Guidebook for Surry Hills
Food Scene
Sample Coffee
118 Devonshire StMy favourite coffee joint run by some young hipsters.
A Sydney institution for coffee, great food and pumping hip hop music. Enter through the back lane way on Albion Lane. Perfect for breakfast or lunch.
109 habitants recommandent
Reuben Hills
61 Albion StA Sydney institution for coffee, great food and pumping hip hop music. Enter through the back lane way on Albion Lane. Perfect for breakfast or lunch.
Yulli's
417 Crown StVegetarian restaurant on the main street of Surry Hills.
Coffee and Bakery. Great place to grab a meat pie, coffee and watch the cyclists go past on the cycleway.
324 habitants recommandent
Bourke Street Bakery Surry Hills
633 Bourke StCoffee and Bakery. Great place to grab a meat pie, coffee and watch the cyclists go past on the cycleway.
More great coffee and food in the old art deco Paramount Pictures building. Great for breakfast and lunch.
80 habitants recommandent
Paramount Coffee Project
80 Commonwealth StMore great coffee and food in the old art deco Paramount Pictures building. Great for breakfast and lunch.
Thai Me Up on Oxford
112 Oxford StYummy local burgers for lunch...
Argentinian food. A bit rockabilly meets hipster. If you love meat eat here. If you don't like meat eat across the street at Nourishing Quarter.
110 habitants recommandent
Porteño
50 Holt StArgentinian food. A bit rockabilly meets hipster. If you love meat eat here. If you don't like meat eat across the street at Nourishing Quarter.
Vegan eating at its casual best if you feel like eating animal free.
21 habitants recommandent
Nourishing Quarter
315 Cleveland StVegan eating at its casual best if you feel like eating animal free.
More great coffee and breakfast or lunch. They do late afternoon wine too :)
41 habitants recommandent
Brewtown Surry Hills
536 Crown StMore great coffee and breakfast or lunch. They do late afternoon wine too :)
Single O Surry Hills
64 Reservoir StMore coffee and food...
Catch a ferry here, as an excuse for a ferry trip, to another one of Sydney's best coffee places. They are in an old wooden wharf on the harbour. Check out their website.
56 habitants recommandent
Celsius Coffee Co.
Holbrook AvenueCatch a ferry here, as an excuse for a ferry trip, to another one of Sydney's best coffee places. They are in an old wooden wharf on the harbour. Check out their website.
Drinks & Nightlife
Cool little restaurant - a bit expensive for every night but good value otherwise (mains are about $30). They match your food with Italian wine. Be early as no bookings but you can wait at a wine bar.
25 habitants recommandent
Vini
118 Devonshire StreetCool little restaurant - a bit expensive for every night but good value otherwise (mains are about $30). They match your food with Italian wine. Be early as no bookings but you can wait at a wine bar.
Cheap eats ($12 mains every night) and cheap beer. It is where hipsters, housing commission and crazy people hang side by side with yuppies. You can drink on the street too which is great.
53 habitants recommandent
Shakespeare Hotel
200 Devonshire StCheap eats ($12 mains every night) and cheap beer. It is where hipsters, housing commission and crazy people hang side by side with yuppies. You can drink on the street too which is great.
Oxford Art Factory
46 Oxford StMusic venue - live shows, music and dancing until late.
Cool small bar with dancing. Tropical sounds from the jungles of Peru to the planes of Africa and beyond – as well as dance floor classics from deep within the Jingle Jangle vaults.
13 habitants recommandent
Hudson Ballroom
53-55 Liverpool StreetCool small bar with dancing. Tropical sounds from the jungles of Peru to the planes of Africa and beyond – as well as dance floor classics from deep within the Jingle Jangle vaults.
The Wild Rover
75 Campbell StSmall Bar. Check out their website.
Tio's Cerveceria
14 Foster StFree popcorn and Central/South American beers :)
Mister Pocket
13 Burton StSmall bar for casual drinks.
Arts & Culture
A local theatre company. Check out their website for shows.
84 habitants recommandent
Belvoir Street Theatre
25 Belvoir StA local theatre company. Check out their website for shows.
A Sydney based home for contemporary modern Chinese art.
329 habitants recommandent
Galerie White Rabbit
30 Balfour StA Sydney based home for contemporary modern Chinese art.
Everything Else
If our bikes aren't available hire their bikes for a flat day rate. You get Sundays free too if you hire on Saturday and return Monday. Book early. Check out their website.
8 habitants recommandent
tokyobike
If our bikes aren't available hire their bikes for a flat day rate. You get Sundays free too if you hire on Saturday and return Monday. Book early. Check out their website.
Public pool and amazing park to chill in on a sunny day.
272 habitants recommandent
Parc Prince Alfred
Chalmers StreetPublic pool and amazing park to chill in on a sunny day.
Surry Hills
It is our neighbourhood so go and explore :)
Shopping
Ice cream! People wait a long time in line for this - it has got to be good.
236 habitants recommandent
Gelato Messina Surry Hills
389 Crown StIce cream! People wait a long time in line for this - it has got to be good.
Sightseeing
A short 7 minute train trip to Kings Cross Station will take you to one of Sydney's other great neighbourhoods - Potts Point. Llankelly place is filled with cafes and cool restaurants.
19 habitants recommandent
Llankelly Place
Llankelly PlaceA short 7 minute train trip to Kings Cross Station will take you to one of Sydney's other great neighbourhoods - Potts Point. Llankelly place is filled with cafes and cool restaurants.
My favourite park. Wander down from Kings Cross Station through Sydney's most beautiful Art Deco apartment neighbourhoods for a picnic lunch by the harbour.
123 habitants recommandent
Beare Park
Ithaca RoadMy favourite park. Wander down from Kings Cross Station through Sydney's most beautiful Art Deco apartment neighbourhoods for a picnic lunch by the harbour.
A must see island with old industrial buildings and new creative spaces in the middle of the harbour. Ferries leave frequently from Circular Quay which is only about 5 minutes away on the train.
104 habitants recommandent
Cockatoo Island
A must see island with old industrial buildings and new creative spaces in the middle of the harbour. Ferries leave frequently from Circular Quay which is only about 5 minutes away on the train.
Sunny park with impressive architectural neighbour. The park sits next to an impressive skyscraper with the worlds tallest green wall. Great cycle or walk. Image search One Central Park Sydney.
144 habitants recommandent
Central Park Mall
28 BroadwaySunny park with impressive architectural neighbour. The park sits next to an impressive skyscraper with the worlds tallest green wall. Great cycle or walk. Image search One Central Park Sydney.
Sydney's shabbiest, chicest bohemian outpost in the city's inner west suburbs. 10 minute train from Central to either Newtown Station or work your way up King Street from St Peters Station.
331 habitants recommandent
Newtown
Sydney's shabbiest, chicest bohemian outpost in the city's inner west suburbs. 10 minute train from Central to either Newtown Station or work your way up King Street from St Peters Station.