Drinks & Nightlife
A local favourite - doesn't get much closer than under your building! Great for cocktails and crepes.
68 locals recommend
Mister Pocket
13 Burton StA local favourite - doesn't get much closer than under your building! Great for cocktails and crepes.
Delicious locally sourced produce - a lovely place for a romantic dinner or evening drink.
55 locals recommend
The Commons Local Eating House
32 Burton StDelicious locally sourced produce - a lovely place for a romantic dinner or evening drink.
Noisy Mexican themed bar with a little taqueria tucked in the back corner - fun for a rowdy cheap night
43 locals recommend
Tio's Cerveceria
14 Foster StNoisy Mexican themed bar with a little taqueria tucked in the back corner - fun for a rowdy cheap night
A great bar connected to a screening room that plays a range of movies from current to classics - the price of the movie is figured out to be the same as it was on the day it was released!
75 locals recommend
Golden Age Cinema & Bar
80 Commonwealth StA great bar connected to a screening room that plays a range of movies from current to classics - the price of the movie is figured out to be the same as it was on the day it was released!
Great for a drink or to watch a game, the Clock Hotel is in the middle of the Surry Hills end of Crown St - fun things to do and see in either direction!
177 locals recommend
The Clock
470 Crown StGreat for a drink or to watch a game, the Clock Hotel is in the middle of the Surry Hills end of Crown St - fun things to do and see in either direction!
Everything Else
Need to do some work while you're in town? Visit Homework, our coworking space, for a casual pass and hang out with the locals.
Homework
66-70 Oxford StNeed to do some work while you're in town? Visit Homework, our coworking space, for a casual pass and hang out with the locals.
A bookstore with a bar/cafe? Sounds good to me! Similar to Ariel across the road, but Berkelouw is complete with a secondhand collection upstairs as well.
50 locals recommend
Berkelouw Paddington
19 Oxford StA bookstore with a bar/cafe? Sounds good to me! Similar to Ariel across the road, but Berkelouw is complete with a secondhand collection upstairs as well.
Food Scene
Super healthy and delicious treats, Proteini is great for breakfast, lunch, coffee and everything in between.
Proteini Cafe
256 Crown StSuper healthy and delicious treats, Proteini is great for breakfast, lunch, coffee and everything in between.
Related to The Commons, this coffee bar is situated in the old Paramount Pictures building - check out the cinema downstairs too!
80 locals recommend
Paramount Coffee Project
80 Commonwealth StRelated to The Commons, this coffee bar is situated in the old Paramount Pictures building - check out the cinema downstairs too!
Delicious Vietnamese from a hole-in-the-wall canteen - now with a number of stores round Sydney.
27 locals recommend
Mam Mam
150 Bourke StDelicious Vietnamese from a hole-in-the-wall canteen - now with a number of stores round Sydney.
Essentials
Great grocery store with lots of gourmet items and a deli downstairs. Duffy's Supermarket (in Oxford Square across the road) is closer but may not have everything you need.
75 locals recommend
IGA Supermarket
23 Oxford StGreat grocery store with lots of gourmet items and a deli downstairs. Duffy's Supermarket (in Oxford Square across the road) is closer but may not have everything you need.
Duffy's Supermarket is located at the back of this building, but there is also some great takeaway food options like Japanese, Singaporean, Vietnamese and Brazilian within the complex.
9 locals recommend
Oxford Square
Duffy's Supermarket is located at the back of this building, but there is also some great takeaway food options like Japanese, Singaporean, Vietnamese and Brazilian within the complex.
Loved this place until I realised it was owned by Woolworths, but it's still a good place to get a few gourmet grocery items and fruit and veg
27 locals recommend
Thomas Dux Surry Hills
Loved this place until I realised it was owned by Woolworths, but it's still a good place to get a few gourmet grocery items and fruit and veg
Shopping
The big bookstores may be closing, but Ariel is a great place to spend an hour meandering through the shelves.
19 locals recommend
Ariel Booksellers
326 Oxford StreetThe big bookstores may be closing, but Ariel is a great place to spend an hour meandering through the shelves.