Surry Hills

What makes Surry Hills so great? It's a melting pot of Sydney's best cultural clichés - ironic-bogans attend gallery openings with hipster coffee-brewers and art-wankers frequent cafes with boutique-tradies. It may sound pretentious, but Surry Hills is your carefully considered, well-styled friend who can be a little rough around the edges, but somehow oozes a cool that you'll always aspire to. Whether it's meeting with someone to discuss their screenplay at an alleyway coffee shop, or grabbing an artisanal whiskey at a hole-in-the-wall bar, Surry Hills is a place to spend a lazy weekend filling your Instagram with aesthetically pleasing shots to brag about. Plan all you want, but any local will tell you that Surry is best experienced with only a vague idea of where you’re headed - leaving yourself enough space to stumble across that new gallery, or that awesome pub on the corner. So roll up your chinos, and get stumbling.

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Wild Rover

Address
75 Campbell Street
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Just off Campbell Street you'll find The Wild Rover - yes that's the right address, no we're not joking, yes that's actually the entrance to a bar. The Rover is a bar that welcomes you in as though you were a regular, despite being 90-95% sure you've never been there before. It's dimly lit, the right amount of brooding, and the kind of place you can imagine a Private Investigator would ask his clients to meet with him/her so as not to draw attention. The bartenders are (without exaggerating) probably the friendliest in Sydney, and they'll have a great new drink suggestion for you upon each visit. Best to head over on a Thursday or Friday night (when it's a little quieter) and snatch up one of the booths - mainly because you'll want to work your way through the entire cocktail list and this is a feat best attempted sitting down. Easily one of the best bars in Surry Hills and Sydney, but first you've got to find it.

Wild Rover
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Wild Rover
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Wild Rover
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Wild Rover
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Wild Rover
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Wild Rover
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Brett Whiteley Studio

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