Hotel Hollywood, Art Deco pub in Surry Hills, Australia
Hotel Hollywood is a pub in Surry Hills, Sydney, built in the Art Deco style of the 1940s and sitting on the corner of Foster and Hunt Streets. It features curved wooden bars, wall paneling, mirrors, and original light fixtures from when it was first built.
The building was originally called Nevada before being renamed Hotel Hollywood in 1940, at a time when several film studios were operating in the surrounding neighborhood. The new name reflected the influence of the local film industry on that part of Surry Hills.
Hotel Hollywood is one of the few pubs in Sydney where women were officially allowed to drink at the bar during the 1950s. Sitting at the curved wooden bar today, you are in a spot that once represented a real break from the social norms of the time.
The pub sits on a street corner in Surry Hills and is easy to reach on foot or by public transport from most parts of central Sydney. It opens only a few evenings a week, so it is worth checking which days before planning a visit.
Although the film studios that once defined the neighborhood are long gone, the name Hotel Hollywood has stayed, making the pub a rare physical reminder of an era that has otherwise left almost no trace in the area. Walking in, you are entering a building whose name tells a story that the street outside no longer does.
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