15/20Critics' Pick

Updated October 26, 2026,first published June 9, 2026

15/20Critics' Pick

Fiorini’s Osteria Italiana

Italian$$

This venue is included in Good Food’s 100 Essential Restaurants list.

If you stumbled on Fiorini’s right here and now you’d be forgiven for thinking it was little more than a tin shed. But there’s a glow behind the windows here that, once you step inside, transforms into a steady hum.

It’s rustic, but refreshed, with a sense of vitality that comes courtesy of new ownership and a crack team of chefs, who in the past couple of years have reinvigorated the restaurant to make it one of the Central West’s essential bookings.

The menu? Think farm-to-table with spark, whether it’s raw local venison served with onion cups piped full of smoked eel and garlic whip or mezze maniche coated in rubbly, rust-coloured wildboar ragu. Dressings are bright, greens are just wilted, sirloin – finished with truffle mustard – has heft and chew, and the one-page wine list is a gem. Something’s clicked.

Good to know: Tiramisu, tinted green with pistachio, to finish.

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Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

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