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THE 66 BEST PUBS IN SYDNEY RIGHT NOW
What is it? A warm, casual pub in Surry Hills perfect for hangs with mates and watching the game.
Why we love it: Its food offerings are a big step above average (the puffy, charred pizzas are our fave), and their happy hour (Mon-Thu, 5-7pm) pours beers and wines for chillingly good prices.
Address: 26 Foveaux St, Surry Hills, 2010
Time Out tip: Their spacious, lush rooftop is a cracking spot to while away an afternoon. Big game coming up? Chuck on your team's colours and come on down to cheer them on with your mates.
Why we love it: Its food offerings are a big step above average (the puffy, charred pizzas are our fave), and their happy hour (Mon-Thu, 5-7pm) pours beers and wines for chillingly good prices.
Address: 26 Foveaux St, Surry Hills, 2010
Time Out tip: Their spacious, lush rooftop is a cracking spot to while away an afternoon. Big game coming up? Chuck on your team's colours and come on down to cheer them on with your mates.
THE BEST PUB SPECIALS IN SYDNEY RIGHT NOW
A Sydney landmark since 1885, the Edinburgh Castle (affectionately known as The Eddy), is the kind of CBD pub that earns its place on this list on specials alone. The weekday deals run four days straight; $14.90 chicken schnitty on Tuesdays, $19.90 steak frites with café de Paris butter on Wednesdays, $19.90 parmi on Thursdays and $19.90 rump on Fridays. Plus, Sunday parmi rounds out the week at the same price. Head upstairs to Dusk Bar if you want to escape the after-work crowd.
GOOD BEER CO. LAUNCHES TAB TAKEOVER ACROSS SYDNEY PUBS
Good Beer Co. is giving Sydney pub-goers the chance to have their bar tab covered with their new Tab Takeover promotion.
11 OF THE BEST SYDNEY RESTAURANT AND BAR DEALS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT RIGHT NOW
Come to popular Surry Hills pub Keg & Brew on Monday for a proper pub classic: golden chicken schnitty with fries or slaw for under $15. Hard to argue with that.
MOMENTO HOSPITALITY SELLS DUKE OF DURAL
The purchaser of The Duke has been identified as Good Beer Company, led by private hotelier John Azar who also counts a swathe of Sydney CBD pubs in his stable including Hotel Coronation, the Keg & Brew Hotel, and the Edinburgh Castle Hotel – the latter being the most recent acquisition, bought at the end of 2024. The group has signalled that it has big plans for the Duke of Dural.
NORTH SYDNEY'S ICONIC UNION HOTEL SOLD BY HTL PROPERTY
The Good Beer Group have finalised their exit strategy from North Sydney by successfully selling the Union Hotel in an off-market transaction negotiated by leading national pub brokerage firm HTL Property agents Dan Dragicevich, Andrew Jolliffe and Sam Handy. The purchaser was Watering Hole Hotels led generational publican, Ashton Waugh, taking their portfolio to fifteen venues spread throughout New South Wales.
GOOD BEER COMPANY ACQUIRES EDINBURGH CASTLE HOTEL
The freehold of the Edinburgh Castle Hotel in Sydney CBD, affectionately known as The Eddy, has been sold as the result of a competitive sales campaign attracting more than 85 enquiries.
Situated in a corner position on Pitt and Bathurst Street, the freehold of the pub has been acquired by Good Beer Company, while the leasehold remains with Solotel, due to expire in January 2025.
Situated in a corner position on Pitt and Bathurst Street, the freehold of the pub has been acquired by Good Beer Company, while the leasehold remains with Solotel, due to expire in January 2025.
GOOD BEER HEADS INTO HAROLD PARK
Good Beer Company is back on the acquisition horse, buying comedy legend the Harold Park Hotel in Sydney’s inner west.
In 1903 the pub on the Ross Street corner in suburban Forest Lodge was known as the Little Bridge Hotel, but long after it was destroyed by fire in 1959, a modern two-storey brick structure was constructed on the site, opening in 2007 directly across from the former Harold Park Raceway.
In 1903 the pub on the Ross Street corner in suburban Forest Lodge was known as the Little Bridge Hotel, but long after it was destroyed by fire in 1959, a modern two-storey brick structure was constructed on the site, opening in 2007 directly across from the former Harold Park Raceway.
