Friend In Hand Hotel

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Friend In Hand Hotel

Glebe since 1857
NOW OPEN 7 Days a Week
Lunch & Dinner Daily The Staff are all amazing and if you want a well poured beer with a smile, this is the place to be!

Glebe's Oldest Hotel, The Friend In Hand Hotel is without a doubt, the Best Classic Aussie Pub in Sydney!
*Open Monday to Friday 10:00am til Midnight
*Open Saturday 10:00am til Midnight
*Open Sunday 10:00am til Midnight

BIG BILLS ITALIAN OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK. LUNCH
Monday to Thursday from 11:00am til 2:30pm

DINNER
Monday to Thursday 5:30pm till 9:30pm

OPEN ALL DAY
Friday 11:00am - 930pm
Saturd

ay 11:00am - 930pm
Sunday 11:00am - 9:00pm

The Multi Award Winning Hotel with it's unique interior and great choice of beers makes it a friendly and unforgettable place to visit. With a wide variety of activities including:
- Crab Racing
- Comedy
- Poetry
- Raffles

There is no other place you would rather be in the world! AWARDS WON BY THE BYRNE FAMILY (OWNERS) OF THE FRIEND IN HAND HOTEL

1989 Best Tourist Hotel
1992 Best Marketed Hotel
1992 Australia's Best Pub
1994 Runner Up Best Community Award
1994 Runner Up Best Marketed Hotel
1995 Runner Up Best Marketed Hotel
1995 Runner Up Best Community Service Award
1995 Runner Up Best Bar Presentation
1996 Sydney's Best Marketed Hotel
2009 Sydney's Best Place For A Flutter
2009 Sydney's Best Spoken Word Venue
2010 Sydney's Best Pub
2014 Sydney's Best Local Pub
2015 Sydney's Best Good Times Pub (Runners Up)
2015 Sydney's Best Pub
Come in and say Hi to George the Cockatoo and all his fellow workers , and remember at the Friend In Hand your a stranger but once. Publicans Mick and Pete will always brighten up your day with a chat and a joke, and were awarded best publicans 2008, by the pub.. A huge choice of beer, spirits, liqueurs and ciders.. makes your experience all that much better!. ENJOY!

06/06/2026

Cheers to the long weekend. 🍻

Friendship, good company and a few cold ones with the locals.

The fire will be cranking, the pool tables ready and the beers pouring.

Here’s to making the most of it.

03/06/2026

It’s Joker Poker night up to $4206!! 🃏

$200 rolling jackpot up for grabs, with tickets from 6.30pm.

And on the grill tonight — $22 rump steak, cooked your way, served with your choice of chips & salad or mash & veg. 🍻

Good feed, cold beers and a chance to take home the cash.

See you at the bar.

02/06/2026

Friend in Hand is open daily this June long weekend — 6 - 8 June.

Drop in for a pub feed, catch the sport on the screens, or settle in with a frosty cold one.

Your local, right through the long weekend.

Walk on in or book via link in bio.

01/06/2026

Monday’s got a pulse.

Spice bags on the table
Beers going down easy
Cues out, darts flying

$18 Spice Bags 🌶 🍗
$7.50 Schooeys ’til 3 🍻
$1 Pool ’til 3 🎱

You know where to find us.

31/05/2026

Big laughs, cold beers and your new Sunday plans sorted.

High Five Comedy is landing at the Friend in Hand — a monthly comedy night packed with some of the best in the game.

We’re kicking things off 31st May with a stacked lineup:
Daniel Muggleton, Cam James, Dan Rath, Julia Wilson, Sean Woodland, Steph Broadbridge, Billy D’Arcy & Mariah Nicholas.

Come in for a proper pub feed, grab a drink and settle in for the show.

🎟️ Early bird $15 + bf | GA $20 + bf
Grab your tickets via the link in bio.

30/05/2026

The perfect place to be on a Saturday is right here — beers with your mates and a proper pub classic on the table. 🍻

29/05/2026

It’s your turn to be this week’s winner.

Meat Raffles tonight — tickets from 6.30pm.
You’ve got to be in it to win it. 🎟

Come in, grab a beer, lock in your tickets and settle in for a big Friday night.

Let’s gooooo 🍻

27/05/2026

Be honest — you’ve earned this.

$22 rump steak, cooked your way — with your choice of chips & salad or mash & veg. 🥩

Then settle in for State of Origin live & loud across the pub before rolling the dice with Joker Poker from 6.30pm. 🃏

Jackpot’s sitting at a hefty $3635.

Could be dinner… could be dinner and drinks on us.

