The questions below cover what the White Horse in Surry Hills is, who runs it, what it serves and how diners rate it. Good Food reviewed the reopened venue in May 2024 and called it “the pub’s most delicious iteration yet”. We separate what the venue’s own channels and tourism profile confirm from what critics and diners report, and we flag where the sources disagree.
Last checked: 2026-10-29
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Listed building type: Three-storey public hotel at 381 Crown Street (encyclopedic reference); venue website describes a restaurant, public bar and outdoor terrace · Dinner service: Tuesday to Sunday (venue Instagram profile) · Lunch service: Friday to Sunday, from 12pm (venue Instagram profile) · Booking policy: Reservations recommended; walk-ins welcome (venue Instagram profile)
How we researched this
Last checked: 2026-10-29.
Sources reviewed: official tourism profile, venue social media profile, newspaper restaurant review, weekend-lunch review, restaurant guide listing, neutral review platform listings (current and legacy), and aggregator coverage that quotes other outlets.
We did not visit the venue, interview staff or the owner, verify current menu prices, confirm happy-hour times, or retrieve the venue’s official website.
Snapshot at a glance
- 381 Crown Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010; ground-floor restaurant, upstairs public bar and top-floor rooftop bar; reopened April 2024 after renovation by Farago Han Studio; restaurant led by chef Jed Gerrard and Jun Hwang (Sydney.com)
- 4.6 of 5 from 9 reviews on the current TripAdvisor listing, a small and time-sensitive sample (TripAdvisor)
- Six-course lunch at A$55 per person, Friday to Sunday, 12pm to 3pm (Sydney Travel Guide)
- 120-bottle wine list curated by James Audas, with plenty of bottles under A$80, in an April 2024 listing (Broadsheet)
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Address | 381 Crown Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010 (Sydney.com) |
| Reopened | April 2024, after renovation (Sydney.com) |
| Listed building type | Ground-floor restaurant, upstairs public bar, top-floor rooftop bar (Sydney.com) |
| Lunch service | Friday to Sunday, 12pm to 3pm (Sydney Travel Guide) |
| Six-course lunch | A$55 per person, Friday to Sunday, 12pm to 3pm (Sydney Travel Guide) |
| Booking policy | Reservations recommended (Best Restaurants Australia) |
| Happy hour | Not verified in the research file |
What is the White Horse Hotel in Surry Hills?
The venue trades as The White Horse at 381 Crown Street. The sources we reviewed describe a restaurant with bars rather than a hotel. Sydney.com describes a ground-floor restaurant, an upstairs public bar and a top-floor rooftop bar, and says the venue reopened in April 2024 after a renovation.
The sources do not fully agree on what the building is. Broadsheet files the venue under bars, Best Restaurants Australia profiles it as a restaurant, and Good Food refers to the premises as a hotel when it describes the takeover. None of the sources we reviewed mentions accommodation. Sydney.com’s three named levels indicate a multi-storey building.
For the reopening timeline, see our White Horse Surry Hills history and 2024 dining guide.
Where is the White Horse located?
The address is 381 Crown Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010. Every source we reviewed places the venue in Surry Hills, Sydney.
Sydney Travel Guide describes the six-course lunch as running Friday to Sunday, from 12pm to 3pm. We could not confirm dinner service days from the sources we retrieved, so check the venue directly before you plan an evening visit.
White Horse Surry Hills Happy Hour
Our research does not confirm happy-hour times. Hotel Australia’s aggregated coverage mentions a happy-hour price, but that figure comes from secondary coverage, and the same coverage advises readers to confirm details before booking.
Warning: Do not plan a visit around a happy hour until the venue confirms the times and prices directly.
What this means: The address and reopening date are confirmed by the sources, but the happy hour is not, and it should be treated as unverified.
Who owns the White Horse in Surry Hills?
None of the sources we reviewed names an owner, so this article does not name one. Broadsheet describes Craig Hemmings, formerly of Quay, Chin Chin and Bistro Guillaume, as the general manager leading the 2024 overhaul. Good Food reports that Hemmings and silent partners took over the hotel in early 2023, but the material we reviewed does not name those partners.
Sydney.com credits chefs Jed Gerrard and Jun Hwang with leading the ground-floor restaurant, and it names James Audas and Michael Chiem for the drinks programme. The sources describe all of these people in operating roles.
Tip: To check ownership, use the venue’s official website or the contact details the property publishes. Neither was among the sources we retrieved.
The catch: Operating roles and ownership are different things, and the sources supply only the first.
