Gay-MART - Travel & Resource Guide: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Gay-MART'S GUIDE TO
SYDNEY
NEW SOUTH WALES,
Australia

Updated: 19 August 1997

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Accommodations

The Barracks - 164 Bourke St., Darlinghurst.
Voice: (61) (61-2) 9360 5823. Fax: (61) (61-2) 9361 4584.
Gay Male only clientele. Clothing optional. Bed & Breakfast. Private and shared baths available. Coffee with continental breakfast. TV lounge. Courtyard with barbeque.

Brickfield Hill Bed & Breakfast Inn - 403 Riley St., Surrey Hills, Sydney, 2010.
Voice: (61) (61-2) 9211 4886. Fax: (61) (61-2) 9211 4886.
Mainly Gay Male and Lesbian clientele. Bed & Breakfast in four storey Victorian Terrace house. Some rooms have balconies and views. Private and shared baths available. Expanded continental breakfast.

Coogee Sands Motor Inn - 161 Dolphin St., Coogee.
Voice: (61) (02) 9665 8588. Fax: (61) (02) 9664 1406.
Gay-friendly ownership and operation. Mainly Straight clientele.

Furama Hotel Central - 28 Albion St., Surrey Hills, Sydney, 2010.
Voice: (61) (61-2) 9281 0333. Fax: (61) (61-2) 9281 0222.
Gay-friendly ownership and operation. Modern hotel with restaurant and bar. 128 rooms. Private baths. Heated pool, color television, air conditioning.

Furama Hotel Darling Harbour - 68 Harbour St., Darling Harbour.
Voice: (61-2) 9281 0400. Fax: (61) (61-2) 9281 1212.
Hotel with restaurant. 24 room service. Private baths. Color television, air conditioning

Governors on Fitzroy - 64 Fitzroy St., Surrey Hills, Sydney 2010.
Voice: (61) (02) 9331 4652. Fax: (61) (02) 9361 5094.
Gay Male and Lesbian clientele. Clothing optional. Bed & Breakfast featuring individually decorated rooms. Private and shared baths available. Spa. Full breakfast with coffee or tea.

Kirketon Hotel - 229-231 Darlinghurst Rd., Kings Cross, Sydney, 2010.
Voice: (61) (61-2) 9360 4333. Fax: (61) (61-2) 9360 4333.
Gay-friendly ownership and operation. Budget hotel with restaurant and cocktail bar. Private and shared baths available. Nearby swimming pool. Continental breakfast.

Manor House Boutique Hotel - 64 Flinders St., Darlinghurst, Sydney, 2010.
Voice: (61) (61-2) 9380 6633. Fax: (61) (61-2) 9380 5016.
Mainly Gay Male clientele but Women are welcome. Bed & Breakfast in two-storey mansion with restaurant and bar. 18 boutique accommodations with private baths. Pool. Buffet breakfast.

Newington Manor - 10-14 Sebastopol St., Marrickville, NSW.
Voice: (61) (02) 9560 4922. Fax: (61) (02) 9550 9789.
Gay Male clientele. Guesthouse. Double rooms with private baths, color television, phone. Spa and Pool. Continental and expanded continental breakfast.

Observatory Hotel - 89-113 Kent St.
Voice: (61) (61-2) 9256 2222. Fax: (61) (61-2) 9256 2233.
Gay-friendly ownership and operation. Mainly Straight with some Gay Male and Lesbian clientele. Hotel with restaurant, bar, health and leisure club. Rooms with private baths, color television, cable, VCR, videotape library. Pool.

Park Lodge - 747 South Dowling St., Moore Park.
Voice: (61) (61-2) 9318 2513. Fax: (61) (61-2) 9318 2513.
E-mail: pklodge@geko.net.au. Website: http://www.geko.net.au/~pklodge/.
Mixed Gay Male, Lesbian and Straight clientele. Victorian-style boutique hotel. Rooms with private baths, color television, telephone and refrigerator. VCR rentals available. Pool and ocean nearby. Continental breakfast.