GALLAGHER FAMILY SELLS ITS LONGEST-HELD PUB
Good Beer Co boosts North Sydney presence. In 2019, Good Beer acquired the Commodore Hotel at McMahons Point - not far from the Union
GOOD BEER CO SELLS SECOND PUB IN A WEEK
Good Beer Company (GBC) has continued its strategic divestment initiative by selling the Four in Hand Hotel in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, in a deal brokered by JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group.
MERIVALE ACQUIRES RANDWICK'S THE DOG
Good Beer Company purchased the hotel in 2015, and after a five-year run, owner John Azar is thrilled to pass the baton to the Justin Hemmes-led hospitality vehicle.
“The DOG has been a fantastic hotel to own, and a great local community to be part of, and we’re delighted to now pass it onto such well-respected operators as Merivale.”
“The DOG has been a fantastic hotel to own, and a great local community to be part of, and we’re delighted to now pass it onto such well-respected operators as Merivale.”
GOOD BEER COMPANY REAPS $8.25M IN FOUR IN HAND PUB SALE
Having been saved from demolition by the local residents two years ago, the popular Four in Hand pub in Paddington has been sold to a private operator for $8.25 million.
John Azar's Good Beer Company stepped into by the Eastern Suburbs institution in 2018, paying just over $7 million to keep it going.
John Azar's Good Beer Company stepped into by the Eastern Suburbs institution in 2018, paying just over $7 million to keep it going.
KEG & BREW'S 10M REFURB AND ROOFTOP
The ground floor public bar still offers over 30 taps pouring craft and mainstream brews, and a solid pub menu of burgers, schnitzels and steaks. The former guest rooms on level one have become a 70-seat restaurant with its own bar, and on level two is now a series of function spaces for up to 120-pax.
THE COMMODORE HOTEL AT MCMAHONS POINT SOLD TO THE GOOD BEER COMPANY
The purchase of the Commodore Hotel comes hot on the heels of the Good Beer Company's late 2018 purchase of Paddington’s iconic Four In Hand Hotel.
In addition, the group owns Randwick’s Duke of Gloucester Hotel and the Keg & Brew Hotel at Surry Hills, which is close to completing a $10 million refurbishment.
In addition, the group owns Randwick’s Duke of Gloucester Hotel and the Keg & Brew Hotel at Surry Hills, which is close to completing a $10 million refurbishment.
GOOD BEER COMPANY POURS INTO SYDNEY'S COMMODORE HOTEL FOR $18.5M
“I have long admired the Commodore and have been monitoring the opportunity to add such a well-established and highly performing asset to our group of properties,” Azar says.
PADDINGTON'S FOUR IN HAND TO REMAIN A PUB, SELLS FOR OVER $7 MILLION
After months of furore the popular Four in Hand Hotel, Paddington, which the Public House Management Group bought in 2015, has been sold to the private developer John Azar's Good Beer Company for about $7 million. The buyer also owns the Dog Hotel, Randwick.
TWO ICONIC SYDNEY CRAFT BEER LOCATIONS TO CHANGE HANDS
The Dove & Olive in Surry Hills has been sold and The Local Taphouse in Darlinghurst has been put on the market in an eventful week for the Sydney craft pub scene.
The Dove & Olive was put on the market in July last year, and was sold this week for $11.85 million to an emerging pub group borne out of the Murphy family.
The Dove & Olive was put on the market in July last year, and was sold this week for $11.85 million to an emerging pub group borne out of the Murphy family.
RANDWICK'S TOP 'DOG' SELLS TO CRAFTY PUBLICAN
Owners of the uber-successful and crafty Dove & Olive and Keg & Brew have snapped up a Randwick landmark to add to the award-winning portfolio.
The burgeoning Good Beer Company (GBC) has bought Newhaven Hotels’ Duke of Gloucester, with plans to “extend” what it already does well.
Speaking to PubTIC, GBC owner John Azar says ‘The DOG’ will definitely be a pub for good beer and quality food.
The burgeoning Good Beer Company (GBC) has bought Newhaven Hotels’ Duke of Gloucester, with plans to “extend” what it already does well.
Speaking to PubTIC, GBC owner John Azar says ‘The DOG’ will definitely be a pub for good beer and quality food.
JUST OPEN: KEG & BREW, SURRY HILLS
The team behind Surry Hills' Dove & Olive hotel are responsible the takeover. The old KB's no-frills interior has been given the heave-ho in favour of western kitsch, cowskin upholstery and lots of taxidermy. The mounted water buffalo is nothing short of intimidating.
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