Eat & Drink in Western Sydney
Not a food court. Not a restaurant district. The actual multicultural communities that have made Western Sydney one of the great food destinations of Australia.
Vietnamese, Indian, Lebanese, Turkish, and everything in between. Follow these food trails through the suburbs locals know and visitors are about to discover.
Cabramatta
Australia's Vietnamese food capital
Cabramatta is the real deal. Vietnamese immigration transformed this suburb from the 1970s onward and what exists today is one of the most authentic Vietnamese food communities outside of Vietnam. John Street is the main strip — pho, banh mi, fresh rice paper rolls, Vietnamese BBQ, boba tea. Go hungry.
Harris Park
Little India — the best curry outside of Delhi
Harris Park is basically Little India. Wigram Street and Boundary Road are lined with Indian restaurants, sweet shops, and grocery stores. The butter chicken here regularly beats restaurants charging three times the price in the CBD. Come on a Friday or Saturday evening when the street fills with the Indian community.
Auburn
The best Turkish and Lebanese food in Sydney
Auburn's Auburn Road is lined with Turkish and Lebanese restaurants, bakeries, and sweets shops. The Turkish pide is exceptional. The baklava is fresh daily. And the Auburn Botanic Gardens — a hidden gem with Japanese gardens — is right there for after lunch.
Lakemba
Sydney's Lebanese heart — food that feeds a community
Haldon Street in Lakemba is Sydney's most authentic Middle Eastern food street. Lebanese bakeries open until midnight, shawarma joints, fatteh, knafeh fresh from the oven. During Ramadan the street transforms into a night market that runs until 3am — one of Sydney's great food experiences.
Parramatta
Western Sydney's dining capital — every cuisine under one roof
Parramatta is the geographic and cultural heart of Western Sydney. The food scene reflects that — you can have Vietnamese for lunch, Indian for dinner, and Lebanese sweets after. Church Street and Eat Street are the main dining precincts. The city is also being extensively redeveloped so the dining scene gets better every year.