These are the state's top-rating pubs, as reviewed by the Good Pub Food Guide team.
Three schooners = Gastro-tastic (best in its class)
The Carrington, Surry Hills
Carrington Place, Carrington
The Cessnock Hotel, Cessnock
Gol Gol Hotel, Gol Gol
Harts Pub, The Rocks
The Imperial Hotel, Paddington
Le Pub, Sydney
Patonga Beach Hotel, Patonga
The Royal Oak Hotel, Cessnock
Smithtown Riverview Hotel, Smithtown
Welcome Hotel, Rozelle
Woolwich Pier Hotel, Woolwich
Two schooners = Plenty of "wow" factor (highly recommended)
Australian Youth Hotel, Glebe
Bago Tavern, Wauchope
Bangalow Hotel, Bangalow
Boyles Sutherland Hotel, Sutherland
Briars Historic Inn, Bowral
Burrawang Village Hotel, Burrawang
The Burwood Inn, Merewether
The Commercial Hotel (Gerry’s), Millthorpe
Denman Hotel, Denman
The East Village Hotel, Darlinghurst
The Entrance Hotel, The Entrance
Gladstone Hotel, Newbridge
Grand National Hotel, Paddington
Great Southern Hotel, Haymarket
Harrigan’s Irish Pub, Pokolbin
Jack Duggans Irish Pub, Bathurst
Jamberoo Pub, Jamberoo
Longueville Hotel, Lane Cove
The Oriental Hotel, Springwood
Oxford Hotel, Bathurst
The Paddington Arms, Paddington
The Palace Hotel, Broken Hill
Potters Hotel and Brewery, Nulkaba
Rocksia Hotel, Arncliffe
Royal Albert Hotel, Surry Hills
Royal Hotel Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan
Sutton Forest Inn, Sutton Forest
Top Pub, Uralla
Town Green Inn, Port Macquarie
Walcha Road Hotel, Walcha Road
The Willow Tree Inn, Willow Tree
The Woolpack Hotel, Redfern
One schooner = Raise a glass of the good stuff (a good option)
The Alexandra Hotel, Leura
The Australia Hotel, Cessnock
Bangor Tavern, Bangor
The Bank Hotel, Newtown
The Bellbird Hotel, Bellbird
Blue Gum Hotel, Waitara
Buckland Hotel, Alexandria
Bushrangers Bar & Brasserie, Largs
Camden Hotel, Camden
Camden Valley Inn, Camden Park
The Carlisle Castle Hotel, Newtown
The Centennial Hotel, Woollahra
The Coopers Hotel, Newtown
The Courthouse Hotel, Howlong
Donnybrook Hotel, Lithgow
East Village Balmain, Balmain East
Elanora Hotel, East Gosford
Farmers Arms Hotel (Kelly’s), Tocumwal
The Glenmore Hotel, The Rocks
Hotel Canobolas, Orange
Hotel Gosford, Gosford
Imperial Hotel, Bowral
The Lakes Hotel, Rosebery
The Lennox Hotel, Lennox Head
Lone Pine Tavern, Rooty Hill
The Norfolk, Surry Hills
Parkview Hotel, Alexandria
Riverview Hotel, Balmain
Rose of Australia, Erskineville
The Roundabout Inn, Gloucester
The Royal Federal, Branxton
Star Hotel, Macksville
Taralga Hotel, Taralga
White Bull Hotel, Armidale
Yamba Shores Tavern, Yamba
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Pub Food Guide 2013
Correction: An addition was made to this list to address a production error.
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