Dining out in Sydney/Eora doesn’t have to burn a hole in your wallet. If you want to score your buck’s worth, banquets are the way to go. Restaurants stuff their set menus with all their best dishes, which often ends up costing less than ordering à la carte. No need for shared meal negotiations—these communal feasts handle the decision-making and ensure everyone gets a taste of each plate.
Urban List has compiled the best set menus in Sydney, running day and night, and all for under $100. Whether you’re marking a special occasion or craving a big feast, round up the group (or a date) and get stuck into Sydney’s best budget-friendly banquets.
Here are Sydney’s best banquets and set menus for under $50, $80 and $100 per person.
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Best Banquets In Sydney Under $50
Vandal Taqueria
59 Enmore Road, Newtown
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If your mission is maximum dishes on a minimal spend, Vandal Taqueria has you sorted with a $38pp six-dish set menu that puts its own spin on Mexican fare. Kick things off with chunky guac, pico de gallo and tortilla chips before moving onto crisped-up zucchini flowers, ‘no-fin tuna’ ceviche tostadas, chargrilled chipotle corn, wild mushroom quesadilla, and your pick of tacos from smoked eggplant katsu to popcorn ‘prawn’ fillings. The set menu is entirely plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Six-dish shared banquet
Feeds: 2 people minimum, required for groups of 6 or more
Cost: $38pp
Love, Tilly Devine
91 Crown Lane, Darlinghurst
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Snuck down a laneway in Darlinghurst, Love, Tilly Devine is a cosy wine bar serving nibbly plates paired with a natural vino list. The $40pp snack menu spotlights Aussie-grown produce in a range of share-style dishes that change frequently to fit the season (and what the chefs are feeling).
You’ll start with a charcuterie platter of cheeses and meats, before being dished an elevated sausage sanga with LP’s pigs head sausage in a potato bun. Add on a pasta dish if you need, grab a bottle to share, and it’s a done deal. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Shared snack menu
Feeds: 2–6 people
Cost: $40pp
Island Radio
Corner of Cleveland and Baptist Street, Redfern
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For a Southeast Asian feast that doesn’t break the bank, Island Radio’s banquet menu will only set you back $46.50pp. Tuck into scallop silk with Chef Andy Wirya’s special sambal, gingery corn fritter-filled lettuce cups, duck ‘lumpia’ with a spicy coconut sauce, Singaporean white pepper mushroom bakmi and a rich yellow market fish curry with steamed rice.
There’s even a vegan version for the same price and pricier feasting menus for bigger groups. Pair with a tropical cocktail or Australian wine and dig in. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Southeast Asian five-dish shared banquet
Feeds: 2–7 people
Cost: $46.50pp
Pocket Pizza
46 Pittwater Road, Manly, 515 Pittwater Road, Brookvale and 1 Simmonds Lane, Avalon Beach
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Over on the Northern Beaches, Pocket Pizza’s Italian set menu proves Nonna (aka the PP chefs) knows best. Fifty bucks gets you fluffy focaccia, marinated olives, ricotta and prosciutto to start, followed by a pasta and pizza of your choice, partnered with parmesan and rocket salad, ending in a creamy tiramisu or banoffee pie for dessert—all to share between two and doubled every time you add two more people. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Antipasti, choice of pizza and pasta, side salad and dessert
Feeds: 2 people minimum, required for groups of 7 or more
Cost: $50pp
Best Banquets In Sydney Under $80
Chica Bonita
9 The Corso, Manly
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Around the corner from Manly Beach, Mexican eatery Chica Bonita does two different set menus for lunch and dinner. At lunch, you’ll get guac, kingfish ceviche, baja fish tacos, and carne asada or veggie fries to share, plus a choice of a burrito or bowl per person, with churros for a sweet finish—all for $50pp.
The menu switches to $65pp come dinner time, with maiz ensalada and a potato and black quesadilla swapped into the shared entrees, a pick of two tacos per person, and a cajeta chimichanga with dulce de leche for dessert. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Mexican lunch and dinner set menus
Feeds: 2 people minimum, required for groups of 8 or more
Cost: $50pp or $65pp
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Fat Pomelo
16 Ocean Street, Narrabeen
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Vibey Narrabeen Asian fusion joint, Fat Pomelo, has two feast menus. The $52pp Favourite Feast rounds up the kitchen’s most loved meals like pork crackling bao buns, sambal butter corn ribs, smoked beef brisket drunken noodles and more, while the $62pp Fat Pomelo Feast adds premium dishes to the lineup, such as Moreton Bay bug in chilli garlic butter, Hiramasa kingfish ceviche, and sticky pork belly.
