Food
Warm up on a wintry weekend with juicy roast meats and plenty of gravy.
Taphouse Sydney
The Taphouse 2.0 brings fun wines, long necks of Tsingtao and succulent Chinese meals to Darlinghurst under the guidance of the Forresters team.
Dove & Olive
The first rule of Craft Beer Fight Club is you do not talk about Craft Beer Fight Club.
Alfred Hotel
A charming art deco pub in Camperdown.
The Duke of Clarence
Take a time hop at this 1800s-inspired English tavern with over 500 spirits, cask ales and a gastropub menu heroing classic British cuisine.
The Lord Dudley Hotel
The Lord Dudley Hotel is a slice of Old Blighty, a mock Tudor-like building complete with a creeping vine-covered exterior.
NEL
Take shelter from uninspiring food in this major player on the Sydney dining scene.
The Grill at The Four in Hand Hotel
With a relaunch in 2017, this pub restaurant serves rock lobster and suckling pig straight from the charcoal grill.
The Courthouse Hotel
The unpretentious, grungy gem of Newtown with one of the finest outdoor courtyards in Sydney.
Woolwich Pier Hotel
This long-standing lower north shore pub has been given new interiors, but kept its wraparound balcony and chicken pot pie.
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