Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Local Life
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Brunch
The neighbourhood's cafes are popular at the best of times, but come the week-
end, they heave.
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Sunday sessions
Squeezing the last drop of drinking time out of a weekend is a cher-
ished tradition in these parts. Pubs with beer gardens fill up on sunny Sunday afternoons
and stay busy into the evening.
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Eat streets
Restaurants cluster on Surry Hills' Crown St, Darlinghurst's Victoria St and
East Sydney's Stanley St.
Getting There & Away
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Train
A train station is seldom more than a kilometre away. Exit at Museum for East
Sydney and the blocks around Oxford St; Central for the rest of Surry Hills; and Kings
Cross for the northern and eastern reaches of Darlinghurst.
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Bus
Numerous buses traverse Cleveland, Crown, Albion, Oxford, Liverpool and
Flinders Sts. Useful routes include 339 (The Rocks to Clovelly via Albion and Flinders),
355 (Newtown to Bondi Junction via Cleveland), 372 (Central to Coogee via Elizabeth
and Cleveland) and 373/377 (Circular Quay to Coogee/Maroubra via Oxford and
Flinders).
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Car
Street parking is usually possible, but it's often metered and limited in duration.
Don't leave valuables visible.
Lonely Planet's Top Tip
Many of the neighbourhood's hippest eateries - Bar H (
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), Billy Kwong (
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), Bodega (
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HERE
)
, House (
CLICK HERE
), Longrain (
CLICK HERE
), Porteño (
CLICK HERE
) and Spice I Am (
CLICK HERE
)
, among
them - don't take bookings. This is great for travellers: if they took bookings, chances are you wouldn't get a
table. To avoid a lengthy wait, turn up early (around 6pm). You'll need to have your whole party present to se-
cure a table. Otherwise put your name on the list and wait at a nearby bar until called.