Hot tip: to get the most bang for your buck, book in on a Tuesday and Wednesday night cause it’s BYO wine with $13 corkage. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Seven- and eight-dish Asian fusion shared feast menus
Feeds: 2 people minimum, required for groups of 8 or more
Cost: $52pp and $69pp
Tokki
Shop 1/44A Foveaux Street, Surry Hills
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On the corner of Foveaux and Belmore Streets, Tokki is a funky, casual hangout with a $75pp Feed Me menu everyone will love. It’s filled with Tokki’s best, including charred edamame, miso cucumber, kingfish ceviche, pork belly bao, yaki udon, a choice between Korean fried chicken or hanger steak (for $5pp extra), and matcha cheesecake to finish. Most of the meals can also be made vegan and gluten-free. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Eight-dish Asian fusion shared feast
Feeds: 2 people minimum, required for groups of 6 or more
Cost: $59pp and $69pp
Soluna
Shop 3/168 Walker Street, North Sydney
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Soluna’s two- and three-course set menus punch well above their price tags. The modern North Sydney diner slings Italian-leaning dishes in a choice-style banquet applied per la tavola (for the table). Graze over a selection of seasonal entrees, rotating pasta dishes and hearty mains like spanner crab spaghetti or chicken cotoletta, served with a side salad for $60pp. Add on Soluna’s signature tiramisu or cannolis for an extra $15pp. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Two- and three-course set menus (with and without dessert)
Feeds: 2 people minimum, required for groups of 8 or more
Cost: $60pp or $75pp
El Primo Sanchez
27–33 Oxford Street, Paddington
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Paddington’s sunny Mexican joint, El Primo Sanchez, has nailed the group dining brief with a $69pp set menu that fills everyone up. Start with guac and salsas to share, followed by three tacos and a meat or veg quesadilla per person, plus nachos and loaded fries split between three, ending with a churro each for dessert. If you’re still hungry and dining with six or more, let the crew know, and they’ll feed you extra. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Shared Mexican banquet with a choice of taco fillings
Feeds: 2 people minimum
Cost: $65pp
Ela Ela
Level G/81 Sussex Street, Sydney CBD
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Cosied up inside The Bristol, Ela Ela is a modern Greek meze restaurant serving two ‘pikilia’ (Greek for variety) menus. The $65pp sharing feast features 10 dishes, from dips and small plates such as taramosalata and fire-roasted prawns to mains like wood-grilled lamb brizola, finishing with rizogalo (a Greek rice pudding) for dessert.
The $75pp grazing menu steps it up with 11 dishes and a few changes, including a whipped feta dip, wood-grilled halloumi, slow-roasted lamb shoulder, and ekmek kataifi with strawberries, rose water and pistachios. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Two shared Greek feast menus with over 10 dishes
Feeds: 2 people minimum, required for groups of 8 or more
Cost: $65pp and $75pp
Kolkata Social
528 King Street, Newtown
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Kolkata Social is an authentic Indian restaurant in Newtown run by former Firedoor and Raja chef Ahana Dutt. Like the other Plate It Forward Hospitality Group venues, when you dine on a $75 set menu (or a $65 vegan set menu), Kolkata donates two meals to those in need: one in Sydney and one overseas, through a partnership with Calcutta Rescue.
Dive into nine dishes, including moong dal el bora (a Bengali take on falafels), dry chilli chicken, aloo kabli (tamarind and chilli-spiked potato salad) and a treasured vanilla pound cake family recipe from Ahana’s mother. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Nine-dish shared Indian banquet
Feeds: 2 people minimum (plus another two in need via Calcutta Rescue)
Cost: $65pp and $75pp
Best Banquets In Sydney Under $100
Suki
18 Barrenjoey Road, Mona Vale
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Modern Mona Vale Asian spot, Suki, has two banquet menus in addition to a $99pp Saturday bottomless lunch and a $59pp Sunday yum cha. The premium selection menu is $69pp and features six dishes, including chilli crunch cucumbers, crispy pork belly, and short rib rendang with steamed jasmine rice, plus Thai milk pannacotta for dessert.
Or, opt for the bigger nine-dish chef’s selection banquet for $89pp starring prawn toast, coconut and lemongrass crab curry, papaya and watermelon salad, and matcha ice cream strawberry donuts. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Six- and nine-dish Asian fusion banquets
Feeds: 2 people minimum
Cost: $69pp and $89pp
Cho Cho San
73 Macleay Street, Potts Point
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Cho Cho San is a go-to for banquet-style dining in Sydney. The Japanese Potts Point favourite loads you up big time with its $65pp izakaya set menu, dishing up eggplant miso sticks, spicy chicken and tofu udon, black sesame mochi and more to share. Supersize by adding soft shell crab temaki handrolls and angus beef tataki for an extra $15pp.
Super hungry? Go all out with the $95pp feast, subbing in pork katsu steamed buns, kombu butter prawns, fried soy rice with shiitake and egg, and stockyard striploin. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Eight-, ten-and eleven-dish Japanese banquet menus
Feeds: 2 people minimum, required for groups of 8 or more
Cost: $65pp, $80pp, $95pp
Fabbrica
Various locations
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Just like Italian share-style family meals, Fabbrica’s banquet menus mean everyone gets a bite from each plate. To give you a taster of what you might be in for with the $70pp menu: homemade sourdough, burrata and ricotta-stuffed zucchini flowers drizzled in hot honey, share the table with two switching pasta mains such as spaghetti cacio e pepe and rigatoni beef cheek ragu, ending in hazelnut tiramisu.
