The Sporting Globe

The Sporting Globe at King Street Wharf is a sports bar and grill at 22 The Promenade, the Sydney outpost of the Victorian chain that started in Geelong.

The room is built around screens. This is where you come on the wharf to watch the game rather than glance at it: AFL, NRL, football and whatever else is on, with the sound up for the big fixtures. The bar pours its own Wood Duck Cream Ale alongside the usual taps, and the kitchen runs American style pub food, wings, burgers and share plates, rather than the seafood and waterfront dining that surrounds it on the Promenade.

That contrast is the point. King Street Wharf’s strip is mostly white tablecloth seafood and cocktail bars, and the Sporting Globe is the one venue on the boardwalk where a group in team colours is the target market rather than a surprise. It suits big tables, work crowds on a Friday, and anyone who wants the harbour at their back and the footy in front of them.

Hours and when to go

Open seven days from midday, and from 11am Friday through Sunday. Monday to Wednesday it closes at 9pm, Thursday to Saturday it runs to 11pm. Game nights fill it fast; for a marquee fixture, arrive well before the bounce.

Getting there

It sits mid Promenade, a two minute walk from the car parks on Shelley and Sussex Streets. The evening flat rate after 5pm at Sun Parking is the cheap option for a night game. Full layout on the precinct map.

If the game ends and the night has not, Cargo Bar two doors along runs to 2am most nights.

More venues: all restaurants at King Street Wharf.