Carlisle Castle Hotel, Newtown

19 Albermarle Street, Newtown

Reviewers present: Robot Simone, Joe Blogs, Burger Bot, Batman, The Riddler, Millerkands

Time of review: Weekend dinner and drinks (note: review based on 2+ visits)

A gem hidden in the back streets of Newtown

"I really need you tonight!"

It's my favourite, I'll tell you now.  This pub is located a convenient 30 seconds' walk from our front door - in fact I walk past it almost every day - hidden in the back streets of Newtown.

Cricketers Arms, Surry Hills

106 Fitzroy Street  Surry Hills
Reviewers present: The Family Blogs & Family Burgman
Time of review: Dinner and drinks 

"Unassuming backstreet gem" aka "Backstreet's back, alright!"

Some of the Sydney Pub List crew embark on a Surry Hills mini-pubcrawl, making their way from Excelsior Hotel, to Carrington Hotel, then onto dinner-scheduled location The Cricketers Arms, a little rippa.

Carrington Hotel, Surry Hills

563 Bourke Street, Surry Hills
Reviewers present: Mr and Mrs Blogs, Burger Bot and Fraulein Burgman
Time of review: Pre-dinner drinks

"Swan about at The Pig and Squid"

Sydney Pub Lit crew find themselves passing through The Carrington tonight on a quieter spot of Bourke Street. While the front bar area is fairly busy it's not overly packed. Yet. Burger Bot reports that on a previous pass, the place was shoulder to shoulder with patrons spilling out the door.

Excelsior Hotel, Surry Hills

64 Foveaux Street, Surry Hills
Reviewers present: Joe Blogs, Burger Bot and special guest Fraulein Burgman
Review time: Late arvo beverage

"Pub meets Mexico in the Eastern Suburbs"

Food is good, food is cheap.
Beer is good, unfortunately beer is not cheap.

I think all the reviewers may have been to the Excelsior at some point, both while in it's current all-the-rage Mexican/Spanish-fad bar incarnation as well as back in the day when it was the place to go for live music. There's an old relic kick drum to be spotted in the front bar but I think that's about it for it's gig history these days. A shame. 

Edinburgh Castle, Sydney

Corner of Pitt & Bathurst St
Reviewers present: Joe Blogs, Burger Bot
Time of review: Lunch

"Hello, I'm Mr Ed"

Carlton Draught: $5.20
Burger rating: $15 Tasty pickles
Crowd: Friendly semi corporate/working class normies
Bar staff: Friendly (upstairs more so)
Take aways: Bottle shop purchases over front bar
Facilities: Pretty good, includes giant-hand basin (basement)


Bit of a surprise walking in here it was. The last time either of us were here was years ago and it was only for a drink, but the times have changed. Read on...

Harts Pub, The Rocks

176 Cumberland Street, The Rocks, Sydney
Reviewers present: Burger Bot, Joe Blogs, and special guest Danny Sammovich
Time of day: Lunch

(Ye old rating: 4 rubber chickens drinking craft beers)

"Nice!"

Sydney Pub List 'Express Review' today for the Harts Pub, tucked away in a quiet corner of The Rocks.

Queen Victoria Hotel, Enmore

167 Enmore Road, Enmore

Reviewers present: BurgerBot, Joe Blogs

Time of day: The dinner shift

"Something something for everyone!"

(that's "3.5 rubber chickens" in the old system)

One could quite easily walk right by this Enmore Road establishment, without giving it much of a look-in except if you were looking for a bottle shop or a gambling den. The front of the QVH is dominated by these two things, hiding the potential that lies within.