Royal Hotel Leichhardt

After three weekends visiting Royals in the regional areas of New South Wales, the Royal Tour finally hit the city with the Royal Hotel Leichhardt. The honour and responsibility of the first city Royal write-up, that goes to John. So without further ado, please enjoy his retelling of our exploits:

An American, two Australian guys, plus two Australian women, plus one of the women’s dog walks into a bar. Also later there was another Australian guy. You have probably heard this one. The bar is the Leichhardt Royal. The next stop on the Royal tour brings us into Sydney and it feels kind of special honestly. To have 4 mates and a dog join us for for this stop is very cool.

Bizarrely the last time Jordy and Cory and I were together for a beer was about 15 year ago at the Leichhardt Royal. Also bizarrely Jordy bought cory and I belated Christmas presents which were just random food items stolen from his work. Nothing to do with the Royal, but a story worth telling. Also, I’m not sure where my tin of tuna went.

Anyway, the Leichhardt Royal is great. A done up city style pub that you could still imagine your dad drinking at when he was your age. Having a beer outside on hot summer afternoon with mates, the sport still on inside, and later, live music when we’d had two beers more than we should have.

The Leichhardt Royal also got in on supporting the mighty Wests Tigers (the Tigers but being from Balmain/Leichhardt). As I type we are having our equal worst start to the season

The Leichhardt Royal is just a good honest Sydney pub. Plus it was made all the better by the extra friends (Wendy-Anne, Sarah, Nathan, Kira the dog and Jordy the human came to cheer us on, and, if memory serves me correct, tell terrible terrible dad jokes).

Royal Stats

• Town/Suburb: Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW
• Population: 15,158
• Date Visited: Friday, January 27, 2023
• Visited By: Cory, John, Jordy, Wendy-Anne, Sarah, Nathan, & Kira the Dog
• Beer Sponsorship on Sign: None
• Beer Consumed at Pub: Balter XPA
• Price of Schooner of Said Beer: $9.60
• Unique Award: Most Tolerant Bouncers
• Tour Progress: 14.0% (19/136)