Guidebook for Surry Hills
Food Scene
Amazing modern Italian restaurant with constantly evolving blackboard menu.
Ricotta Pannacotta with Coffee Caramel Sauce is the most amazing dessert in the world.
Wines are great.
25 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Vini
118 Devonshire StreetAmazing modern Italian restaurant with constantly evolving blackboard menu.
Ricotta Pannacotta with Coffee Caramel Sauce is the most amazing dessert in the world.
Wines are great.
This place is owned and run by two friends of ours – Benny and Elvis. They work in front of the grill all night, sweating away, and now they just got a hat.
110 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Porteño
50 Holt StThis place is owned and run by two friends of ours – Benny and Elvis. They work in front of the grill all night, sweating away, and now they just got a hat.
Baffi & Mo Espresso
94 Redfern StGood food, good coffee (most days).
Cute little place with outside seating. Gets afternoon sun. Great bagels too!
94 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Coffee Tea & Me
93B Redfern StCute little place with outside seating. Gets afternoon sun. Great bagels too!
Twig Cafe
357 Cleveland StNice outdoor seating for those lovely clear blue sky days.
Friends of ours runs this place too - American diner style menu with a contemporary cuisine twist.
56 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The Eathouse Diner
306 Chalmers StreetFriends of ours runs this place too - American diner style menu with a contemporary cuisine twist.
Café Giulia
92 Abercrombie StGreat coffee but can be busy for takeaways.
Seafood restaurant. The best takeaway fish and chips (or mash) around ($8.50).
24 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Mohr Fish
116 Devonshire StSeafood restaurant. The best takeaway fish and chips (or mash) around ($8.50).
Great coffee. Nice lunch boards. Wine and nibbles.
41 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Brewtown Surry Hills
536 Crown StGreat coffee. Nice lunch boards. Wine and nibbles.
The BEST hommous the world has ever eaten. Creamy, garliccy goodness. Get a takeaway tub of hommous and beetroot dips and a loaf of Turkish pide.
20 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Erciyes Restaurant
409 Cleveland StThe BEST hommous the world has ever eaten. Creamy, garliccy goodness. Get a takeaway tub of hommous and beetroot dips and a loaf of Turkish pide.
Opened by friends Benny & Elvis, this place has become a bit of a local institution. Great food, fantastic Argentinian and Chilean wines.
35 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
WyNo X Bodega
50 Gladstone StOpened by friends Benny & Elvis, this place has become a bit of a local institution. Great food, fantastic Argentinian and Chilean wines.
The best coffee in Surry Hills, possibly in Sydney.
Interesting lunch menu.
Open Mon-Fri
68 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Single O Surry Hills
64 Reservoir StThe best coffee in Surry Hills, possibly in Sydney.
Interesting lunch menu.
Open Mon-Fri
Pizza and Beer. What more do you need?
Delicious pizza. Delicious wines and beers. Dark and moody.
31 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Pizza Birra
500 Crown StPizza and Beer. What more do you need?
Delicious pizza. Delicious wines and beers. Dark and moody.
Try the Eggplant with Miso, Thinly Sliced Kingfish, Baked Salmon, Spider Maki, Spicy Edamame, Morton Bay Bug Tempura and too many other delicious things.
74 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Toko Sydney
275 Crown StTry the Eggplant with Miso, Thinly Sliced Kingfish, Baked Salmon, Spider Maki, Spicy Edamame, Morton Bay Bug Tempura and too many other delicious things.
Zeno Restaurant & Pizza
Best late night Falafel on Crown St
Fantastic little pasta restaurant. Amazing fresh pastas, great Osso Bucco, nice wine list or BYO.
From memory they don't take dinner bookings...
49 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
il baretto
496 Bourke StFantastic little pasta restaurant. Amazing fresh pastas, great Osso Bucco, nice wine list or BYO.
From memory they don't take dinner bookings...
Uchi Lounge
15 Brisbane StGreat Japanese.
Thai. Yum. Shortgrain is a new bar downstairs and lunch joint by day.
65 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Longrain Restaurant
Thai. Yum. Shortgrain is a new bar downstairs and lunch joint by day.
Abduls, Fatimas both fantastic and classic old school Lebanese. Take-away falafels from both these joints are great.
Eat in cushion rooms at Fatimas and Hannibals, belly dancing most nights.
13 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Fatima's Lebanese Restaurant
296 Cleveland StreetAbduls, Fatimas both fantastic and classic old school Lebanese. Take-away falafels from both these joints are great.
Eat in cushion rooms at Fatimas and Hannibals, belly dancing most nights.
Better pizza than the reviews say.
Good, safe late night alternative to Pizza Hut or Dominos.
Lorentto Pizzeria
512 Elizabeth StBetter pizza than the reviews say.
Good, safe late night alternative to Pizza Hut or Dominos.
Holt St. next to Vini Restaurant
Open Mon-Fri until 3pm
Phil makes great coffee and I love the Tuna Wrap (but get them to do it on sourdough if they have it).
Koko Espresso Bar
118 Devonshire StHolt St. next to Vini Restaurant
Open Mon-Fri until 3pm
Phil makes great coffee and I love the Tuna Wrap (but get them to do it on sourdough if they have it).
