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LGBTQIA+ pub
The Beresford Hotel
Bourke Street, Surry Hills. Restaurant-quality food.
About The Beresford Hotel
The Beresford is a Merivale pub on Bourke Street in Surry Hills, with an Art Deco exterior and a cobblestoned beer garden lit by lanterns under Japanese maples. Merivale bought it in 2010, and it runs a modern Italian menu alongside the bars.
It is best known for Beresford Sundays, a free weekly party with a strong LGBTQIA+ following. It starts in the courtyard from midday with rotating DJs playing house, disco, dance classics and pop hits, then moves upstairs to keep dancing as the evening goes on.
Written by LateOne.au, checked 13 October 2026. Sources: merivale.com, eventsinsydney.com, broadsheet.com.au, thegaypassport.com. Hours and door policies change, so check with the venue.
- Area
- Surry Hills & Chippendale
- Music
- Slick queer venue; Beresford Sundays
- Best nights
- Sunday
- Address
- 354 Bourke St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
- Beresford Sundays
- From 12pm, free entry
- Owner
- Merivale (since 2010)
Check the venue’s own listings for tonight’s program, hours and door policy.
Map & Street View
Pin from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Street View opens the nearest street photo; entrances can be round the corner, so check the venue’s own directions.
Around The Beresford Hotel
Within a ten-minute walk: ARQ Sydney (3 min, lgbtqia+ club), Kinselas (4 min, lgbtqia+ club nights), Palms on Oxford (5 min, lgbtqia+ club), The Oxford Hotel (5 min, lgbtqia+ pub & club), Universal Sydney (8 min, lgbtqia+ club) and The Cliff Dive (9 min, basement bar & club). Plus 2 more nearby.
Walking times are estimates from the map, not routes.
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Checked 13 October 2026 against Destination NSW, venue sites and Transport for NSW. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.