Inviting lounges by the fireplace.

A courtyard fireplace that helps you enjoy the outdoors all year round.

Beer and an open fire since 1841.

A modern and comfortable heritage-listed gastropub (on the site of a former brothel).

Like end-to-end diner Fred’s upstairs, this warm basement bar employs the best of the season’s produce on a menu that truly has something for everyone. Fancy something fresh and lively? Sure thing. Or perhaps a stiff, old-school classic? Right this way.

The friendly local with a roaring fire.

Woolloomooloo’s great-grandfather of a pub has fine-dining chefs in the kitchen and a celebrated indie theatre downstairs. The 150-year-old boozer has outlasted many of its operators, but its latest incarnation – from the team behind Newtown's Odd Culture – might be the best one yet.

Almost everything about this place is authentically English, right down to the imported antique wallpaper.

A whisky bar in a former opium den/bootmaker’s workshop/doss house.

In winter, oysters are best consumed beside a fire.

A beach-chic venue that switches gear during the colder months.