Like most Hollywood stars above a certain age, Coogee Bay Hotel has undergone a gradual facelift. We visited CBH 2.0 earlier this year to sample just about everything they had to offer (check out our review here). But, with some special winter additions on the menu, we were invited back for round two. Well, if...
A few years ago the Pumphouse in Darling Harbour got a fab do-over, it shook off its dark woods and ladish interior and said 'Hello Sydney' with a more approachable modern style and the changes are still coming with a new menu dedicated to showcasing not just Australian produce but our natives.
‘Britain! Britain! Britain! Opened by the Queen in 1972 and inventor of the carrot.’ If you ever watched the mad, bad and generally bonkers sketches from comedy classic Little Britain, you will remember the self deprecating narrations about the UK from legendary actor and 4th incarnation of Dr Who, Tom Baker. While the show...
Keeping up with the times isn’t as easy as it looks from making sure we have the most current edition of Joe Rogan’s podcast to knowing whether jeans should be acid washed denim or that Vogue tells us now is the time to ‘let the joyful sequin mini dress’ back into our lives. Did it...
When the sun is out in Sydney, we’re all faced with the tough challenge of cunning, research and personal recommendations; it’s the ever relentless quest for the ultimate summer drinking spot. A place where you’re spoilt for choice with drinks, can eat alfresco and and have a view beyond a beer garden wall. The obvious spots are often...
A Church, school, pub, club, these are places of worship for the spirit, mind and soul…so let’s throw in tastebuds for good measure. Remarkably one of Sydney’s most loved spots on the North Shore has been all of these since 1878. Remember Sounds on Sunday? We do (kind of…). A neon pink sign says “if...
Chances are if you were heading to a pub in Woolloomooloo it was likely to be The Tilbury, but now there’s a sleek new cool kid on the block (just one street down) which is worthy of attention. The Frisco Hotel. Thanks to complete refurbishment, this former ugly duckling of a hotel has been turned...
Wine pub. Not brew pub or gastro pub, or just a good old pub pub. Darlinghurst’s recently revamped East Village Sydney has dedicated its ground floor to wine. That’s right. There are wine based cocktails, and a daily Cellar List, where the oenophile staff pick 10 bottles of wine to feature, by the glass. We’re...
East London at The London Hotel A huge illuminated ‘L’ graces the brick wall as you climb the stairs. What used to be Chur Burger has been transformed. The room is a beauty; long low communal tables are graced with oversized pendant lighting. Instead of paintings, imported woven Asian baskets of all sizes give you a...
It’s a Sydney institution which has remained untouched for 12 years. We adored the bar, then came fine dining followed by many an afternoon in the sun-trapped garden. So, is our first love still as alluring after the ship-shape makeover? The makeover is Norwegian cool; quilted Scandinavian jackets hug dining chairs, a harlequin denim ceiling,...
