The new kid on the Bondi block, Topikos is the latest sparkling opening for the Point Group, the brains behind CBD dining destination Shell House. There’s a Hellenic look and feel to the white and blue-themed dining room and bar, with pale wood-and-wicker chairs, dusty-blue napkins and matching banquettes.

Sticking tightly to the Greek script, the menu is an I-want-it-all shareable selection – from smooth and punchy taramasalata topped with fish roe to neatly laid-out sardines on pita-bread toast, decorated with tomato, lemon and dill. Thanks to a wood oven out back, house-made pita is a fragrant, toasty puff, just begging to be dipped and scooped and dipped again. A fun DIY take on dolmades (stuffed vine leaves) sees a bowl of spanner crab mixed with herby rice, and served with a set of fresh leaves – shiso, radicchio, betel and more – to make your own juicy little parcels.

Drawing on the best contemporary Greek vintages and blends, the wine list is best explored with the help of savvy staff. There’s atmosphere aplenty. Enough to imagine you might be on Mykonos, if only for an hour or two. 

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