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...

Alexandria Hotel, Alexandria



The Alexandria


35 Henderson Road, Alexandria
Reviewers present: Macca, Southy, Miller, Robot Simone, Joe Blogs
Time of review: Afternoon footy finals

"Footy pub dropping the ball with footy ground prices"

The Sussex Hotel, Sydney

20 Sussex Street, Sydney
Reviewers present: Burger Bot and Joe Blogs
Review time: After work drinks

The Sussex Hotel, Kent Street side. Blurry dashing-for-the-train filter.

"2 schooners and a pub with a Moreton Bay Fig"

Just like The Twelve Days of Christmas, the Sussex is a cumulative song where each verse is built on top of the previous one. There's drummers, pipers, leaping lords, ladies dancing, maids, swans, geese, a handful of gold rings, colly birds (seems like a lot of birds, yes?), three French hens (more birds!), the two schooners we're rating on this pub and a beer garden with a Moreton Bay Fig. Okay, this really has nothing to do with The Twelve Days of Christmas, except for those last two items, but I just wanted a tangent to open this review up with. Read on for our actual thoughts on The Sussex Hotel...

Albion Place Hotel, Sydney

531 George Street, Sydney
Reviewers Bot, Blogs, Dr Doom
Time of review: Windy lunch time

"George Street safe haven?"

We weren't planning on going here for lunch, we only went because our first preference, The Edinburgh Castle around the corner, was booked out proving to be more popular than we expected (expect a review on this one in the future). This is the second time we've reviewed here, although the first official review since starting the blog.

The Republic, Sydney

69-73 Pitt Street (cnr Pitt and Bridge streets), Sydney
Reviewers on board: Burger Bot and Joe Blogs
Time of review: Lunch noms

"Multi-level lunch special business, zombies by Terry"

It was a nice, sunny 27 degree day in Sydney and what better way to enjoy a lunch out of the office than with a cold refreshing beer. Sluuurrrrrrppppppomnomnomsssspaaaahhhhhhh.

Australian Heritage Hotel, The Rocks

100 Cumberland Street, Sydney

Reviewers present: Burger Bot, Joe Blogs

Time of review: The Long Lunch

Too busy drinking beer to take a decent photo

"It's good but, struth, how good?"

The Australian Heritage Hotel is a good pub. However, coming to a conclusion on this one has been hard - some really rate it, others don't. Is it a great pub? Not quite.

TC Lounge, Sydney

Wynyard Station, Sydney

Reviewers present: Blogs and The Bot

Time of review: After work quickie



Nice simple selection of tap beers with a bunch of bottled beer in the fridge

"News just in - price jackpot!"

(The old rating: 1.5 rubber chickens watching the news and drinking cheap beer)

 

TC Lounge is definitely not a pub (in fact, you can barely call it a bar) so why are we including it here, you ask? One simple answer - CHEAP BOOZE.

Settlement Bar, Sydney

Westpac Place
275 Kent Street, Sydney 2000
Reviewers present: Bot, Blogs, and then some
Time of review: Lunch



(Old rating: 1 rubber chicken)

"For tight-pant corporate vampires that wish they were hiding a cocaine habit"