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Ultimo area guide

Restaurants, bars, shops and events in Ultimo

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Students, students, students! The inner-city suburb of Ultimo is a bustling hive of academic activity on any given day of the week, and home to thousands of TAFE, UTS and Sydney University scholars rushing between classes and back home to study. Ultimo is primarily a residential neighbourhood but there are still plenty of gems hidden away on its leafy side streets.

Your Ultimo visit should always include a pop-in at the Powerhouse Museum, which often houses free exhibitions that appeal to kids and adults in equal measure; a pint or two at the Lord Wolseley, which is very much an old-school pub and all the better for it; and a coffee at any of the many teeny-tiny storefront cafés that dot its streets.

The best restaurants in Ultimo

Ommi Don

Ommi Don

You can eat for under $20 at this pocket-sized Taiwanese bento joint by an ex-Aria chef

Kafe Kooks

Kafe Kooks

Let the kooky cooks here demonstrate why they're so obsessed with roti

Caysorn Thai

Caysorn Thai

  • 4 out of 5 stars

Authentic southern Thai cuisine hits Haymarket

Malacca Straits

Malacca Straits

  • 3 out of 5 stars

Seek out this hidden gem for Malaysian treats like Hainanese chicken

The best bars in Ultimo

Abercrombie Hotel

Abercrombie Hotel

  • price 1 of 4

We're thanking the pub gods for this four-storey, multi-venue party palace – and with a 24-hour licence

Bar Broadway

Bar Broadway

Central's landmark bar has stepped it up a notch

Agincourt Hotel

Agincourt Hotel

This late-night pub at Central has live gigs in the basement bar Wednesdays through Saturdays and $12 meals at lunch. With the new lockout laws in place,...

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The Goods Line

The Goods Line

Ultimo’s new urban playground will stop you in your tracks

Ultimo Library

Ultimo Library

On any given day you’ll find a mixed bag of patrons at the Ultimo Library, from retirees fresh from a Zumba workout at the community centre below to...

Wentworth Park

Wentworth Park

This sprawling park is home to fitness fans of all kinds – bootcampers, soccer players and young taekwondo enthusiasts populate the the grassy greens....

KXT on Broadway

KXT on Broadway

KXT is run by Bakehouse Theatre Company, and has long been a hub for cutting-edge theatremakers and exciting, high-risk theatre. After six years on the...

What's on in Ultimo