Surry Hills area guide
Restaurants, bars, shops and events in Surry Hills
Once the scruffy home to Sydney’s rag trade and a former local haunt for nefarious folk like the Kate Leigh, Surry Hills is now Sydney’s buzziest and most happening ’burb.
Want clothes? Hop along Crown and Bourke or hit the monthly markets for some seriously cool vintage.
Hungry? Well, ‘Surry’, as locals call it simply, is a virtual urban foodcourt brimming with Sydney’s most innovative chefs – including Nel and those rockabilly Porteño boys…
Thirsty? From absinthe to big bold reds, Surry Hills has got you covered. In fact, so transformed has this steep little slice of Sydney been that some are wondering whether it’s lost its rougher charms. Maybe. But when you’re six-in at the Cricketers on a Friday arvo, mixing it with the gentrifiers and the gentrified, it's hard to think of a place in Sydney you’d rather be.
Surry Hills highlights
The best restaurants in Surry Hills
From the city fringes to deep Crown Street, Surry Hills really is a bit of a hub for dining in Sydney. While Porteno and Firedoor and may be the top notch options, you'll also find plenty of places that are big on fun like Bodega, Salaryman and Bar H. Add to it cheap eats at Xage; great pub dining at the Dolphin, BYO winners and old favoruites like Longrain and and it's not hard to see why you'll often find yourself out for dinner in Surry Hills on any given night of the week.
The best cafés in Surry Hills
Pasta Emilia Café
The Pasta Emilia team make all their certified organic pastas and sauces in their kitchenconnected to their trattoria-like Surry Hills restaurant. Pasta...
The best shops in Surry Hills
Art and culture in Surry Hills
Belvoir St Theatre
This once shabby tomato sauce factory is now the entirely respectable Belvoir St Theatre, home of company Belvoir, which stages productions in its intimate...
The best pubs in Surry Hills
Dove and Olive
With delicious beers, damn fine steak and a winning attitude, you're doing pubs right
What's on in Surry Hills
Stand Out Comedy
The Forresters in Surry Hills becomes a haven for comedy each Wednesday night
The Wizard’s Cauldron
Join the potions class at this magical pop-up in Surry Hills
Life of Galileo review
This play about a scientist who changed the world – and suffered the consequences – is shockingly relevant
St-Germain Wellness Weekend
[Sponsored] The inaugural St-Germain Wellness Weekend brings yoga, meditation and cocktails to Surry Hills