Winter Garden East Village Sydney

Overview

The only thing prettier than a white Christmas is a pink one. That's exactly what you can expect when one of Darlinghurst's hottest hotels hosts its annual East Village Sydney Winter Garden to coincide with the start of the chilly season.

As well as resurrecting the fairy light and fairy-floss-coloured approach of previous years, Winter Garden East Village Sydney 2023 will focus on festive decorations, hearty feeds, faux fur throws and heaters on full blast, all designed to transport you to a traditional European Christmas market experience.

The return of the popular four-cheese fondue for two, served with pickled vegetables, cured meats and bread, is the main attraction on the menu. A little partidge-in-a-pear-tree told us that it's even spiked with booze.

However, if your feelings towards fondue swing to the sweet end of the scale, be sure to check out the Belgian chocolate fountain for dessert — served with cakes, fruit, brioche and biscuits to dip into your sauce.

Other culinary delights will include dishes inspired by the cool yule markets of Germany, France and the Netherlands. Such as crispy potato pancakes (Kartoffelpuffer) served with spiced applesauce, vol-au-vents filled with a truffled chicken stew and Dutch cinnamon doughnuts.

Ready to invest in the second stage of the 'eat, drink and be merry' concept? Winter Garden East Village Sydney comes complete with an impressive winter drinks menu —  such as traditional Glühwein mulled wine; a smoked rum old fashioned; a winter spritz featuring Montenegro, grapefruit liqueur, ginger and burnt rosemary; and coquito shooters made with vegan eggnog, coconut, condensed milk, vanilla and cinnamon.