26/05/2026

Don your colours and get on down to Friend in Hand for State of Origin this Wednesday night. 🔵🏉

Live & loud across both levels with plenty of screens, cold beers and big game energy.

🍺 $18 jugs of VB during the game

Round up the crew and lock in a table via the link in bio.

23/05/2026

Our bistro sure is cosy with the fireplace going. 🔥

Settle in with a pub feed, grab a drink and escape the chill for a while.

Walk on in or lock in a table via the link in bio.

22/05/2026

New security on the door. 🐶

Best be on your best behaviour… or you might get smothered in licks and cuddles.

Friday meat raffle kicks off from 6.30pm with meat trays up for grabs, cold beers pouring and plenty of locals rolling through. 🍻🥩

21/05/2026

When you lock the crew in for dinner and the game at your local… it’s magic. 👌🏼✨

Got a big game coming up to catch with the gang? Hit us up and we’ll sort you out with a great spot on one of our two floors in front of the screens 👍🏼

19/05/2026

Tuesdays are looking pretty good around here.

$20 schnittys all day — crumbed, golden and hard to pass up now with buttery mash and seasonal veg.

Grab a table, tuck in, then head upstairs and line up a few shots in jacks_poolcomp

🎱 Sign-ups from 6pm
🔥 Sponsored by Reschs draught

16/05/2026

Saturday’s going off.

Burgers hitting the table 🍔
Beers flowing 🍻
Good times everywhere 😃

Fried chicken, chilli mayo, jalapeños — you know the one.

Add bacon. don’t think twice. 🥓

14/05/2026

Badge draw night’s here 💰

Get settled, grab something comforting, maybe a glass of white while you wait for your number to be called.

Alla Vodka — creamy tomato, parsley & parmesan.
make sure you add garlic ciabatta on the side 😉

13/05/2026

Cheers to everyone who came down and celebrated one year since we re-opened the Friend in Hand. 🍻

From party hats and glow sticks to seafood trays, VB eskies, raffle chaos and Milo standing on the bar calling numbers — safe to say it was a pretty great night.

Big thanks to all the locals who’ve supported us over the past year. We’ve built such a great little community here in Glebe and we’re bloody grateful for it.

And judging by the smiles on the winners’ faces… everyone was pretty chuffed with their haul. 🦞🥩

Here’s to many more years at the bar together. 🍻

12/05/2026

“Resch’s Refreshes: The only way to finish the 19th hole.”

The iconic “19th Hole” golfer poster was painted by Alan Douglas Baker, a renowned Australian portrait and landscape artist.

And these weren’t just prints — vintage pub signs like this were originally hand-painted in reverse on thick glass using vibrant translucent paints so they could glow from behind the bar.

A proper piece of Aussie pub history. 🍻

And if you’re part of the , don’t forget you score 10% off at Friend in Hand.

11/05/2026

Mondays aren’t slowing down — they’re just getting started.

And now we’ve got vego spice bags too — crispy cauliflower bites, same spice, same chaos.

$18 spice bags flying out
$7.50 schooeys pouring ’til 3
$1 pool ’til 3

Members knock 10% off
🎯 Darts on all day

Get into it. See you at the bar.

10/05/2026

It’s going to be a cracker of a day at Friend in Hand.

Whether you’re celebrating Mum with a feed and a complimentary glass of wine/ house beer on us, catching UFC 328 from 11am, West Tigers from 2pm, in the front bar or upstairs — or just popping in for a cold one — it’s all happening.

Bookings via the link in bio, or walk on in.

*Mother’s Day offer available with bookings only.

08/05/2026

Friday’s calling… and this is what you answer with.

BANGERS & MASH
Juicy pork & fennel sausages, stacked on creamy mash, finished with peas and a rich, silky red wine gravy.

Proper comfort, big flavour, nothing held back.
And yeah — it just hits different with a pint of Guinness on the side. 🍺

Stick around after… Friday night meat raffle kicks off from 6.30pm. 🥩

07/05/2026

Well… it went off. 💥

Jessie hit the $1800 jackpot last week, and Rob snagged the $200 cash giveaway.

So we’re back to $300 tonight — and climbing again.

🎟️ Tickets from 6.30pm

Cold beers, full tables, rounds flying — all eyes on that number. 🤑🍻

You’ve got to be here to win it.
Will it be yours?

06/05/2026

Any day’s a good day… but add a Negroni and suddenly it’s a great one 🍊🥃

Add Joker Poker at $3135 in the mix and you might find yourself richer!

Address

58 Cowper Street
Glebe, NSW
2037

Website

http://www.friendinhand.com.au/

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