The Henson Park Hotel Reviews

Soft shell crab burger is a gem. Great selection and great for kids.

It's very family friendly. Get the knuckle sandwich, it's awesome.

Friendly local with enough spaces to spread out, a room to dump the kids in, outside beer garden if it's a nice day, a good middle bar section with a few high tables and a cool front bar.

The staff here will do their best to help you out. You can book tables for larger groups, but for a weekend you'll need to book in advance as it's a popular place for local birthdays and celebrations.

The Henson also accepts clipp, this makes their setup of separate tills for the kitchen and the bar easier to manage with a group paying together, or splitting bills using the clipp app.

Parking is getting more difficult in the area, I expect partially because of the other cafes in the area stepping up their game. Try Two Chaps (vego cafe with OK coffee) or Illi Hill (awesome breakfasts)

Great pub good beers kid friendly gets pretty busy for weekend lunch sessions

Mulled cider - yum! And one of the best sandwiches I've ever had, the knuckle sandwich!
Loads of different wines and craft beers, great casual menu and great food!
Will definitely be back!

Both dog and child friendly. Provides both the drinks you want that night, ad well as the food ypu want the day after.

The signature "Knuckle Sandwich" was very tasty washed down with a pint of Newtowner

The venue is advertised as wheelchair accessible but it has no accessible toilets so I had to wheel two blocks to the tennis club to use their brilliantly accessible toilet. On the plus side though. The food was delicious!

Always an amazing time here catching up with friends! A fantastic venue with stella food and an array of cocktails /drinks. A must visit if you are in the Inner West

Surprisingly fun pub, with a great play area for the kids. Meals were delicious and we'll sized.

Great spot for a feed and a beer. Good spot for families as it has a kids play area.

Pretty good. Too many kids. Loved the no pokies and food was great

Were you picked on at school? Move to the inner west and enjoy all the diversity white people have to offer.

Great deli for snacks. Board games to facilitate positive interactions between you and your peers. Good beer. What more could you ask for?

Service at the bar is really slow and the staff seem to ignore new patrons until all the regulars are served but the beer is cold. So great for the regulars but if your liking for somewhere new to have a drink go elsewhere. It doesn't seem like they really want us.

Really enjoy this inner west pub. The pork belly burger with kimchi slaw is amazing and they have a fun kids play area also.

Great beers, great atmosphere and great staff.
We l love Zac the security guard, he's very friendly when kicking us out on a Friday night

Good food but priced at the premium end, the outdoor seating area is great but its a scramble to get a sun shaded table on a hot day, could use more umbrellas if I had to suggest anything otherwise really great place with good service

Absolutely pathetic

I come to this pub often with my family because it's close to where we live and that's easy for my kids.

Yeserday, I brought my children for the halloween disco event, it was a very busy night. Staff were doing all they could to handle the amount of patrons.
Same cannot be said for the owner who I witnessed make a mess for his staff to clean. He pulled a napkin from a stack, spilling the whole stack onto the ground and then proceeded to deal with this by kicking it and laughing. A waitress had to stop what they were doing to come and clean it up once he walked away.
This is behaviour I was embarrassed to witness, especially from the owner, and especially so when his staff are running around trying to serve and run the business on this particularly busy night.

Why is the owner creating, on purpose, more work for his employees?
This is something I would expect to see perhaps from the children at the venue, not somebody who works here and less so the person who owns the business.

I dont think ill be coming back.

Busy, loud, disorganised & poor service. We were a table of 6 with an overseas guest & none of the food came out together. The fries & dessert we're nice but nothing else. There was zero table service, we had to remove our own glasses throughout the whole lunch. Very disappointing!

This is a very classy old Sydney pub. Food is terrific.

Has an amazing sense of community with amazing food to boot. The staff make you feel right at home and it's kid friendly with a play area and all.

Good and original food menu. Excellent and unique selection of beer. Very busy and noisy at lunch over the week end. Kids frienfly. There is also a playground but not really safe so you can't really relax.

The food was extremely nice. Beer was very crafty. Family friendly also.

Had my leaving drinks in here. All had so much fun! Beautiful place, tasty food and awesome service

Horrible overpriced food. The worst burger and 8 chips ever for $20! The beer is overpriced as well. Music is loud and kids are running around screeching and unsupervised. The kids playground is handy but the lousy food makes it not worth the effort.

Fast service, family friendly, excellent menu and drinks. Cannot fault.

Stopped in for lunch after going to IKEA, decent prices for good American style food (especially the wings) and an excellent range of condiments.

