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The main 50-seat dining room is lined with an Etruscan mural, giving it the air of a basement crypt.
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Hubert team’s decadent grillhouse Le Foote in The Rocks serves up big bottles of red and rum-soaked puds

Swillhouse Group’s ambitious new multi-level Mediterranean venue is a labyrinthine adventure straight out of a Fellini movie.

  • Terry Durack
Smoky soy chicken taco (left), perfect plant taco and miso salmon taco.

Former Noma chef slings $13 nori tacos at Tokyo Taco in Newtown

Bag a bargain from a chef who’s worked at one of the world’s most famous restaurants.

  • Lenny Ann Low
A filthy martini for one.

Solo cooking: Charlotte Ree’s recipes for the ultimate meal for one (filthy martini included)

Devoted home cook and food lover Charlotte Ree shares a feast for one from her new heartfelt memoir Heartbake.

  • Charlotte Ree
Charlotte Ree loves to take herself out for dinner.

Singles night: How Charlotte Ree fell in love with cooking (and eating out) for one

In taking the time to prepare single-serve meals, cookbook author Charlotte Ree learnt to like (and date) herself again.

  • Charlotte Ree
Solo dining at Oncore in Barangaroo on 27 April, 2023. Photo: Brook Mitchell

Table for one: The Sydney restaurants where solo diners score the best seat in the house

From personalised book recommendations to custom engraved serveware, these Sydney restaurants are stepping it up for the single diner.

  • Bianca Hrovat
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Restaurateur Nicki Morrison and solo diner Sarah Cowley at Flint in Fitzroy.

Solo dining surging in popularity as Melbourne chefs and diners relish the solitude (and special perks)

It might be special portions or special attention, but dinner for one is increasingly a chance for restaurants to spoil their guests.

  • Dani Valent