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Best Foodie Suburbs in New South Wales

Suburbs with outstanding dining variety and restaurant access, scored from amenity counts and lifestyle desirability.

Albury currently leads this New South Wales list. Suburbs with outstanding dining variety and restaurant access, scored from amenity counts and lifestyle desirability. The index is relative to this list (100 = the top suburb here), not an overall suburb rating. Very small localities can rank highly when nearby services score well — check population and housing on each profile before treating a rank as a place to live.

Rank	Suburb	Index
#1	Albury	100
#2	Alexandria	100
#3	Barangaroo	100
#4	Bathurst	100
#5	Bondi Beach	100
#6	Byron Bay	100
#7	Chatswood	100
#8	Chippendale	100
#9	Cooks Hill	100
#10	Crows Nest	100
#11	Darlinghurst	100
#12	Enmore	100
#13	Glebe	100
#14	Harris Park	100
#15	Haymarket	100
#16	Kiama	100
#17	Macquarie Park	100
#18	Manly	100
#19	Marrickville	100
#20	Neutral Bay	100
#21	Newcastle	100
#22	Newtown	100
#23	North Sydney	100
#24	Paddington	100
#25	Parramatta	100
#26	Penrith	100
#27	Petersham	100
#28	Potts Point	100
#29	Pyrmont	100
#30	Redfern	100
#31	St Leonards	100
#32	Surry Hills	100
#33	Sydney	100
#34	The Rocks	100
#35	Ultimo	100
#36	Waterloo	100
#37	Windsor	100
#38	Wollongong	100
#39	Zetland	99
#40	Brighton-Le-Sands	99
#41	Bowral	98
#42	Gordon	98
#43	Hurstville	97
#44	Kingsford	97
#45	Caringbah	97
#46	Beverly Hills	96
#47	Coogee	96
#48	Kingscliff	96
#49	Rhodes	96
#50	Cronulla	96

Index shows relative strength within this list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader, not an overall suburb rating.

Last updated 3 October 2026 at 1:48 am AEST

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