Police have charged a man after an alleged glassing incident at a hotel in Petersham overnight.

Shortly after 2.45am today (Sunday 6 April 2014), police were called to a hotel in Crystal Street after reports that a man had been struck with a glass.

Police from Marrickville Local Area Command located a 30-year-old man who had allegedly been struck to the side of the face with a schooner glass during an altercation near the dance floor

The man was treated at the scene and conveyed to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for treatment to the laceration which will require stitches.

A 35-year-old man was arrested by officers and taken to Newtown Police Station.

He was later charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and granted bail to appear at Newtown Local Court on 29 April 2014.

Both men were well affected by alcohol.