Guidebook for Darlinghurst

Kate
Guidebook for Darlinghurst

Food Scene

Best Coffee in Darlo, they even offer coconut or almond milk...amazing. Plus economical and freshly made breakfast options.
Fragrance Coffee
191 Crown St
Best Coffee in Darlo, they even offer coconut or almond milk...amazing. Plus economical and freshly made breakfast options.
Breakfast or lunch in the sunshine...chilled out with good food. Also offering dinner and a downstairs bar which is great in winter.
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The Commons Local Eating House
32 Burton St
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Breakfast or lunch in the sunshine...chilled out with good food. Also offering dinner and a downstairs bar which is great in winter.
Gelato how it should be, plus they have a desert bar next door.
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Gelato Messina Darlinghurst
241 Victoria St
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Gelato how it should be, plus they have a desert bar next door.
another gelato option
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Gelato Messina Surry Hills
389 Crown St
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another gelato option
Good for groups and an economical yummy feed, offers cheap BYO...make sure you book.
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Bar Reggio
135 Crown St
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Good for groups and an economical yummy feed, offers cheap BYO...make sure you book.
Cheap eat with free BYO, try and score a seat or grab some takeaway.
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Sushi on Stanley
85 Stanley St
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Cheap eat with free BYO, try and score a seat or grab some takeaway.
Upstairs is a cheap and cheerful kid friendly restaurant, try and grab a balcony seat. Good for people watching and late night coffee chat in the cafe downstairs. The locals are a hoot.
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Bill & Toni Italian Restaurant
72-74 Stanley St
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Upstairs is a cheap and cheerful kid friendly restaurant, try and grab a balcony seat. Good for people watching and late night coffee chat in the cafe downstairs. The locals are a hoot.
Traditional Japanese with good sake, simply yum.
Rosan Japanese Cuisine
Traditional Japanese with good sake, simply yum.
cheap eat in or takeaway Japanese, free BYO.
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Don Don Restaurant
80 Oxford St
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cheap eat in or takeaway Japanese, free BYO.
Nice cafe for alfresco breakfast or lunch, also licensed.
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Pieno
285A Crown St
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Nice cafe for alfresco breakfast or lunch, also licensed.
delicious italian, best tables are downstairs out the back...make sure you book.
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A Tavola Darlinghurst
348 Victoria St
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delicious italian, best tables are downstairs out the back...make sure you book.
lunch or dinner on the water, great food, book a table outside.
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China Doll
6 Cowper Wharf Roadway
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lunch or dinner on the water, great food, book a table outside.
this is an institution, offering 24hr pies...
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Harry's Cafe de Wheels
Cowper Wharf Roadway
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this is an institution, offering 24hr pies...
Large serves with some quirkiness, for the schnitzel lovers.
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Una's
340 Victoria St
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Large serves with some quirkiness, for the schnitzel lovers.
Great pizza in a piazza, they don't take reservations so get there early.
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Lucio Pizzeria
248 Palmer St
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Great pizza in a piazza, they don't take reservations so get there early.
Vegetarian yum with outdoor tables, great for yumcha too.
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Bodhi Restaurant
4 College St
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Vegetarian yum with outdoor tables, great for yumcha too.
YUMCHA
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Marigold
683 George St
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YUMCHA
Best Thai, open VERY late...try and eat a late meal here as the wait for a table at busy times is long.
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Chat Thai
20 Campbell Street
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Best Thai, open VERY late...try and eat a late meal here as the wait for a table at busy times is long.
Classy restaurant, grab drinks next-door at The Argyle afterwards.
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Saké Restaurant
12 Argyle St
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Classy restaurant, grab drinks next-door at The Argyle afterwards.
great cafe...food and coffee magic
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Reuben Hills
61 Albion St
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great cafe...food and coffee magic
Great French Bistro
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Claire's Kitchen at le Salon
35 Oxford St
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Great French Bistro
Great little restaurant/wine bar
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Buffalo Dining Club
116 Surrey St
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Great little restaurant/wine bar
Coffee and a bite to eat in the park, good people watching
Metro St James
Coffee and a bite to eat in the park, good people watching
Fun, with good food & drinks. Bar on the top floor, downstairs there’s plenty of dishes to share with fusion Asian flavours. They don't take bookings so you can leave your name on the list and have a drink while you wait.
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Ms.G’s
155 Victoria St
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Fun, with good food & drinks. Bar on the top floor, downstairs there’s plenty of dishes to share with fusion Asian flavours. They don't take bookings so you can leave your name on the list and have a drink while you wait.
A stylish restaurant with open patio bar nestled amongst the back streets of Potts Point, serving French-Caribbean inspired food and cocktails.
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The Butler
123 Victoria St
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A stylish restaurant with open patio bar nestled amongst the back streets of Potts Point, serving French-Caribbean inspired food and cocktails.
voted best coffee in Sydney
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Single O Surry Hills
64 Reservoir St
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voted best coffee in Sydney
Great modern Thai food and a fab bar downstairs that serves great Thai bar food. Great cocktails and tunes.
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Longrain Restaurant
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Great modern Thai food and a fab bar downstairs that serves great Thai bar food. Great cocktails and tunes.
