Vini

Restaurant / Wine Bar (Italian)
Bookings: No - only for Tuesday night regional dinners (email)

Devonshire St (On Holt), Surry Hills / Tel: 9698 51313/118 / map

Tues-Fri lunch + dinner from noon-late, Sat dinner from 5pm-late

Fabulous food & wine + there's a tiny bar out the back (a shipping container in a previous life) which opens from 5pm. and can be booked for private functions for 8-12pax. Tel: 9698 5131 Fully licensed, no BYO.

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Pocket Bar

Bar & Cafe
Pocket, 13 Burton Street, Darlinghurst
Tel :+612 9380 7002

Mon-Thurs 3pm -12am

Fri 12pm - 12am, weekends 9am - 12am

Comfy couches & crepes at night and great coffee & Zumbo muffins by day

5.30pm is the people's hour - drop by for freebar snacks

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The Commons

Local Eating House & Bar

32 Burton Street, Darlinghurst / Tel: 02 9358 1487 / map

Coffee Cart & Breakfast - Mon - Fri 7am - noon & Weekends 8am–noon

Lunch & Dinner - Tues - Sun noon - late

Cosy by the fire in winter and lovely in the courtard in summer

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Remy & Lees

Cafe
547 Bourke St Surry Hills / Phone: 0404384014
Tues - Sun: 7:00 am - 4:00 pm

Sit on a step ladder or random milk crate & enjoy coffee from Ed at The Little Marionette & pastries and cakes Black Star Newtown

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Berta

Bookings: No - but call (02) 9264 6133 after 6pm to add your name to the seating list

or arrive by 6pm on the dot

Restaurant (Italian)

17-19 Alberta Lane, Surry Hills / map

Open Monday – Saturday, 5pm till late
Fully Licenced

Brought to you by the same people as Vini

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Marque

Bookings: 9332 2225
Restaurant (French)
4/5 355 Crown St, Sury Hills
Lunch on Fridays from 12pm
Dinner Monday to Saturday

Degustation menu ($145 per person) w/ matching wines (+$75)

Semi private dining for 8-16 guests
Fully Licenced

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Table for 20

Bookings: SMS or call Michael on 0416 096 916
Restaurant (Italian / 'hood dinner)
183 Campbell Street, Surry Hills
Dinner Wednesday to Saturday : legs under the table by 8pm
3 courses set menu $60/head

It's like being around the family table, everyone eats the same thing...but with more wine, friends strangers + live music
Perfect for groups and people who want to feel part of a community
BYO + licenced + check out Sticky Bar upstairs

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Mille Vini

Bookings: 9357 3366

Restaurant (Italian) + Wine Bar
397 Crown Street Surry Hills
Dinner: Tuesday to Friday from 6pm + Lunch: Fri - Sun from 12pm

Great specials + the tiramisu is to die for

Intimate + buzzy w/ great service
Go for a first date, dinner with good friends, any opportunity you get
Fully Licenced

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Billy Kwong

Bookings: No (except tables of 6 to 8, 9332 3300)
Get there at opening or put down your name + grab a drink at Monkey Magic

Chinese Eating House

Shop 3, 355 Crown Street, Surry Hills

Dinner: Monday to Sunday from 6pm

Licenced + BYO

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The Beresford Trattoria

Bookings: 9357 1111

Restaurant + Pub (Italian)

354 Bourke Street, Surry Hills

Lunch: Wednesday to Sunday
Dinner: Monday to Saturday

Try the fig & beetrooot salad + lovely big courtyard full of tendy people having drinks

Italian Feast: Sunday lunch for woodfired roast $45/head

Licenced

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Longrain

Bookings: Lunch only / 9280 2888

Restaurant + Bar (Modern Thai)

85 Commonwealth St, Surry Hills

Dinner + Bar: Tuesday to Saturday from 6pm + Sunday from 5.30

Lunch: Monday to Friday from 12pm

Amazing cocktails + order the betel leaves + half serve of egg nets

Food available in the bar is as good as restaurant

Private room (seats 12-18)

Licenced

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Uchi Lounge

Bookings: 9261 3524 (Monday to Thursday only)
Restaurant + Sake Bar (Japanese)
15 Brisbane St, Surry Hills

Dinner: 7 days from 6pm

Intimate and serene and the food is fab, have an umeshu (plum wine) with ice
Private functions: Sunday only (30-50 people)

Licenced

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Pizza e Birra

Bookings: No (but the turnover of tables is pretty fast)
Restaurant (Pizza / Italian)

Shop 1, 500 Crown St, Surry Hills, 02 9332 2510
Dinner: Tuesday 6pm to 11pm

Lunch + Dinner: Wednesday to Sunday from noon

Noisy lively, great food, more than just great pizza + Italian beer

Licensed

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Bodega

Bookings: No - get there early

Restaurant (Tapas Bar)
216 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills / 9212 7766
Dinner + Bar: Monday to Saturday from 6pm +

Lunch: Thursday & Friday from 12pm
Grab a cocktail at Longrain if there's a wait for a table

Try the fish fingers and save room for the banana split

Private function hire available Monday to Wednesday
Licenced

p.s. try Bodega Argentinean Diner next door for lunch Monday to Friday

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Bird Cow Fish

Bookings: 9380 4090 (breakfast, lunch + dinner)
Bistro (Mod Oz)

Shops 4 & 5, 500 Crown Street Surry Hills
Espresso bar

Monday to Friday 11am to 11pm
Saturday 8am to 11pm + Sunday 8am to 3pm

Bistro
Lunch: Monday to Sunday 12pm to 2.30pm
Dinner: Monday to Saturday 6pm to 11pm
Licenced + BYO Mon to Thurs

Available for group bookings, private functions & events

Fabulous breakfasts + their prawn gnocchi is to die for. Take home some cheese and homemade goodies from the deli window in the espresso bar

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