'Relevance' sorting ranks restaurants based on your search input and several criteria: average rating over the last 12 months, available offers, distance, ability to make a booking instantly via TheFork, table availability, accolades in famous guides, and compliance with our standards (including the number of cancellations by the restaurant). The Star Sydney (formerly Star City Casino and prior to that, Sydney Harbour Casino) in Pyrmont, Sydney, is the second largest casino in Australia after Melbourne's Crown Casino. Overlooking Darling Harbour, The Star, owned by Star Entertainment Group features two gaming floors, eight bars, seven restaurants, 351 hotel rooms and 130 serviced.

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The Star Sydney is the harbour city’s leading entertainment, dining and tourism destination.

Home to The Darling - the only luxury hotel in NSW to be awarded a Forbes 5-Star rating (and recognised for three consecutive years), it also features the award-winning $100-million The Star Event Centre. We’ve played host to major domestic and international acts since 2013, such as the AACTA Awards, the ARIA Awards, and world-renowned musical talents - Coldplay, Ricky Martin, Tina Arena, and Alicia Keys. International nightclub Marquee adds a further musical dimension.

Then there’s our Signature Dining district featuring some of Australia’s most awarded restaurants and unique dining experiences. Momofuku Seiōbo boasts two hats from the Good Food Guide and was voted Gourmet Traveller Magazine’s No.1 restaurant in Australia in 2016. Sokyo has received one hat, BLACK Bar & Grill is one of Sydney’s most celebrated steak restaurants, and the newly-arrived Flying Fish is one of the city’s most iconic seafood experiences.

In 2019, The Star Sydney also opened ‘CHUUKA’, our first off-property restaurant on iconic Jones Bay Wharf, enhancing our commitment to delivering world-class dining and entertainment to Sydneysiders, domestic visitors and international guests.

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G&Tea where you can have tea by day and gin by night.Source:Supplied

There’s something about casinos I love, other than the fact you could — probably very rarely — win large amounts of money.

It’s their scent. Have you ever noticed how good a casino smells? It’s almost as good as freshly baked Subway cookies.

In fact, The Darling — The Star’s sister casino brand — is so special it has its own delightful smell when you walk through its doors.

The same signature scent is carried through its The Darling Spa, making a self-indulgent experience there even more delightful because you walk out almost feeling the smell has soaked into your pores (and you kind if wish it had).

The heavenly The Darling Spa is worth the $225 price tag for its essential facial.Source:Supplied

If you’re not one for hitting the tables, casinos can still be a fun place to have a flutter, but I’m apparently a rare entity when it comes to such beliefs.

When I first arrived to Sydney from the Gold Coast last year, I realised very quickly I was not up to speed on the hip places to hang.

“Steph, NO ONE goes to the casino!” people explained in horror when I suggested The Star as a place to have a drink.

But as a GC girl and someone who got too old to be hitting the nightclubs on Cavill Ave on a Saturday night, the casino there — also called The Star — was certainly a classier place to head for a bevy or two.

And since I’ve left, they’ve done a whole rebrand, with the opening of its sister hotel The Darling there too, and a fancy rooftop bar called Nineteen at the Star.

Dare I say the Gold Coast is a step ahead of Sydney, now the southern city is catching up on the swanky vibe The Star on the Coast has going for it.

Its grand foyer has undergone an impressive $22 million renovation so now when you walk through the doors you’re greeted by one of the largest 8k screens worldwide and a world-first 8k digital canvas.

The digital canvas showcases the works of local artists, alongside a water installation called Aquatique, which features dramatically beautiful falling water.

The integration of Aquatique, LED screens, lasers, lighting and live performances is said to be a world first for an entertainment precinct.

Aqualume is the first of a series of live and free, world-class digital art shows and aerialist performances.Source:Supplied

The Grand Foyer aerial shows will run Friday and Saturday nights until August 31.Source:Supplied

DELICIOUS DINING

Once you’re through the The Star’s doors you can make your way to any number of cool new bars and restaurants — and a swish new tea opening called G&Tea where you can have tea by day and gin by night. Talk about a winning combo.

Sokyo offers melt-in-your-mouth meats cooked over the robata grill and an imaginative sashimi menu.

If you know your casinos, you’ll know Kiyomo at the Gold Coast hotel is also renowned for its Japanese delicacies.

And to broaden the Sydney horizons, The Star has just opened its first off-property restaurant, Chuuka.

The new G&Tea venue where you can have tea by day and gin by night.Source:Supplied

Chuuka’s delicious oysters. Picture: Brook Mitchell/Getty ImagesSource:Supplied

Situated on Jones Bay Wharf waterfront, award-winning chefs Chase Kojima and Victor Liong bring an authentic taste of the East to the venue, which is set against the iconic backdrop of Sydney Harbour.

Chuuka’s menu is a unique interplay between Liong’s Chinese and Kojima’s Japanese heritage.

Chuuka joins The Star Sydney’s existing line-up of standout award-winning culinary attractions including Momofuku Seiōbo, BLACK Bar & Grill and Flying Fish.

Chief marketing officer George Hughes said Chuuka’s opening built on The Star’s commitment to develop Sydney’s reputation as an internationally renowned dining destination.

“We have seen some big changes across The Star Sydney since last winter, including the initial reveal of the Grand Foyer design, The Star Grand hotel rebrand, and the opening of food and beverage experiences including Flying Fish, G&Tea and most recently, Chuuka,” Mr Hughes said.

“We’ve embarked on a new era for The Star and it comes at a time where we are seeing Pyrmont emerge into a culturally rich precinct.

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“We’re excited to not only showcase our recent transformation this winter, but to continue building on our offerings, further cementing The Star as the city’s favourite dining and entertainment destination.”

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The writer was a guest of The Star Entertainment Group.