The Chippendale Hotel, known to locals as the Chippo, is a corner pub on Abercrombie Street billed as Sydney's first fully vegan pub. It pairs a relaxed front bar with a beer garden and a downstairs room for gigs and comedy.
Who would love it: anyone who wants a neighbourhood pub with a full vegan kitchen and live entertainment most nights of the week. Who should skip it: drinkers set on a classic steak-and-schooner counter meal, since the food here is plant-based from end to end.
The Urban List describes the Chippo as a gastropub turned fully vegan, with large rounded windows, a beer garden, and a downstairs space that hosts live music and comedy almost every day of the week. The pub keeps standard seven-day hours, which makes it as workable for a weeknight pint as for a weekend gig.
The draw is the combination of a proper pub setup and a kitchen that runs entirely without animal products, so the burgers, parmas, and bar snacks are all plant-based versions of pub staples. Order from the kitchen and settle in the beer garden rather than treating it as a quick stop, since the room rewards a longer sit.
The Chippendale Hotel sits at 87-91 Abercrombie Street, in the dense student and gallery quarter south of Central Station, within walking distance of Redfern and the University of Technology. That location keeps the crowd young and local, with the downstairs gigs pulling a music-minded audience on top of the regulars.
Pricing stays in everyday-pub territory, which is part of why it works as a local rather than a destination night out. The live program runs most nights, so checking what is on downstairs before arriving turns a casual pint into a fuller evening.
The pub occupies a classic corner building with large rounded windows, a layout the Urban List singles out as part of its character. The ground floor holds the main bar and dining, while the downstairs room runs the gigs and comedy that fill the calendar.
Being fully vegan sets the kitchen apart from most Sydney pubs, with plant-based takes on burgers, parmas, and bar snacks rather than a token meat-free option. That focus has made it a draw for the city's vegan crowd on top of the local Chippendale regulars.
The beer garden is the spot to settle on a warm afternoon, and the seven-day hours make it as workable for a Tuesday pint as a Saturday session. The crowd skews young, shaped by the nearby university and the gallery quarter around it.
The location south of Central Station puts it within walking distance of Redfern and the University of Technology, which keeps a steady student and creative crowd through the week. That setting, plus the live program, gives the pub a community feel rather than a destination-bar polish.
For the fullest night, checking the downstairs listings before arriving turns a casual pint into a gig or a comedy set. The pricing stays in everyday-pub territory, which is part of why it holds its regulars rather than trading on novelty alone.
The Chippo leans into its identity as a local first, with the vegan kitchen and the stage as the two things that mark it out. That combination is rare enough in Sydney that it pulls drinkers from beyond the immediate neighbourhood.
As a community corner pub with a vegan kitchen and a stage, the Chippo belongs among Sydney's pubs rather than its cocktail rooms. See where it sits in our guide to the best pubs in Sydney, and browse more rooms across the best bars in Sydney.
