The Local Taphouse - Darlinghurst

The Local Tap House is a dreamland for beer-lovers and certainly one of Sydney's best-kept secrets. Situated at the junction of Flinders Street and South Dowling Street in Darlinghurst, the art-Deco building features a beautiful 1920s interior and a rooftop open--air garden (not during winter though! <br/ <br/ While most typical bars and hotels offer a range of common beers and cocktails, the Local Taphouse allows you to rediscover your tastebuds with an eclectic mix of crafts beer from 20 unique and rotating taps which they brewed from their backyard. What comes out from the tap were rich, gourmet beers which were absolutely mind bogging. <br/ <br/ I had my Mango Ale a couple of months ago. The rich Mango flavour combines flawlessly with the thin summer ale. The attractive golden appearance and the aromatic and flavourful beer gives me an unforgettable experience. What impresses me more is a constantly changing tap list

Was a nice place to spend a rain afternoon with friends and family. not bad eating good choice of drinks, and children allowed!

Has a lot of potential, but my group has disappointed. at least 1.5 hours waiting for eating when we eat the only people in a round. my partner got a steak sandwich that I felt embarrassing to serve everyone! the steak was as thin as speck. the rest of the meal was very average. go to a beer, not to a meal!

We booked almost 2 weeks in advance and had requested a table on the rooftop bar. I was only informed the day before of our selected date that the rooftop was unavailable. A credit card is required to hold a booking which is $10...per person. I regretfully went ahead with the booking. Once we arrived, we were shown to our table. The inside of the pub looked so dingy and the tables were sticky. The ambience was just non existent. We went to the bar to grab some menu's there were 6 of us, I grabbed a few and was counting them. Then a lady said quite sternly They're one time use only like i was 6 years old. I said Yes, I know, I'm taking them to my table The menu we had only listed the food and the beers and cider on tap. There were no cocktails to be found. We ordered our food at the bar, I asked the same lady if they do cocktails, she responded with No that's all we do and pointed to the TV screen above her head which listed all their beers and cider. From where we sat, we could see the very same lady making cocktails for some other customers which really annoyed me. Both female and male bathrooms were disgusting. Female toilet had run out of toilet paper both upstairs and downstairs. This place is in need of some serious customer service skills and a whole lot of love in the upkeep and hygiene for their customers. The only positive thing out of this experience was a good chicken schnitzel meal but other than that, we definitely will not be returning!

Booked to come here for our first night out after lockdown. Paid for our meal and drinks in advance to accommodate restaurant. Our bartender/waitress was rude to us for our entire meal,would not get us drinks, our food was cold and her attitude was shocking...and made the whole experience a very bad one. The host was lovely however but I recommend having staff that actually have people skills and like their job. I understand it was a large group but we were just out to enjoy ourselves and she went out of her way to make us feel uncomfortable and not welcome. I would never advise for anyone to go here purely for the service alone that we got.