Enjoy angel hair pasta with yellowfin tuna ($31) from your very own dining table, courtesy of Bondi Trattoria. Alternatively, you can try their family option if you’ve got a few hungry mouths to feed, with a silverbeet, ricotta and filo pie, butter lettuce and radish salad, crispy roast potatoes, crunchy broccolini and tiramisu to finish ($52). Then throw in a wine or cocktail, and maybe even the house cookbook if you’re feeling inspired to master new recipes. Pick-up and delivery are available, and you can pre-order via the website.
27 Sydney restaurants we’ll be ordering takeaway from this weekend
Craving decadent Italian, next-level seafood and a proper Sunday brunch? These Sydney restaurants, in partnership with American Express and delicious. for Shop Small delicious Nights In, have you covered, offering stand-out dishes that you can enjoy in the comfort of your own home.
Bake Bar (Randwick)
Forget about making breakfast, enjoy Bake Bar’s famous porridge with organic mixed quinoa, served with mixed berries, rhubarb compote and yoghurt (from $9). Or satisfy your tummy with the avocado & cherry tomato bruschetta, which is made fresh to order and is served on Bake Bar’s delicious sourdough ($14.90). For lunch and dinner there’s the Mediterranean brown lentil and halloumi salad ($18.90), and mouthwatering family-friendly options, too. Perhaps you might want to warm up your winter with Bake Bar’s range of homemade soups, served with organic sourdough ($13.90). Takeaway is available, and you can order via the restaurant directly, or on the Hey You app.
Fish Butchery (Paddington)
Fresh seafood and thoughtfully created meal kits from chef Josh Niland are just a phone call away. Order ‘Mr Niland At Home’ for a four-person restaurant-style meal that only requires a few steps to make in your very own kitchen, and look out for daily changes to the menu. If you’re after something that requires no cooking whatsoever, there’s Shoalhaven red gurnard with chips ($24), savoy cabbage, hazelnut and currant salad ($11), and perhaps the best lunch treat of all time, the crumbed Bermagui mirror dori with yoghurt tartare sandwich ($14). Order via the restaurant directly.
Matteo (Sydney)
Bring Italy home with chef Orazio’s new Matteo A Casa range. The at-home meal box for two includes everything you need for a great night in: antipasto, tuna tartare, fresh rigatoni, vodka sauce, burrata panzanella salad, garden leaf salad, and a decadent tiramisu ($100) to finish. You can add a kids’ meal ($15) if you’ve got company, or a pre-batched cocktail ($50-60) to enjoy while you warm up your feast. Order a day in advance and pick up in store.
Sixpenny (Stanmore)
Let the chefs at Sixpenny come to you with at-home dining sets. Try beef, mushroom and marsala pie, a potato galette with taleggio, roasted carrots with spiced red pepper, gem cos and red velvet salad and tres leches for dessert. Plus you can add a bottle of matched red or white wine for $40, or a menu for two people is $90, plus delivery. While you’re browsing, take a look at their produce boxes and bakery beauties. Order via the website.
Gelato Messina (various locations)
There’s never been a better excuse to have dessert. All the usual Messina flavours and specials are available, and the decadent cookie pie is back. Order via the usual delivery apps.
Baccomatto Osteria (various locations)
The Baccomatto crew are serving up delectable dishes for both families and couples. Croquettes, rigatoni, gnocchi, pizza and salads – there’s something for everyone. Or if you’re in need of some Sunday help, try the creamy lasagne that feeds four ($60). There’s both home delivery and pick-up on offer.
Clove Lane (Randwick)
Homemade gnocchi with mushroom, rosemary and pine nuts ($28), BBQ spatchcock with sweetcorn ($32), and buttered Dutch cream potatoes ($9) are some of the delivery delights on offer at Clove Lane. For kids there’s sirloin steak and frites ($15) and for the adults there’s bottled cocktails, sparkling wine and beer. Look out for the hump day specials that include rock oysters and taco Tuesday. Order takeaway via the website.
Buffalo Dining Club (Darlinghurst)
Spicy eggplant ($10), spinach and ricotta gnocchi napolitana ($23), pork neck parmigiana, scamorza and fries ($27), and tiramisu ($12) are just a few of the classic Buffalo Dining Club dishes you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home. Or go the extra mile and cook your own fettuccine cacio e pepe ($22), and pre-order the cheese wheel (yes, really) and their famous club chilli. Pick-up only, see website for further details.
Don’t Tell Aunty (Surry Hills)
The crew at Don’t Tell Aunty are pumping out delicious dishes like never before. Choose from the likes of vegetarian spiced cauliflower ($20), slow simmered black dahl ($16), succulent tandoori chicken ($28), and all the classic curries you’ve been hankering for. Pick-up is available from 4pm-9.30pm, and every order over $75 gets a free bottle of wine.
Drake Eatery (Bondi)
Drake Eatery is offering pick-up for their mouthwatering classics – choose from dishes like mushroom and roast garlic arancini ($14), dreamy air-dried wagyu beef carpaccio with a celeriac remoulade and parsley ($22), and crispy pork belly with fregola, greens and mushrooms ($29). Finish off with white chocolate and honeycomb parfait with salted caramel ($14).
Hemingways (Manly)
If you’re looking for something crispy, cheesy, and saucey, French-inspired Hemingway has you covered with tasty pick-up options for breakfast and lunch. Choose from filling bacon and egg rolls, smashed avo, oozy toasties, flaky pies and hit-the-spot burgers. Head to their site for full menu details.
Fish and Co (Glebe and Sydney CBD)
You can’t beat crisp battered NZ hake with chunky chips ($15), a creamy Maine lobster brioche roll ($19), and grilled teriyaki salmon bowls with spinach, edamame, bok choy nori and rice ($23). The team at Fish and Co are offering up restaurant-quality fare, delivered to your door, or picked up from their various locations. While you’re browsing take a look at their fresh seafood offering to cook at home – the wild sockeye salmon is a crowd favourite.
Franca (Potts Point)
With a pop-up boulangerie market, takeaway and delivery from their a la carte menu, Franca is a must-visit. Perhaps you’re after the ‘Dinner for Two’ option, including two cocktails, stracciatella and beetroot, octopus with romesco, whole chicken with fries and broccolini, finished with their house pear tarte tatin ($160).
Handpicked Cellar Door (Chippendale)
Cheese, wine and charcuterie are covered by the crew at Handpicked Cellar Door. Try the live virtual wine tastings ($95), virtual yoga and wine ($95), the complimentary private virtual wine tasting with each $250 wine purchase and/or assemble their various DIY wine and cheese boxes at home.