I like winter. I look forward to a few months each year where I can wrap up in colourful scarves, pull on a large coat and enjoy some of the best German food in Sydney.
Well, let’s keep it broad and say German-style food at least, as Germanic food has a wide sphere of influence, including Switzerland, Austria, Hungary and other parts of Eastern Europe. When the mercury starts to dip, I crave the food of these places so here’s where I head to for the best German(ish) food in Sydney. See video below for highlights of my small-group Swiss food & wine tour where you’ll discover more delicious food like this!
Kaiser Stub’n Terrey Hills
The edge of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park on Sydney’s upper north shore seems an unlikely setting for Austrian chef Robert Baierl’s authentic landgasthof. I love his Swiss cheese salad (pictured) and Austrian wines. Huge portions of excellent cooking make dessert challenging but do try the house made ice creams and Rüdesheimer coffee.
Stuyvesant House Crows Nest
Brothers Rudi and Max brought German food to Sydney’s north shore over 50 years ago and they’ve been carefully building their legendary cellar ever since. Deliciously old-fashioned, there’s schmalz & bauernbrot (bread and dripping) and Dutch bitterballen alongside fresh seafood, steaks and warm service.
Maggie’s Potts Point
With headings like pre-schnitzel (that is starters) and post-schnitzel (they mean desserts), it’s obvious what Maggie’s menu is all about. And justifiably so, their schnitzels are giant, flat pieces of crisply crumbed veal (or chicken) with a wedge of lemon, good rösti and deliciously mustardy cabbage salad.
Tommy’s Beer Café Glebe
Locals and ex-pats come for daily specials like goulash, one-metre-long sausages and pork knuckle plus authentic Budejovicky Budvar lager (the original Budweiser). For me it’s all about lángos, the deep-fried Czech/Hungarian equivalent of garlic bread with sour cream and good dark beer!
Brot & Wurst Narrabeen
Run by master butcher Volker Stockburger, this deli-bakery-café is the place for German smallgoods, sausages, excellent freshly baked pretzels, and hard-to-find German pantry items. While you’re there, grab a kransky hot dog, excellent toastie (on house made bread) and fresh pastry.
Updated 04 Jan 2025
