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Haymarket area guide

Restaurants, bars, shops and events in Haymarket
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Ah, delicious Haymarket – home to the walk-through supermarket and food court that is Chinatown and home to many a mega-musical, the Capitol Theatre. The suburb which stretches from Railway Square to Darling Harbour also counts amongst its sites the soon-to-be-demolished Entertainment Centre, the start of Sydney's only light rail line and the Golden Water Mouth Tree, installed in 1999. But you're here because you followed your nose to the precinct around Sussex and Dixon streets: so hit up late-night legend Golden Century, the great and always packed BBQ King, Seoul Ria for DIY Korean barbecue and the Sussex Centre food court. Yum cha is at Marigold, and if you're looking for a bright and cheap phone cover, well Paddy's Markets is your go-to. Feel like a beverage? Hit the Civic Hotel – OK, it's a little on the border of Haymarket – and go late so you can join the party at the Civic Underground.

The best restaurants and bars in Haymarket

Porkfat
Restaurants

Porkfat

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4
Fiery, flavoursome and authentic, this new Thai restaurant in Haymarket is hot in every sense of the word
Spicy Joint
Restaurants

Spicy Joint

  • 5 out of 5 stars
Haymarket’s stylish Sichuan eatery serves up fiery flavour bombs at prices you’ll feel good about
The Eight
Restaurants

The Eight

  • 4 out of 5 stars
We know it sounds petty, but leaving your yum cha brunch only to see a queue standing where there was no queue before really gives your full belly an extra...

More things to do in Haymarket

The Exchange Darling Square
Attractions

The Exchange Darling Square

The City of Sydney's library takes up two floors of the Kengo Kuma designed bird's nest structure coming at Darling Square
Paddy's Markets - Haymarket
Shopping

Paddy's Markets - Haymarket

Brothers, sisters, mums and daddies, you know this is the market you’re supposed to be at. The 150-year-old institution spans two locations –...
Capitol Theatre
Theatre

Capitol Theatre

Located amid the flurry and culinary excitement of Sydney's Chinatown, the Capitol Theatre hosts long-running blockbuster musicals such as The Lion King,...

What's on in Haymarket

Neon Playground
Things to do

Neon Playground

Sydney’s largest Asian-Australian cultural arts festival is coming back to Haymarket for three glittering weeks this autumn
Haymarket