For an extra $20pp, you’ll get upgraded plates and splashy pasta dishes—only available at Fabbrica’s Darlinghurst and Sydney CBD locations. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Italian share-style banquet menus
Feeds: 2 people minimum, required for groups of 6 or more
Cost: $70pp and $90pp
Rekōdo
Level 1/35 Barangaroo Avenue, Barangaroo
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Barangaroo Japanese restaurant and vinyl bar, Rekōdo, is ready to host your next group outing, without all the fuss of deciding what to eat. You’ll only have to make one choice— between the $75pp short play menu with raw ocean trout, wagyu beef skewers, bang bang chicken and more, or the $95pp long play menu with spicy tuna tacos, yakitori chicken, pork belly bao, charcoal marinated wagyu steak and teriyaki caramel-glazed crispy eggplant. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Japanese share-style banquet menus
Feeds: 2 people minimum, required for groups of 8 or more
Cost: $75pp and $95pp
Bistro Grenier
266 King Street, Newtown
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Sitting above Odd Culture on King Street, Bistro Grenier is a playful French bistro with a seriously yum $79pp banquet. Between baked scallops in piperade butter, confit duck leg with mustard greens, half roast chicken with corn and barley, and pommes de terre lorette, plus add-ons like oysters, pâté, and cheese, you’ll be happily stuffed in no time. Pair it all with a round of French toast martinis or a bottle of wine straight from France—bon appétit.
For something extra indulgent, there’s a $99 bottomless lunch with free-flowing Hugo spritzes and bubbles every Saturday and Sunday. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Shared French banquet with optional add-ons
Feeds: 2 people minimum, required for groups of 10 or more
Cost: $79pp
40Res
40 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills
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40Res is a little Surry Hills wine bar pairing fine-dining-level finesse with laid-back charm. The changing $75pp banquet is tailored to suit seasonal and local produce, but you can expect modern Australian dishes like confit chicken and manchego croquettes, saltbush and pepperberry calamari, Kiwami 9+ wagyu with a wasabi leaf chimichurri, and a yuzu posset with rhubarb for dessert.
You can also go the extra mile with Merimbula rock oysters and a cheese plate, or opt for the premium $115pp banquet with a few more dishes thrown in. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Share-style banquet with optional add-ons
Feeds: Recommended for groups of 6 or more
Cost: $75pp and $115pp
Olympus Dining
Wunderlich Lane, 2 Baptist Street, Redfern
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For a banquet that feels like it’s been prepared by the Greek Gods, head to Olympus in Redfern’s Wunderlich precinct. You’ll be sitting around a massive 50-year-old tree while diving into olives, dips and bread before fried zucchini and chicken souvlakia with sesame yoghurt, followed by semolina cake with coffee cream and more—all for $77pp.
The $90pp super taverna banquet adds Kefalotyri cheese with honey and lemon, and king prawns saganaki to the mix, or go all out with the $118pp Olympus banquet for charcoal grilled market fish and whole milk fed lamb to share. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Three Greek share-style banquets
Feeds: 2 people minimum, required for groups of 8 or more
Cost: $77pp, $90pp and $118pp
Erin
1 Rich Street, Marrickville
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Gelato Messina’s experimental restaurant and wine bar, Erin, serves unexpected gelato flavours (that you won’t find at any of Messina’s other stores) in each dish. It sources all of its fruits, veggies, milk and beef from Gelato Messina’s dairy farm in Erindale—hence the name Erin.
We strongly recommend the $89pp six-course sharing banquet to get a taste of the menu’s best. Think brioche garlic bread with honey, thyme, and black garlic gelato, Jersey beef tartare on toast with parmigiano and jalapeno sorbet, and octopus with roasted capsicum, chickpea, and romesco sorbet. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Six-course share-style banquet with gelato in each dish
Feeds: 2 people minimum
Cost: $89pp
Lottie
Rooftop/8 Baptist Street, Redfern
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Authentic Mexican is dished up at Lottie, a slick restaurant and mezcaleria perched on the rooftop of The EVE Hotel Sydney. Let the kitchen do the heavy lifting with the $95pp set menu, starring nine dishes such as prawn and carrot aguachile, charred sweetcorn leche de tigre, pork jowl with a cola mole sauce, a pocket of house-made tortillas to make your own tacos, and a rich dark chocolate tart for dessert. Order with a round of spicy margs, wine or tequila shots if you're in full celebration mode. Book online.
THE DETAILS
What you get: Mexican share-style banquet
Feeds: 2 people minimum, required for groups of 8 or more
Cost: $95pp
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