Your Shout in a Sydney Pub This Father's Day

A pub-style hotel minus the pension day barflies: Trinity Bar and Bistro is Darlinghurst's number one bar for Irish beers, ciders on tap and pub grub without the grub.

The Union Hotel, in North Sydney, has transformed itself from the humdrum brick-house on the road in North Sydney, into something rather more a la mode - in other words, it's gone French.

With a variety of entertainment options, a 24-hour cafe and grill, and its very own creche, the Waterworks Hotel is proving quite the popular destination.

Grab a boutique beer from the tap and tuck into a double-cheese burger while the kids entertain themselves. It's good, wholesome fun at the Winston Hills Hotel.

At Unity Hall, the zippy first floor Attic Room lends itself to delights ranging from swing dancing to in-house jazz. Meanwhile, ye olde classic Unity keeps beckoning back its regulars with Foxtel, pool, a juke box and 10 amber boozes on tap.

Creative types mingle with locals at this most unpretentious of watering holes. Get a good feed with plenty of brew at the Rose Shamrock and Thistle.

Lazy Sunday afternoons spent at the Town Hall Hotel are par for course in this part of Balmain.

The beer garden at the Green Park Hotel is known far and wide as an intimate setting for quiet drinks or a rowdy weekend.

The Sandringham Hotel is a 'what you see is what you get' establishment, with a focus on cold beer, a game of pool and live, local acts.

A king's ransom of cocktails and fine spirits easily justifies the amount of accolades awarded to the Bayswater Brasserie.