AU: Restaurants

archana ravichandran: Mexico city street food

archana ravichandran: Sydney's multi-award winning Thai restaurant, possibly the best Thai food outside of Thailand.

archana ravichandran: Italian Food on Manly Wharf.

Brett Lider: Supposedly one of the better Thai places in Sydney.

Brett Lider: One of the best places for cocktails and New Australian cuisine in Newtown.

Brett Lider: Eat here after you land.

Travel + Leisure: Text the number on the door—the bouncer will appear within minutes to whisk you to the top floor. Order a Lovegun (amaretto, Campari, and orange juice).

Travel + Leisure: Mad-scientist-style cocktails are made using such ingredients as liquid nitrogen. Try the Martini of Tomorrow.

Travel + Leisure: You won’t go wrong by ordering delicious Singapore Slings with spring rolls and fresh dumplings at this Vietnamese tuck shop.

Travel + Leisure: This pizzeria in Darlinghurst serves up some of the city’s best pies. It’s great for takeout.

Travel + Leisure: For a morning caffeine jolt, don’t pass up a flat white at this Italian café.

archana ravichandran: get the crab

archana ravichandran: recco from Andy -- $$$$$$$

Travel + Leisure: The place to sample the city’s best coffee, Aussie-style: ask for a flawless flat white from the apron-clad barista strolling the floor—he’ll take your order on his iPad.