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Best Restaurants in Paddington

The charming inner western suburb of Paddington has a wide variety of restaurants for all budgets, with cuisines from around the world, including Nepalese, Indian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Middle Eastern and Italian. Here's an up-to-the-minute curated guide to the best restaurants in Paddington:

Fratelli

Fratelli is an authentic and chic Italian restaurant and bar serving top-notch pasta and pizza

The chic Euro-style wine bar and restaurant occupies an historic Paddington building

This next level contemporary Asian restaurant is by lauded Masterchef contestant Emily Yeoh

This chic contemporary Italian eatery and bar serves up some of the best pasta and pizzas in Brisbane.

NGON is a funky cool Vietnamese restaurant that draws a crowd in Paddington

A slick, contemporary Italian eatery in the heart of Paddington that is renowned for its traditional pizzas

King Tea is a gorgeous rustic Chinese eatery and bar that's made its home in an historic Paddington snack bar

An old worker's cottage has been converted into this cosy rustic Italian trattoria

A bright contemporary restaurant serving traditional and authentic Vietnamese cuisine

La Pinsa is cooking up delicious, authentic Roman ‘pinsa’ (pizza) in the backs streets of historic Paddington

This authentic Indian restaurant exudes the charm of a time when exquisite banquets were cooked for royalty

Yavanna is a super cool vegan restaurant and bar in Paddington where classic meat dishes rule

Paddington’s chic garden themed foodie oasis, comprising a sleek modern open plan restaurant and bar

Gnocchi Gnocchi Brothers, Australia’s very first dedicated Italian gnoccheria, can be found on Paddington’s Given Terrace

Naim brings the exquisite taste of modern Middle East-inspired cuisine to a quaint corner shop on a Paddington hilltop

Hai Hai Ramen is a tiny Japanese ramen bar found in a black worker’s cottage on Paddington’s Latrobe Tce.

Enjoy local cuisine from the Swiss Italian region at this chic trattoria in Paddington's bustling dining precinct

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Old Monk

The chic contemporary Indian restaurant brings traditional Indian cuisine with a modern creative twist to the heart of Rosalie

Uncle Don is a hidden gem of a Japanese restaurant specialising in donburi (Japanese rice bowls)

An authentic and delectable Indian street food diner, unlike anything to be found elsewhere in Brisbane

Sing’s Asian Kitchen at Rosalie is one of the inner west’s long-lasting gems

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