The best place to rent the popular and trendy vintage Tokyo bicycles. Also great for brunch and cocktails at the classy bar. It also features the Golden Age cinema with cool alternative movies.
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Paramount Coffee Project
80 Commonwealth St
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The best place to rent the popular and trendy vintage Tokyo bicycles. Also great for brunch and cocktails at the classy bar. It also features the Golden Age cinema with cool alternative movies.
The famous chain of thoroughly addictive soup dumplings is 15 minutes walk away. On the first floor of World Square, this retail precinct is also worth a look.
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Din Tai Fung World Square Restaurant
644 George St
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The famous chain of thoroughly addictive soup dumplings is 15 minutes walk away. On the first floor of World Square, this retail precinct is also worth a look.
Tapas...Try and get a booking if you can, if not then get there around 6pm for a table or seat at the bar. Some of the best Tapas in Sydney (but pricey).
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MoVida
50 Holt Street
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Tapas...Try and get a booking if you can, if not then get there around 6pm for a table or seat at the bar. Some of the best Tapas in Sydney (but pricey).
Friday night markets and The Emperor's Puffs. Also Paddy's Markets and Market City with a huge Asian supermarket.
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Chinatown Sydney
84 Dixon St
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Friday night markets and The Emperor's Puffs. Also Paddy's Markets and Market City with a huge Asian supermarket.
Award winning Argentinian BBQ, serious food and you can really get your meat on. Relaxed atmosphere and great bar upstairs
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Porteño
50 Holt St
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Award winning Argentinian BBQ, serious food and you can really get your meat on. Relaxed atmosphere and great bar upstairs
very yummy bakery
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Bourke Street Bakery Surry Hills
633 Bourke St
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very yummy bakery
Farmers and produce market open Saturday mornings 8am-1pm. Fruit and veg, juices, coffee, pastries, flowers, cheese, bacon and egg rolls. Join the hipsters for a morning stroll and foodie experience.
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Carriageworks
245 Wilson St
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Farmers and produce market open Saturday mornings 8am-1pm. Fruit and veg, juices, coffee, pastries, flowers, cheese, bacon and egg rolls. Join the hipsters for a morning stroll and foodie experience.
very good italian food, they have a few locations around town if you look at their website
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Fratelli Paradiso
12-16 Challis Ave
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very good italian food, they have a few locations around town if you look at their website
nice italian, fresh made pastas
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Sagra Restaurant
62 Stanley St
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nice italian, fresh made pastas
BYO, simple and easy Thai food, nice to sit on the street
Thai Lemongrass
70 Stanley Ln
BYO, simple and easy Thai food, nice to sit on the street
good vietnamese
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Red Lantern Restaurant & Private Dining Room
60 Riley Street
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good vietnamese
nice food with an extensive vodka menu
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Food Society Bar, Dining & Restaurant
91 Riley Street
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nice food with an extensive vodka menu
coffee and food, nice corner spot with outdoor seats
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Quattro Passi
176 Liverpool St
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coffee and food, nice corner spot with outdoor seats
great quality sushi train, cheap and they serve pints of Sapporo
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Sushi Train Oxford
63 Oxford St
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great quality sushi train, cheap and they serve pints of Sapporo
lunch spot
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Shenkin Surry Hills
290 Crown St
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lunch spot
open very late, pork crackling on a bun
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Mr Crackles
155 Oxford St
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open very late, pork crackling on a bun
great italian, lunch and dinner, sit outside in the sun if you can
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Casoni
371-373 Bourke St
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great italian, lunch and dinner, sit outside in the sun if you can
good vietnamese
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Phamish Vietnamese Restaurant
248 Palmer St
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good vietnamese
popular for breakfast
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Edition Coffee Roasters
265 Liverpool Street
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popular for breakfast
great coffee
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The Bunker
399 Liverpool St
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great coffee
Very good thai restaurant, there are a few locations, this is just one...
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Spice I Am
296-300 Victoria Street
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Very good thai restaurant, there are a few locations, this is just one...
great bread and pastries
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Infinity Bakery
274 Victoria St
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great bread and pastries
BYO! great restaurant, connected to "Otto Restaurant", great food great view good for a group too
The Larder
6 Cowper Wharf Roadway
BYO! great restaurant, connected to "Otto Restaurant", great food great view good for a group too
Jamie Oliver's italian grub
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Jamie's Italian
107 Pitt St
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Jamie Oliver's italian grub
Pizza joint with music, can get pretty rowdy
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Frankie's Pizza
50 Hunter St
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Pizza joint with music, can get pretty rowdy
great italian on the water
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Ventuno Restaurant
21 Hickson Rd
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great italian on the water
unreal restaurant, bookings highly recommended and try to get a seat outside...to access you go into the building and up the lifts
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Cafe Sydney
31 Alfred St
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unreal restaurant, bookings highly recommended and try to get a seat outside...to access you go into the building and up the lifts
fine dining, must book
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Aria Restaurant Sydney
1 Macquarie St
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fine dining, must book

