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PubClubbing in Paddington/Surry/Victoria
Street
The Paddo Inn is
one of the area's most popular bars.
Some of Sydney's most alluring nighclubs
are located in the Paddington/Surry Hills area just south of King's
Cross and on Victoria Street.
Nearby is Oxford Street, where Austalia's gay population parties. Yet
this area offers something for every intrepid PubClubber.
Pubs
Victoria Street, from memory the Cross (local lingo for Kings Cross)
through to Oxford St Darlinghurst. Oxford Street becomes Paddington
and there are some terriffic pubs and bars in this area.
The Paddo Inn (or Paddington Inn to give it the full name)
on Oxford Street is a great bar. with a good-looking crowd. It's best
later at night, from about 10:30-2, and is especially good Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays.
Two other popular places are The Four in Hand and The Royal.
The Lord Dudley (Jersey Road, just east of Paddington) is an
English/Australian pub serving more than 30 kinds of beer. It has dart
boards and TVs, making it a popular venue for watching sports.
Neighboring Surry Hills is a feast for pub lovers. The most popular
are The Clock Hotel, Forresters Bar, The "O" Bar, Shakespeares Hotel,
Bar Cleveland, The Dolphin and The Hopetoun, which features
great live bands.
Clubs
The Fringe Bar (Oxford Street, Paddington) is where the cool
princes and princesses of the Eastern Suburbs hang out - and for those
who like real people, know how to play pool and don't care what anyone
else thinks of them. It has both the bohemian and rebellious influence
of Darlinghurst and the black cool chic of Paddington.
Fringe is a fine place to just hang out, enjoy the dim candlelit lighting
and enjoy whoever is "mixing" on the night. It has two floors; the basement
is only open Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights when it really takes
on a nightclub atmosphere instead of the bar it happily proclaims to
be during the day/afternoon.
It boasts great food, okay wines and wide selection of beers and is
staggering distance to a plethora of other bars along illustrious Oxford
Street.
Arq (Flinders Street, Darlinghurst/Surry Hills) is an openly
gay club which is packed full to the brim every Thursday to Sunday (Sunday
being the busiest). It has three floors of surprises and atmosphere,
like the huge and somewhat magical aquarium spanning the length of one
of its curved walls.
The top two floors contain the dance floor and a balcony where one
can inspect the waxed, tanned and flawless bodies jamming to some of
the best music in Sydney. The basement is a wholly different atmosphere
and is somewhat more laid back (well there's more chairs than upstairs;
its still insane).
Trying to be the new Home bar, it has made its mark on the Gay Oxford
Street crowd and regularly attracts on Friday and Saturday night girls
who just want to have fun and an array of drag performances. Home to
the filming of the Pepsi Chart, Arq is a lot of fun if you don't mind
lining up for ages, being selected to enter and then squirming around
all night amongst a lot of topless sweaty gorgeous guys (and nearly
topless gals!).
It has an elegant selection of wines, basic basic beers! and as you'd
expect with this type of club, lots of water
More Sydney
Hotspots!
• Cockle
Bay
• The
Rocks
• King's
Cross
• Bondi
Beach
 Next
stop on the Sydney Party Bus, Bondi Beach!
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