JUST IN: This unique Sydney spot has been named one of the world's best new restaurants

Time Out

28-04-2025

Us Sydneysiders are a pretty lucky bunch. We're home to some of the most beautiful beaches on Earth, one pretty sweet white house with sails – and many of the world's greatest restaurants. Plus, we've got more new restaurants than we can throw a Croc at. We've always known our dining scene is world-class, and so do the reviewers at Condé Nast Traveller. Last week, the award-winning travel publication dropped its 2025 Hot List of the best new restaurants that have opened (or reopened) in the past 12 months – and one Sydney venue made the cut.
Saint Peter, Josh and Julie Niland's game-changing seafood palace in Paddington – and Time Out Sydney's Best Special Occasion Restaurant 2025 nominee – was named as one of the best new restaurants in the world (read our five-star review here). And while the OG Saint Peter opened on Oxford Street way back in 2016, Saint Peter 2.0 reopened in 2024 at a brand-new address inside The Grand National Hotel.
A project five-and-a-half years in the making, the new Saint Peter came complete with a slick bar and a 14-room luxury boutique hotel. The revolutionary scale-to-tail restaurant has changed the way we view and consume creatures of the sea – while championing sustainability one delicious bite at a time – with Niland serving up a dazzling menu featuring noodles made from coral trout bones, charcuterie from fish offcuts and Murray Cod fat caramel. Though this is special-occasion dining – the nine-course tasting menu will set you back $275 per person – the good news is you can drop in to the more casual bar area and enjoy Niland's creations (hello, yellowfin tuna cheeseburger) with a frosty Martini. Or dine at lunch and order off the à la carte menu.
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The second Australian venue included in Condé Nast's list of the hottest new restaurant openings from the past year is Supernormal Brisbane – an Asian-influenced riverside eatery by hospo legend Andrew McConnell (the mastermind behind Gimlet, Apollo Inn, Marion, Builders Arms Hotel). While it shares its name with McConnell's beloved Melbourne original, which opened a decade ago, Supernormal Brisbane has been given a tropical makeover to match its breezy riverside setting.
Here are the best new restaurants in the world:
19 Saint Roch, Paris
Acamaya, New Orleans
AngloThai, London
Arami, La Paz, Bolivia
Clandestina, São Paulo
Clara, Quito, Ecuador
Banng, Delhi NCR
Bar Vitrine, Copenhagen
Bungalow, New York City
Caleña, Ávila, Spain
Ciel Dining, Ho Chi Minh City
Dōgon by Kwame Onwuachi, Washington DC
Esperit Roca, Girona, Spain
Il Carciofo, Chicago
​​Jan Franschhoek, Franschhoek, South Africa
Jee, Hong Kong
Kaia, Boston
La Tapa del Coco, Panama City
Le Veau d'Or, New York City
Mr Panther, Lagos, Nigeria
Notori, Mount Fuji, Japan
OpenHouse, Kuala Lumpur
Osip, Bruton, UK
Rua Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda
Saint Peter at the Grand National, Sydney
Somma, Singapore
Stüvetta, St Moritz, Switzerland
Sufret Maryam, Dubai
Supernormal, Brisbane
Terrāi, Hyderabad
Vinai, Minneapolis
Voraz, Mexico City
Sunny's, Miami
You can check out the full list here.