Guidebook for Darlinghurst
Food Scene
A great local cafe. Fantastic for breakfast - scrambled eggs are a specialty. Excellent coffee. Rain or shine, hot or cold, you can sit outside and watch the world pass you by. And then when your meal's over you can stroll down Challis Avenue and into the city.
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La Buvette
35 Challis AveA great local cafe. Fantastic for breakfast - scrambled eggs are a specialty. Excellent coffee. Rain or shine, hot or cold, you can sit outside and watch the world pass you by. And then when your meal's over you can stroll down Challis Avenue and into the city.
Go here for the cocktails - they're brilliant. Butler also has solid French-Australian wine list. The menu is fairly simple quasi-French fare. Steak frites and the like. It's noisy and most nights is full of fashionable, good looking locals out having fun.
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The Butler
123 Victoria StGo here for the cocktails - they're brilliant. Butler also has solid French-Australian wine list. The menu is fairly simple quasi-French fare. Steak frites and the like. It's noisy and most nights is full of fashionable, good looking locals out having fun.
Bronwyn is a honey and her cafe is excellent. There'll always be some characters hanging around the bench (it's like the bar in Cheers!). Great toasties and excellent coffee.
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Pickled
17 Elizabeth Bay RdBronwyn is a honey and her cafe is excellent. There'll always be some characters hanging around the bench (it's like the bar in Cheers!). Great toasties and excellent coffee.
Monopole
20 Curtin PlaceBrilliant food, extensive wine list, great service.
The Saturday markets are the best. Great food, organic produce, kids, puppies, music - it's fab.
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Kings Cross Organic Food Market
Macleay StreetThe Saturday markets are the best. Great food, organic produce, kids, puppies, music - it's fab.
You can't come to Sydney without stopping for a "dirty street pie" at Harry's. The world's A-list celebrities have all been here so you should too.
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Harry's Cafe de Wheels
Cowper Wharf RoadwayYou can't come to Sydney without stopping for a "dirty street pie" at Harry's. The world's A-list celebrities have all been here so you should too.
Kylie Kwong is one of Sydney's best and most loved Asian chefs. Sit at the counter if you can as the staff are warm and you'll get to watch the magic happen. Make sure you order the duck with orange. And the beans! Oh, and the dumplings! And the fish is always great...
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Billy Kwong
Kylie Kwong is one of Sydney's best and most loved Asian chefs. Sit at the counter if you can as the staff are warm and you'll get to watch the magic happen. Make sure you order the duck with orange. And the beans! Oh, and the dumplings! And the fish is always great...
It's the best Greek restaurant in Sydney. Mmm, lamb. Don't be put off if you have to wait - it's worth it.
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The Apollo Restaurant
44 Macleay StreetIt's the best Greek restaurant in Sydney. Mmm, lamb. Don't be put off if you have to wait - it's worth it.
People queue up, day and night, rain or shine, for gelato.
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Gelato Messina Darlinghurst
241 Victoria StPeople queue up, day and night, rain or shine, for gelato.
One of Sydney's best Italian restaurants. It's an institution. I highly recommend the carbonara!
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Buon Ricordo Ristorante
108 Boundary StOne of Sydney's best Italian restaurants. It's an institution. I highly recommend the carbonara!
Super cool restaurant and bar. Very fashionable. Great place to meet friends, flirt and drink expensive cocktails.
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Bar M (Formerly Bar Machiavelli)
10 Neild AveSuper cool restaurant and bar. Very fashionable. Great place to meet friends, flirt and drink expensive cocktails.
Sightseeing
The CYC is where the famous Sydney to Hobart yacht race departs from every Boxing Day (26 December). It has a decent casual restaurant (burgers, seafood) and on a hot day is the perfect place to sit back, have a few beers and watch the boats. Continue walking past the CYC down New Beach Road and you'll enjoy amazing views of the Harbour, Opera House, Bridge and north shore.
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Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA)
1 New Beach RdThe CYC is where the famous Sydney to Hobart yacht race departs from every Boxing Day (26 December). It has a decent casual restaurant (burgers, seafood) and on a hot day is the perfect place to sit back, have a few beers and watch the boats. Continue walking past the CYC down New Beach Road and you'll enjoy amazing views of the Harbour, Opera House, Bridge and north shore.
Parks & Nature
One of Sydney's loveliest harbourside parks. Walk around past the CYC down New Beach Road and you'll have breathtaking views of the Harbour Bridge, city, north shore and Opera House.
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Ipharki ye-Rushcutters Bay
2A New South Head RdOne of Sydney's loveliest harbourside parks. Walk around past the CYC down New Beach Road and you'll have breathtaking views of the Harbour Bridge, city, north shore and Opera House.
A gorgeous hidden gem of a park. So, so pretty. At low tide you can walk along the tiny strip of breach. I've heard the wharf cafe has been renovated and is now open so check it out and let me know what you think!
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Beare Park
Ithaca RoadA gorgeous hidden gem of a park. So, so pretty. At low tide you can walk along the tiny strip of breach. I've heard the wharf cafe has been renovated and is now open so check it out and let me know what you think!