Good
Food is good, beers are good, environment is nice. Basically if it s in control of the staff it s good. Great staff and fast friendly service.
Bad
The play room is feral! Not the room itself which is basic but clean but the locals who bring their kids there (sometimes straight from school, still in uniform) and let their kids run wild. It s often over crowded with older kids and totally unsupervised.
If you have tiny people I d say stay away.
We have gone there on and off for years and it s getting wilder and wilder.
I will say it s 100% not the staffs fault it s the other parents who will allow their kids to bowl over other little ones then accuse responsible parents of being a helicopter parent for watching out for their kid.

Busling vibrant pub, nice food, great night out with mates

Sport, great food, huge selection of beers and guinness. Can't be faulted

Absolutely loved visiting The Henson recently!
Food was sensational especially their salt and pepper squid, atmosphere was great, kid friendly and best of all we could take our dog along as well, highly recommend!!!!!!!

Great food and great environment to head to during work lunches. There is a great menu selection, suitable for everyone. Prices are a bit steep though. This place is not for anyone on a budget.
Staff are friendly and there is never really a long wait here. It can get a little busy on a Friday.

Funky cool pub with a great out door area - always grey service and food!

Easily one of the best pubs in the Inner West for atmosphere and food. Decent wine list by the glass too. Love being able to take my dog to the courtyard.

Good spot for food and drinks. Slightly out of the way but food is decent. I had a half kilo of chicken wings for $17, house red was $7.50.

Great pub. Great food. Great drinks. Great night out

Amazing spot. Really good beer selection and the food was incredible. I asked for a food recommendation, and the server was correct in saying that the chicken sandwich would change my life . The burger that my companion ordered was equally as tasty. Nice selection of sauces to go with your meal as well.

I always enjoy visiting The Henson. Sure, it can get pretty frantic outside on a weekend with all the kids and dogs, but it's a fun kind of crazy. Plus it's got great food and really lovely staff. It's not the cheapest place around but hey, it's far from being the most expensive either.

Beef grass feed burger and the Nadi Coreng dish was fantastic pub food:)

Very loud , relatively expensive especially for the wine and food ordinary . Soooo overated

The over priced steak I ordered rare was like eating my shoe.

Great beer selection. Good menu, reasonably priced.

Fantastic pub experience, great food with reasonable prices.

One of the best places in Marrickville. Pet friendly.

Food is OK but weird condiments avaliable, like no actual tomato sauce. Plenty of staff working, but not there to serve you when needed/to order

Cracking place in every aspect. Love it! Great beers and food, awesome atmosphere!

Disappointing. Had the beef burger, it was not bad but for $19 at a pub in Marrickville I expected much more. Nothing special about the burger just a bit above average pretty standard to be honest. Served with some frozen fries I expected at least sweet potato or hand cut. No sauce served with the fries either. Mac and cheese was very good. Very overpriced food.

Awesome pub for families with youngsters and good food too!

Good range of beers and wonderful food. Today I had a satay chicken roti wrap. Yum. Really nice and chill. Good play area for kids.

Awesome pub and great spot after a game at the park down the road

Great atmosphere. The Chicken burger really wasn't what a Chicken burger should be. Lemonade and hot chocolate were pretty good.

Fun place for a drink, pleasant staff, interesting decor, good range of drinks and food.

Always a delicious time at the Henerson. Food, cool music, chilled atmosphere. Highly recommended

Great food, excellent range of beers and friendly attentive staff. You cant go wrong at the Henson.

Great pub for a meal and family friendly with a kids playhouse and menu.

Food was okay, great atmosphere though. Great place to get some food and drinks. Didn't like the burger but the ribs were awesome!

Excellent outdoor casual area. Great selection of drinks. Some areas need a bit of attention but it works

Good selection of food and drinks. Mixed trendy crowd.

Far to noisy for a comfortable meal.
Food isnt as exciting as it could be.

Something for everyone. Front bar for the adults, sports on screen. Themed nights. Games room. Other areas are kid friendly, romper room outback, open air section, 2 extra covered sections. Decent choice of food inc kids meals (could do with being about 10 percent cheaper). Good selection of craft beers and a lovely deli to boot.

This is a great place with good food good atmosphere lots of craft beers to choose from good kids play area big size they're pinball machines and old arcade video games which is pretty cool to show the kids reasonably priced food and beer

Every time i have a knuckle sandwich it's the best one I've ever had.

Pretty great pub in Marrickville. Food is fairly $$ for a pub but always tasty. There is a lovely beer garden and staff are mostly great

Terrible - management came and kicked us off our table because someone booked it even though there was no sign or anything! Pub was full so had to leave! Shocking attitude to customers!! Never coming back!

Best family and pet friendly pub in Sydney.. and the food rocks!!!

has a lot of choices in the menu you'll never get tired of tasting and trying something new

Great place to hang out and wonderfully done the interior, kid friendly with a playground thing at the back and delicious food

20$ meals with the portion of an entree, waited 45 mins for the food and 30 in the line to order. They are understaffed and overbooked. The drinks were over priced and quite horrible. Not going back