Charing Cross Hotel

Went with three friends to the Charo — unexpected for what I used to think was just a pub. Excellent service — friendly and informed — and standout dishes at our table were the lamb neck (slow cooked, melt in the mouth), sword fish and a shared bread and butter pudding. Impressed by the care taken by a staff member managing a second bottle of red at a neighbouring table — quickly sniffing the cork before topping up half drunk glasses. Not something you see every day. Well fed and in very good hands.

They added a restaurant and changed the pub menu semi-​recently. I have been here a couple times with friends and hockey teammates and have been super pleased with the service and food each time. Charing Cross hotel has some of the best pub food in Sydney! The Charo burger and fried chicken burger are superb, and I can also highly recommend the roast chicken pie which is massive.
The inside is cozy and there is a beer garden outside if you want some sunshine. Highly, highly recommend this place for a pub feed, dinner or social gathering!

Nice bar and pub with great refurb. Staff were friendly and food was a-​ok.
They tried to add about $ 50 onto the bill which made me think that their till system wasn’t quite right or were trying to rip me off.
They also had pretty rank toilets even though they were newly refurbed, they needed a good clean and the staff seemed unconcerned!
Overall a medium experience.

This review is for the dining room.
Nice refurb but overall I feel like the place is trying to position itself as fine dining and missing the mark. They really should just take it down a notch and focus on good pub food.
Food was ok — interesting menu but everything we ordered seemed to lack flavour
Wait staff were overbearing, and dare I say, annoying, asking us how everything was every 10 minutes but then when we actually ordered or needed anything, service was slow and disorganized. We had finished our starter before the wine turned up.
They don’t take Amex either but rather than an apology I got attitude about why they don’t accept it.
Good to see the place has been given a facelift but they need to stop trying so hard without the goods to back it up.

Your classic local dive pub. Most of the patrons are regulars and are on a first name basis with the bar staff. Cheaper drinks than The Robin Hood Hotel and $ 3 house beers on Wednesday nights and Saturdays during the races. Has a small restaurant inside ‘No Names’ which relocated from the Beach rd Hotel after being there for more than 20 years. Veal or Chicken Schnitzel with cheese and sauce (deep fried schnitzel with packet cheese and pasta sauce) are their signature items and are somewhat famous amongst Sydneysiders. Nice for a quiet beer and cheap meal with a couple of friends but not much more.