Where to eat truffles in Sydney

Ho Jiak Town Hall has gotten even more delicious with the launch of its truffle menu. Highlights include wok-fried noodles with bok choy, shiitake mushrooms and fresh truffles; plump scallops with truffles and a buttery XO sauce; and silky steamed egg with shiitake mushrooms and black truffle. Feel like a drink? There’s also a Truffle Vesper Martini and a Truffle Negroni if you want to take it to the next level. More info here.

For a limited time, waterfront Italian fine diner Otto has a yum special featuring fresh lobster twirled with spaghetti and truffle shaved tableside. Plus, guests can also opt to add shaved truffles for an extra $15 to two dishes: deer tartare with hazelnut, capers and Jerusalem artichoke crisps; and dry-aged Wollemi duck breast with smoked beetroot, witlof and cherry jus. More info here.

Warm up this winter with a triple cheese and truffle toastie, available now at both Blackwood Bondi and Blackwood Cronulla for $18 until the end of July. Feel like a drink? The banging cafés will also be serving a truffle hot chocolate for $8.

Reckon complimentary truffles sound good? We do too. Every Friday lunch in July, guests at Lana will be able to add truffles to six dishes free of charge as part of their ‘Black Truffle Fridays’. We’ve got our eyes on the egg yolk raviolo with saffron and truffle. This offer is only available on Friday lunches, so it’s best to make a booking soon. More info here.

Enjoy a night of truffles and natural wine in the Italian heart of Sydney, Leichhardt. Capriccio Osteria is holding a showcase of the season’s best truffles with a five-course menu for $79 per person. Yum dishes include arancini with a truffle aoili and buttery fettuccine with truffle. If you know you'll already be inclined to a specific dish on this special menu, you can order it on its own and add truffle, costing $2 per gram. More info here.

Mafaldine cacio e pepe with truffle, Arcadia Farm spatchcock with celeriac and crisp potato, and salted caramel tart with truffle ice cream. These are some of the delicious truffle-laced dishes now available at Bistro George until the end of July. There’s also a truffle set menu available for bigger groups. More info here.

Live in Penrith and love truffles? Make a booking at flash diner Marcel Bar and Bistro, which has two truffle offers this season. First, there’s a one-night-only special truffle and wine dinner on Thursday, July 25, featuring a menu that includes truffles, lobster, seared scallops and Jack’s Creek grain-fed tenderloin alongside top drops for $225 per person. If you can’t make it, Marcel Bar and Bistro also has a truffle-infused three-course menu that’s available now until August 10. More info here.

Found on the ground floor of the very gorgeous Shell House, Menzies Bar has one of our favourite happy hours in town and now, there's a new dish to snack on with your Martini. We're looking at you, parmesan polenta with pine mushroom and truffle butter. More info here.

The Charles is hosting a pretty special truffle dinner on Tuesday, July 30, so we suggest you save the date. Friends Rhiann Mead, The Charles’ head of pastry, and Kanny Kim, head chef of The Truffle Farm, are teaming up for a three-course dinner featuring dishes like truffle salt-cured lamb rump cap with black garlic, truffle agrodolce and burnt onion; and pappardelle ripiene with smoked buffalo curd, hazelnuts, brown butter and shaved truffles. The dinner costs $175 per person. There’s also a special truffle-infused Russian honey cake available now until the end of August. More info here.

Colourful trattoria Nico, found in North Sydney’s Cammeray, is also getting amongst the truffle action. On Wednesday, July 24, the team will be serving a six-course menu amped up with aromatic truffles. Think: focaccia and truffle burrata, zucchini flowers stuffed with truffle ricotta, tagliatelle with smoked butter and truffle, and a truffle tiramisu. The truffle dinner at Nico will set you back $99 per person. More info here.

Enjoy your fine dining this truffle season gazing across the water toward the Opera House. From now until September 1, Aria is putting on a spectacular (as usual) seven-course truffle menu that features mud crab, Wagyu and lots more for $350 per person. If you really want to splash out, you can opt for wine pairing, too. More info here.

Like the sound of truffle and caviar? If so, head to new modern Italian restaurant Bar Lettera and enjoy a five-course meal that heroes those two luxe ingredients paired with matching wines. Head chef Ryan Perry, who has worked at highly regarded Sydney restaurants including The Bridge Room and Momofuku Seiobo, has created a yum menu featuring things like roasted marron spaghetti with truffle sauce and black truffle soft serve. It’s happening on Friday, July 26 and will set you back $350 per person. More info here.

Fan of the black fungi? Italian diner Giuls has three limited-edition truffle dishes available now. Think: house-made gnocchi with mascarpone, spicy pumpkin and fresh truffle; spaghetti with beurre blanc sauce, smoked guanciale, dill and fresh truffle; and gigli pasta with porcini mushrooms, confit garlic, stracciatella and fresh truffle. Get it while it’s hot. More info here.

Casual Chinese restaurant and dumpling bar New Shanghai is bringing a truffle menu to its Sydney venues during winter, featuring black truffle xiao long bao and honey fried chicken. They’re also offering a truffle twist to the classics, with a special fried rice, making it one of the few Chinese venues in Sydney taking the truffle plunge. More info here.

Located on the ground floor of the Four Seasons Hotel, Mode Kitchen and Bar is in full-blown truffle season, letting guests add truffle to their dishes on the new winter menu. Want more? For one night only on Thursday, August 8, Mode is transforming into a market-style restaurant with truffle-infused dishes served at different stations. Think pizza topped with creamy brie and truffles, risotto with truffle and hazelnuts, and tiramisu topped with, you guessed it, shavings of truffle. Bookings are now available on Mode’s website and cost $120 per person. More info here.

Calling all truffle lovers: If a black truffle set menu isn't luxurious enough for you, pair it with 360-degree views of Sydney in one of the city's most famous buildings. Infinity at Sydney Tower is offering a six-course truffle menu featuring Manjimup Truffles from WA, which are regarded as some of the best in the country. The menu costs $250 per person and is available now until the end of August. More info here.

Nomad is bringing back its truffle brunch, and we’re excited. Every Sunday in July, the team will cook your favourite morning eats, including hash browns topped with truffles, paired with boozy cocktails. It’s going down every week from 10am until 11.45am, so you can start your Sunday on a delicious, truffle-laced note. More info here.

Both Salts Meats Cheese venues in Sydney are putting on a fabulous truffle menu for July. Take your pick from the à la carte dishes, which include things like truffle brie, truffle gnocchi, truffle pappardelle and truffle pizza. It's available at Circular Quay and Cronulla. More info here.

Woollahra stalwart Chiswick is going to truffle town, with guests able to add truffle to any dish for $7 per gram. Plus, head chef Daniel Cooper has created a new dish for all the truffle admirers out there: yellowfin tuna tartare with radish, turnip and a truffle mustard. More info here.