Friday nights in Chinatown · 5–10pm
Chinatown
Markets
Street food from Hong Kong to Hanoi, sweets and late-night finds under the lanterns. Free entry, rain or shine. 唐人街 · 周五夜市
周五夜市Friday night market
5–10Every Friday
Free entry
Temporary homeHay St & Harbour St, Haymarket, while Dixon Street is rebuilt. Back on Dixon Street soon.
Yum cha ◆ Skewers off the grill ◆ Takoyaki ◆ Roti canai ◆ Bubble tea ◆ Dragon beard candy ◆ Pho ◆ Bao ◆ Mango pancakes ◆ Mochi ◆ Yum cha ◆ Skewers off the grill ◆ Takoyaki ◆ Roti canai ◆ Bubble tea ◆ Dragon beard candy ◆ Pho ◆ Bao ◆ Mango pancakes ◆ Mochi ◆ Yum cha ◆ Skewers off the grill ◆ Takoyaki ◆ Roti canai ◆ Bubble tea ◆ Dragon beard candy ◆ Pho ◆ Bao ◆ Mango pancakes ◆ Mochi ◆
Tonight’s menu
Order up.
今晚Tonight on the street
60+independent stalls
Hong Kong to Hanoi
What’s coming off the grill, out of the steamer and into a paper bag.
No. 01点心Yum cha & dumplings
No. 02烧烤Skewers off the grill
No. 03小吃Takoyaki
No. 04奶茶Bubble tea
No. 05包子Bao & shumai
No. 06甜品Sweet things
Haymarket after five
Where cultures meet.
Kitchens on the street
6+cuisines
one street
ChineseThaiKoreanIndonesianVietnameseMalaysian
Chinatown has never been one cuisine, and the crowds are just as mixed. Read the signs, follow the steam and try something new.
点心Dim sum
烧烤Grill
小吃Snacks
甜品Sweets
奶茶Milk tea
5–10
A Friday, hour by hour4pmWoks on. Stalls set up.5pmLanterns on. First queues.7pmPeak hour. Take a second lap.10pmLast orders. See you next week.
Big nights
Four nights to circle.
HaymarketCity Markets · 1909
100+years as Sydney’s market street
These are the Fridays the whole street turns out for. Dates go to the newsletter first.
Christmas Fridays
Fridays in December 2026
Late-night gifts, festoon lights and something sweet for the walk home.
Lunar New Year
Sat 6 Feb 2027 · to be confirmed
Lanterns, festive food and a special night market for the Year of the Goat.
Moon Festival
September 2027
Lanterns, mooncakes and a full moon over Haymarket.
Back on Dixon Street
2027 · Date to come
The market moves home when the City of Sydney finishes the street upgrade.
Our street
1920s
HaymarketGadigal Country
Haymarket has been Sydney’s market street for more than a century, and Chinatown has called it home since the 1920s.
Friday nights are the newest chapter.
The Dixon Street gates
1909The City Markets open on Hay Street, where Paddy’s Markets stands today.
1920sChinatown follows the produce markets to Haymarket.
1980Dixon Street becomes a pedestrian mall and the gates go up.
2025The gates are restored and heritage listed. The Friday market moves to Hay St while Dixon Street is rebuilt.
Find us · for now
Hay St & Harbour St.
Hay StHarbour St
Our temporary home while Dixon Street is rebuilt: on the corner in Haymarket, beside the Paddy’s Markets light rail stop. We’re back on Dixon Street soon. Most stalls take card, and there are ATMs in Market City.
Chinatown MarketsFriday service
NOWTemporary home · Hay St & Harbour StTEMP
FRIEvery Friday, 5pm–10pmFREE
L1Light rail · Paddy’s Markets stop1 MIN
TRAINCentral or Town Hall10–15 MIN
2027Back on Dixon StreetSOON
Follow the glow
Seen on a Friday.
Lantern hour, the grill queue and the last dumplings of the night.
@chinatownmarketsLantern hour
@chinatownmarketsThe lantern stall
@chinatownmarketsOff the grill
Stallholders
Light up a stall.
Trade where Sydney eats on a Friday night: students, visitors and the after-work crowd, every week, rain or shine.
Stall ticketRetail and makers from $200 a night
Hot food from $370 a night
Every Friday, 5pm–10pm
A stallholder at work at Chinatown Markets
See you
Friday.
周五见See you Friday
Every Friday · 5–10pm · Temporarily at Hay St & Harbour St, Haymarket · On Gadigal Country