About the pub

Sydney’s favourite heritage CBD pub, The Sussex is your go-to inner-city local for delicious food and drinks, day and night. Behind the Century-old façade, discover a variety of relaxed, welcoming heritage-meets-modern spaces across multiple levels. Enjoy a cold one in Sydney’s largest leafy beer garden, a lunchtime feed in the traditional character-filled Public Bar, a wine and Thai eats in Suriya, and sunset cocktails and Mediterranean mezze on the rooftop bar overlooking Barangaroo and the city.

The Sussex logo window decal

Opened in 1915, The Sussex Hotel was originally a popular wharfside watering hole, historically known as the Hunter River Inn, and later as the Big House in the 1970s-90s.

One of the oldest buildings in a now-modern Barangaroo, the Edwardian-style heritage pub is a striking five-storey beacon of thirst quenching and hunger sating for local residents, workers and visitors to Sydney.

Backstory

Ice cubes scooped into cocktail on bartop

Join the team

We’re always looking for passionate people to join our team, from bartenders and supervisors to chefs and kitchen staff.

  • Monday to Friday 12pm - 3pm and 5:30pm - 9pm, Saturday 4pm - 9pm.

  • Yes.

  • Our dress code is smart casual.

  • Children and those under 18 are welcome in the company of a parent or responsible adult at all times in the Public Bar, Beer Garden, and Suriya.

    The Rooftop is an 18+ venue and minors cannot access the rooftop.

  • There is some street parking in and around Barangaroo.

  • Wynyard station is a two-minute walk and Barangaroo ferry stop is also just two minutes away. We are also well connected to multiple bus routes.

  • We have a number of spaces available in the venue, including the Public Bar, Beer Garden, Suriya, and Rooftop.

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