Guidebook for Darlinghurst
Food Scene
Very friendly service, good coffee and food...almost at our back door!
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The Rusty Rabbit
252 Forbes StVery friendly service, good coffee and food...almost at our back door!
at 60 Riley Street, East Sydney, and Red Lily Cocktail Bar (at the back)
Great Vietnamese food in the restaurant, and Saigon street snacks / Asian-inspired drinks in the cocktail bar
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Red Lantern Restaurant & Private Dining Room
60 Riley Streetat 60 Riley Street, East Sydney, and Red Lily Cocktail Bar (at the back)
Great Vietnamese food in the restaurant, and Saigon street snacks / Asian-inspired drinks in the cocktail bar
Good Vietnamese - just one block from the house, under The Republic Apartments (just down the hill)
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Phamish Vietnamese Restaurant
248 Palmer StGood Vietnamese - just one block from the house, under The Republic Apartments (just down the hill)
Great Italian food - cafe by day, restaurant by night. Feels very New York in Sydney! Inside the Strand Arcade
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The Restaurant Pendolino
414 George StGreat Italian food - cafe by day, restaurant by night. Feels very New York in Sydney! Inside the Strand Arcade
Bar with great pizza and pasta - sister restaurant/bar of Pendolino. Wonderful space - also in the Strand Arcade
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La Rosa The Strand
133/193 Pitt StBar with great pizza and pasta - sister restaurant/bar of Pendolino. Wonderful space - also in the Strand Arcade
Love this late night bookstore with 1812 wine bar / cafe on the middle floor. Second hand books on the top and middle floor; new books on the middle and bottom floors. Free, live jazz twice a week.
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Berkelouw Paddington
19 Oxford StLove this late night bookstore with 1812 wine bar / cafe on the middle floor. Second hand books on the top and middle floor; new books on the middle and bottom floors. Free, live jazz twice a week.
Great second-hand bookstore with good cafe - really good coffee. Check out the pottery barn next door
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Ampersand Cafe & Bookstore.
78 Oxford StGreat second-hand bookstore with good cafe - really good coffee. Check out the pottery barn next door
A block & a bit away from the house is an intimate little place where a "one-man operation serving comforting Asian dishes" & its great : )
Joe's table
185A Kings LnA block & a bit away from the house is an intimate little place where a "one-man operation serving comforting Asian dishes" & its great : )
Arts & Culture
Art house and independent cinema - just a 5 minute walk away on the border of Darlinghurst and Paddington
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Palace Verona
17 Oxford StArt house and independent cinema - just a 5 minute walk away on the border of Darlinghurst and Paddington
Art house and independent cinema in Paddington, about 5-10 minutes walk
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Palace Chauvel Cinema
249 Oxford StArt house and independent cinema in Paddington, about 5-10 minutes walk
Wonderful gallery - the MCA is a must-see. Great space and fabulous exhibitions
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Iziko lezobuciko zomzantsi
140 George StWonderful gallery - the MCA is a must-see. Great space and fabulous exhibitions
On my must-see list. Walk through Hyde Park and the Domain to access the Art Gallery. Continue on Art Gallery Rd to Mrs Macquaries Rd for great views of Harbour Bridge & Opera Hse, then Botanic Gdns
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I-Art Gallery yaseNew South Wales
Art Gallery RoadOn my must-see list. Walk through Hyde Park and the Domain to access the Art Gallery. Continue on Art Gallery Rd to Mrs Macquaries Rd for great views of Harbour Bridge & Opera Hse, then Botanic Gdns
Wonderful, wonderful art gallery showing selection of Australia's largest privately owned collection of contemporary Chinese art. Must see. Have tea/dumplings in cafe or cross the road to Central Park
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Igaleriya yaseWhite Rabbit
30 Balfour StWonderful, wonderful art gallery showing selection of Australia's largest privately owned collection of contemporary Chinese art. Must see. Have tea/dumplings in cafe or cross the road to Central Park
Pop across the road into the National Art School - the former site for Darlinghurst Gaol. It's worth looking at the buildings alone, let alone the art!
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National Art School
156 Forbes StPop across the road into the National Art School - the former site for Darlinghurst Gaol. It's worth looking at the buildings alone, let alone the art!
The gallery at UNSW Art & Design is just a 5 minute walk away in "Paddinghurst" (on the border of Paddington). The gallery is well worth a look and the cafe at the entrance has great coffee
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UNSW Art & Design
The gallery at UNSW Art & Design is just a 5 minute walk away in "Paddinghurst" (on the border of Paddington). The gallery is well worth a look and the cafe at the entrance has great coffee
Everything Else
Sydney Jewish Museum
148 Darlinghurst RdInteresting exhibitions from time to time
Robin Gibson Gallery
278 Liverpool StLovely gallery one block away on Liverpool Street in a beautiful building
Beautiful park, less than 10 minutes walk away. Walk through Hyde Park to get to the city centre
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i-Hyde Park
Elizabeth StreetBeautiful park, less than 10 minutes walk away. Walk through Hyde Park to get to the city centre
Shopping
About 10 minutes walk from the house is "The Intersection" (Oxford St and Glenmore Road). This is a strip of Australian designer retail stores.
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Glenmore Road
Glenmore RoadAbout 10 minutes walk from the house is "The Intersection" (Oxford St and Glenmore Road). This is a strip of Australian designer retail stores.
Beautiful historic shopping arcade with fabulous boutiques and great dining
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The Strand Arcade
412-414 George StBeautiful historic shopping arcade with fabulous boutiques and great dining
Drinks & Nightlife
Hinky Dinks
185 Darlinghurst RoadCool 1950s cocktail bar
Shady Pines Saloon
256 Crown StHidden behind an unmarked door in a laneway...cool
Izeluleko zedolobha
Ukuzulazula
Read the NY Times "36 Hours in Sydney"
Lookup the NY Times "36 Hours in Sydney" for a great review as it mentions the swims in ocean pools, the restaurants, walks ... & the local highlights which are so good & so Sydney -
Alas, I cant provide the link
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Map to Micro-Precincts of Eastside Sydney
There is a great guide to the micro-precincts of East Sydney at:
EastSydney .com .au
Alas, I cannot past the link in directly due so please remove the spaces from the link address above : )