White Horse Surry Hills menu
Sydney.com describes a progressive Australian menu built on ethically sourced produce, on what it calls an “affordable luxury” premise. Best Restaurants Australia describes a modern Australian menu with native ingredients, and it recommends reservations and set menus for groups of seven or more (Best Restaurants Australia).
White Horse Surry Hills Menu with prices
The prices below come from a 2024 review and a later lunch review. They are not the venue’s current menu, and we could not check them against the venue’s own price list.
Good Food’s May 2024 review recorded these à la carte prices:
- Beetroot millefeuille, A$24
- Wagyu tri-tip with chestnut mushroom sabayon, A$45
- Kombu-glazed toothfish, A$55
- Butter-poached West Australian marron, A$58, which the reviewer named the go-to dish
- Bar-menu steak sandwich with fries, A$34
The same review estimated about A$180 for two people, excluding drinks.
Sydney Travel Guide’s lunch review listed roasted chicken skin with spanner crab and cider gel at A$12 each, duck leg cigars at A$8 each, dry-aged Aylesbury duck at A$44 and seafood pie at A$46.
The six-course lunch runs at A$55 per person, Friday to Sunday, from 12pm to 3pm. As reported, its courses were sourdough with fermented honey butter, stracciatella, WA rock lobster pappardelle, Bannockburn chicken with gochujang jus, X.O. fried rice and Adelaide Hills brie ice cream.
On drinks, Broadsheet’s April 2024 listing reports a 120-bottle wine list with plenty of bottles under A$80. Good Food describes about one hundred bottles with a focus on organic and regenerative producers. Time Out Sydney’s June 2024 review noted wines by the glass under A$20, as quoted in aggregator coverage.
Warning: The date recorded for the Sydney Travel Guide lunch review is unusual, so confirm the lunch still runs before you go. The 2024 à la carte prices may also have changed.
The White Horse Surry Hills reviews
TripAdvisor’s current Sydney listing shows 4.6 of 5 from nine reviews. That is a small sample, and our research does not date the individual reviews.
The service was exceptional and the whole experience felt relaxed yet special.
TripAdvisor reviewer, couple (anonymised)
Time Out Sydney’s June 2024 review, as quoted in aggregator coverage, praised the food in similar terms. We could not retrieve the original article, so this wording is secondhand.
Exciting, clever and most importantly, delicious plates of food.
Time Out Sydney reviewer, June 2024 (quoted by aggregator)
Good Food’s May 2024 review ran under the headline “the pub’s most delicious iteration yet” and described the venue as a “highly tuned pub-restaurant with fine-dining chops”. These are single assessments rather than a consensus.
Warning: A separate TripAdvisor listing for “The White Horse” is marked CLOSED. Its reviews, dated 2017 to 2024, describe burgers, mac and cheese and halloumi, which points to the pre-renovation pub. Check the listing’s status before relying on its ratings.
Pros and cons
- Pro: Good Food and Time Out Sydney both describe the food positively.
- Pro: TripAdvisor’s current listing averages 4.6 of 5.
- Pro: Sydney Travel Guide reports a six-course lunch at A$55 per person.
- Pro: Broadsheet reports a 120-bottle wine list with plenty under A$80.
- Con: Best Restaurants Australia recommends reservations, so a walk-in visit may depend on availability.
- Con: Happy-hour times are not verified.
- Con: The rating rests on nine reviews, and the 2024 prices may have changed since they were reported.
- Con: The closed legacy listing can confuse searches for the current venue.
The bottom line: The sources are positive in tone, but the sample is thin and most of the price data dates from 2024.
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Frequently asked questions
Do I need a reservation at the White Horse in Surry Hills?
Best Restaurants Australia recommends reservations, and it lists set menus for groups of seven or more.
On which days is lunch served at the White Horse in Surry Hills?
Sydney Travel Guide describes the six-course lunch as running Friday to Sunday, from 12pm to 3pm.
How much does the six-course lunch cost at the White Horse?
The six-course lunch costs A$55 per person, according to Sydney Travel Guide.
When did the White Horse in Surry Hills reopen?
The venue reopened in April 2024 after a renovation, according to Sydney.com.
Who leads the kitchen at the White Horse in Surry Hills?
Chefs Jed Gerrard and Jun Hwang lead the ground-floor restaurant, according to Sydney.com.
What floors does the White Horse in Surry Hills have?
Sydney.com describes a ground-floor restaurant, an upstairs public bar and a top-floor rooftop bar.