Guidebook for Forest Lodge
Food Scene
SEDE Restaurant & Wine Bar
Great pizzas - and two for one on Monday nights!
Very cute cafe with good coffee and breakfasts. Live music on Saturdays and Sundays makes it a great place for breakfast on the weekends.
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Lemonia
4 Booth StVery cute cafe with good coffee and breakfasts. Live music on Saturdays and Sundays makes it a great place for breakfast on the weekends.
Saigon Princess Asian Cuisine
35D Ross StreetGreat authentic (and cheap) Vietnamese. Get the beef pho.
Great cheap authentic Chinese. BYO, no need to book. Expect to pay less than $10 and be very full. Dumplings and sen tung chicken are the best.
Golden Fang
8-10 City RdGreat cheap authentic Chinese. BYO, no need to book. Expect to pay less than $10 and be very full. Dumplings and sen tung chicken are the best.
Glebe Bakery
315B Glebe Point RdAwesome Vietnamese pork/chicken rolls. Big and $5 for a cheap feed.
A favourite thai restaurant in Glebe. Always busy, cheap and great quality.
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Tom Yum Tum Gang
249 Glebe Point RdA favourite thai restaurant in Glebe. Always busy, cheap and great quality.
Fish On Fire
217A Glebe Point RdGreat cheap burgers and seafood!
Chinese Noodle Restaurant
8 Quay StGreat place for dumplings in chinatown.
Well worth the walk if you like your seafood. Pick up a seafood platter from one of the stalls for around $30. The cheapest seafood platter in Sydney. Or grab some fresh sashimi and oysters.
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Isitolo saseSydney Fish
Bank StreetWell worth the walk if you like your seafood. Pick up a seafood platter from one of the stalls for around $30. The cheapest seafood platter in Sydney. Or grab some fresh sashimi and oysters.
Upmarket restaurant with a great view and amazing seafood. Try the fish pie (famous) and some oysters from their extensive list. Not a cheap restaurant so good for special occasions.
Ferry Road
Ferry RoadUpmarket restaurant with a great view and amazing seafood. Try the fish pie (famous) and some oysters from their extensive list. Not a cheap restaurant so good for special occasions.
My favourite restaurant near the Opera House. Literally right on the water, good quality food and less touristy than the other restaurants along the strip.
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Circular Quay
Alfred StreetMy favourite restaurant near the Opera House. Literally right on the water, good quality food and less touristy than the other restaurants along the strip.
Nice fancy tapas and cocktails in Newtown. Newtown is a must to explore. Great cafes, bars, shopping and restaurants.
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Bloodwood Restaurant & Bar
416 King StNice fancy tapas and cocktails in Newtown. Newtown is a must to explore. Great cafes, bars, shopping and restaurants.
Clipper Cafe
16 Glebe Point RdGood coffee.
Essentials
Supermarket where you can buy all groceries. Fresh fruit, meat, dairy, bread, milk, toiletries etc.
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Supabarn Annandale
4 Booth StSupermarket where you can buy all groceries. Fresh fruit, meat, dairy, bread, milk, toiletries etc.
Drinks & Nightlife
2 for 1 meals Monday/Tuesday, $10 pasta on Wednesdays, $10 burgers Thursday, $13 meals Friday-Sunday, 2 for 1 roast Sunday
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Harold Park Hotel
70A Ross St2 for 1 meals Monday/Tuesday, $10 pasta on Wednesdays, $10 burgers Thursday, $13 meals Friday-Sunday, 2 for 1 roast Sunday
The Little Guy
87 Glebe Point RdCute wine bar with free popcorn.
Different Drummer Bar
185 Glebe Point RdGreat little cocktail bar - open late!
Bar, restaurant, live music venue and record shop. Good for the musos.
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The Record Crate
34 Glebe Point RoadBar, restaurant, live music venue and record shop. Good for the musos.
My favourite late night bar. Cheap pizzas, alternative (usually 90s) music. Gets good around midnight.
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Frankie's Pizza
50 Hunter StMy favourite late night bar. Cheap pizzas, alternative (usually 90s) music. Gets good around midnight.
Mojo Record Bar
73 York StAnother good record shop/bar in the city.
1920s style alleyway bar. Good way to start off a night. Great cocktails.
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Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane1920s style alleyway bar. Good way to start off a night. Great cocktails.
The Glenmore Hotel
96 Cumberland StBest harbour view. Head to the rooftop.
Hotel Steyne
75 The CorsoBest beach view. Head to the rooftop bar.
Everything Else
Reiby Pl
Fun live music venue. Lots of jazz.
The Metro Theatre
624 George StSo many gigs. Good small live music venue.
Newtown
Another favourite live music venue. Bigger bands play here.
On Saturdays from 10am-4pm. Grab a coffee, listen to some live music and wander around the stalls. A nice day out.
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Izitolo zeGlebe
Glebe Point RoadOn Saturdays from 10am-4pm. Grab a coffee, listen to some live music and wander around the stalls. A nice day out.
Shopping
A big shopping centre where you'll get anything you need. Groceries, clothes, banks etc. Everything you need will be here.
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Broadway Sydney
1 Bay StA big shopping centre where you'll get anything you need. Groceries, clothes, banks etc. Everything you need will be here.