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Overview

AALIA's interior organically emerges from Harry Seidler's original iconic MLC architecture, resulting in an experience that fluidly blends the past with the now, the interior with the exterior. Sculptural architectural features, tactile materials, and furnishings are used in perfect synergy to create intimate and relaxing spaces. AALIA's culinary team led have spent years exploring dishes and techniques from lesser-known regions and coastlines of the Middle East and North Africa. They discovered forgotten ingredients from millennia ago and uncovered recipes from within the pages of 10th-century Arabic cookbooks. AALIA beautifully combines ingredients from across these territories and times, contrasting tradition with modern techniques to offer diners an Arabian nomadic time-traveling odyssey of dishes.

Awards

Good Food Guide Australia

2 Hats, 2026

Gourmet Traveller Australia

Top 100 Restaurants, 2025

Australia’s Wine List of the Year

3 Glasses (outstanding), 2025

AGFG: Australian Good Food Guide

2 Hats (noteworthy), 2025

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