Location: The Rocks – Sydney NSW
Date of visits:
- October 2026
- June 2024
- August 2023
- December 2019
- December 2018
- December 2017
- December 2016
- June 2013
- June 2012
Overall score: 5/5
No Sydney pub crawl around The Rocks would be complete without a visit to The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel. Affectionately known as simply “The Lord”, this historic pub has plenty of stories to tell and a few good ales to help tell them!
The Lord Nelson lays claim to being Sydney’s oldest continually licensed hotel and is also home to Australia’s oldest pub brewery. So there’s a fair bit of history behind the bar, along with some rather good reasons to pull up a stool.
This heritage-listed pub and hotel is located at 19 Kent Street, Millers Point, and dates back to the late 1830s. The building was constructed using sandstone blocks, which are thought to have been quarried locally near the base of Observatory Hill.
It’s one of those pubs where the history and atmosphere are just as appealing as what’s being poured into your glass.
We normally make a point of dropping into “The Lord” whenever we’re in Sydney. It’s always worth stopping for a cold beer or two and soaking up a bit of old Sydney pub culture.
Our verdict: A classic Sydney pub with plenty of heritage, character and good beer. Definitely worth adding to your Rocks itinerary. After all, you can’t visit historic Sydney without sampling a little liquid history!
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We normally visit “The Lord: whenever we are in Sydney. Always worth a stop for a cold beer or 2.
