Author: Ardi

Last week, the Australian Financial Review published the 2018 Top 100 restaurants in Australia. Instead of being judged by food critics/food bloggers/some random people, the list was actually made by the top 500 chefs in Australia. Being at the top of the list means that your peers agreed that your restaurant is the best in Australia. I am pretty sure that’s the best recognition that you could possibly get.

Brae is at the top of this list of 2018 Top 100 Restaurants in Australia. Australia’s Top Chef award is given to chef Josh Niland from Saint Peter in Paddington in New South Wales.

From the 2018 top 100 restaurants in Australia list, All About Food have only been to 10 of them:
– Ester at number 2
– Sixpenny at number 7
– Mr Wong at number 17
– Quay at number 24
– The Bridge Room at number 27
– Tetsuya’s at number 29
– Golden Century at number 38
– est. at number 52
– Bentley (at the old venue) at number 59
– Sokyo at number 97

The number of top 100 restaurants by state:

NSW 41
VIC 31
SA 13
TAS 5
WA 4
QLD 4
ACT 2

They also have the more extensive top 500 restaurants in Australia if you are interested to know.

The full list of 2018 Top 100 Restaurants in Australia by Financial Review

1 Brae, Birregurra – VIC Top Restaurant in VIC 2018, Top Service 2018
2 Ester – NSW Top Restaurant in NSW 2018
3 Saint Peter – NSW Top Chef 2018
4 Attica – VIC
5 Africola – SA Top Restaurant in SA 2018
6 Momofuku Seiobo – NSW
7 Sixpenny – NSW
8 Embla – VIC
9 Sepia – NSW
10 Fleet, Brunswick Heads – NSW
11 Firedoor – NSW Winner of The Rare Medium Award 2018
12 Igni, Geelong – VIC
13 LuMi Dining – NSW
14 Franklin – TAS Top Restaurant in TAS 2018
15 Fred’s – NSW
16 Restaurant Hubert – NSW
17 Mr Wong – NSW
18 Flower Drum – VIC
19 Tipo 00 – VIC
20 Anchovy – VIC
21 Bennelong – NSW
22 Fratelli Paradiso – NSW
23 Orana – SA
24 Quay – NSW
25 Automata – NSW
26 Billy Kwong – NSW
27 The Bridge Room – NSW
28 10 William St – NSW
29 Tetsuya’s – NSW
30 The Apollo – NSW
31 Cirrus Dining – NSW
32 Agrarian Kitchen Eatery – TAS Top Newcomer 2018
33 Supernormal – VIC
34 LP’s Quality Meats – NSW
35 Minamishima – VIC
36 Sean’s Panaroma – NSW
37 Cutler & Co – VIC
38 Golden Century – NSW
39 Cumulus Inc. – VIC
40 Gerard’s Bistro – QLD Top Restaurant in QLD 2018
41 Hentley Farm, Seppeltsfield – SA
42 Lee Ho Fook – VIC
43 Paper Bird – NSW
44 Ramblr – VIC
45 Templo – TAS
46 Biota Dining, Bowral – NSW
47 Gauge – QLD
48 The Summertown Aristologist, Summertown – SA
49 Amaru – VIC
50 Bar Lourinhã – VIC
51 Wasabi Restaurant and Bar, Noosa Heads – QLD
52 est. – NSW
53 Icebergs Dining Room and Bar – NSW
54 Marion – VIC
55 Oakridge Restaurant, Coldstream – VIC
56 Oscillate Wildly – NSW
57 Paper Daisy, Cabarita Beach – NSW
58 Aubergine – ACT Top Restaurant in ACT 2018
59 Bentley Restaurant & Bar – NSW
60 Dinner by Heston Blumenthal – VIC
61 France-Soir – VIC
62 Kisumé – VIC
63 Lulu La Delizia – WA Top Restaurant in WA 2018
64 Magill Estate Restaurant – SA
65 Ezard – VIC
66 French Saloon – VIC
67 Ides – VIC
68 Osteria Oggi – SA
69 Pt. Leo Estate, Merricks – VIC
70 Rockpool Bar & Grill, Sydney – NSW
71 Stanbuli – NSW
72 Cafe Di Stasio – VIC
73 Chin Chin, Sydney – NSW
74 Cho Cho San – NSW
75 Estelle by Scott Pickett – VIC
76 Fico – TAS
77 Fino at Seppeltsfield, Seppeltsfield – SA
78 MoVida, Melbourne – VIC
79 nel. – NSW
80 Ormeggio at the Spit – NSW
81 Porteño – NSW
82 Botanic Gardens Restaurant – SA
83 Millbrook Winery Restaurant, Jarrahdale – WA
84 Monster – ACT
85 Peel St – SA
86 Pilu at Freshwater – NSW
87 The Pot by Emma McCaskill – SA
88 The Salopian Inn, McLaren Vale – SA
89 Aloft – TAS
90 Chin Chin, Melbourne – VIC
91 Provenance, Beechworth – VIC
92 Shōbōsho – SA
93 Vue de Monde – VIC
94 Yarri Restaurant + Bar, Dunsborough – WA
95 Aria, Sydney – NSW
96 Long Chim, Perth – WA
97 Sokyo – NSW
98 Rick Shores, Burleigh Heads – QLD
99 Lûmé – VIC
100 FermentAsian, Tanunda – SA