Guidebook for Forest Lodge

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Guidebook for Forest Lodge

Food Scene

Great Thai takeaway open until 10pm every day. Healthy and delicious.
Doytao Thai Glebe
35C Ross St
Great Thai takeaway open until 10pm every day. Healthy and delicious.
Best closest cafe for breakfast and lunch, good coffee and nice staff.
17 locals recommend
In The Annex
35 Ross St
17 locals recommend
Best closest cafe for breakfast and lunch, good coffee and nice staff.
Great sourdough, breakfasts, pastries and coffee.
40 locals recommend
Sonoma Bakery Café
215A Glebe Point Rd
40 locals recommend
Great sourdough, breakfasts, pastries and coffee.
Fantastic patisserie, brioche, croissants, breakfast panini, coffee, sandwiches, lovely baguettes, whole cakes, pies and quiches.
13 locals recommend
Culture Society
6-8 O'Connell St
13 locals recommend
Fantastic patisserie, brioche, croissants, breakfast panini, coffee, sandwiches, lovely baguettes, whole cakes, pies and quiches.
Walking distance fine modern Australian dining, great ingredients — sit at the bar if you can't get a table.
51 locals recommend
Glebe Point Diner
407 Glebe Point Rd
51 locals recommend
Walking distance fine modern Australian dining, great ingredients — sit at the bar if you can't get a table.
Good innovative cafe in great location on the harbour with great views. Lovely foreshore walk to here via Johnstons Creek walk.
16 locals recommend
Blackwattle Cafe
55 Leichhardt Street
16 locals recommend
Good innovative cafe in great location on the harbour with great views. Lovely foreshore walk to here via Johnstons Creek walk.
5 STAR FINE DINING. Seafood specialty, great oysters and famous snapper pie. Bookings recommended.
43 locals recommend
The Boathouse on Blackwattle Bay
123 Ferry Rd
43 locals recommend
5 STAR FINE DINING. Seafood specialty, great oysters and famous snapper pie. Bookings recommended.
Best local pizza, and they deliver in about 45 minutes. Menu is on their website.
11 locals recommend
Crust Pizza Annandale
113a Booth St
11 locals recommend
Best local pizza, and they deliver in about 45 minutes. Menu is on their website.
Great hipster coffee, cronuts, breakfast and lunch menu. Closes up by about 4pm.
86 locals recommend
Brewtown
6-8 O'Connell Street
86 locals recommend
Great hipster coffee, cronuts, breakfast and lunch menu. Closes up by about 4pm.
BAKERY AND COFFEE. Breakfast and lunch.
8 locals recommend
LUXE Newtown
191 Missenden Rd
8 locals recommend
BAKERY AND COFFEE. Breakfast and lunch.
Local hipster cafe, breakfast and lunch.
21 locals recommend
Runcible Spoon
27 Barr St
21 locals recommend
Local hipster cafe, breakfast and lunch.
TAKEAWAY or EAT IN PIZZA. Cafe next door too.
8 locals recommend
Urban Pizza Bar
12-14 Layton St
8 locals recommend
TAKEAWAY or EAT IN PIZZA. Cafe next door too.
SYDNEY'S BEST patisserie with courtyard seating outside.
16 locals recommend
La Renaissance Patisserie and Cafe
47 Argyle St
16 locals recommend
SYDNEY'S BEST patisserie with courtyard seating outside.
Widely acclaimed fresh Sydney approach to breakfast, lunch and dinner.
181 locals recommend
bills
79 Hall St
181 locals recommend
Widely acclaimed fresh Sydney approach to breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Essentials

Good local medium sized supermarket with fresh fruit, vegetables, bread, milk and meats.
59 locals recommend
Supabarn Annandale
4 Booth St
59 locals recommend
Good local medium sized supermarket with fresh fruit, vegetables, bread, milk and meats.
Small local supermarket on main local street. Newspapers, bus tickets, general groceries, with only a small range of fresh fruit and vegetables.
21 locals recommend
IGA Glebe
215 Glebe Point Rd
21 locals recommend
Small local supermarket on main local street. Newspapers, bus tickets, general groceries, with only a small range of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Small supermarket with most lines, fresh bread, fruit and vegetables.
23 locals recommend
IGA Annandale
47 Booth St
23 locals recommend
Small supermarket with most lines, fresh bread, fruit and vegetables.
Fresh bread, cakes and pies everyday. Opens early. Closes at 6pm. Also sells milk.
Bakers Delight Glebe
341 Glebe Point Rd
Fresh bread, cakes and pies everyday. Opens early. Closes at 6pm. Also sells milk.

