Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
LOCAL FAVOURITES
Five Ways
(see p126)
, the
busy
Paddington Inn
(see
p190)
and, at the top of
Oxford Street, the
Light
Brigade Hotel
. The newly-
renovated
Tilbury Hotel
(see
p189)
is another trendy pub
in town and plays jazz on
Sunday afternoons. The crowd
here and at the
Green Park
Hotel
is usually a mix of gay
and straight. The
Bank Hotel
in
Newtown hosts lesbian nights
every Wednesday. In Bondi,
suntanned locals frequent
Ravesi's
. Even after most other
bars close,
Baron's
in Kings
Cross offers drinks and back-
gammon long into the night.
Join the locals at city
nightspot,
Arthouse Hotel
,
which hosts life-drawing
classes and live music on
some nights, DJs on others.
The lovely Art Deco
Civic
Hotel
, with a small cocktail
bar and a large main bar, is
low-key in the early evening,
but turns into a club on week-
end nights. Paddington has a
surfeit of pubs and some of
the best are the
Royal Hotel
at
TOURIST CENTRAL
Those who enjoy being
surrounded by fellow
travellers should try the
Bondi
Hotel, Cargo Bar
in Darling
Harbour, The
Coogee Bay
Hotel
or Irish pub
Scruffy
Murphy's. Forrester's
in Surry
Hills is famed for its $7 steaks.
DIRECTORY
HISTORIC PUBS
Manly Wharf Hotel
Manly Wharf Esplanade.
Tel
99771266.
Opera Bar
Sydney Opera House,
Bennelong Point.
Map
1 C2.
Tel
9247 1666.
The Victoria Room
231a Victoria St,
Darlinghurst.
Map
5 B2.
Tel
9357 4488
Water Bar
Blue Sydney, 6 Cowper
Wharf Rd,
Woolloomooloo
Map
2 D5.
Tel
9331 9000.
Zeta
Level 4, Hilton Sydney,
488 George St.
Map
1 B5.
Tel
9265 6070
Paddington Inn
338 Oxford St,
Paddington.
Map
6 D4.
Tel
9380 5913.
Ravesi's
118 Campbell Pde,
Bondi Beach.
Tel
9365 4422.
Royal Hotel
237 Glenmore Rd,
Paddington.
Map
5 C3.
Tel
9331 2604.
Tilbury Hotel
12-18 Nicholson St,
Woolloomooloo.
Map
2 D5.
Tel
9368 1955.
The Australian
Heritage Hotel
100 Cumberland St,
The Rocks.
Map
1 B2.
Tel
9247 2229.
Hero of Waterloo
81 Lower Fort St,
Millers Point.
Map
1 A2.
Tel
9252 4553.
London Tavern
85 Underwood St,
Paddington.
Map
6 D3.
Tel
9331 3200.
Lord Nelson
19 Kent St, Millers Point.
Map
1 A2.
Tel
9251 4044.
Marble Bar
Level B1, Hilton Sydney,
488 George St.
Map
1 B5.
Tel
9265 6072.
STYLISH BARS
Establishment
Hotel and
Hemmesphere
Levels 1 and 4, 252
George St.
Map
1 B3.
Tel
9240 3000.
Hugo's Lounge
33 Bayswater Rd,
Potts Point.
Map
5 B1.
Tel
9357 4411.
Icebergs Dining
Room and Bar
1 Notts Ave,
Bondi Beach.
Tel
9365 9000.
Longrain
85 Commonwealth St,
Surry Hills.
Map
4 F4.
Tel
9280 2888.
Lotus Bar & Bistro
22 Challis Ave, Potts Point.
Map
2 E4.
Tel
9326 9000.
Middle Bar
Kinsela's, 383 Bourke St,
Darlinghurst.
Map
5 A5.
Tel
9331 3100.
Mint Bar and Dining
Hotel InterContinental, cnr
Bridge & Phillip sts.
Map
1 C3.
Tel
9240 1220.
LOCAL
FAVOURITES
Arthouse Hotel
275 Pitt St.
Map
4 E2.
Tel
9284 1200
Bank Hotel
324 King St, Newtown.
Tel
8568 1988.
Baron's
5 Roslyn St, Kings Cross.
Map
5 C1.
Tel
9358 6131.
Civic Hotel
388 Pitt St
(Cnr Goulburn St).
Map
4 E4.
Tel
8080 7000.
Green Park Hotel
360 Victoria St,
Darlinghurst.
Map
5 B2.
Tel
9380 5311.
Light Brigade Hotel
2 A Oxford St, Woollahra.
Map
6 D4.
Tel
9331 2930.
TOURIST CENTRAL
Bondi Hotel
Cnr Campbell Parade and
Curlewis St, Bondi Beach.
Tel
9130 3271.
Cargo Bar
52-60 The Promenade,
King St Wharf.
Map
4 D2.
Tel
9262 1777.
The Coogee Bay
Hotel
Cnr Coogee Bay Rd and
Arden St, Coogee.
Tel
9665 0000.
Forrester's
336 Riley St,
Surry Hills.
Map
4 F5.
Tel
9211 2095.
Scruffy Murphy's
Hotel
43-49 Goulburn St.
Map
4 E4.
Tel
9212 0874.
BARS WITH VIEWS
blu horizon
Shangri-La Hotel Sydney,
176 Cumberland St.
Map
1 A3.
Tel
9250 6250.
Guillaume at
Bennelong
See p185.
London Hotel
234 Darling St, Balmain.
Tel
9555 1377.
