The Balmain Hotel

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The Balmain Hotel Nestled in the cosy neighbourhood of Sydney’s Inner West, The Balmain Hotel is the perfect destination for anyone and everyone.
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Balmain’s second oldest Pub, dating back to 1869 – turns tropical, urban oasis. There is always something on at The Balmain....Lunch specials, trivia nights, members badge draw, live music and Happy Hour!

Saturday’s got horses at lunch and a haka at one.If Flemington’s not in your weekend plans, we have the Cox Plate on the...
23/10/2026

Saturday’s got horses at lunch and a haka at one.

If Flemington’s not in your weekend plans, we have the Cox Plate on the screens from the first race.

There’s the All Blacks v France, 1pm, sound up - with no skin in it, which is the best way to watch a Test. The b**r garden’s open, kitchen going all afternoon.

Back a horse. Back whoever’s not the All Blacks. Stay for the afternoon.

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Friday: snags at 4, Wallabies at 7.45.Free BBQ from 4pm, happy hour 4 to 6, three meat trays drawn at 5. Then Wallabies ...
23/10/2026

Friday: snags at 4, Wallabies at 7.45.

Free BBQ from 4pm, happy hour 4 to 6, three meat trays drawn at 5. Then Wallabies v Scotland, live and loud on every screen from 7.45pm, which is roughly when the b**r garden moves inside.

Gold on. Book a table if you want to be sitting down for the anthem.

Hollywood’s Bottle Shop, this week.Reckless Brewing Red IPA, 4 pack $26 - that’s Friday’s Wallabies sorted. Balter XPA, ...
23/10/2026

Hollywood’s Bottle Shop, this week.

Reckless Brewing Red IPA, 4 pack $26 - that’s Friday’s Wallabies sorted. Balter XPA, a case of cans for $64 - that’s the rest of the weekend.

Grab both on the way through.

And for the w**e lovers…..
this week our specials live in the fridge.

Chilled reds. Vinden Gamay out of the Hunter - wild fermented, hand plunged, eight months on old oak, made to be drunk cold. $40 in the shop, $80 at the bar.

See Saw Gamay from Orange - raspberry, sour cherry, a bit of spice at the end - $25 shop, $55 a bottle or $12 a glass at the bar. See Saw Marge, a cloudy skin-contact Gamay Pinot Noir, same prices.

And the See Saw Gee Gee, a skin-contact Pinot Gris and Gewürztraminer - not a red, but it wants the fridge too - $25 shop, $55 bar.

Red w**e, cold. Took us 157 years to get here.

Melbourne Cup is Tuesday 3 November. Two weeks from today.If the office is doing a long lunch, do it in a room with a sc...
22/10/2026

Melbourne Cup is Tuesday 3 November. Two weeks from today.

If the office is doing a long lunch, do it in a room with a screen - Tiki Huts, Garden Wall Courtyard or the Mezzanine. Theres’s no room hire, no deposits, the kitchen does grazing boards through to a sit-down feed, and the Bora Bar’s open for the sweep.

Send us a DM with a headcount.

Fascinators optional. Encouraged, though.

$600 on the badge this Thursday. Last week’s winner’s long gone, so it’s anyone’s.The number gets called between 6.30 an...
22/10/2026

$600 on the badge this Thursday. Last week’s winner’s long gone, so it’s anyone’s.

The number gets called between 6.30 and 7.30 and you have to be standing in the room when it is. Meat trays at 6, 7 and 8.

Kids eat free, and a burger and a b**r is $20.

Small jackpot, short odds. Get in before it climbs.

Halfway there. Pasta and pinot will get you the rest of the way.Any pasta on the menu with a glass of pinot, $30, and th...
21/10/2026

Halfway there. Pasta and pinot will get you the rest of the way.

Any pasta on the menu with a glass of pinot, $30, and the Dart Comp going on the board next to you. Nobody’s aim has ever improved after the pinot. Plenty have claimed otherwise.

See you tonight.

Dan Spillane’s got the b**r garden this Sunday.Sunday Sessions, from 2pm. $16 cocktails off the spritz menu, $10 Young H...
19/10/2026

Dan Spillane’s got the b**r garden this Sunday.

Sunday Sessions, from 2pm. $16 cocktails off the spritz menu, $10 Young Henrys pints, and the roast chicken out of the kitchen if you’re making a lunch of it. Live music every Sunday from here through summer, so if you miss this one there’s another coming.

