Elegant Georgian houses on the left, Sydney Harbour ahead, Harbour Bridge to the right; this Art Deco pub doesn't need food to make it a charmer. There's a posh restaurant upstairs, but then you'd miss out on meeting the engaging locals in the ground-floor bar, one of whom even clears your plates away when you've finished 'because I used to work in a cafe'. The seafood platter vanished in a few minutes, the oysters unusually plump and briny-fresh for a pub. The $10 sirloin steak (Mondays and Tuesdays only) is hard to beat, while the date and walnut pudding vanished in a jiffy and the cheese plate was served at room temperature.