Adelaide
Cool! Downtown ADL was begging for a craft-beer brewery, and now it’s here. Topham Mall is an uninspiring alley, but inside the brewhouse the mood…
Must-see nightlife in Australia
Newtown & the Inner West
This historic corner pub has had a smart makeover and is all exposed brick and hanging garden these days, but the place still has plenty of old-time charm…
Sydney
This spacious art deco pub is casual and unpretentious, and a fine place to sink a few craft beers, sip some Australian wines or join in nightly events…
Adelaide
Laneway boozing at its best (in fact, this was one of Adelaide's first laneway bars), nouveau-industrial Udaberri is a compact bar on Leigh St, serving…
Adelaide
They don't make 'em like they used to. Actually, these days, when it comes to handsome two-storey sandstone pubs, they don't make 'em at all. This…
Newtown & the Inner West
You know you're in Alexandria when you're sitting in the middle of an industrial estate, staring at a tall corrugated metal wall, but there are plants and…
Melbourne
A big player in Melbourne's third-wave coffee movement, this warehouse cafe is the original roaster for Padre Coffee and brews its premium single origins…
Brisbane
Hiding out on a quiet New Farm backstreet is this lofty red-brick warehouse, reborn as an effervescent beer barn. Guzzle from more than 60 craft brews, a…
Adelaide
Get a little bit Frenchy at this romantic wine bar, nooked down the fast-evolving Gresham St in Adelaide's West End. It's the kind of place you'd go for…
Adelaide
Classy food and wine at this gorgeous chemist-turned-bar, dating from (you guessed it) 1878. Dark-timber medicine cabinets, bentwood chairs, velveteen…
Newtown & the Inner West
This late opener is famous for its Wednesdays with Birdcage, one of Sydney's key lesbian nights. Over the weekend it features live music and DJs taking up…
Byron Bay
This live-music stalwart is as grungy and boozy as it ever was, and has played host to everyone from Billy Bragg and Dizzee Rascal to Dinosaur Jr and PJ…
Byron Bay
The Rails sure smells like a beer-stained pub, and its indoor-outdoor mayhem draws everyone from lobster-red British tourists to high-on-life earth…
Adelaide
A commercial offshoot of East End Cellars, Adelaide's best bottle shop, this classy wine room gives you the chance to try before you buy. The range is…
Adelaide
CLT was one of the vanguard which ushered in the new brigade of small bars in Adelaide's lanes. Good liquor is the thrust here, along with fine SA wines…
Canberra
This cosy upstairs lounge-bar is popular with young whisky and cocktail slurpers who file in for Wednesday-night jazz – the turntable rules other evenings…
Newtown & the Inner West
Band posters and paper lanterns decorate the black walls of this groovy little bar. Expect mellow bluesy/country/rocky sounds and cocktails based around…
Adelaide
One of the few Peel St bars to employ a bouncer (protecting the sanctity of the tapas-consuming good-time crew inside), La Rambla is a stylish Spanish…
Sydney
This enormous, rambling, rowdy complex packs in the backpackers for live music, open-mic nights, comedy and big-screen sports in the beaut beer garden,…
Perth
A cool indie bar lined with wood and birdcages, leading to a stage regularly ruled by local bands, performers and DJs. One of Perth's few live-music…
Canberra
You'll need all your travel nouse to find this louche tropical take on a 1920s Cuban rum bar. Among the barrels and the palms are Canberra's smoothest…
Adelaide
The pick of the West End clubs, Zhivago is all muscles and manscaping vs high heels and short skirts, with DJs pumping out everything from reggae and dub…
Canberra
Smith's is an arty cafe-bar and performance space, with a makeshift stage in one corner and cakes in the cabinet. In the evenings, expect to be bemused by…
Brisbane
Kick-ass speciality coffee, brewed all day and all through the night: this ink-loving, head-banging legend is a godsend for people craving a decent cup…
Canberra
In trendy Braddon, this grungy-chic cafe serves up damn fine coffee along with tasty pastries and paninis. Head upstairs for a spacious, light-filled…
Grand Ridge Brewery & Restaurant
Victoria
Brewing its 100% natural, locally produced beers well before it was known as 'craft beer', Grand Ridge has been in the trade for nearly 30 years! Located…
Rockhampton
Dating from 1862, the GWH is part country pub, part concert venue and part of Rockhampton's social fabric. Out the back is an undercover bullring – try to…
Airlie Beach
Tucked away on a lovely tranquil shore-front in Woodwark, facing Airlie across Pioneer Bay, Northerlies is just the place for a sundowner. The broad,…
Adelaide
A flagship business in the rejuvenation of Port Adelaide is the Port Admiral Hotel, reopened in 2017 after a decade of boarded-up dereliction. It's a…
Shiraz Republic & Cornella Brewery
Victoria
A 20-minute drive north of Heathcote, this popular winery and microbrewery features a cellar door with pool table and couches. There are also picnic…
Victoria
Drop by this boutique distillery to taste its range of unique gins, which includes everything from the likeable Smooth & Soft to Angry Ant – distilled…
Adelaide
Forget the pious ‘City of Churches’ moniker: Adelaide has always been a hard-drinking town. 'Gin City' might be a better tag these days, with 21 brands of…
Southern NSW & The Murray
The boldest of Albury's drinking establishments, Public House is packed on weekends with a younger crew enjoying good cocktails, a decent craft-beer list,…
Sunshine Coast
Musician Mark Grounds and award-winning barista Cara Madden combine their passions at this neighbourly record store-meets-coffee shop. Slurp a brew and…
Surry Hills & Darlinghurst
All Sydney's small bars seem to be dark, candlelit speakeasies with a dash of gangster chic, so it's refreshing to find this light, bright cocktail spot…
Great Ocean Road
Opening in late 2019 along Koroit's historical main drag, Noodledoof can lay claim to being southwest Victoria's first microbrewery. It's an attractive…
Hobart
The pioneer and patriarch of Tasmanian distilleries, Lark has a moody, low-slung cellar door and whisky bar at the water's edge (the actual distillery is…
Adelaide
If Semaphore were an author, it'd be Jack Kerouac – bohemian, poetic and partial to a drink. Wander the main street before gentrification takes hold,…
Newtown & the Inner West
The latest from the team behind Earl's Juke Joint, this is another nondescript facade that opens into a fantasy world you wouldn’t guess from the street…
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