👋 About us

About Burwood.xyz

We're an independent, locally-run guide to Burwood — built by people who live here, queue for the dumplings, and have strong opinions about bubble tea.

What Burwood.xyz is

Burwood.xyz is a hand-kept guide to the best of Burwood: where to eat, the bubble tea and dessert run, the shops, and the park and getting around. We're not a council site or an automated scraper — just locals who got tired of repeating the same recommendations and decided to write them down.

Who's behind it

We're a small, independent team based in and around Burwood. Between us we've worked our way down Burwood Road more times than is sensible, argued about the best hand-pulled noodles, and tried every bubble tea shop in the postcode — so the recommendations here come from genuine local experience, not a media kit.

How we choose what to list

  • Local first. We list businesses that genuinely operate in Burwood and the surrounding Inner West.
  • Recommended, not advertised. Standard listings are free and editorial — a business can't pay to be called good.
  • Licensed & legitimate. For trades and regulated services, we ask for the relevant NSW licence details.
  • Kept current. We review listings regularly and remove places that close or consistently let people down.
  • Clearly labelled. Anything sponsored or affiliate-linked is marked Featured so you always know what you're looking at.

How we stay free (and make money)

Burwood.xyz is free to use and always will be. We cover our costs in two transparent ways:

  • Affiliate links on some stays and tours — if you book through them we may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you.
  • Optional Featured listings for businesses that want more visibility — always clearly labelled.

Earning a commission never changes our honest opinion, and we only feature places we'd send a friend to. Read the full affiliate disclosure.

Where we cover

Burwood is our focus, with the surrounding Inner West — Strathfield, Croydon, Ashfield, Five Dock and Concord — close behind. If you run a great local business in the area, we'd love to hear about it: add a listing (it's free).

Get in touch

Spotted a gem we've missed, or something out of date? Use our contact form — we read everything.

Acknowledgement of Country. Burwood.xyz is published on the lands of the Wangal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and acknowledge their continuing connection to this place.