Simpson's of Pott's Point - 8 Challis Ave., Pott's Point.
Voice: (61) (61-2) 9356 2199. Fax: (61) (61-2) 9356 4476.
Gay-friendly ownership and operation. Mainly Straight with some Gay Male and Lesbian clientele.
Boutique Hotel. Rooms with private baths, phones, color television, ceiling fans, air conditioning. Glass conservatory.

Southern Cross Hotel - corner of Elizabeth and Goulburn Streets.
Voice: (61) (02) 9282 0987. Fax: (61) (02) 9281 3287.

Gay-friendly ownership and operation. Mainly Straight with some Gay Male and Lesbian clientele.
Hotel. Rooms with private baths

Sullivan's Hotel - 21 Oxford St., Paddington.
Voice: (61) (02) 9361 0222. Fax: (61) (02) 9360 3735.
Gay-friendly ownership and operation. Mainly Straight with some Gay Male and Lesbian clientele.
Hotel. Rooms with private baths with showers. Television lounge, laundry facilities. Swimming available.

Sydney Star Accommodation - 274 Darlinghurst Rd, Darlinghurst, Sydney
Voice: (61) (61-414) 677 778. Fax: (61) (61-2) 9331 1000.
Mainly Gay and Lesbian clientele.
Pensione/Hotel. Single, twin and double suites, each with kitchen and color television.
Member: AGLTA.

Victoria Court Sydney - 122 Victoria St., Pott's Point.
Voice: (61) (61-2) 9357 3200. Fax: (61) (61-2) 9357 7606. E-mail: vicsyd@ozemail.com.au(fe).
Gay-friendly ownership and operation. Mainly Straight with some Gay Male and Lesbian clientele.
Bed & Breakfast hotel in two restored and modernized Victorian mansions. All rooms with ensuite bathrooms, hairdryer, color television and direct-dial telephones. Some rooms have marble fireplaces, balconies, four poster beds. Central conservatory.

Bars & Dance Clubs

Albury Hotel Bar - 6 Oxford St., Paddington. Voice: (61) (02) 9336 555.
Gay Male clientele. Piano bar downstairs, restaurant upstairs. Nightly drag shows.
Hours: Mon. - Sat.: 1:00 PM - 1:30 AM, Sun.: 2:00 PM - 1:00 AM.

Annie's Bar - Bourke St., behind the Carrington Hotel.
Gay Male clientele.

Banana Bar - at the Taylor Hotel, Darlinghurst.
Gay Male and Lesbian clientele. Cocktail bar.

Barracks - Patterson Lane, behind the Taylor Square Hotel, Darlinghurst.
Gay Male clientele. Cruisy leather/levi bar. Pool table.

Base Bar - 267 Oxford St., underneath the Beauchamp Hotel.
Gay Male and Lesbian clientele.

Beauchamp Hotel Bar - 267 Oxford St.
Mainly Gay Male clientele.
Hours: Sun. - Fri.: noon - midnight, Sat.: noon - 1:00 AM.

Beresford Hotel Bar - 345 Bourke St., Darlinghurst. Voice: (61) (02) 9331 1045.
Bar and disco. Alternative disco in the rear of the bar.
Hours: Mon. - Wed.: noon - midnight, Thu.: noon - 1:00 AM, Fri. - Sat.: noon - 2:00 AM, Sun.: 9:00 AM - midnight.

Byblos - 169 Oxford St., Darlinghurst.
Straight disco with occasional Gay & Lesbian night - mainly attended by Gay Men.

Caesar's Bar - 388 Parramatta Rd.,behind the Petersham Inn, Petersham.
Gay Male and Lesbian clientele.

DCM (Don't Cry Mama) - 33 Oxford St., Darlinghurst. Voice: (61) (02) 9267 7036.
Occasional Gay events weekdays. Mostly Straight weekends.
Hours: Mon. - Sat.: from 10:30 PM, Sun.: from 5:00 PM.

