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Haymarket area guide

Restaurants, bars, shops and events in Haymarket

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Ah, delicious Haymarket – home to the walk-through supermarket and food court that is Chinatown and home to many a mega-musical, the Capitol Theatre. The suburb which stretches from Railway Square to Darling Harbour also counts amongst its sites the soon-to-be-demolished Entertainment Centre, the start of Sydney's only light rail line and the Golden Water Mouth Tree, installed in 1999. But you're here because you followed your nose to the precinct around Sussex and Dixon streets: so hit up late-night legend Golden Century, the great and always packed BBQ King, Seoul Ria for DIY Korean barbecue and the Sussex Centre food court. Yum cha is at Marigold, and if you're looking for a bright and cheap phone cover, well Paddy's Markets is your go-to. Feel like a beverage? Hit the Civic Hotel – OK, it's a little on the border of Haymarket – and go late so you can join the party at the Civic Underground.

The best restaurants and bars in Haymarket

Porkfat

Porkfat

  • 5 out of 5 stars

Fiery, flavoursome and authentic, this new Thai restaurant in Haymarket is hot in every sense of the word

The Eight

The Eight

  • 4 out of 5 stars

We know it sounds petty, but leaving your yum cha brunch only to see a queue standing where there was no queue before really gives your full belly an extra...

Chinese Noodle Restaurant

Chinese Noodle Restaurant

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4

There are a few Xinjiang noodle houses like this in Sydney's Chinatown – but this one is The Best

Spicy Joint

Spicy Joint

  • 5 out of 5 stars

Haymarket’s stylish Sichuan eatery serves up fiery flavour bombs at prices you’ll feel good about

More things to do in Haymarket

Capitol Theatre

Capitol Theatre

Located amid the flurry and culinary excitement of Sydney's Chinatown, the Capitol Theatre hosts long-running blockbuster musicals such as The Lion King,...

The Exchange Darling Square

The Exchange Darling Square

The City of Sydney's library takes up two floors of the Kengo Kuma designed bird's nest structure coming at Darling Square

678 Korean BBQ

678 Korean BBQ

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4

Korean cook-your-own with banchan of the gods on the side

What's on in Haymarket

Grease

Grease

The original high school musical is returning to Australia – tell me more, tell me more

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