Outdoor seating area at The Theatre Bar at the End of the Wharf
Photograph: David Cheng

Walsh Bay area guide

Restaurants, bars, shops and events in Walsh Bay
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The harbour-side theatre district is home to Sydney cultural institutions Sydney Theatre Company,Sydney Dance CompanyBangarra Dance Theatreand ATYP. So if you've snagged theatre tickets in Sydney, there’s a good chance you’re heading inside the award-winning warehouse conversions of heritage-listed ironbark timber piers which house the precinct’s many stages.

Hot pre-show dinner tickets include Café Sopra,Ventuno Pizzeria or the bustling Theatre Bar at the end of the Wharf. On the weekend, wind around Dawes Point to the Rocks and peruse the Rocks Weekend Market. The stalls pedal tourist-friendly wares, like bush honey, locally blown glass and Aussie landmark-focused art. And if you haven’t done it yet, hotfoot it up to Cumberland Street and into a grey jumpsuit and take on tourist must-see BridgeClimb.

The best restaurants in Walsh Bay

Bay Nine Omakase
Restaurants

Bay Nine Omakase

An intimate 10-seat counter with a daily menu served straight from the chef
Cafe Sopra at Fratelli Fresh - Walsh Bay
Restaurants

Cafe Sopra at Fratelli Fresh - Walsh Bay

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4
The third Café Sopra is across the road from the Sydney Theatre Company and down the road from the Roslyn Packer Theatre

The best bars in Walsh Bay

Henry Deane
Bars

Henry Deane

  • 5 out of 5 stars
Henry Deane cocktail lounge may just sit atop an old Sydney pub, but an afternoon spent there will have you feeling on top of the whole world

Other things to do in Walsh Bay

Sydney Observatory
Museums

Sydney Observatory

Intrigued by the night sky? Take a guided tour at Sydney Observatory
Still Life with Stone & Car
Art

Still Life with Stone & Car

For the 2004 Biennale of Sydney, Arkansas-born Berlin-based artist Jimmie Durham created this installation from a 1999 Ford Festiva hatchback purchased in...
The Day Spa at the Langham Hotel
Health and beauty

The Day Spa at the Langham Hotel

The Day Spa at the Langham Hotel, formerly known as the Observatory Day Spa Sydney, is the place to go if you want to play kings and queens for a day. Not...
Sydney Theatre Company - Wharf Theatres
Theatre

Sydney Theatre Company - Wharf Theatres

Home to the Sydney Theatre Company, the Wharf Theatres occupy Pier 4/5 on Hickson Road and are where many of the STC's productions are staged. The venue also...
Observatory Hill Outdoor Gym
Sport and fitness

Observatory Hill Outdoor Gym

Between Sydney Observatory and the Harbour Bridge is a patch of bouncy turf that’s surprisingly well equipped. There are three zones with vaulting...

What's on in Walsh Bay

4000 Miles
Theatre

4000 Miles

  • 3 out of 5 stars
STC’s new staging of this hipster-era play is peppered with heart, but it tries perhaps a little too hard to please
Dawes Point