Sydney cafés and restaurants open over the Easter long weekend

The city’s most Insta-worthy dining destination has your back throughout the Easter long weekend with brunch, lunch and dinner services. They've even got some super extra festive events like the official cracking of a 500kg chocolate egg. You can buy your tickets here.

Good Friday: 7.30am-9pm

Easter Saturday: 7.30am-9pm

Easter Sunday: 7.30am-9pm

Easter Monday: 7.30am-9pm

This Surry Hills favourite is dishing up all the crowd-pleasers this Easter: from BBQ spatchcock to a whole lamb shoulder. Regular dinner service will be cranking Friday to Monday, with lunch and dinner service on Easter Saturday and Sunday.

Good Friday, Easter Monday: 5pm-midnight

Easter Saturday: noon-2pm, 5pm-midnight

Easter Sunday: noon-2.30pm, 5-10pm

Easter Monday: Closed

Hop on over to Woodcut this Easter weekend. To celebrate, the restaurant, which is renowned for using fire, smoke, steam and ice as cooking methods, is offering an Easter Favourites menu, alongside their normal menu. On Good Friday, feast on spanner crab with autumn leaves, pickles and whipped almond cream; and grilled Murray cod with tamarind, chilli, and grapefruit, plus more. On Sunday, dig into premium grass fed steaks with all the trimmings. 

Good Friday, 5.30-9pm

Easter Saturday: noon-2.30pm, 5.30-9pm

Easter Sunday: 5.30pm-8.30pm

Easter Monday: 5.30pm-8.30pm

Sailmaker, one of the restaurants at Hyatt Regency Sydney, is hosting a traditional Easter seafood feast, known as the Seafarer Dinner. We're talking a Mediterranean tapas table, two courses of sustainable quality seafood from the chef’s curated menu, and an Easter-themed dessert table with (oh my) unlimited sweets. It's excellent value, at just $99 for adults and $49 for kids aged 6-12. Non-seafood lovers can also dine from the separate à la carte menus. It's open to all (not just hotel guests).

Good Friday 6pm-9.30pm

Easter Saturday 6pm-9.30pm

Easter Sunday: 11am-2pm, 6pm-9.30pm

Make it an Easter weekend to remember by splurging on a decadent feed at Peter Gilmore’s legendary fine diner on Circular Quay. 

Good Friday: 6pm-8.45pm

Easter Saturday: noon-1.30pm, 6pm-8:45pm

Easter Sunday: noon-1.30pm, 6pm-8:45pm

Easter Monday: closed

The CBD mega-venue, Shell House, is turning it on this Easter. The Italian-inspired food offering wears its ultra-luxe heart on its sleeve, with the majority of the eats essentially being bougie finger food. While they may be small, these dishes are mighty, nevertheless. The Menzies Bar, and Clocktower Bar will be closed, but you can still get your fancy fix at the Sky Bar and Dining Room.

Good Friday: noon-10pm (Sky Bar open open from 4pm)

Easter Saturday: noon-late (Sky Bar open open from 4pm)

Easter Sunday, Easter Monday: Closed 

Forrester's are flaunting one festive activity after the other – with one condition: it's all for the dogs. Why should the kids get all the Easter egg hunt fun? Come to this restored Surry Hills pub for the doggie Easter parade and stay for the dog (and adult!) Easter egg hunts. Bookings can be made here. 

Good Friday: closed

Easter Saturday: 11.30am-1am

Easter Sunday: 11.30am-10pm

Easter Monday: closed 

Three of the venues in this harbourfront dining hub are ready and willing to serve this weekend, and with Barangaroo Reserve offering the perfect destination for a leisurely post-meal stroll, it’s an ideal destination for a long, lazy lunch.

Smoke
Good Friday: 3-10pm
Easter Saturday: 3pm-midnight
Easter Sunday: 3pm-midnight
Easter Monday: closed

House Bar
Good Friday: noon-10pm
Easter Saturday: 3pm-midnight
Easter Sunday, Easter Monday: noon-midnight

Rekodo
Good Friday: noon-10
Easter Saturday: noon-midnight
Easter Sunday: noon-midnight
Easter Monday: closed

To mark the Easter weekend, Aria will have a special menu on Friday, March 29, Saturday March 30 and Monday April 1. The exclusive seafood tasting menu consists of a five-course menu at $300 per person. Indulge in a spread curated by executive chef Tom Gorringe including prawns, coral trout, a chocolate-y dessert and much more. 

Good Friday: 5.30pm-9.30pm

Easter Saturday: noon-1.30pm, 5-9.30pm

Easter Sunday: closed 

Easter Monday: 5:30-9:30pm

For the first time in Sydney, this Scottish-born brewery will be hosting a week long Beer Fest that spans the Easter long weekend. Housed in a historic locomotive workshop, the BrewDog bar and taproom holds its fair share of long-weekend goers. Sit in the lush beer garden and grab a pint.

Good Friday: 11am-11.30pm

Easter Saturday: 11am-11.30pm

Easter Sunday: 11am-9.30pm

Easter Monday: 11am-10pm