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Chippendale area guide

Restaurants, bars, shops and events in Chippendale

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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 CollectionCafé 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

Spice Alley

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

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

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

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

Longshore

Longshore

  • 5 out of 5 stars

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

White Rabbit

White Rabbit

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

Kindred

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 Lansdowne Hotel

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

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

The Lord Gladstone

  • 4 out of 5 stars

This Chippendale pub just wants everyone to have a good time

The Chippo Hotel

The Chippo Hotel

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

More things to do in Chippendale

The Lansdowne Hotel

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

White Rabbit

White Rabbit

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

The Kastle

The Kastle

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

Phoenix Central Park

Phoenix Central Park

Enter the ballot for your chance to see an intimate show at Judith Neilson's cutting-edge live performance venue

What's on in Chippendale

A Blueprint for Ruins

A Blueprint for Ruins

White Rabbit Gallery’s latest exhibition offers terrifyingly beautiful post-apocalyptic visions and social commentary

Chippendale
Beers and Bangers

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