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Best Fireplaces in Sydney

When the temperature drops, there's few better places to be than parked in front of an open fire, mulled wine or cider in hand.

Here, we round up the best bars and pubs to do just that.

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Updated on 7 July 2022

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The Lord Dudley Hotel
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The Lord Dudley Hotel
Inviting lounges by the fireplace.
The Oaks Hotel
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The Oaks Hotel
A courtyard fireplace that helps you enjoy the outdoors all year round.
The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
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The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
Beer and an open fire since 1841.
The Glebe Hotel
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The Glebe Hotel
A modern and comfortable heritage-listed gastropub (on the site of a former brothel).
Charlie Parker’s
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Charlie Parker’s
Like end-to-end diner Fred’s upstairs, this warm basement bar employs the best of the season’s produce on a menu that truly has something for everyone. Fancy something fresh and lively? Sure thing. Or perhaps a stiff, old-school classic? Right this way.
Cricketers Arms Hotel
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Cricketers Arms Hotel
The friendly local with a roaring fire.
The Old Fitzroy
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The Old Fitzroy
Woolloomooloo’s great-grandfather of a pub has fine-dining chefs in the kitchen and a celebrated indie theatre downstairs. The 150-year-old boozer has outlasted many of its operators, but its latest incarnation – from the team behind Newtown's Odd Culture – might be the best one yet.
The Duke of Clarence
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The Duke of Clarence
Almost everything about this place is authentically English, right down to the imported antique wallpaper.
The Doss House
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The Doss House
A whisky bar in a former opium den/bootmaker’s workshop/doss house.
Grain
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Grain
Sip whisky by a crackling fireplace.
Morrison’s
Restaurant
Morrison’s
In winter, oysters are best consumed beside a fire.
Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel
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Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel
A beach-chic venue that switches gear during the colder months.

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