Brunswick Ballroom

Opened in 2021 in the old Metropolis House on Sydney Road, a 290-seat room reached by a plunging staircase under stained-glass domes that nod to Leonard French. You book a table for live music, cabaret or comedy, most nights with dinner — chicken schnitzel or five-hour beef cheeks at your seat. A balcony opens over the strip; the Artists' Bar runs its own gigs downstairs. Part velvet curtain, part sticky carpet, in their words.