Guidebook for Surry Hills
Essentials
Surry Hills Shopping Village
Coles supermarket
Post office
Shoe repair
Woolworths supermarket. You can get bus tickets here
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Woolworths Metro Surry Hills
413-417 Bourke StWoolworths supermarket. You can get bus tickets here
Lovely and cheap family-run fruit and vege shop, also has a good range of dry goods, cheeses, flowers
St Mina Fruit & Vegies & Flowers
563 Crown StLovely and cheap family-run fruit and vege shop, also has a good range of dry goods, cheeses, flowers
Drinks & Nightlife
The Clock
470 Crown StClock hotel has a great bottleshop/ liquor store
Yulli's
417 Crown StGood food and beer
Food Scene
Cowbell 808
616A Bourke StreetOur favourite cafe - food is amazing and service is great.
Surry Hills' most famous bakery. Delicious and great coffee
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Bourke Street Bakery Surry Hills
633 Bourke StSurry Hills' most famous bakery. Delicious and great coffee
Great Italian - early they are full of families, later much more adult
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Pizza Birra
500 Crown StGreat Italian - early they are full of families, later much more adult
Bar Ume
1 Little Pier StreetBeautiful Japanese food
Tokonoma Sydney
44 Bridge StAmazing Japanese and great cocktails
Delicious modern Chinese food by Kylie Kwong, who is often around.
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Billy Kwong
Delicious modern Chinese food by Kylie Kwong, who is often around.
St Jude Cafe
728 Bourke StAnother favourite cafe. Amazing corn fritters
Delicious Italian for lunch or breakfast, with beautiful groceries. Danks St is a nice place to check out for food and galleries.
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Fratelli Fresh
11 Bridge StDelicious Italian for lunch or breakfast, with beautiful groceries. Danks St is a nice place to check out for food and galleries.
Orto Trading Co.
56-58 Waterloo StYum English bistro.
Kepos Street Kitchen
96 Kepos StDelicious Israeli food.
Great value, super-fresh Thai food. Kids love watching the cooking and the staff are lovely.
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In the Mood for Thai
Great value, super-fresh Thai food. Kids love watching the cooking and the staff are lovely.
Organic Bread Bar
356 S Dowling StAnother good place for baked goods and coffee.
Everything Else
The best gelato outside of Italy - try the peanut butter special
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Gelato Messina Surry Hills
389 Crown StThe best gelato outside of Italy - try the peanut butter special
Taylor Square markets run on Saturday mornings - lovely fruit, veges, flowers, range of food.
This marker isn't quite in the right place - it should be just on the other side of Oxford St.
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Taylor Square
134 Oxford StreetTaylor Square markets run on Saturday mornings - lovely fruit, veges, flowers, range of food.
This marker isn't quite in the right place - it should be just on the other side of Oxford St.
Entertainment & Activities
Fantastic playground for kids - lots of water so bring a change of clothes!
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Tumbalong Park
11 Harbour StFantastic playground for kids - lots of water so bring a change of clothes!
Playground is a great meeting place for local kids, library across the road is good on rainy days.
Surry Hills markets are here the first Saturday of each month.
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Shannon Reserve
Crown StreetPlayground is a great meeting place for local kids, library across the road is good on rainy days.
Surry Hills markets are here the first Saturday of each month.
Ward Park
57 Marlborough StAnother good playground
Another favourite park - this one is full of old toys which the kids love. Shady so good on hot days.
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Chelsea Street Playground
43 Chelsea StAnother favourite park - this one is full of old toys which the kids love. Shady so good on hot days.
Shopping
Lovely collection of boutiques along here - clothes, kids clothes, books, paper and gifts.
Across the road and a block north Mushu and The Cook his Wife and her Shoes are also worth a look
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The Standard Store - International Mens & Womenswear
431 Crown StLovely collection of boutiques along here - clothes, kids clothes, books, paper and gifts.
Across the road and a block north Mushu and The Cook his Wife and her Shoes are also worth a look
Great bookshop. New books downstairs, cafe and two floors of second hand books above.
Ariel books across the road is nice too.
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Berkelouw Paddington
19 Oxford StGreat bookshop. New books downstairs, cafe and two floors of second hand books above.
Ariel books across the road is nice too.
Sydney Antique Centre
531 South Dowling StreetHuge warehouse full of little antique stores.
Arts & Culture
Part of Palace Cinemas, lovely cinema showing independent and arthouse movies.
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Palace Verona
17 Oxford StPart of Palace Cinemas, lovely cinema showing independent and arthouse movies.
Former house and gallery of Brett Whitely. www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/brett-whiteley-studio
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Brett Whiteley Studio
2 Raper StFormer house and gallery of Brett Whitely. www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/brett-whiteley-studio