Don’t miss this one, though. Tables go early.

A full wall of tiles beats a full inbox. Every time.Mahjong in the Bora Bar from 6.30pm tonight, free to play, and if it...
19/10/2026

A full wall of tiles beats a full inbox. Every time.

Mahjong in the Bora Bar from 6.30pm tonight, free to play, and if it’s your first go someone at the table will teach you as you play.

Steak’s on from 5 - $20 rump or $25 sirloin out of the Bistro - so get in early and eat before the tiles come out.

Seats go. Book yours via the link in bio.

Sunday at The Balmain, in order: roast beef, then jazz, then nobody leaves.Roast from lunch. Dan Barnett and the four pi...
18/10/2026

Sunday at The Balmain, in order: roast beef, then jazz, then nobody leaves.

Roast from lunch. Dan Barnett and the four piece in the Bora Bar from 3 to 6pm. Fire's on, red's poured, weather's someone else's problem.

Come in out of it.

16/10/2026

Got a 30th, an engagement or a work do between now and Christmas and haven’t sorted a room?

Five of them here. Tiki Huts, Garden Wall Courtyard, Bora Bar, Mezzanine, Upstairs. No room hire, no deposits, and the kitchen does everything from grazing boards to a sit-down feed.

DM us with the date and a rough headcount. The rest is easy.

Friday’s the easy one.Free BBQ from 4pm. Happy hour 4 to 6. Three meat trays drawn at 5, so you could leave with dinner ...
16/10/2026

Friday’s the easy one.

Free BBQ from 4pm. Happy hour 4 to 6. Three meat trays drawn at 5, so you could leave with dinner for tomorrow as well. Then the Bora Bar for whoever’s not ready to go home.

Nobody needs a reason on a Friday. Here are four anyway.

Hollywood’s Bottle Shop has the weekend’s sport covered.Balter XPA 4 pack $20. 4 Pines Japanese L***r 6 pack $20, or the...
16/10/2026

Hollywood’s Bottle Shop has the weekend’s sport covered.

Balter XPA 4 pack $20. 4 Pines Japanese L***r 6 pack $20, or the 18 pack case for $55. Corona case $60.

The horses, the Wallabies...you’ll only need to stock up once.

Hollywood's Bottle Shop has the weekend's sport covered.Balter XPA 4 pack $20. 4 Pines Japanese L***r 6 pack $20, or the...
16/10/2026

Hollywood's Bottle Shop has the weekend's sport covered.

Balter XPA 4 pack $20. 4 Pines Japanese L***r 6 pack $20, or the 18 pack case for $55. Corona case $60.

The horses, the Wallabies...you'll only need to stock up once.

Someone from Rosser Street walked out with $2,400 last Thursday. The badge is back to $500 and climbing.Meat trays at 6,...
15/10/2026

Someone from Rosser Street walked out with $2,400 last Thursday. The badge is back to $500 and climbing.

Meat trays at 6, 7 and 8. Badge Draw called between 6.30 and 7.30. School's back, so the kids eat free, and a burger and a b**r is $20 for whoever's paying. Then the Rugby League World Cup opens with Australia v New Zealand at 8.05pm, live and loud.

Locals night. Kangaroos after dinner.

Australia v New Zealand. Thursday night. Then again on Saturday arvo.Rugby League World Cup opener, Kangaroos v Kiwis, T...
14/10/2026

Australia v New Zealand.

Thursday night. Then again on Saturday arvo.

Rugby League World Cup opener, Kangaroos v Kiwis, Thursday 8.05pm.

Bledisloe Cup, Wallabies v All Blacks, Saturday 3.15pm. Both live and loud on every screen.

Two codes, one neighbour, one pub. Book a table for whichever one you care about more. Or both.

C’mon Aussies.

Wednesday has one job: pasta, pinot, $30.Any pasta on the menu with a glass of pinot, then darts for anyone who reckons ...
14/10/2026

Wednesday has one job: pasta, pinot, $30.

Any pasta on the menu with a glass of pinot, then darts for anyone who reckons their arm’s still steady after the w**e.

It’s midweek already. You’ve earned a sit down.

13/10/2026

Think you know the answer to this?

Trivia’s better with a full room. Harder to win, too, which is the point.

