The Club is at the heart of the CBD with all its sophistication and convenience. Not only minutes from historic Macquarie Street, the Royal Botanic Gardens and the State Library but we are close to Sydney’s beautiful harbour and many of the city’s iconic attractions. The Rocks and the Sydney Opera House are an easy stroll down towards the Quay.

The Club is a short train ride from the international and domestic airports, with major retailers, restaurants and cultural institutions nearby.

In 1857, various leading citizens determined to create a new gentlemen’s club in Sydney that was broad, more social and less political in function. The symbolic name – the Union Club - echoed similar Union clubs in London (1805), Hobart (1834) and New York (1836).

In the mid-1950s, the Club was rebuilt in the Bent Street section of its gardens – using the services of the leading architect of the day, Sir Arthur Stephenson. This building, with its distinctive curved brickwork shape, was the last of the purpose-built city clubhouses in Australia. It remains, to this day, the centre of club activities.

We are proud of our inheritance and still provide that agreeable oasis within the city that James Macarthur sought to create back in 1857.
 

CLUB ROOMS
Dangar Room / Members's Bar / Members' Dining Room / Private Dining Room / Red Room / Library Room / Card Room / Knox Room / Knox Dining Room / Level 3 Terrace & Bar

Traditional, elegant or contemporary, the Club has formal rooms and areas, each with a unique style and feel.

In addition to the superb choice of function rooms in the Bent Street Clubhouse, there is now a new venue – The Terrace on level three.

The Club not only has a variety of rooms and areas perfect for any occasion, but it also includes a dedicated and enthusiastic Functions Department to assist members in planning and budgeting to the last detail. All this is backed by our dedicated staff, whom you’re already familiar with in the daily running of the Club.

From stand-up cocktail soirees to seated breakfasts, lunches and dinners - with or without projection and enhanced audio. Something grander in mind? The Club can deliver glamorous ‘fairy tale weddings’, VIP dinners, Chamber and Opera recitals, social birthday parties, matching food and wine experiences. The recently opened level three allows your expectations, plus our creativity, to soar.