Drinks & Nightlife

down the lane way, it's tricky to find so don't feel silly! Just follow ppl in through the secret door and downstairs you'll find cocktails and peanuts by the bucketload.
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Shady Pines Saloon
256 Crown St
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down the lane way, it's tricky to find so don't feel silly! Just follow ppl in through the secret door and downstairs you'll find cocktails and peanuts by the bucketload.
Cute bar open late offering tasty snacks.
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Mister Pocket
13 Burton St
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Cute bar open late offering tasty snacks.
great wine list, with champagne lounge upstairs, and drinks in the sunny courtyard downstairs.
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The Winery
285A Crown St
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great wine list, with champagne lounge upstairs, and drinks in the sunny courtyard downstairs.
great little wine bar in the lane way...don't be scared to walk down the lane...looks like there's nothing there, but trust me, it's there.
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Love, Tilly Devine
91 Crown Ln
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great little wine bar in the lane way...don't be scared to walk down the lane...looks like there's nothing there, but trust me, it's there.
Pool tables and beers on the balcony...great for afternoon sun and ppl watching.
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The Clock
470 Crown St
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Pool tables and beers on the balcony...great for afternoon sun and ppl watching.
great beer garden out the back, restaurant and dancing with live gigs upstairs.
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The Beresford
354 Bourke St
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great beer garden out the back, restaurant and dancing with live gigs upstairs.
drinks with a view underneath the Opera House
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Opera Bar
Macquarie Street
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drinks with a view underneath the Opera House
Newtown rocks, start here with a drink on the rooftop bar then stroll King St for dinner options...too many to choose.
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Websters Bar
323 King St
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Newtown rocks, start here with a drink on the rooftop bar then stroll King St for dinner options...too many to choose.
Great little old pub, live jazz on Sunday arvo, one of the few without pokies...
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East Sydney Hotel
111-113 Cathedral St
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Great little old pub, live jazz on Sunday arvo, one of the few without pokies...
Sydney's version of the 'old American sports bar'. Whiskey cocktails with bowls of pretzels, served by bar tenders with fancy moustaches. It can get very busy so try and get there early especially on a Friday arvo!
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The Baxter Inn
156 Clarence St
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Sydney's version of the 'old American sports bar'. Whiskey cocktails with bowls of pretzels, served by bar tenders with fancy moustaches. It can get very busy so try and get there early especially on a Friday arvo!
A fabulous bar. New York in the 1920’s…speakeasy bar. It seems a little hidden so just keep walking through the doors and you'll get there :)
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Eau De Vie
285 Darlinghurst Rd
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A fabulous bar. New York in the 1920’s…speakeasy bar. It seems a little hidden so just keep walking through the doors and you'll get there :)
Good pub with decent grub
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Forrester's
336 Riley St
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Good pub with decent grub
Mexican themed bar run by the Baxters and Shady Pines guys. It's always teeming. Right next door to the Hollywood Hotel.
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Tio's Cerveceria
14 Foster St
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Mexican themed bar run by the Baxters and Shady Pines guys. It's always teeming. Right next door to the Hollywood Hotel.
little eclectic wine/cocktail bar up the stairs...nice for a pre-dinner glass of vino
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The Hazy Rose
83 Stanley Street
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little eclectic wine/cocktail bar up the stairs...nice for a pre-dinner glass of vino
local pub plus sells takeaway wine
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Lord Roberts Hotel
64 Stanley St
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local pub plus sells takeaway wine
live gigs, check their website for tickets
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Oxford Art Factory
46 Oxford St
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live gigs, check their website for tickets
nice bar/pub with pool tables
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Darlo Bar
306 Liverpool St
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nice bar/pub with pool tables
popular for friday post work drinks
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Li'l Darlin Darlinghurst
235 Victoria Street
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popular for friday post work drinks
bar with a lovely outdoor courtyard
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The Tilbury Hotel
18 Nicholson St
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bar with a lovely outdoor courtyard
Multi level bar with a pool bar on the top, and different restaurants throughout...chose the bar that suits you, a lot of people who like to be seen
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ivy precinct
330 George St
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Multi level bar with a pool bar on the top, and different restaurants throughout...chose the bar that suits you, a lot of people who like to be seen
drink with a view
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Cruise Bar
Circular Quay West
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drink with a view
classic pub
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The Dolphin Hotel
412 Crown Street
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classic pub
classic pub, also pop around the corner to the Lord Nelson for your next drink
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The Hero of Waterloo
81 Lower Fort St
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classic pub, also pop around the corner to the Lord Nelson for your next drink
great bar all the way at the end of the wharf, go up the stairs and just keep walking...plus you can grab a show at the Sydney Theatre Company
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The Theatre Bar at the End of the Wharf
15 Hickson Rd
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great bar all the way at the end of the wharf, go up the stairs and just keep walking...plus you can grab a show at the Sydney Theatre Company
Great pub, get upstairs to the rooftop for a fantastic view of the harbour
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The Glenmore Hotel
96 Cumberland St
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Great pub, get upstairs to the rooftop for a fantastic view of the harbour
nice pub, also sells crocodile pizza if you're keen
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The Australian Heritage Hotel
100 Cumberland St
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nice pub, also sells crocodile pizza if you're keen

