It might have a French name (which stands for “water of life” as well as describing a style of fruit brandy) but Eau-de-Vie feels more like a 1930s-style American bar, complete with dark wood, great …
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The best bars from Darlinghurst to Surry Hills and Potts Point.
Sydney’s best bars from Balmain and Glebe to Newtown.
The best bars from Manly and Bondi to the outer burbs.
The best bars from Neutral Bay to North Sydney.
One of Bar Zine’s trusted wingmen happens to be of the gay persuasion, which has its pros and cons. The biggest pro is that I can rely on him to never cockblock me because of …
What do you get when you cross a tiki bar with a Thai restaurant? The answer is Rambutan (and we’re talking about the Oxford Street restaurant with an underground bar, not the spiky red fruit).
We …
The jazz is jumping, uni students are bathing underneath brothel-style red lights, the walls are padded with black cushions and a toy train occasionally runs loops on a track suspended above the bar.
Call it what …
I’m sitting metres away from the beach with a margarita in my hand as the six-foot swell rolls in, and even though I firmly believe this is how every Sydneysider should spend their evenings I …
Blame it on our cultural cringe but it’s surprising how almost any meal can sound enticing when described in a foreign language. In Spanish, for example, Cerdo y Cebollas sounds almost exotic and yet its …
A good hotel bar is an attractive option for so many reasons. There’s the hope of having a Lost in Translationmoment, the anonymity of being in a five-star hotel bar (it’s so much easier to …
I fell in love with mojitos in the back streets of Barcelona’s Gothic quarter. There, in a dark tiny bar barely larger than a closet, a man stood behind a counter with bags of ice, …
There’s no doubt Melbourne’s bars are amongst the best in the world. From hole-in-the-wall laneway bars that add an extra dimension to the CBD to cocktail lounges where the primary focus is on the drinks, …
