Sydney has finally rediscovered the hotel bar, and Bar Tilda makes a persuasive case for why it matters. Just off Phillip Street, on the ground floor of the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, it is a burgundy-walled, marble-topped, whisky-lined room that trades on 1960s jet-set nostalgia, a tableside Martini and one of the most serious Australian whisky…
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Sydney has no shortage of hotel bars, but few of them are named after the man who drew the building they sit in. McRae Bar, tucked into the north corner of the lobby at Capella Sydney, takes its name from George McRae, the Edinburgh-born architect behind the Queen Victoria Building and the grand sandstone Department…
Conte in Sydney’s CBD is grand, an unapologetically Italian, ode to the Negroni. Part bar, part ristorante, and all about drama, detail and la dolce vita energy. With more than 30 (and climbing toward 40) Negroni riffs, serious Italian wines and a full dining menu, it feels less like a pre-dinner pit-stop and more like…
Busby's feels a bit more like a bar you might find in Tokyo or Kyoto rather than Paddington and that is due to the resurgent popularity old vinyl and enjoying those good tunes in a funky dark space. But Busby's is in Paddington, Sydney not Japan so it has a focus on wine…
The team at Fix Wine Bar love their wine. It doesn’t really matter to them if you are drinking a Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand, or a Grand Cru Barolo they show the same enthusiasm.
Led by Stu Knox who was recognised as sommelier of the year in 2012 and has been a wine…
Editors Note (25/8/24): We are saddened to hear the recent media reports and claims about Swillhouse venues. The accusations are extremely disturbing. As a result we are removing the review rating we gave for the venue.
The Caterpillar Club was created as an association of people whose lives had been saved…
At the end of a dark alley off Clarence Street, not far from the Sydney Town Hall you will find a micro mezcal bar that you are probably going to want to make your regular.
Cantina Ok! opened in 2019 and it really is a tiny bar, it probably could fit 20 (small)…
