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Lunas. (2026, October 21). The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/nsw-good-food-guide/lunas-petersham-20251007-p5n0na.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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Lunas is a Portuguese cafe-restaurant that offers both indoor dining and outdoor seating in a charming courtyard during summer evenings. The menu features traditional comfort foods like marinated olives, bread, octopus rice, smoked bacalhau, and garlic-infused kale with brown butter and lager. Chef Jose Silva, who grew up in Stanmore, also owns Sweet Belem, known for its pastel de nata.

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Lunas is a modern Portuguese cafe-restaurant in Sydney, Australia, praised for its cozy courtyard dining experience during summer evenings. Chef Jose Silva, who hails from Stanmore, offers traditional comfort food like marinated olives, "Grandma’s" bread, octopus rice, smoked bacalhau, and pan-charred kale. The restaurant is also known for its dessert, pudim de leite topped with caramel deglazed in port wine. Silva runs another popular spot called Sweet Belem, located nearby.

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Australian Lunas Portuguese Stanmore Sweet Belem

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Portuguese NORP · 3× Lunas ORG · 2× Australian NORP · 1× Jose Silva PERSON · 1× Petersham PERSON · 1× Silva PERSON · 1× Stanmore GPE · 1× Sweet Belem ORG · 1× the Good Food Guide ORG · 1×

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Dessert is pudim de leite, its silkiness coming from condensed milk, beneath a caramel deglazed with port, and there’s good strong coffee no matter how late you dine (not to mention Portuguese and Australian wines and cocktails).

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2026-10-21 · The Sydney Morning Herald

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You can eat inside at Lunas, and it’s a rather handsome dining space, but as summer creeps into the evenings, the courtyard edged by grass, olive trees, native shrubs and curling vines is the place to be. asserted

courtyard → eat → grass

There are olives marinated with rosemary, lemon and orange zest; “Grandma’s” bread, which is extra fluffy and soft; octopus rice; smoked bacalhau; and a side of garlicky pan-charred kale cooked with brown butter and lager. asserted

which → be → butter

Few Petersham moments are as lovely as eating the piri piri spatchcock – tangy with preserved lemon and roasted sugarloaf cabbage – as cicadas buzz high in the surrounding gum trees at dusk. asserted

cicadas → eat → dusk

you → come → port

Good to know: Silva grew up in Stanmore and also runs pastel de nata destination Sweet Belem down the road. Good Food reviews are booked anonymously and paid independently. asserted

reviews → know → road

A restaurant can’t pay for a review or inclusion in the Good Food Guide. Last visited: 2025 More: asserted

restaurant → pay → Guide