Gabe’s on the mic from 7.30pm, free entry, prizes for the winners. The curry’s chicken katsu with rice this week - get it ordered before the first question so you’re not distracted mid-round.

Round up the smart mates. Register your team over the bar or call 02 9810 7500

Jazz by the fire this Sunday. Dan Barnett and his four piece band in the Bora Bora Bar from 3pm. The weather's not meant...
12/10/2026

Jazz by the fire this Sunday.
Dan Barnett and his four piece band in the Bora Bora Bar from 3pm.

The weather's not meant to be awesome, which is fine - the fire's going and there's a shiraz with your name on it. Sunday Roast is beef if you're coming for lunch first. (you should).

Get here early and settle in.

There’s a version of Monday where you’re home by 7 doing nothing in particular. Then there’s this one. Steak from 5pm - ...
12/10/2026

There’s a version of Monday where you’re home by 7 doing nothing in particular.

Then there’s this one.

Steak from 5pm - $20 rump, $25 sirloin. Mahjong in the Bora Bar from 6.30pm, beginners and old hands both.

Book a seat via the link in bio.

The table fills before the grill does.

09/10/2026

Eleven Fridays until Christmas. Fewer than that are still free.

If the work party’s sitting on your to-do list, it’s a quick one to tick off here - five rooms, no room hire, no deposits, and the largest b**r garden in Balmain for the years when everyone actually turns up.

Send us a DM with a date and a rough number and we’ll sort it for you.

Bledisloe Saturday, Bathurst Sunday. Hollywood's Bottle Shop has the fridge side of that covered.Asahi 24 pack $65. Carl...
09/10/2026

Bledisloe Saturday, Bathurst Sunday. Hollywood's Bottle Shop has the fridge side of that covered.

Asahi 24 pack $65. Carlton Draught 24 pack $60. Corona 12 pack $30. Jervis Bay 4 packs - XPA, l***r or pale $19, the IPA $22. Ned's Bourbon 10 pack $56. Gravity Seltzer 4 packs in watermelon, lime or grapefruit, $18.

Then there's two new ones on the w**e wall.

Little Yering Shiraz - dark fruit, a bit of black pepper, and something at the end that tastes a lot like black forest cake. $20 in the shop, $50 at the bar. Silkman Sem Sav is the other direction entirely, floral and citrusy and made for the b**r garden. $25 shop, $55 bar.

Grab it on the way home Friday and you're set for both.

The many happy faces of locals taking home the meat tray. It’s local’s night tonight. The Badge Draw’s at $2,400 and sti...
08/10/2026

The many happy faces of locals taking home the meat tray.

It’s local’s night tonight. The Badge Draw’s at $2,400 and still nobody’s been in the room for it.

It gets called sometime between 6.30 and 7.30 on Thursday. Meat trays go at 6, 7 and 8.

A burger and a b**r is $20 and the kids eat free, so dinner’s cheap even if your number isn’t the one.

Locals night. Be here when it’s called.

It’s a short week. Wednesday’s already here, and it comes with pasta.Any pasta on the menu and a glass of pinot, $30. Th...
07/10/2026

It’s a short week. Wednesday’s already here, and it comes with pasta.

Any pasta on the menu and a glass of pinot, $30. That’s dinner done, and nobody at your place has to wash a pot. Not even the dog.

Tables from 5.

Gabe’s back tonight.Which means trivia runs the way it’s supposed to - questions from 7.30pm, free entry, prizes for the...
06/10/2026

Gabe’s back tonight.

Which means trivia runs the way it’s supposed to - questions from 7.30pm, free entry, prizes for the winners, and no arguing with the bloke holding the answers.

This week’s curry is satay pork with basmati rice, $26.

Order it early so you’re not trying to eat through the music round.

Register your team over the bar or call 02 9810 7500

Technically the long weekend ends tonight. Technically.Steak from 5pm, $20 rump or $25 sirloin out of the Bistro. Then m...
05/10/2026

Technically the long weekend ends tonight. Technically.

Steak from 5pm, $20 rump or $25 sirloin out of the Bistro. Then mahjong in the Bora Bar from 6.30, free to play, beginners welcome. Tuesday can sort itself out.

Book a seat at the table via the link in bio.

Address

74 Mullens Street
Balmain, NSW
2041

Opening Hours

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

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