Chippendale area guide
Restaurants, bars, shops and events in Chippendale
Sandwiched between Cleveland Street and Broadway and a longtime favourite of the Sydney Uni set, Chippo packs a lot of punch for a little fella. The area has just welcomed mammoth the Central Park development to the old Carlton & United brewery site – Daiso is the most exciting thing for us – and there’s increasingly tonnes of eating, drinking and art-watching to be done: hit up the always excellent White Rabbit Collection, Café Giulia and Brickfields. No visit to Chippendale is complete without a stroll down Spice Alley, where pan-Asian snacks abound, and frequent pop-ups mean there's always something new on.
Chippendale Highlights
Ester Restaurant and Bar
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
Ester Restaurant and Bar
As far as accomplished four-year-olds go, this Chippendale restaurant is up there with Mozart
The best bars in Chippendale
The Old Clare Hotel
From the ashes of a famously sticky boozer rises an elegant mid-century cocktail bar
More things to do in Chippendale
What's on in Chippendale
What She Said Comedy
This weekly all-women comedy night features stand up, storytelling, sketch and musical performances
Hatchie
This Brisbane muso’s new set of sounds brings a little shade to her light-filled pop swooners
