170 Grammi, an Italian restaurant on Crown Street, Surry Hills, has picked up two forms of recognition in the 2026 Australian Dining Awards: a 1 Plate award, and New South Wales Finalist status in the Best Takeaway category. The awards are run annually by Online Dining and decided entirely by public vote, which makes this a read on what diners actually think, not a judged accolade.
170 Grammi, a Roman pizza restaurant at 428 Crown Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010, Sydney, opened in 2024 to bring La Tonda Romana, the thin, crisp Roman pizza style, to Surry Hills. Here’s what the 2026 Australian Dining Awards recognition covers, and what it actually means.
What 170 Grammi Won at the 2026 Australian Dining Awards
170 Grammi received two distinct forms of recognition in the 2026 Australian Dining Awards: a 1 Plate award, and a New South Wales Finalist placing in the Best Takeaway category. These sit on separate recognition pathways rather than one ranking system. The Plate award reflects overall voting engagement across the season, while the state Finalist result is specific to a single category and state.
Both come from Online Dining’s public vote, which runs in two phases nationally: state and territory voting first, then national voting among the strongest state performers. 170 Grammi’s results reflect the state phase.
What “1 Plate” Recognition Actually Means
1 Plate is the entry tier of Online Dining’s three-tier Plate Recognition system, awarded to venues that achieve strong engagement and voting performance during the Australian Dining Awards season. 2 Plates goes to venues that perform especially well across voting, and 3 Plates, the highest tier, is reserved for venues with exceptional awards-season performance.
Plate Recognition is separate from State and National Winner or Finalist status. It requires at least two verified votes to qualify, and weighs both vote volume and performance relative to the leading venues in a category. A venue with genuine, consistent local support can earn a Plate without a national result attached to it.
How the Australian Dining Awards Determine Their Results
The Australian Dining Awards are decided by public voting, not a judging panel. State and territory voting ran from 1 July to 5 August 2026, and national voting followed from 8 to 20 August 2026, open to the leading performers from each state.
Online Dining checks nominations, votes and results before finalising them, and excludes duplicate voting, automated activity and misleading submissions. Within a category, the venue with the outright highest verified vote total is declared State Winner. If two or more venues tie for first, no Winner is declared, and every tied venue receives Finalist recognition instead. It’s a structure built to reward genuine diner support rather than a technicality.
Why 170 Grammi Was a Finalist for Best Takeaway
170 Grammi’s Best Takeaway finalist result comes down to how the food travels, not just how it’s served at the table. La Tonda Romana is built on a high-hydration, long-fermented dough that holds its structure after it leaves the 1.9-tonne Italian oven, so the base stays crisp rather than going soft in a box.
170 Grammi takes online orders for pickup directly through its website, and is also available for delivery through Uber Eats. Both are genuine extensions of the dine-in menu, not a scaled-down version of it, which is exactly what a takeaway-specific category is built to recognise.
The Roman Pizza Behind the Recognition
Every pizza at 170 Grammi starts from the same fixed point: 170 grams of high-hydration dough, hand-stretched thin and given a long, cold fermentation before it reaches the oven. That’s La Tonda Romana, the round Roman pizza style, and it’s the reason the base holds a clean, structured crunch whether it’s eaten straight off the pass or well after pickup.
The technique behind it belongs to Luigi Esposito, a pizzaiolo with more than 35 years of experience, who imported the restaurant’s 1.9-tonne oven from Italy specifically to bake this style properly. Recognition built on voting performance still has to be earned at the level of the food itself. That’s where it starts.
Part of a Growing Pattern of Recognition
The 2026 Australian Dining Awards result adds to a run of independent recognition 170 Grammi has picked up since opening: Outstanding New Business at the 2025 City Suburbs Local Business Awards, a repeat finalist placing in the same category in 2026, and a 2026 finalist spot in the Australian Small Business Champion Awards, Casual Dining category. The full story behind those results, and the restaurant itself, is covered in 170 Grammi’s opening story and media recognition.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What did 170 Grammi win at the 2026 Australian Dining Awards?
170 Grammi Pizzeria in Surry Hills received a 1 Plate award and was named a New South Wales Finalist in the Best Takeaway category in the 2026 Australian Dining Awards, an annual, vote-based awards program run by Online Dining that recognises restaurants, cafes and takeaway venues across Australia.
What does a “1 Plate” award mean in the Australian Dining Awards?
A 1 Plate award is the entry tier of Online Dining’s three-tier Plate Recognition system, given to venues that achieve strong engagement and voting performance during the Australian Dining Awards season, based on verified votes rather than judged criteria. 2 Plates and 3 Plates recognise progressively stronger voting performance above that.
What is a New South Wales Finalist in the Australian Dining Awards?
A New South Wales Finalist is a venue that performed strongly in a specific category during the state voting phase without receiving the outright State Winner title, which is reserved for the single venue with the highest verified vote total in that category and state.
How does the Australian Dining Awards decide its winners?
The Australian Dining Awards are decided entirely by public voting rather than a judging panel. State voting ran from 1 July to 5 August 2026, followed by national voting from 8 to 20 August 2026 among the leading state performers. Online Dining reviews votes to exclude duplicate or automated activity before finalising results.
Why was 170 Grammi a finalist in the Best Takeaway category?
170 Grammi’s La Tonda Romana pizza is built for takeaway: a high-hydration, long-fermented base that holds its crisp structure well after leaving the oven. The restaurant offers pickup ordering through its website and delivery through Uber Eats, which supported its recognition in the Best Takeaway category.
Has 170 Grammi won other awards?
Yes. 170 Grammi won Outstanding New Business at the 2025 City Suburbs Local Business Awards, returned as a finalist in the same category in 2026, and is a 2026 finalist in the Australian Small Business Champion Awards, Casual Dining category, alongside its 2026 Australian Dining Awards recognition.
Can I order 170 Grammi for takeaway or delivery?
Yes. 170 Grammi offers online ordering for pickup directly through its website, and delivery through Uber Eats to surrounding Surry Hills suburbs. The restaurant’s high-hydration Roman pizza base is built to hold its crisp texture well during transit, which is part of what earned its Best Takeaway finalist recognition.
170 Grammi is Surry Hills’ home of authentic Roman-style pizza, founded by Naples-born pizzaiolo Luigi Esposito. Where Luigi’s other restaurants bring the traditions of Naples to Sydney, 170 Grammi is dedicated to the Roman counterpart — La Tonda Romana — defined by thin, high-hydration dough, long fermentation and a clean, structured crunch that sets it apart from softer southern styles.
Opened in 2024 at 428 Crown Street and already one of the most-searched pizza restaurants in Surry Hills, 170 Grammi has quickly established itself as Sydney’s leading destination for Roman-style pizza. This blog covers the craft and culture behind what makes Roman pizza distinct — from dough technique and fermentation to menu guides, Roman food traditions and what to look for in a genuinely authentic slice.