jasonlt

The stand out feature of Eastwood is the tranquility, it's very quiet (with the exception of the freight trains that come across once in a while) and peaceful. The quality of the restaurant food is really great and they have multiple cafes which serve excellent coffee. There is a Korean side and Chinese side from my experience both which offer great food. Eastwood is quite leafy as well. In addition to this, there appears to be only a single apartment complex thats about 7 or 8 levels high. Surrounding apartments in the nearby area are at most 4 levels high (not including carpark). I believe this is something that isn't spoken about much but is great if you like a suburb with lots of trees and greenery.

Relatively safe compared to a majority of NSW suburbs. To be fair, I have visited Eastwood more than 100 times and have only seen a single event where a bloke was causing commotion calling others racist there. However, this one single incident could happen anywhere. I've been at night many times and within a 10 minute walk radius of the station i've seen mothers and/or fathers walking their young children.

Location is good as well, ~30 minutes from CBD by train but you have access to major shopping centres all of which are about 20 minutes drive away (Parramatta, Macquarie and Chatswood). I would not recommend it for young professionals who seek the fast lifestyle and amazing nightlife but that would be available at the CBD with a 30 minute uber ride :)

In terms of pricing, it does seem to have a bit of a premium price in you plan on purchasing a property here. The surrounding suburbs are a good percentage cheaper from my own research. However, rental pricing is decent.

Overall it's a really fantastic suburb.