi Pavilion has a fire-led menu and two private spaces for larger celebrations. Booking ahead is wise for any large group on a weekend.
Besa on Hall Street is Bondi’s strongest late-night option, a Spanish tapas bar modelled on Madrid’s small, busy bars, with share plates, a Spanish wine list, literary-inspired cocktails and DJs playing Spanish-leaning funk and house from Friday to Sunday. Lulu, also on Hall Street, pairs Asian-fusion small plates such as Korean fried chicken with inventive cocktails. Just up the hill in Bondi Junction, The Hideaway is an underground steakhouse and cocktail bar designed to move from dinner to drinks to late-night entertainment as the evening goes on.
North Bondi Fish on Ramsgate Avenue is the pick for fish and chips in Bondi. The restaurant sits at the northern end of the beach with sea views, a bright and airy dining room and a relaxed crowd, and its trademark fish and chips are the dish most people come for. If you want seafood in a more formal setting, Icebergs Dining Room & Bar combines Sydney seafood with regional Italian cooking above the ocean pool, while Etheus at Bondi Pavilion serves a fire-led modern Greek menu right on the beach.
Finished feasting your way through the best restaurants in Bondi and keen to keep the good food vibes going? Check out our edit of the best cafes in the Inner West, and our list of the best restaurants in the Sydney CBD.
