On top of its acquisition of the Newport Arms Hotel last month, Merivale has also acquired the Queen Victoria Hotel in Enmore. This is the first venue in Sydney’s Inner West to join the hospitality group’s portfolio.

Merivale will officially take possession of the Queen Victoria Hotel in late April with the re-launch scheduled for early June. Merivale says the venue will have a strong food focus, with a kitchen spearheaded by culinary duo, Christopher Hogarth and Patrick Friesen of Manly’s Papi Chulo.

Justin Hemmes, CEO of Merivale said of the acquisition: “The Queen Victoria Hotel is another fantastic addition to the Merivale group in what is undoubtedly our most exciting year yet. I am passionate about creating world-class venues designed specifically around the local community and look forward to becoming part of Sydney’s thriving Inner West”.

The Queen Victoria Hotel tops off what has been an exciting fourteen months of acquisitions for Merivale. In February 2014, Merivale announced the purchase of the Paddington Arms on Oxford Street, set to re-open in August. This was followed by 50 King Street in Sydney’s CBD, re-opened as art-based pop-up Work in Progress in May, and the Beach Palace Hotel, transformed by Merivale into the award-winning beachside venue, Coogee Pavilion.

With the announcement of its acquisition of the Queen Victoria Hotel, Merivale also announced that it will refurbish The Beresford Hotel later in 2015.