Here are all the restaurants offering discounts during SXSW Sydney

With the 2nd annual SXSW Sydney just weeks away, the mega festival’s complicated and extensive program is starting to take shape as attendees dial in their “must-see” events. And you’ll need a lot of fuel to keep going across the festival’s six-day run.

While SXSW Sydney will have food trucks and pop-up stalls down at Tumbalong Park from October – 14-20), numerous Sydney restaurants are getting involved in the festival by offering various discounts, deals and even specially curated menus to keep locals and visitors fed for less.

Badges to SXSW can cost more than $1000, so having a dedicated restaurant deals program like this is essential. Last year, many of these restaurants—some unsung heroes from the Darling Harbour area—saw a massive surge in foot traffic from the many international delegates and visitors who set upon Sydney to experience the first time a SXSW has ever been held outside its traditional home in SXSW Texas.

The SXSW deals and discounts page is buried in the convoluted SXSW Sydney app. But it’s still worth downloading as each of the below offers will be fleshed out in further detail. Note that you will have to be a SXSW Sydney attendee to get access to all the discounts. Take note of the below if you’re looking to save money and eat well during the festival, from fine dining icons like Quay and Bennelong to casual favourites like Ho Jiak and the great Boon Cafe.

Restaurant deals and discounts during SXSW Sydney

The following venues will be taking part in the SXSW Sydney deals program. More detailed information as to what each restaurants is offering can be found in the festival’s official app.

We’ve also ordered them based on the restaurants we think you should be checking out first to experience Sydney’s impressive food scene

Fine dining

Quay
Bennelong

Bars

Bancho Bar
Aster Rooftop Bar at Intercontinental Hotel Sydney
Cafe Del Mar Sydney
Cargo
Gin Lane
Harper Rooftop Bar
Nomu Bar
The Clare Bar at The Old Clare Hotel
Dry Martini
The Sneaky Possum

Casual favourites

Boon Cafe
Chat Thai
Ho Jiak Haymarket
Dopa Donburi (Darling Quarter and Darling Square)
The Dollar Shop Hot Pot
Gumshara Ramen
Bornga Korean BBQ
Spice Alley
Eastside Bar & Grill
Gavroche Chippendale

Under-the-radar spots

15chenchi Japanese Cheesecake
Adria Bar & Retaurant
Baia the Italian
Blackbird Cafe
Bornga Korean BBQ
Braza Churrascaria
Cardea Sydney
Dan Dan
Fugetsu
Holy Duck!
Kafe Kook
Kuki
Kurtosh Darling Quarter
Little Indo Town
Lumiere on Thirty Five
Mecca Bah Sydney
Planar Restaurant
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Seri Bar
Slaps
Spice Alley
Sunny Seafood Restaurant Central Park
Sushia
Toastie Smith Darling Square
Wingboy

Activities

Dynasty Karaoke
Fortress Sydney

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