The Tilbury is that rare inner-city pub-restaurant that feels equally right for a midweek Martini, a long Sunday lunch or a dressed-up dinner on home turf in Woolloomooloo. Set back from the wharf on Nicholson Street, it trades harbour theatre for something more quietly assured: a heritage shell smoothed into a contemporary, Mediterranean-leaning dining room with just enough polish to feel special, but not so much that you can’t wander in straight from the Art Gallery or the Domain. AMBIENCE > From the street, The Tilbury presents as a handsome, white‑facaded corner pub, its heritage bones softened by greenery, umbrellas and the promise of a courtyard hidden within. Inside, long leather banquettes, varnished timber and fireplaces give the public bar an easy, clubby warmth, while upstairs and out back the spaces open into decks and terraces that drink in the light. The restaurant itself sits a few…