Sutton Forest Inn

Stop in for a Guinness on the deck and take in those rolling Highland views. The Sutto is, by some margin, the best all-rounder pub in the region, whether you’re in the front bar playing cards with your partner and putting your nose in one of the fairly decent whiskies (there’s even an open-fire in winter to complete this scene), or settling into the bistro for a cut-above schnitzel or rib-eye with Cafe de Paris and potato gratin.

A place of tartan carpet, vintage booze posters and taxidermy, plus a little takeaway deli section if you need goat’s cheese and crackers. Meanwhile, Berrima’s Surveyor General Inn has long been home to one of the cosiest public bars in the country. More fireplaces, more beer, more schnitzels as long as a Sherrin.

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