Confession: I no longer live in Sydney (!). I moved back to the States on March 5, but I wanted to do a few more posts here before I move on to new projects.
Here is a list of my favorite [mostly food-related] places in Sydney:
For Brunch
Four Ate Five
485 Crown Street
Surry Hills 2010
[Best vegan breakfast, great fresh juice, excellent coffee- ALWAYS crowded]
Sloane's Cafe
312 Oxford Street
Paddington 2021
[Cozy and sophisticated, beautiful courtyard out back]
For Coffee
Coco Cubano
97 Darlinghurst Road
Kings Cross 2011
[Free wi-fi, really good coffee and sandwiches, great place to people watch**]
Tripod Cafe
262 Abercrombie Street
Darlington 2008
[cheap good coffee, friendly staff, nice outdoor spaces in front and back]
Toby's Estate
129 Cathedral Street
Woolloomooloo 2011
[Seriously good gourmet coffee, lousy staff/service but a decent place to take up real estate for a morning]
Sweet Infinity
53 Riley Street
Woolloomooloo 2011
[Cheap, good takeaway coffee, no real seating, pretty books and magazines to browse while you wait]
For Food
Iku Wholefood
25a Glebe Point Road
Glebe 2037
[Vegan, lots of gluten-free options, lots of health-related magazines to flip through]
Gelato Messina
241 Victoria Street
Darlinghurst 2010
[Lots of delicious dairy-free sorbet options, dozens of gelato and frozen yogurt flavors, always completely packed]
Laurie's Vegetarian
286 Bondi Road
Bondi 2026
[Amazing burgers, great salads, grab food for takeaway and head down Bondi Road to the beach]
Thai Times Nine
45 King Street
Newtown 2042
[Lunch special is $6.50, really nice courtyard in the back, the only Thai place I trust in Sydney to make something vegetarian- lots of bad experiences at other Thai places with meat in my food]
Betty's Soup Kitchen
84 Oxford Street
Darlinghurst 2010
[Big bowl of soup and bread for <$10, fun atmosphere, very vegetarian friendly, nice staff]
For Drinking
Macquarie Hotel
42 Wentworth Avenue
Surry Hills 2010
[Only microbrewery in downtown Sydney (as far as I know), live jazz every night of the week, very comfortable, great crowd]
East Sydney Hotel
Corner of Cathedral and Crown Streets
Woolloomooloo 2011
[old school pub, great local crowd, no drunk bogans, the only bar in Sydney without poker machines!]
Name This Bar
197 Oxford Street
Darlinghurst 2010
[oh so hip apparently but on the week nights its really relaxed, not terribly loud, great location to meet friends]
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Welcome back Robin! I was missing your adventures for a while there and am looking forward to your new project. I will certainly keep this list for when I go to sydney next!
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen! It's just my personal favorite places, so it's very biased. I'll be updating here soon about what I'm working on next!
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