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Sydney's Best Eats and bars (from a frugal foodie)

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I lived in Sydney for almost 3 years in the inner west in between many different suburbs - newtown, stanmore, petersham and ashfield! I'm sharing all the best cafe's, restaurants and bars where you can score the cheapest and/or most delicious drinks,...
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Newtown/Enmore

These are the best places in newtown you can go for a bite to eat and drink from someone who was a local living ON king street! ALSO frugal friendly for the girls who don't wanna blow this weeks paycheck on dinner (because I get it, sydney is so stup...

 
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My favourite restaurant in Sydney.  It's hard to find somewhere cheap AND with really good food in an expensive place like sydney! The sushi is so incredibly delicious and CHEAP - have to check it out!
Hikaru Japanese Courtyard Restaurant | Newtown, Sydney
 
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delicious sweet and savory pies! Super unique varities of pies - not many other cafe's offering what they do!
The Pie Tin | Newtown, Sydney
 
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a super cool place where you can try Irish Chinese food! This is the second chain of the original Paddy Chan's in Kensington, popular for the spice bag with curry sauce, chicken balls and chicken curry and other delights! I had myself and it was pret...
Paddy Chan's - Irish Chinese | Newtown, Sydney
 
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delicious pasta and pastizzis! It's so good they have 2 restaurants on King street lol
Pastizzi Cafe (Maltese/Italian) | Newtown, Sydney
 
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cheapest shots/cocktails you can get at a restaurant in Sydney + good tasty thai food
The Drunk Dumpling | Newtown, Sydney
 
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Really delicious pasta at an affordable price!
Gnocchi Gnocchi Brothers - Newtown | Sydney
 
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delicious Japanese bakery with sweet and savoury treats - located on enmore road just off from Newtown
Azuki bakery | Newtown/Enmore, Sydney
 
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great place to try turkish ice cream, baklava and other turkish treats.
Hakiki (Turkish Icecream) | Newtown, Sydney
 
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Insanenly good froyo! So many toppings - some favs including the dubai chocolate topping and pistachio sauce. ALSO THEY HAVE STRAWBERRY MATCHA FROYO AND EVEN ACAI so yum.
Aisukurimu - Newtown New South Wales Ice Cream

Darlinghurst

 
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Incredible value for what you pay! So cheap and you get the chunkiest, most delicious sandwich everrrrr - the bread they use is so thick and fresh and I can't recommend this place enough!
South Dowling Sandwiches | Darlinghurst, Sydney
 
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really nice and refreshing banh mis here, they put coriander, apple slices and fresh chilli and you can opt for meat or cheese and avocado + a variety of other vietnamese foods!
Bat + Bun (Vietnamese) | Darlinghurst, Sydney

Everywhere Else

 
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Hands down best chicken shop in sydney and once you try it you'll understand. When I lived in petersham everytime I went to frangos for lazy dinner night it was ALWAYS packed with people lining up outside waiting for their takeaways. They must put dr...
Frango Charcoal Chicken | Multiple locations across Sydney
 
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great brunch spot. Viral on TikTok for a reason. So many delicious treat variations, brunch options and matcha variations. Pistachio matcha, mango, strawberry - incredible.
Up South Bondi (matcha heaven !!) | Bondi, Sydney
 
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i've been many times - the food is great and it's infamous for it's super cosy out-back area you can sit amongst the plants - super cute and local vibe!
Cafe Envy | Summer Hill, Sydney
 
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really nice, tasty ramen in redfern! I had ramen in japan and this definitely runs up close flavour wise - also the Japanese picked gyozas were a favourite
Order RARA RAMEN – Redfern, NSW Menu