Guidebook for Darlinghurst
Food Scene
This is where you need to get your bread and pastries. They are just up and across the street from us and do really delicious baguettes, sourdoughs, scones, croissants, and have some great seasonal options for your holiday celebrations.
46 locals recommend
Organic Bread Bar
356 S Dowling StThis is where you need to get your bread and pastries. They are just up and across the street from us and do really delicious baguettes, sourdoughs, scones, croissants, and have some great seasonal options for your holiday celebrations.
This is our favourite pub as the food is always delicious and the atmosphere is great. Try the Mary’s Burger for one of the best, simplest burgers you’ll ever have. They also have an interesting natural wine list and stellar craft beer on tap.
47 locals recommend
The Unicorn Hotel
106 Oxford StThis is our favourite pub as the food is always delicious and the atmosphere is great. Try the Mary’s Burger for one of the best, simplest burgers you’ll ever have. They also have an interesting natural wine list and stellar craft beer on tap.
One of the best pizzas you will ever have. Great cocktails, friendly Italian staff, you cannot go wrong here! It’s one of our favourite places to eat.
28 locals recommend
Maybe Frank
417-421 Bourke StOne of the best pizzas you will ever have. Great cocktails, friendly Italian staff, you cannot go wrong here! It’s one of our favourite places to eat.
Awesome pizza with some wider seasonal options as well as great wine, cocktails, and a warm family atmosphere. They also make their own gelato which is fresh and delicious.
29 locals recommend
Love Supreme
180 Oxford St Awesome pizza with some wider seasonal options as well as great wine, cocktails, and a warm family atmosphere. They also make their own gelato which is fresh and delicious.
We prefer this gelateria over the famous Gelato Messina. Try it and you will understand why!
30 locals recommend
Rivareno Gelato
280 Crown StWe prefer this gelateria over the famous Gelato Messina. Try it and you will understand why!
This is a great café hidden down some cute streets just across from ours. It is a quiet place to have a coffee and nice brekky. They are closed on Sundays.
14 locals recommend
Morris
33 Albion AveThis is a great café hidden down some cute streets just across from ours. It is a quiet place to have a coffee and nice brekky. They are closed on Sundays.
One of the better options for just coffee in our neighbourhood.
10 locals recommend
Veneziano Coffee Surry Hills
352 Bourke StOne of the better options for just coffee in our neighbourhood.
Drinks & Nightlife
Lucky for us, the best craft beer pub in Australia is just steps away, down Oxford Street. If you are into craft beer, you have to check these guys out and order in a BL Burger.
11 locals recommend
Bitter Phew
137 Oxford StLucky for us, the best craft beer pub in Australia is just steps away, down Oxford Street. If you are into craft beer, you have to check these guys out and order in a BL Burger.
Dead Ringer
413 Bourke StGreat wine list and nice staff here.
Really close to our flat and some really interesting, award-winning cocktails.
20 locals recommend
This Must Be The Place
239 Oxford StReally close to our flat and some really interesting, award-winning cocktails.
A basement bar hidden in a small laneway off Oxford Street with good drinks and a fun atmosphere.
168 locals recommend
Shady Pines Saloon
256 Crown StA basement bar hidden in a small laneway off Oxford Street with good drinks and a fun atmosphere.
Parks & Nature
A beautiful park for a nice run/walk, you can see horses and ducks in the ponds. There is a great new kid area as well. Check out the bat colony in the trees around Lachlan Swamp, but walk out for the poo! There is also a Moonlight Cinema happening over the summer which is a very nice experience and BYO.
1102 locals recommend
Centennial Park
15 Locked BagA beautiful park for a nice run/walk, you can see horses and ducks in the ponds. There is a great new kid area as well. Check out the bat colony in the trees around Lachlan Swamp, but walk out for the poo! There is also a Moonlight Cinema happening over the summer which is a very nice experience and BYO.
This is a nice park on the harbour, just about a 1.5km walk from our house towards Kings Cross/Potts Point area.
339 locals recommend
Rushcutters Bay Park
2A New South Head RdThis is a nice park on the harbour, just about a 1.5km walk from our house towards Kings Cross/Potts Point area.
Shopping
These are at the Paddington Primary School and are on just Saturdays but really great for Australian made clothes, jewelry, arts, and crafts. This is the place for authentic souvenirs! It is really easy to find too as it is straight up Oxford Street. If you don’t want to walk up the hill, it will be quite easy to find buses going that way.
252 locals recommend
Paddington Markets
395 Oxford StThese are at the Paddington Primary School and are on just Saturdays but really great for Australian made clothes, jewelry, arts, and crafts. This is the place for authentic souvenirs! It is really easy to find too as it is straight up Oxford Street. If you don’t want to walk up the hill, it will be quite easy to find buses going that way.
Bondi Markets are at the Primary School in Bondi very close to the beach and also has a nice food market on Saturday and arts/craftsy stuff on Sunday.
391 locals recommend
Bondi Markets
Campbell ParadeBondi Markets are at the Primary School in Bondi very close to the beach and also has a nice food market on Saturday and arts/craftsy stuff on Sunday.
Getting Around
Museum Station
Up Oxford Street (not too steep of a hill) to ours
Central Station
Eddy AvenueUp a very steep hill (Fouveaux St or Albion St) to ours
Follow buses going towards Taylor Square and arrive at one of these closest stops:
· “Flinders Street after Oxford” (373, 377, 392, 394, 396, 397, 399, M10, L94)
· “Taylor Square, Oxford St Stand D” (333, 339, 352, 440, M40)
· “Taylor Square, Oxford St Stand A” (311, 333, 339, 373, 377, 392, 394, 396, 397, 399, 440, M10, M40, L94)
11 locals recommend
Taylor Square
134 Oxford StreetFollow buses going towards Taylor Square and arrive at one of these closest stops:
· “Flinders Street after Oxford” (373, 377, 392, 394, 396, 397, 399, M10, L94)
· “Taylor Square, Oxford St Stand D” (333, 339, 352, 440, M40)
· “Taylor Square, Oxford St Stand A” (311, 333, 339, 373, 377, 392, 394, 396, 397, 399, 440, M10, M40, L94)