Dolphin Hotel Cocktail Bar - 412-414 Crown St., Surrey Hills. Voice: (61) (02) 9331 4800.
Mostly Straight but with a dedicated Gay Male and Lesbian clientele.Cocktail bar and pub.
Hours: from 5:00 PM daily.

Exchange Hotel - 34 Oxford St., Darlinghurst. Voice: (61) (02) 9331 1936.
Mostly Straight. Drag shows weekends.
Hours: from 10:00 PM.

Flinders Hotel Bar - 63 Flinders St., Darlinghurst. Voice: (61) (02) 9360 4929.
Gay Male and Lesbian clientele. Dance bar.
Hours: Mon. - Thu.: 8:00 PM - 3:00 AM., Fri. - Sat.: 10:00 PM - 7:00 AM, Sun: 8:00 PM - midnight.

G'Bar - Walker St. at Blue St., North Sydney.
Gay Male and Lesbian clientele. Cocktail bar.

Gilligan's - 134 Oxford St, Darlinghurst. At the Oxford Hotel. upstairs at the Oxford Cocktail Bar.
Gay Male and Lesbian clientele. Cocktail bar.
Hours: Mon.- Sat.: 5:00 PM - 2:00 AM, Sun: 5:00 PM - midnight.

Green Park Hotel Bar - 360 Victoria St., Darlinghurst.
Mostly Gay Male clientele.

Imperial Hotel - 35 Erskineville Rd., Erskineville. Voice: (61) (02) 9519 9899.
Gay Male and Lesbian clientele. Disco, cabaret, pool table. Drag shows.
Hours: Sun. - Thu.: from 8:00 PM., Fri. - Sat.: 8:00 PM - 8:00 AM.
Klub Kookie Club - 77 Williams St., South Sydney.
Alternative crowd. Dancing.

Lava Bar - 2 Oxford St., Darlinghurst. At the Burdekin Hotel.
Mixed Gay and Straight clientele. Cocktail bar, DJ.

Lizard Lounge - 34 Oxford St., Darlinghurst. 1st floor, At the Exchange Hotel.
Gay Male and Lesbian clientele. Upscale cocktail bar. Dancing.
Hours: 5:00 PM - 3:00 AM.

Midnight Factory - Regent ville Rd. at Batt St., Souh Pendrith. Voice: (61) (047) 323 223.
Gay Male and Lesbian clientele. Suburban bar. Dancing.
Hours: Wed. - Thu.: 7:00 PM - 1:00 AM, Fri. - Sat.: 6:00 PM - 1:00 AM, Sun.: 6:00 PM - midnight.

Midnight Shift - 85 Oxford St., Darlinghurst. Voice: (61) (02) 9360 4319.
Gay Male clientele. Popular bar. Disco upstairs. Drag shows.
Hours: Mon. - Sat.: from noon, Sun.: 4:00 PM - midnight.

Newtown Hotel - 174 King St., Newtown. Voice: (61) (02) 9511 1329.
Gay Male clientele. Piano bar upstairs, dance bar, cabaret. Drag shows.

Orb - Victoria St. at King's Cross.
Gay Male clientele. Dancing.

Oxford Cocktail Bar - 134 Oxford St, Darlinghurst. At the Oxford Hotel. Voice: (61) (02) 9331 3467.
Gay Male clientele. Pub. A cocktail bar, Gilligan's, is upstairs.
Hours: Mon.- Sat.: 5:00 PM - 2:00 AM, Sun: 5:00 PM - midnight.

Oxford Hotel Bar - 134 Oxford St, Darlinghurst. At the Oxford Hotel.
Gay Male clientele. Popular cruise bar.
Hours: Mon. - Thu.: 5:00 PM - 2:00 AM, Fri. - Sat.: 5:00 PM - 3:00 AM, Sun: 5:00 PM - midnight.

Phoenix - 34 Oxford St., Darlinghurst. In the basement of the Exchange Hotel.
Gay Male clientele. Popular dance bar featuring underground, alternative and progressive music. Cruisy Thursday and Sunday.
Hours: Tue. - Sun.: from 10:00 PM.

