The Strand Arcade

This is a beautiful and quaint boutique arcade with only a few levels. It is a well-maintained and fully functional historical building. It offers an intimate atmosphere, especially during Christmas with colourful and sparkling decorations for shoppers to enjoy and relax with friends and family. There are coffee shops and snack bars on the ground floor dotted between the specialty shops, including an antique jewellery shop, a specialty tea store, an up-scale hand-made chocolate shop located on each side of the Arcade. The shoe-shine place with a professional shoe-shiner has a permanent spot there. There are shops on level 2 as well, which can be reached by an old style elevator. The sky roof is also a special feature which brings natural light into the Arcade. I always enjoy just taking a slow walk through the Arcade which links George Street and Pitt Street Mall. All of my overseas visitors always enjoy their visit here. I highly recommend a visit to this special place located in the middle of Sydney CBD.

This place was built in 1891! This fact alone is pretty cool to me. Words aren’t enough to describe how amazing it feels to step back over 100 years when you visit this place. With all the shops here, a good time is guaranteed if you fancy a memorable shopping experience.

Well let’s begin, we wanted to have lunch, so walked into the Strand Arcade it’s amazing and we walked around Admiring this historical scenery, we walked around there was about 3 to 4 cafes close to each other and we chose this one, they had the friendliest service and that’s why we chose cats pyjamas. The portion size to the food was pretty good, Wasn’t expecting it. The food tasted amazing, The eggs were done correctly not overly cooked, And you can tell the avocado was Peeled on the spot, Was worth the wait, presentation was great. Price was reasonable considering we’re in the city and for what we ordered. I highly recommend eating here. I will be back

My favourite arcade in Sydney. Stunning old English architecture and expensive jewelry and gift shops. Hubby had a hair cut here at the fancy Barbers and I enjoyed sitting on a fancy wrought iron seat, people watching. Was able to capture a beautiful photo of what looked like an up-market hippy looking in the window of a jewelry shop and also someone getting their shoes shined by a fella dressed in a prim and proper English shoe shiner outfit. Every time we visit the Strand Arcade it's a delightful experience.

I've never seen a shopping arcade with such an awe-inspiring architecture. The shops on street level were great. The 2nd fl was too quiet. The coffee options were great. I love Gumption Coffee.

Very victorian feel shopping arcade located in the heart of Sydney cbd. Similar to the Queen Victoria building as well, just a smaller scale. Parking is very expensive around the area and I suggest if you drive, to book in advance your parking online at a much cheaper rate.

Beautifully restored arcade, but is very tight to get around. The lift is slow or doesn't work - probably needs better signage

Nice building to take a walk through. The shops are on the posh side, and it’s rather cramped and narrow as one might expect from an old building. But that gives it character. If you walk along the second floor, there are more stores and you fly just a little closer to the sunroof which is just lovely. Not sure if it’s dog-friendly. There’s a cute little stationary kiosk near the George Street end that’s great for pressed cards.

It's just a really nice looking strand/mall, that's the main reason why I visit! There is a good range of boutique shops, but honestly I've never shopped in them. But certainly worth a look, even if it's just for the architecture.

Stunning building of yesteryear. Just wonderful and worth a stoll down memory lane.