Drinks & Nightlife
Young crowd, good cocktails, cold beer, fantastic bar food (Mexican-style, try the deep-friend pickles with ranch dipping sauce). Nice beer garden out back, pool tables and darts upstairs.
90 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Annandale Hotel
17 Parramatta RdYoung crowd, good cocktails, cold beer, fantastic bar food (Mexican-style, try the deep-friend pickles with ranch dipping sauce). Nice beer garden out back, pool tables and darts upstairs.
Freda's
107-109 Regent StGood food too.
Commonly called the Shakey by locals, good cheap pub grub.
53 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Shakespeare Hotel
200 Devonshire StCommonly called the Shakey by locals, good cheap pub grub.
The Cricketers Arms Hotel
106 Fitzroy StOur favourite pub.
An institution.
So much to be said but what can I say. Art deco and simple and wonderful and never-changing.
19 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Hollywood Hotel
2 Foster StreetAn institution.
So much to be said but what can I say. Art deco and simple and wonderful and never-changing.
Wine bar and vegetarian restaurant (though not openly so). A less pretentious joint than Millevini or Tokonoma.
66 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Yulli's
417 Crown StWine bar and vegetarian restaurant (though not openly so). A less pretentious joint than Millevini or Tokonoma.
121BC
50 Holt StreetWine bar and Enoteca (Italian Bottle Shop)
Arts & Culture
One of the most interesting and highly-regarded playhouses in Australia.
www.belvoir.com.au
84 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Belvoir Street Theatre
25 Belvoir StOne of the most interesting and highly-regarded playhouses in Australia.
www.belvoir.com.au
Hollywood and blockbuster films.
http://www.hoyts.com.au/Cinemas/locations/Entertainment_Quarter.aspx?type=
132 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The Bavarian Entertainment Quarter
212 Bent StHollywood and blockbuster films.
http://www.hoyts.com.au/Cinemas/locations/Entertainment_Quarter.aspx?type=
Independent and foreign cinema with a large amount of Bollywood films
http://www.hoyts.com.au/Cinemas/locations/Cinema_Paris.aspx?type=
132 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The Bavarian Entertainment Quarter
212 Bent StIndependent and foreign cinema with a large amount of Bollywood films
http://www.hoyts.com.au/Cinemas/locations/Cinema_Paris.aspx?type=
Independent and foreign films
http://www.palacecinemas.com.au/
139 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Palace Verona
17 Oxford StIndependent and foreign films
http://www.palacecinemas.com.au/
Everything Else
Five brand-new Plexicushion hardcourts.
Open until 11pm every night.
(FYI Office is around back)
Bookings: www.jensenstennis.com.au
City Community Tennis
Five brand-new Plexicushion hardcourts.
Open until 11pm every night.
(FYI Office is around back)
Bookings: www.jensenstennis.com.au
Surry Hills institution. Huge line-ups here on the weekend for the finest baguettes, croissants and coffee. Eat-in if you can score a table outside or in.
324 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Bourke Street Bakery Surry Hills
633 Bourke StSurry Hills institution. Huge line-ups here on the weekend for the finest baguettes, croissants and coffee. Eat-in if you can score a table outside or in.
Saturday until 1pm.
Organic growers markets and other nice foods.
276 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Carriageworks
245 Wilson StSaturday until 1pm.
Organic growers markets and other nice foods.
Golf course open daily.
Largest driving range in the Southern Hemisphere open late.
12 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Moore Park Golf House
Cleveland StreetGolf course open daily.
Largest driving range in the Southern Hemisphere open late.
Apparently the best local yoga. Though there are others around.
19 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
BodyMindLife Surry Hills
432 Mary StApparently the best local yoga. Though there are others around.
Vintage clothing, knick knacks, gozleme, fun atmosphere. Get there early.
First Saturday of every month.
http://www.shnc.org/markets/
25 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Surry Hills Market
Crown StreetVintage clothing, knick knacks, gozleme, fun atmosphere. Get there early.
First Saturday of every month.
http://www.shnc.org/markets/
On Crown St. These guys will do bulk-billing. Not sure how late they're open.
201 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Surry Hills
On Crown St. These guys will do bulk-billing. Not sure how late they're open.
Bus, Train and Ferry info & trip planning
www.131500.com.au/
489 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Central Station
Eddy AvenueBus, Train and Ferry info & trip planning
www.131500.com.au/
Essentials
Woolworths Redfern
261-265 Chalmers StOpen until 10pm daily.
Open until 10pm.
Parking out the back. Access via Cooper/Marriot or Baptist Sts.
91 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Coles Surry Hills
Baptist StreetOpen until 10pm.
Parking out the back. Access via Cooper/Marriot or Baptist Sts.
Entertainment & Activities
Or 'Lido' for the English.
Brand-new 26 million dollar pool renovation just opened and free until Nov 2013!
272 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Parque Prince Alfred
Chalmers StreetOr 'Lido' for the English.
Brand-new 26 million dollar pool renovation just opened and free until Nov 2013!