The best bars in Darlinghurst
You're spoiled for choice when it comes to excellent tipple options at this boozy pocket of the East.
We're not meant to pick favourites, but if we had to, Darlinghurst would be one of our most loved Sydney suburbs. Sandwiched between Surry Hills and Kings Cross, this eclectic rainbow spot is home to many excellent bars like Love, Tilly Devine, Shady Pines Saloon and The Cliff Dive. There’s also the new neighbourhood boozer The Waratah, and old favourite the Darlo.
If it's a feed you're after, Victoria Street is choc-a-block with great eats and home to one of Sydney’s most popular ice cream shops, Messina. Pick up brilliant baked goods and coffee at Shadow Baking. You'll find seriously good pizza and a banging set menu at Dimitri's Pizzeria. Plus, we love Italian hole-in-the-wall Sagra, charming diner Bar Vincent and killer wine bar Paski Vineria Popolare. You can spend your time hopping in and out of art galleries, perusing high-end furniture shops, catching a show at Darlinghurst Theatre Company or dancing at a live gig at Oxford Art Factory. Take our word for it: Darlinghurst is where it's at.
You're spoiled for choice when it comes to excellent tipple options at this boozy pocket of the East.
Here, the only language they speak is ice cream, and it's quite the delicious dialect.
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