Oxford Hotel in Sydney will open by Mardi Gras

The Gay owned and operated Oxford Hotel on the corner of Taylor Square will open before next Friday night.

I have been monitering the progress of the 6 million dollar redevelopment over the past few weeks. The huge banner and scaffolding came down last week but an empty shell was all I could see.

Today I wondered past it looked like a bee hive, I tried to talk to some builders who were too busy to talk, I then noticed a man in black and thought he looks important. After telling him he looked important he smiled and said he was the project manager.

He said he has 70 tradesman working in and around the hotel at the moment. He said it was due to open tomorrow night but conceeded that was not going to happen but it must be open by next weekend or they are fined for everyday late it is. Understandably as it is the busiest time of the year, Mardi Gras week.

The ground level is a bar and underground nightclub should both be operational, the upstairs restaurant may not be.

Gone is the pink colour, replaced with a heratige colour, with stained timber cafe style doors, it looks great I cant wait to see it next week and call in for a coldy.

So if your coming to Sydney for Mardi Gras do call in and check out the most recently refurbished pub in Sydney.