When it was known as the Harbord Beach Hotel, it was a casual, no-frills outfit set up to serve lazy beers by the surf and a stomping ground for Manly Sea Eagles fans. In late 2020, it got a dramatic glow up, emerging as a gleaming, white-washed venue made as much for fancy long lunches as it is for sinking a low-key lager by prime sea frontage.
Sydney commands the highest prices for waterfront properties in the world. Luckily, for those of us who will never scale the Everest heights of this city's lucrative (read: ludricrous) real estate ladder, there are plenty of bars where you can drown our sorrows. Many of which just happen to be by the sea. We are blessed with quite the coastline, and these are our favourite places to while away the hours and watch the tides roll away over a few drinks.