Newtown area guide

Customers drinking on the upper floor patio at Newtown Hotel — Photograph: Caroline McCredie

This Sydney suburb that has inspired more songs than any other, and it's worthy of those Arias. We love Newtown for the pubs: the Courty, the Towny, the Bank and the rest.

We love Newtown for the music - the Enmore Theatre and the Vanguard which owns Sydney jazz. We love it for the food - Bloodwood and Gelatomassi. And we love it for the Dendy. We even love it for the students: those hordes from Sydney Uni, after all, are a big part of the whole sharehouse appeal of this very cool suburb.

Newtown highlights

Restaurants

The best restaurants in Newtown

Bars

The best bars in Newtown

Shopping

Shoppers' guide to Newtown

Shopping

Shoppers' guide to South King Street

Bars in Newtown

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Earl's Juke Joint

Newtown’s little slice of New Orleans still has us under its spell

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Young Henrys

Rock'n'roll brewery and beer juggernauts Young Henrys have captured Sydney in a wave of natural brews and snappy IPAs

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Courthouse Hotel

This is the pub against which all others shall be judged

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Mary's

Welcome to the home of Sydney’s most famous bar burger

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The Midnight Special

Dress for a ride through middle America at this bluesy local

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Tandem

Get hygge with it at Newtown's dedicated aquavit bar

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The Union Hotel - Newtown

Newtown’s house of craft is going from strength to strength

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Corridor

What we like about the folks at Corridor is that they're friendly and down to earth. They're just doing what they do and they're doing it well: long necks of...

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More things to do in Newtown

Shopping

LDF Tattoo

LDF is a tattoo business with a reputation for being serious about quality art. This is no-doubt connected to the fact that owner Les Rice is himself a...

Music

The Enmore Theatre

This 1,600-seat Art Deco landmark has seating and a mezzanine, and plays host to a wide range of shows – everything from rowdy band gigs to giant dance...