Sydney, cancel your clean-eating era immediately! Sizzler, the buffet that raised a generation, is officially plotting its comeback — and yes, the cheese toast is coming with it.

Sizzler is Returning to Sydney After 6 Years

Sizzler, the slightly chaotic, deeply iconic, carbo-loaded institution that raised a generation of Aussie kids, is officially returning to Sydney. After disappearing in 2020 and leaving the nation emotionally vulnerable and cheese-toast deprived, the all-you-can-eat legend is making its comeback at the new NH Collection Hotel near Sydney Airport later this year. It's the buffet comeback nobody saw coming, but everybody wants.

Sizzler in the 90s and early 2000s was less dinner, more sport. You didn't go for a meal — you went to compete. Against yourself. Against your siblings. Against the structural limits of your stomach. For Aussie families, it was practically a rite of passage. Birthday dinners. After-sport feasts. The one place where parents briefly surrendered control, and kids roamed free, powered by carbs and buffet optimism. Life was simple. Plates were heavy. Spirits were high.

The salad bar was a lawless zone where pasta, potato salad, taco mince and mystery croutons coexisted in bowls that made zero nutritional sense. The soft-serve machine? A high-risk engineering project. And the cheese toast? Frankly, the reason society functioned.

Why Did Sizzlers Close in Australia?

When Sizzler disappeared during the pandemic, it left behind a very specific hole in Australia's collective soul. Sure, we moved on. We grew. Some of us even discovered quinoa. But deep down, nothing replaced the thrill of unlimited buffet laps.

When is Sizzler Reopening in Sydney?

Now, in 2026, Sizzler's return to Sydney feels perfectly unhinged in the best way. The plan is to relaunch inside hotels, starting with Sydney Airport, with whispers of more locations across Australia. There isn't a confirmed date yet, so stay tuned!

The big questions remain. Will we still pretend salad cancels out four slices of cheese toast? Will adults rediscover their competitive buffet instincts? Will kids once again build soft-serve towers that defy physics and parental approval?

Honestly, probably.

One thing's certain: Sydney is about to get buttery, nostalgic, and slightly chaotic again — exactly how Sizzler would want it!

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