Dove & Olive

Surry Hills, Australia

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20 reviews

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Telephone:
+61 2 9699 6001
Website:
www.doveandolive.com.au
Address:
156 Devonshire St, Surry Hills, New South Wales, 2010
Surry Hills
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
640 ftSurry Hills, Elizabeth Street nr Devonshire Street
970 ftSurry Hills, Elizabeth Street Nr Goodlet Street
0.2 miSurry Hills, Cleveland Street nr Wilton Street
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Takes Reservations
Yes
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Apple Pay
No
Accepted Cards
Credit, Debit
Accepts Bitcoin
No
Good For
Dinner
Parking
Street
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
No
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Hipster
Noise Level
Loud
Good For Dancing
No
Alcohol
Full Bar
Coat Check
No
Smoking
Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
Outdoor Seating
Yes
Wi-Fi
Free
Has TV
Yes
Dogs Allowed
No
Waiter Service
No
Caters
No
Has Pool Table
No

Today

Today 11:00 am – 12:00 am
Closed now
Local time (Surry Hills) 4:44 AM Sunday, June 1, 2025

Business hours

Monday 10:00 am – 12:00 am
Tuesday 10:00 am – 12:00 am
Wednesday 10:00 am – 12:00 am
Thursday 10:00 am – 12:00 am
Friday 10:00 am – 12:00 am
Saturday 11:00 am – 12:00 am
Sunday 11:00 am – 12:00 am

Description

Specialties

We pride ourselves on our wide range of Australian beers on tap and delicious pub food.

We serve up daily $ 9.90 specials and our delicious $ 15 Sunday Roast is rated by Time Out Magazine as one of the best in town.

History

Established in 2012.

Previously the Clarendon Hotel & The O Bar.

Meet the Manager

Dan R.