Sightseeing

SATURDAYS ONLY 8am to 3pm Local markets with food and clothes, secondhand goods, live music and lots of people.
199 locals recommend
Glebe Markets
Glebe Point Road
199 locals recommend
SATURDAYS ONLY 8am to 3pm Local markets with food and clothes, secondhand goods, live music and lots of people.
OPEN EVERYDAY FROM 7AM. Lots of fresh fish, oysters and shellfish. Large outdoor seating area to eat sushi, fish and chips or lobster! Bakery, deli, fruit shop and bottle shop inside too.
399 locals recommend
Sydney Fish Market
Bank Street
399 locals recommend
OPEN EVERYDAY FROM 7AM. Lots of fresh fish, oysters and shellfish. Large outdoor seating area to eat sushi, fish and chips or lobster! Bakery, deli, fruit shop and bottle shop inside too.
Huge entertainment complex, but has some great new restaurants including BALLA, Momufuku, Zumbo patisserie and Gelato Messina. You can catch the light rail here.
358 locals recommend
The Star Sydney
20-80 Pyrmont St
358 locals recommend
Huge entertainment complex, but has some great new restaurants including BALLA, Momufuku, Zumbo patisserie and Gelato Messina. You can catch the light rail here.
Boats, submarines, warships.
58 locals recommend
Australian National Maritime Museum
2 Murray St
58 locals recommend
Boats, submarines, warships.
Large tourist friendly area with museums, restaurants, playgrounds, IMAX cinema etc. A little bit dated and currently under a major reconstruction project.
892 locals recommend
Darling Harbour
892 locals recommend
Large tourist friendly area with museums, restaurants, playgrounds, IMAX cinema etc. A little bit dated and currently under a major reconstruction project.
Great heritage building full of retail from high end fashion to food and gifts. Well worth a visit.
355 locals recommend
Queen Victoria Building (QVB)
355 locals recommend
Great heritage building full of retail from high end fashion to food and gifts. Well worth a visit.
GET THE FERRY from Circular Quay across the harbour (30 minute trip). Restaurants, bars, shopping and the beach!
271 locals recommend
Manly
271 locals recommend
GET THE FERRY from Circular Quay across the harbour (30 minute trip). Restaurants, bars, shopping and the beach!
AUSTRALIA'S MOST FAMOUS BEACH!
1453 locals recommend
Bondi Beach
1453 locals recommend
AUSTRALIA'S MOST FAMOUS BEACH!
Biggest Chinatown in Australia with many streets of Asian stores and restaurants.
190 locals recommend
Chinatown Sydney
84 Dixon St
190 locals recommend
Biggest Chinatown in Australia with many streets of Asian stores and restaurants.

Shopping

Great eclectic bookshop with gifts, cards, magazines. Design books upstairs, kids books at the back.
23 locals recommend
Gleebooks
49 Glebe Point Rd
23 locals recommend
Great eclectic bookshop with gifts, cards, magazines. Design books upstairs, kids books at the back.
Largest local shopping mall includes Apple Store, Target, Kmart, all major supermarkets (Aldi, Coles, Woolworths). Hoyts Cinemas, food court, Japanese sushi train and 50 specialty stores.
371 locals recommend
Broadway Sydney
1 Bay St
371 locals recommend
Largest local shopping mall includes Apple Store, Target, Kmart, all major supermarkets (Aldi, Coles, Woolworths). Hoyts Cinemas, food court, Japanese sushi train and 50 specialty stores.
BEST FRUIT AND VEGETABLES in the area. Three generations of the same family have run the shop and deli next door. Lots of variety, always fresh. Bread, cheese, nuts etc.
23 locals recommend
Galluzzo Fruiterers
187 Glebe Point Rd
23 locals recommend
BEST FRUIT AND VEGETABLES in the area. Three generations of the same family have run the shop and deli next door. Lots of variety, always fresh. Bread, cheese, nuts etc.
Themed motorbike and cycle shop with clothing range and fantastic large restaurant/cafe on the side. Open for dinner but check times!
21 locals recommend
Deus Ex Machina Motorcycles
98-104 Parramatta Rd
21 locals recommend
Themed motorbike and cycle shop with clothing range and fantastic large restaurant/cafe on the side. Open for dinner but check times!
WIDE RANGE OF WINES, BEERS and SPIRITS. Small supermarket next door.
43 locals recommend
Camperdown Cellars
140-144 Parramatta Rd
43 locals recommend
WIDE RANGE OF WINES, BEERS and SPIRITS. Small supermarket next door.
Sydney's newest and largest mall with all sorts of retail including ZARA, Gucci and Miu Miu (good food hall up on 4th floor).
455 locals recommend
Westfield
Market Street
455 locals recommend
Sydney's newest and largest mall with all sorts of retail including ZARA, Gucci and Miu Miu (good food hall up on 4th floor).

Everything Else

Closest dry cleaner and bagwash.
Forest Laundry & Dry Cleaning
17 Ross St
Closest dry cleaner and bagwash.

Drinks & Nightlife

Large old style pub, recently renovated with large food menu, and big screen TVs for major sports telecasts.
27 locals recommend
The Toxteth
345 Glebe Point Rd
27 locals recommend
Large old style pub, recently renovated with large food menu, and big screen TVs for major sports telecasts.
Fun local pub with restaurant (pizzas, salads, ribs, schnitzels, chips, wedges etc). Pool table, ping pong and pinball!
22 locals recommend
Forest Lodge Hotel
117 Arundel St
22 locals recommend
Fun local pub with restaurant (pizzas, salads, ribs, schnitzels, chips, wedges etc). Pool table, ping pong and pinball!
Recently opened small bar, wines by the glass and small tasting plates.
34 locals recommend
Timbah
375 Glebe Point Rd
34 locals recommend
Recently opened small bar, wines by the glass and small tasting plates.
RECENTLY OVERHAULED with all types of bards, food, and entertainment, right on the beach.
515 locals recommend
Coogee Pavilion
169 Dolphin St
515 locals recommend
RECENTLY OVERHAULED with all types of bards, food, and entertainment, right on the beach.

Arts & Culture

Local arthouse cinemas. Check Dendy website for times.
258 locals recommend
Dendy Cinemas Newtown
261-263 King St
258 locals recommend
Local arthouse cinemas. Check Dendy website for times.
Oldest art museum in Sydney with a huge collection in a great harbourside/parkside location.
891 locals recommend
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road
891 locals recommend
Oldest art museum in Sydney with a huge collection in a great harbourside/parkside location.
Recently extended modern art gallery right on the harbour. Great changing exhibitions and rooftop cafe.
829 locals recommend
Museum of Contemporary Art
140 George St
829 locals recommend
Recently extended modern art gallery right on the harbour. Great changing exhibitions and rooftop cafe.