Everything Else

This is the same owners as Bar Reggio next door, same menu expect no pizza...with cheap BYO. Easier to get a table if you haven't booked.
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Reggio Lounge
85A Stanley St
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This is the same owners as Bar Reggio next door, same menu expect no pizza...with cheap BYO. Easier to get a table if you haven't booked.
Lovely cinema
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Dendy Cinemas Opera Quays
1 Macquarie St
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Lovely cinema

Essentials

supermarket less than 5mins away
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Woolworths Woolloomooloo (Metro)
75 Crown St
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supermarket less than 5mins away
supermarket less than 5mins away
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IGA Supermarket
23 Oxford St
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supermarket less than 5mins away
organic groceries, also offering tasty healthy food you buy per weight with tables to eat there.
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About Life Surry Hills
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organic groceries, also offering tasty healthy food you buy per weight with tables to eat there.
if you're into it
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Bikram Yoga Darlinghurst
185 Foley St
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if you're into it
Yoga with a view, then jump in one of the best pools in Sydney for a swim with a view.
YogaBeyond School
1C Mrs Macquaries Rd
Yoga with a view, then jump in one of the best pools in Sydney for a swim with a view.
GYM
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Fitness First Darlinghurst
63 Oxford St
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GYM
GYM
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City Gym
107 Crown St
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GYM
Groceries
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Woolworths Metro Surry Hills
413-417 Bourke St
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Groceries
great for cheeses and fresh produce
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Harris Farm Markets
30 Springfield Ave
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great for cheeses and fresh produce
Closest Post Office
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Australia Post
50-58 Macleay St
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Closest Post Office
Chemist/drug store, open late 5mins walk away
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Chemist Warehouse Darlinghurst
175 Riley St
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Chemist/drug store, open late 5mins walk away
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Woolworths Potts Point
81 Macleay St
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Coles Kings Cross
94 Darlinghurst Rd
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Big supermarket across multiple levels, 15min walk
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Woolworths Town Hall
George Street
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Big supermarket across multiple levels, 15min walk

Arts & Culture

Cute cinema, grab a glass of prosecco from the bar before the movie.
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Palace Verona
17 Oxford St
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Cute cinema, grab a glass of prosecco from the bar before the movie.

Shopping

10mins walk away
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Sydney
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10mins walk away
lovely shops in a Heritage listed building
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Queen Victoria Building (QVB)
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lovely shops in a Heritage listed building
department store
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Myer
436 George St
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department store
department store with a nice but sometimes pricey lower ground food market
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David Jones Department Store
86-108 Castlereagh Street
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department store with a nice but sometimes pricey lower ground food market
Massive shopping complex spanning across a few blocks
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Westfield
Market Street
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Massive shopping complex spanning across a few blocks

Sightseeing

the tall tower you can see lit up at night in the reflection of the mirror in the lounge room...you can pay to go to the top, plus theres a restaurant, but it's pricey
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Sydney Tower Eye
108 Market St
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the tall tower you can see lit up at night in the reflection of the mirror in the lounge room...you can pay to go to the top, plus theres a restaurant, but it's pricey