Rhino Bar - 24 Bayswater Rd., King's Cross.
Gay Male and Lesbian clientele.

Signal - Level 2, 81 Oxford St., Darlinghurst.
Gay Male clientele. Cruisy leather bar.

Taxi Club - 40-42 Flinders St., Darlinghurst.
Gay Male and Transvestite clientele. Late-night club.
Hours: midnight - 9:00 AM.

Top Gun - 100 King St., Newtown. Voice: (61) (02) 9519 6999.
Gay Male clientele. Cocktail bar, disco and restaurant. Busy Fridays.

Baths

Bodyline Sauna - 58a Flinders St., Darlinghurst. Voice: (61) (02) 9360 1006.
Gay Male clientele.
Hours: noon - 7:00 AM.

The Den Club - 1st floor, 97 Oxford St., Darlinghurst. Voice: (61) (02) 9332 3402.
Gay Male clientele. Private club.
Hours: Sun. - Thu.: from 8:00 PM, Fri. - Sat.: 24 hours.

King Steam - 38-42 Oxford St., Darlinghurst. Voice: (61) (02) 9360 3431.
Gay Male clientele. Snacks available.
Hours: Daily: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM.

KKK Sauna - 83 Anzac Parade, Kensington. Voice: (61) (02) 9662 1359.
Gay Male clientele.
Hours: Daily: 24 hours.

Numbers - Upstairs, 95 Oxford St., Darlinghurst. Voice: (61) (02) 9331 6099.
Gay Male clientele. Private club.
Hours: from 10:00 PM.

Cafes & Restaurants

A Coupage - Oxford St. at Crown St., Darlinghurst. Voice: (61) (02) 9361 3717.
Restaurant.
Hours: Daily: opens 6:00 PM.

Angkor Wat - 227 Oxford St., Darlinghurst. Voice: (61) (02) 9360 5500.
Cambodian cuisine.

Beth's Place Cafe - Annandale St. at Reserve St., Annandale.
Mostly women. Cafe.

Cafe Memento - 479 Bronte Rd., Bronte Beach.
Coffee.

Cafe Brontosaurus - 110 Erskineville Rd., Erskineville.
Hours: Wed. - Sun.: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM.

Citrus - Oxford St.
Restaurant.

Downtown - 84 Oxford St., Darlinghurst.
Coffee.e

Edon - 27 Victoria St., Darlinghurst.
Restaurant.

Goodfellas - 111 King St., Newtown. Voice: (61) (02) 9557 1175.
Hours: from 6:30 PM.

Green Iguana Cafe - 6 King St., Newtown.
Hours: from 8:00 AM.

Lime - 420 King St. South, Newtown.
Restaurant.
Hours: closed Mon.

O Calcutta - 251 Victoria St., Darlinghurst. Voice: (61) (02) 9360 3650.
Restaurant

One Ninety One Cafe - 191 Oxford St., Darlinghurst.
Large Gay Male and Lesbian clientele.

Open Kitchen - 80 Oxford St., Darlinghurst.
Cafe.

Serapim - 389 Bourke St., Darlinghurst. Voice: (61) (02) 9360 4959.
Restaurant.

Sirocco - 23 Craigend St., Darlinghurst.
Morroccan restaurant.

Spanish Deli Cafe - 88 Oxford St., Darlinghurst.
Hours: Mon. - Thu.: 7:00 PM - midnight, Fri. - Sat.: 24 hours.

Tapas - Burton St., Darlinghurst. Voice: (61) (02) 9360 7027.
Spanish restaurant

Totally Cactus - 411 King Georges Rd., Beverly Hills. Voice: (61) (02) 9570 8669.
Mexican restaurant

Information Lines

AIDS Info - Voice: (61) (02) 9283 3222.

Gay & Lesbian Line - Voice: (61) (02) 9207 2800.
Hours: Daily: 4:00 PM - midnight.