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 …

It seems like the latest trend in bars is to look like you just don’t care. Some, such as Ching-a-lings, don’t even have a sign, while Melbourne’s Section 8 doesn’t even have a proper roof. …

Perhaps I need a therapist but bondage and torture come to mind as I survey the décor at Ching-a-lings, one of the newest small bars in Sydney. After all, there are small cages filled with …

Update: The Pond’s time as a pop up bar for Pure Blonde is over – but it’s not the end of the venue. It’s now reopened as The Commons – Local Eating House. When we …

Ever since my gay wingman* defected to Melbourne, all the while taunting me that the bars are better there and I’m a sucker for running a Sydney bar site, I’ve abandoned the old bars we …

Update: Vinothek has sadly closed down.
I’ve never started a review before by talking about the menus but at Vinothek, a wine bar and restaurant near the corner of Crown and Oxford Street, they arguably …