Top rated Middle eastern restaurants in Sydney, Australia to elevate your visit (Updated December, 2023)

NOUR

Middle Eastern restaurant

Reimagined Lebanese cuisine & signature cocktails served in a stylish, light-filled restaurant.

$$$ $

4.80 (2.7K reviews) (~1.95 km from centre)

AALIA Restaurant Sydney

Middle Eastern restaurant

👍👍 Haven’t found a decent middle eastern cuisine for quite a while. Easily one of the best new restaurants in town. Ordered quite a few dishes, all of them are very remarkable and have a distinct flavour making it special! Big call out to the uni with aged rice wrapping in a sesame leaf, they go well...

$$$ $

4.70 (638 reviews) (~0.22 km from centre)

Beirut Falafel

Middle Eastern restaurant

$ $$$

4.70 (192 reviews) (~2.64 km from centre)

Missony Restaurant Newtown

Middle Eastern restaurant

👍👍 Beautiful restaurant, lovely staff and delicious food! Came here for my partners birthday and we definitely over ordered, but everything was delicious and the portions were great! The dips and the breadbasket was so addictive, and I really enjoyed the lamb sambousek! The prices were decent consider...

4.50 (377 reviews) (~3.38 km from centre)

Jounieh Walsh Bay

Middle Eastern restaurant

Casual restaurant with outdoor seating furnishing upmarket traditional & modern Lebanese dishes.

$$ $$

4.50 (345 reviews) (~1.5 km from centre)

No.32 Restaurant & Bar

Japanese restaurant

👍👍 Chose this restaurant on a whim as the other restaurants I wanted to go to were closed, and boy was I glad they were. This restaurant has fine dining quality dishes but minus the price tag. The chef personally came out to explain each dish. I can taste the time, effort and technique in each dish. Ev...

4.50 (130 reviews) (~4.7 km from centre)

Taste of Turkey

Turkish restaurant

Casual spot with a lively ambiance, offering classic Turkish fare like stuffed vine leafs & kebabs.

$$ $$

4.40 (1.2K reviews) (~4.47 km from centre)

Erciyes Restaurant

Turkish restaurant

Typical Turkish dishes in a lively, long-running venue with belly dancers on Fridays and Saturdays.

$$ $$

4.40 (947 reviews) (~2.47 km from centre)

Shenkin Enmore

Brunch restaurant

Middle Eastern and European–style fare in a hip space with rustic furnishings and streetside tables.

$$ $$

4.40 (639 reviews) (~4.53 km from centre)

Shenkin Erskineville

Cafe

Coffee, pastries, hummus and haloumi served in a light-filled, cosy corner cafe with vintage decor.

$$ $$

4.40 (611 reviews) (~4.04 km from centre)

Izgara

Turkish restaurant

Hip Middle Eastern eatery offering seafood, falafel & grilled meats, plus wine & unique cocktails.

$$ $$

4.40 (365 reviews) (~0.27 km from centre)

Tayim Restaurant and Bar

Middle Eastern restaurant

👍👍 One of our favourite restaurants in Sydney!!! We’ve been there so many time and they never let us down!! The food is absolutely divine! The hummus, the falafel, the cauliflower, the koftas, the short rib everything!!! I will highly recommend to try it, you will not be disappointed!

4.40 (344 reviews) (~1.14 km from centre)