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The Dry Dock

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The Dry Dock

The Dry Dock Public House and Dining Room
Established in 1857. Open 7 days until late.

This timeless venue welcomes you with a stylish Public Bar, Outdoor Dining Courtyard, premium Sports Lounge, refined Lounge Bar, and destination ‘One Hat’ Dining Room.

22/08/2026

What time are you arriving?🍸

Open seven days for lunch, dinner and everything in between ....

16/08/2026

Wintery days call for fireside chats and comfortable Chesterfield couches.

Perfect pairings don't get much better than pasta, wine and a roaring, wood burning fireplace. All three await in our cosy Lounge Bar, open seven days a week until late.

Enjoy dining from our extensive bar menu, alongside an award winning 500 plus bottle list, including 49 x wines by the glass, champagne, and classic cocktail list to match. Accompanied by warm, welcoming service, this is the place to escape.

Discover our seasonal menu, including pasta dishes like our, Bucatini, King prawns, vodka, birds eye chilli, confit garlic pomodoro. A vibrant, warming pasta layered with sweet king prawns, rich pomodoro, and a gentle chilli heat.

15/08/2026

Discover our award-winning wine list, with 500 bottles to explore, and a selection of 49 wines by the glass. Open seven days a week for lunch and dinner until late.

13/08/2026

Our Late Night Cocktail Happy Hour is the one hour you don't want to miss ... enjoy Espresso Martinis, Lychee Martinis, Margarita’s, and Daiquiri’s all for $16 from 9pm to 10pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights 🍸

Enjoy great tunes with our Lounge Bar DJ sets from 7pm until late every Friday and Saturday nights. Our extensive bar menu is full of delicious bites and bistro classics and available until late seven days a week.

*Conditions apply. Happy Hour is available in the Public House areas only. Not available on public holidays or special events.

09/08/2026

Moments of late .... people, plates, prep, food, wine, flavours and the best kind of energy. Open seven days a week until late, and always ready to welcome you 🫶

06/08/2026

Vintage Reserva Grass-fed Tenderloin MBS2+ 220g- Pomme Lyonnaise, English spinach, sauce Choron

Our premium Vintage Reserva tenderloins comes from all natural, grass-fed pastures and are charred to perfection over our Josper wood fire and charcoal grill. Accompanied with crisp and buttery Pomme Lyonnaise, English spinach and a classic French sauce Choron, delicious flavours perfectly paired.

26/07/2026

A neighbourhood cornerstone since 1857. The Dry Dock continues to welcome visitors and locals alike 169 years later. A place to gather and escape, filled with cosy corners to choose from depending on your mood.

From casual beers and bites with family and friends, including your faithful four legged variety. To dining alfresco in our sunny outdoor courtyard, relaxing in the Public Bar, watching live sports in the Sports Lounge. To discovering our award-winning wine list, classic cocktails and delicious food in front of our roaring wood burning fireplace in the Lounge Bar. Or you may be heading into our Dining Room, awarded One Hat and Pub Of The Year in the 2026, Good Food Guide.

Open for lunch and dinner seven days a week, including all-day-dining on the weekends with an extensive bar menu available late every night, we are always ready to welcome you.

21/07/2026

Plush leather booths, a crackling double-fronted fireplace and late-night cocktails in the heart of Balmain. This is exactly what a winter evening in Sydney should look like — fire-kissed food, elevated pub classics and the kind of room that makes leaving feel genuinely difficult.

Read Sitchu's sum-up of Sydney's cosiest pub, The Dry Dock!
Link in BIO for the full story
Thank you!! .sydney

18/07/2026

Celebrate International Caviar Day with a cheeky bump today ....

BR Oscietra Tradition Caviar bumps and tins are on the menu in both the Public House and Dining Room, so no excuse not to indulge in a little hit of luxury.

Perfectly paired with a crisp glass of champagne, or your martini of choice ...

17/07/2026

Voted Australia’s No. 2 Gastropub! 🏆 The Dry Dock is truly honoured to receive this recognition at the Australian Hotelier Top 50 Gastropub Awards, among such a stellar list of incredible pubs from across Australia. Congratulations to everyone on the Top 50 list!

We are incredibly proud to have also won three individual category awards being:

Best Fit Out 🏆
Best Chef 🏆
Best Overall Menu 🏆

Heartfelt thanks to Australian Hotelier, Hospitality Magazine, HospoNEXT and the Pub Leaders Summit and sponsors, for their dedication and amazing support of the hospitality industry.

To our BEST CHEF Ben Sitton, and every member of our brilliant front and back of house teams, we say congratulations! Thank you for your passion, commitment and everything that you do every day.

We also share this recognition with our wonderful DD community, whose support means the world to us and is why we do what we do.

Come say cheers and celebrate with us!

See the full Top 50 Gastropub list ~ LINK 🔗 in BIO

Australian Hotelier
Hospitality magazine
HospoNEXT
Vanessa Cavasinni
Oolio
Coca-Cola Australia

Address

22 Cameron Street
Balmain, NSW
2041

Opening Hours

Monday	11am - 12am
Tuesday	11am - 12am
Wednesday	11am - 12am
Thursday	11am - 12am
Friday	11am - 12am
Saturday	11am - 12am
Sunday	11am - 10pm

Website

http://thedrydock.com.au/

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