After the best drag shows in Sydney? The Imperial’s Drag and Dine is WORLD FAMOUS for a reason! It’s the ultimate way to experience drag at the Impy. Join us Friday and Saturday nights for blockbuster production shows featuring Sydney’s finest showgirls. Spread across two stages and The Impy’s ICONIC bar top- every seat is the best seat in the house.
From milestone celebrations to casual catch ups, we’ve got you covered. Bring your office, bring your date… we don’t discriminate!
Dining with us? Book in at any time. Don’t want to grab dinner? No worries – you can watch the shows from anywhere in our Main Bar. Shows at 8pm, 9pm & 10pm every Friday/Saturday. They’re all different and designed for you to see them all! Plus, kick on after with Sydney’s hottest DJ’s on the decks from 9pm.
Friday: Painted, Hung & On Display
The creatively well-endowed Total Glamour Trio returns with PAINTED, HUNG AND ON DISPLAY – a new state of the ART show with multi-DIVA award winners Etcetera Etcetera, Fran Giapanni, and Space Horse.
A dragged out journey through the history of art, expect every thing from the Renaissance to Pop Art and back again. With an iconic singalong soundtrack, hilarious comedy and costumes that could hang in a gallery – this is an unmissable drag experience!
Saturday: The Priscilla Experience
Listen here you budget barbie campers! The Priscilla Experience has been revamped with new shows, new costumes, and an absolutely show-stopping cast of showgirls.
Shake your groove thing from 8pm with Sia Tequila, Aunty Tamara and Conchita Grande.
Our Friday/Saturday Drag & Dine shows run at 8pm, 9pm and 10pm. These show sets run for 10 – 15 minutes each- they’re all different and designed for you to see them all!
We run our shows across the whole ground floor- with two new stages plus the bartop in action, every table is the best in the house! We’ll do our best to take your seating preferences into account, but table location is allocated predominately based on group size.
We do have both low backed seats and high top bar stool seating- if you require specific seating as an accessibility requirement, please let us know so we can accommodate this.
As much as we’d love to invite everyone up on stage, we’d run out of time for our queens if we pulled up everyone here celebrating something! But hey, our performers are good-time girls and are always happy for a chat and a pic as long as you say hello and please.
If you’re looking for a more one on one experience, we’re pleased to offer our private drag function packages and can customize an event just for you. Reach out to imperial.reservations@universalhotels.com.au and let’s talk!
Yes! Provided they follow a few rules. All under 18’s must be accompanied by their legal guardian at all times throughout the venue, must stay seated at their table/not approach the bar, and have to leave the venue by 9pm.
For parties including minors, please make sure to make a reservation.
Bookings are highly recommended but walk-ins are welcome! For groups of 7+ wishing to dine with us, we also offer our banquet menus. To book for groups larger than the system allows, please email us at imperial.reservations@universalhotels.com.au. Showing as booked out? Please reach out as we may still be able to squeeze you in!
We don’t charge to see our shows in the main bar! Your only costs will be food or beverages purchased.
Drag & Dine bookings of 7 or more can opt for our share style banquets, which we collect payment for in advance. You can have a range of dietary requirements on one table but you all need to be on the same number of courses. Check out our banquet menu here.
We can also book you in A La Carte, but for very large groups not on banquets, reservations may be cocktail style depending on availability. Please enquire and we’ll do our best to work with you!
The shows are at 8, 9 and 10pm. Each one is different, with the queens moving throughout our stages & bar so that everyone will have a great view throughout the night. We recommend booking at least 30 minutes before a show is due to start so you have plenty of time to find your table and get comfortable before they start. You have your table from your reservation time, all the way through to just after that 10pm show.
Smaller banquet tables may be able to book via the online system- if it’s not letting you book your larger function group, send an email to imperial.reservations@universalhotels.com.au so we can organise this for you! Please note, when booking these large banquet functions, our invoicing system incurs a 2% surcharge which is non refundable.
Our banquet cancellation policy is as follows; If banquets are cancelled before 48hrs from your booking time, you will receive a full refund. If cancelled between 48 and 24hrs you will receive a 50% refund. If cancelled within 24hrs it is non refundable. If you are trying to notify us of a cancellation this must be done in writing via our reservations email- imperial.reservations@universalhotels.com.au.
If bringing your own cake, we charge a cakeage fee of $3.50 per person, which is capped at $30.
The Imperial Erskineville is pleased to offer a variety of gluten free options on our menu. Our menu contains allergens and is prepared in a kitchen that handles nuts and gluten. Whilst our chefs make all reasonable efforts to accommodate our guests’ dietary needs we only have one kitchen for preparation so there is always a small chance of cross contamination and it may not be suitable for coeliac guests.
Very much so. We’d say we’re dog enthusiastic. Please bring your dogs.
