The Brompton Hotel

The Brompton Hotel is a longstanding heritage pub serving elevated bistro classics, share plates, and local booze from the inner west. It’s run by Duxton Pubs, which also owns the Saracens Head , The Lion and The Crafers and other venues.

The menu taps into nostalgic flavours and European influences, with seafood-centric highlights including anchovies with blistered tomatoes and caramelised onion; smoked mackerel with cucumber and yoghurt; and a spanner crab omelette with a mornay glaze.

Those are joined by other Euro bar snacks like burrata with heirloom tomatoes, a chorizo scotch egg, and a croque monsieur. Larger dishes have included Berkshire pork loin with preserved lemon, roasted sugarloaf cabbage with seeded mustard miso and grains, and a crumbed-to-order chicken Kyiv with cabbage slaw and Lyonnaise potatoes.

The concise drinks menu includes local beers and spirits from the community of craft breweries and distilleries in the inner-west area, plus a 100-bottle wine list with a solid international presence.