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bel mondo – The Rocks bel mondo – The Rocks

You don’t expect to see a pinball machine in an upmarket restaurant and yet, right in the bar area of bel mondo, there’s an unplugged Maverick (the Mel Gibson film) pinball machine just begging for …

Harbour View Hotel – The Rocks Harbour View Hotel – The Rocks

The last time I was at the Harbour View Hotel I was thrown out for indecent behaviour. This probably isn’t something I should confess in public, especially since I just found out (to my horror) …

The 25th Floor – East Sydney The 25th Floor – East Sydney

If you were brought up watching rat pack movies starring Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin on Sunday afternoon TV like I was then you might get a kick out of the 25th Floor. After all, …

Opera Bar – Circular Quay Opera Bar – Circular Quay

Perhaps it says something about Sydneysiders that we would put an institution such as The Opera House bang on the harbour foreshore, as if culture alone wasn’t enough of a drawcard to lure us in. …

Bondi Social – Bondi Beach Bondi Social – Bondi Beach

“No-one in Sydney ever looks up,” a friend recently said. “You could have sex on your balcony or parade around naked and no-one would know!”
She might be right, since I know several people in the …

Blu Bar at the Shangri La – The Rocks Blu Bar at the Shangri La – The Rocks

If Bar Zine were to shoot a James Bond movie in Sydney we’d definitely have the super spy sipping martinis in the Blu Bar (keeping in mind we’d be returning Bond to his cocktail-sipping, 1960s-style …