Guidebook for Darlinghurst

Michael
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 St
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Very 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 Street
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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
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 St
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Good 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 St
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Great 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 St
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Bar 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 St
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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.
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 St
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Great 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 Ln
A 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 St
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Art 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 St
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Art 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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Museum för samtidskonst
140 George St
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Wonderful 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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Konstgalleri i New South Wales
Art Gallery Road
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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
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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White Rabbit Gallery
30 Balfour St
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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
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 St
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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!
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
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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

Interesting exhibitions from time to time
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Sydney Jewish Museum
148 Darlinghurst Rd
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Interesting exhibitions from time to time
Lovely gallery one block away on Liverpool Street in a beautiful building
Robin Gibson Gallery
278 Liverpool St
Lovely 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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Hyde Park
Elizabeth Street
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Beautiful 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 Road
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About 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 St
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Beautiful historic shopping arcade with fabulous boutiques and great dining

Drinks & Nightlife

Cool 1950s cocktail bar
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Hinky Dinks
185 Darlinghurst Road
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Cool 1950s cocktail bar
Hidden behind an unmarked door in a laneway...cool
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Shady Pines Saloon
256 Crown St
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Hidden behind an unmarked door in a laneway...cool

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