Manager

2014 Highly Commended (Publican of the Year award), Time Out Sydney

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20 reviews of Dove & Olive

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Place rating: 4
Erskineville, Sydney, Australia
One of my favorite pubs in Surry Hills … it’s got the awesome array of craft beers I enjoy plus the food that makes you wish you lived next door … and that atmosphere that seems like something huge is always going on. One of the coolest ones in the area … even better if you score a window seat and watch the world go by.
Place rating: 4
Seattle, WA
Yes! This an excellent place for quality pub food and an excellent draft selection highlighting microbrews. While I was staying down near Central Station for a little bit, this was my go to for dinner. You get great quality pub food for very reasonable prices, and then some great exposure to microbrews here. As someone from the US West Coast, I want to see more of this out here in AU!
There are always some great specials or themes going on during the week, so you might as well grab a chair and hunker down over some good eats and brews!
Place rating: 5
Ithaca, NY
My quinoa salad with smoked salmon was phenomenal and the beer flight for $ 10 was a great value! Definitely go to!!!
Place rating: 4
San Francisco, CA
Decent food and plenty of beer.
We had a table booked upstairs and made use of the bar only a few steps away. However, the beer selection downstairs is a bit grander, so people took turns going downstairs for other rounds.
The menu offers beer suggestions to pair up with various menu items. This is awesome for indecisive people… like me.
Free wifi for about two hours.
Even though it got a tad loud at times, I was still mostly able to hear the people across the table from me, which is nice. It’s not cool to go home and have your ears ringing from dealing with hella noise.
Damn, I’m getting old.
Place rating: 4
Sydney, Australia
There seem to be plenty of substandard pubs running along Devonshire Street but Dove and Olive isn’t one of them. Its dim lighting and cushioned lounges give it a relaxed ambience and make it very welcoming. The décor is stylish and the space offers plenty — there’s seating inside, out front and in the courtyard. They specialise in craft beers and have a wide variety, 20 to be specific, some of which I’ve tried — they’re excellent. And each day they offer discounts on food — on Mondays for example you can grab schnitzels with a topping of your choosing, fries and salad for $ 9.80. So why am I not giving it 5 stars? Well, let’s say the food was good, but just not good enough :)
Place rating: 3
San Francisco, CA
I don’t quite remember why I bookmarked this pub but I did and that caused me to wind up at the Dove & Olive on a rainy night last week at peak beer o’clock. The whole dining area was incredibly loud and kind of grungy which wasn’t what I was expecting. Maybe it was just me but the food was cheap but still not worth the price and my beer seemed kind of on the expensive side for the venue. Eat here in a pinch and certainly drink here, everyone was having a great time, but I’m not heading back any time soon.
Place rating: 3
Sydney, Australia
Good for a cheap jug of beer & a meal. The boys that bought our meals out were awesome but the three chicks at the bar struggled to serve the entire bar and only acknowledged the customer directly in front on them.
Good atmosphere & they quickly fixed a wrong order issue with a great attitude.
Keep this up in mind for an after work quick beer or a cheap eat with mates.
Place rating: 5
Eveleigh, Sydney, Australia
The pulled pork po’boy was delicious. Best pulled pork meal I’d had in a very long time.
Place rating: 5
Paddington, Sydney, Australia
YUM. Nothin else to say that ain’t been said. Ridiculously awesomely big portion of salt and pepper squid…
Place rating: 4
Sydney, Australia
Good American style food, Poboys, ribs, buffalo wings… Worth a visit. Beer selection good, combination of Aussie boutique beers and American pale ales.
Typical Surry Hills bar, although seemed a better mix of local regulars and hipsters, so still had some ambiance.
Lights pretty dusty, so either part of atmosphere or needs some TLC
For all the comments about dust and hipsters, this was my kind of bar and spent several hours with good company.
Place rating: 4
Sydney, Australia
Had a birthday on the Dove and Olive balcony which worked out beautifully. The food was good, the beers were fantastic and the friendly waitstaff were so attentive, it seemed odd at first (I got used to it real quick).
Post renovation, these guys have really built themselves a reputation as a craft beer destination. They’ve done a good job hipster-​ing themselves up (moose heads, antique lamps, boutique beer) without wandering into wanker-​territory. Between the selection of beer on tap that would make Danny Murph look limited and their daily specials (hellooo $ 9 steaks!) add this to your list of summer beer hangouts!
Place rating: 5
Wollongong, Australia
Came here for the trivia Tuesday night and love it. The food is delicious. We got the Po Boy which was the special on Tuesday and it was delicious. The trivia was quite entertaining too and we all had a good evening.
Place rating: 4
Sydney, Australia
The Dove and Olive has trivia on Tuesday nights and it’s worth coming just to listen to the host’s endless commentary in between each question. If you are sensitive to swear words then you won’t like it, but I think he is entertaining and just bloody f*#cking funny as h*ll! The questions come at a decent pace and there are ‘who am I’ questions in between each round with the opportunity to win free beers.
The food here is also great — try the steak or the salmon or the po boy special.
Place rating: 4
Sydney, Australia
I love this pub simply because of the craft beer! Now, the food here isn’t anything special, specifically because it is in Surry Hills, and there is great food. But they always have craft beer on tap — and a lot of it.
More importantly, this is the pub that has the Battle of the Beer — this is where a competition occurs between 2 different brewers, and the winner is on tap for the entire month. So, yes, I am a lover of craft beer and hence I am a lover of the Dove & Olive.
Just a warning it does get really crowded here and noisey, so sometimes it is hard to talk to friends — but that’s why I encourage everyone to learn AUSLAN (Aus sign language), always helps and noise never becomes a factor.
Place rating: 4
Redondo Beach, CA
I can’t tell you if D & O is typical of pubs in Sydney. If it is, then that town is more of a treasure than one might expect. But I’ll bet that this joint is exceptional in all the best ways.
#1. The Fish and Chips here are spot on. There is just that perfect crunch to the light fish (barramundi) that is just superb, even when you’re halfway done with your pitcher, you still keep saying, wow this is great.
#2. The price is right. On everything.
#3. Cool places to sit, alone, in pairs or with a gang of pals. I like the open windows.
#4. Swift, friendly service.
But I have to say the whole pub thing as done Aussie style is just a cool experience for us Yanks. Now I’ve been to several pubs actually in Sydney, now that I think of it. And this one had just the right mix of families, hipsters, suits, sportos and girls. Everything had a very comfortable vibe. Nice one guys, even without American catsup. (Like that Bone Doctors BBQ Sauce).
Place rating: 5
Camperdown, Sydney, Australia
Went to the new and improving Dove and Olive (old Clarendon) last week. The new owners definitely know what they are doing. I had a beautiful chorizo and prawn pizza as well as a steak. The pizza didn’t even feel oily! Was pretty impressed with the size of the steak too, for a reasonable price. Give it a crack, the foods a winner.
Place rating: 4
London, United Kingdom
Dove & Olive is a nice little spot, near enough to Central station and Surry Hills to warrant a post-​work pint.
The food was really reasonably priced — $ 12.50 for a schnitzel — and really good quality for what one might ordinarily expect from pub food.
They also have the footy on, so it’s a good spot to watch the match, if you find yourself here after a long day!
Place rating: 4
Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
Enjoying an incredible rainy Sunday night at this gorgeous Surry Hills place. They organise great live jazz concerts and tonight’s band is just outstanding! And their restaurant offers quite descent Italian food for a reasonable price. No doubts I will come back!
Place rating: 2
Sydney, Australia
This place is another nice old Surry Hills pub (built in 1876, apparently) that’s been treated to an upgrade. You’ve got a few spaces to choose from: the main bar downstairs, the courtyard or balcony, or the cocktail bar upstairs. There are a bunch of events, like live jazz each Sunday and cocktail happy hour from 4pm to 7pm Monday to Friday. There’s also $ 1 pool between 6pm and 8pm Monday to Friday and all day Sunday!
There are $ 10 meals on offer all day, but I’d recommend the beef and Burgundy pie with mash and peas for $ 16 (an excellent winter warmer) or the chicken schnitzel burger with chips and guacamole for $ 12. There’s also a bottle shop attached should you wish to take a few roadies with you.
Place rating: 3
Sydney, Australia
The Clarendon Hotel on Devonshire Street in Surry Hills is a nice pub where you can get a cheap meal from. In fact there is a $ 10 all day menu. You can’t get much cheaper than that!
There is things on during the week like some pub trivia or poker so if you feel like using your brain or trying your luck it might be worth a visit. Each weekday happy hour lasts for three hours so if you get there the right time and order a meal it can be a nice and cheap night out.
There’s a couple of tables outside although ample room downstairs and they even have an upstairs bar.
It’s pretty popular with the after work crowd and locals and it’s not hard to see why.