The Marrickville Ritz

Good food and friendly staff. They have specials throughout the week as well.
Good atmosphere and family friendly

So great to see Marrickville getting some serious investment in its nightlife. Winning venue. Great size. Great food. Their white wines by the glass are great as well. Interior design is really well thought out and very clever. Love the sign.

So I finally made it to the Ritz. How ironic to have a place called «the Ritz» in Marrickville? Are you making fun of us? That’s not very nice! Is there a Ritz in Rooty Hill? You guys should open a Rooty Hill Ritz. OK, now I’m just being classist jerk, lol.
The staff were super nice and friendly and the place does seem to have a good vibe. All the standard bar food is on the menu — burgers, fish and chips, wedges, etc.
I think it’s probably a great place for groups and to just hang out, have some beers and chat. Subsequent visits will help me decide if its one star up or one star down… but for now, it was cool :)

Pulled pork roll FTW. Arrived here for a singles lunch. Was pretty empty for a Friday, but that suited me fine. Had pulled pork roll and rosemary salted chips (so good). And a Fat Yak beer.
The venue is great, I’ve only been to the main bar area but its large, open and airy. There is a good range of food and beer, and some good wines as well. It’s a great addition to the Marrickville social arena.

This is a great pub, one of the few places in Marrickville that seems to have a great presence at night. Food is always top notch, and the service is great. Definitely a great place to catch up with some friends, have a drink and a bite to eat. Highly recommended.

New! It must be a brand new pub. There was never a pub here before…
Turns out, after some research, that the Ritz holds the license from the old owners of the Henson Park hotel. I was curious and It had to be looked up because they have a huge Pokie room here. Which, in our times, the license for is hard to get, let alone a license for a brand new pub.
I liked the vibe. A two level pub, still under construction, there is an upstairs area that I snuck a look at. Perhaps a restaurant upstairs soon, and it’s own rooftop parking. A good idea considering the traffic will probably spill over into local residential areas otherwise.
Marrickville council staff had booked out the entire front section for their Xmas party, truth be told. (Had me wondering about all the approvals and red tape, just for a laugh…) They were partying hard to the live music act, which sounded good up the front, but the speakers in the back eating area, did no justice to the sound. Volume was wrong. Could do with a better ambient sound system to even out the chat/​music ratio.
The décor I found to be pretty naff. The big light bulb lit «RITZ» looks cool from the street, but inside, the mix of old barrels which were really awkward to try and eat food on, to the old cable spool, smaller round tables seemed mismatched to the brand new tiling and the pre-​print «vintage newspaper» wallpaper. Along with an attempt at rustic, with a mix of old lounge chairs and stuff that looked like it was picked up at council clean up, and brand new upholstered chaise style lounges, to me it was having a bit of an identity crisis.
Down to the grit, the food here is really good. I had the Pumpkin and goats cheese Ravioli with some guilty pleasure, Butter and Walnut sauce. The Burger is also pretty tasty. Although I think some places do not understand the need for an actual plate when you order a burger, and that those wooden boards do not work.
They have a good selection of Salad choices too. I was torn between a pulled pork roll and the Prawn and chorizo salad or the pasta. In the end I flipped a coin between the pork and the ravioli. I just couldn’t choose. Thanks to «heads» I was pretty happy with my meal.
They have some really good Wine choices, for a reasonable by the glass price.
Beer on tap included Fat Yak.
Cool for over 30s crowd.
Was pretty packed for a Friday night. Parking is currently hard to get.
A good edition to an ever gentrified Marrickville.

A very, very welcome addition to Marrickville. It’s a pub you actually want to spend time in!
They’ve done a good job with the layout. It’s large, spacious, very open-​feeling. There are stools at high tables, lower ones for small and large groups, and lounge-​y low chairs and tables in the back if you want a bit more seclusion. Everything’s still very new and clean, and is a mix of industrial/​shabby-​chic (think old luggage trunks for tables, glued-​together Jenga blocks for menu holders, and tin buckets for your cutlery). Parts of it seem almost trying a bit too hard to be funky, but it’s not overbearing.
The food is mostly familiar pub items (schnitzel, burger, fish and chips) but with a few nice additions. The pulled pork roll is excellent. And their chips are delicious across the board, with lots of rosemary salt making them a cut above the average.
They have lunch specials. They often have live music in the evenings. Their wine menu is small but better than pub average (Mudgee barbera, anyone? Yes please!).
The only thing I find a bit annoying is that they have segregated counter areas for ordering food and drinks.
I’m kinda disappointed to be leaving Marrickville now that the Ritz is here.