People passing through Central Park
Photograph: Anna Kucera

Chippendale area guide

Restaurants, bars, shops and things to do in Chippendale

Alice Ellis
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Sandwiched between Cleveland Street and Broadway, and a longtime favourite of the Sydney Univrsity set, Chippo packs a lot of punch for a little fella. The area is home to the Central Park development to the old Carlton & United brewery site – and there’s increasingly tonnes of eating, drinking and art-watching to be done.

Hit up the always excellent White Rabbit Gallery – and no visit to Chippendale is complete without a stroll down the Spice Alley laneway.

Chippendale Highlights

Spice Alley
Restaurants

Spice Alley

Tucked behind the Kensington Street laneway in Chippendale, the open-air courtyard is serving up hawker style dishes from across the globe. 

Palace Central Cinemas
Film

Palace Central Cinemas

Opened in October 2017, Palace Central is a 13-screen complex with multiple lounges and bar areas and sweeping views.

White Rabbit
Art

White Rabbit

White Rabbit is a a state-of-the-art, four-floor temple to 21st century Chinese art hidden on a backstreet in Chippendale.

Ester Restaurant and Bar
Restaurants

Ester Restaurant and Bar

  • 5 out of 5 stars

It’s hard not to fall totally in love with Ester the moment you walk through the door – that's why it's Time Out's restaurant of the year.

The best restaurants in Chippendale

The Chippo Hotel
Bars

The Chippo Hotel

The Chippo is Australia's first-ever all-vegan pub (including the bar)

Longshore
Restaurants

Longshore

  • 5 out of 5 stars

Kensington Streets’ cool, quirky dining precinct just got a hot new neighbour

Kindred
Restaurants

Kindred

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4

The odds are in vegetarians’ favour at Matt Pollock’s buzzy neighbourhood Italian

The best bars in Chippendale

The Chippo Hotel
Bars

The Chippo Hotel

The Chippo is Australia's first-ever all-vegan pub (including the bar)

The Lansdowne Hotel
Bars

The Lansdowne Hotel

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4

The reborn Lansdowne Hotel has brought Sydney’s live-music scene back from the brink

Lil Sis
Bars

Lil Sis

  • 5 out of 5 stars

Lil Sis doesn’t feel like a bar, but rather a home of someone you love (who happens to have excellent taste in wine and snacks)

The Lord Gladstone
Bars

The Lord Gladstone

  • 4 out of 5 stars

This Chippendale pub just wants everyone to have a good time

More things to do in Chippendale

The Kastle
Sex and dating

The Kastle

Sydney’s last full-service BDSM dungeon is an institution of the fetish scene

White Rabbit
Art

White Rabbit

Head to Chippendale for Judith Neilson's extraordinary four-floor temple to 21st century Chinese art

The Lansdowne Hotel
Bars

The Lansdowne Hotel

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4

The reborn Lansdowne Hotel has brought Sydney’s live-music scene back from the brink

What's on in Chippendale

Beers and Bangers
Things to do

Beers and Bangers

A free laneway party with Ukrainian house DJs, beers from Young Henrys, and sausages by LP’s Quality Meats is going down on the first Sunday of every month

Chippendale