South Coast NSW
The coffee's as good as the view at casual Bermi's, which also serves hangover-curing breakfasts like avocado and Vegemite on toast and pancakes with…
Must-see nightlife in Australia
Melbourne
Find your habitat at this pub – garden, grungy band room or intimate front bar – and settle in. It hosts free nightly gigs, including acoustic sets in the…
Brisbane
Built in 1889 and sporting an eclectic French-Renaissance style, the iconic Breakfast Creek Hotel includes a beer garden and an art-deco ‘private bar’…
West Coast Australia
This dude-filled Americana beer bunker at the northern end of the valley showcases craft lager, ales, wheat beer and cider. Breeze through a few Freo…
Newtown & the Inner West
Right on the most pleasant stretch of Norton Street, surrounded by Mediterranean restaurants, this handsome old pub has a fairly uninspiring (but late…
Sunshine Coast
Simple, unfussy 10 Toes is part of the microbrewery tsunami that has hit Queensland's southeast. With engineer-turned-brewer Rupert Hall at the helm, the…
West Coast Australia
Keeping it real and raw, Funk's 28 funky ciders are 100% unpasteurised and are preservative- and sulphite-free – the aim of the exercise being to create a…
Sunshine Coast
Mooloolaba’s surf club serves up ocean views, craft as well as mainstream beers and live music (Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons). All-day…
Gold Coast
Head upstairs from the Hellenika restaurant to find this relaxed spot, which evokes Santorini vibes with its white-on-white decor and sunshine-yellow-and…
West Coast Australia
It's not immediately obvious, but there are actually a couple of historic stone cottages buried within this new-century bar next to the Mandurah Bridge…
Canberra
In the bottom of Little National Hotel (but entered through a separate door) this sleek cafe does a roaring trade with local public servants and office…
Perth
Featuring over 130 rye whiskies and bourbons, Alabama Song is a fun, late-night dive bar down a back lane in Northbridge. Chicken wings and cheeseburgers…
Adelaide
'Established 1914' says the signage. We reckon it was closer to 2014… Either way, the Publishers is an upmarket bar with jacketed bartenders, interesting…
Melbourne
Head up the dingy lift to this rooftop terrace if you’ve had it with dark-wood, Melbourne-moody lounges. Named for a famous 19th-century brothel owner, it…
Perth
With edgy shopping, cafes and bars, lower King St shouldn't be overlooked. Amid the hipster barber shops and single-origin coffee is this brick-lined…
Sunshine Coast
You'll find (upcycled) pallets here, along with chatty locals, a communal table and a couple of soccer balls, in case you feel the urge to have a kick on…
Brisbane
Trailblazing laneway bar Super Whatnot remains one of Brisbane's coolest drinking holes, an industrial, split-level playpen in the shell of a former…
Victoria
Scandi styling blends with retro 1970s sofas at this friendly spot proving there's more to Mildura than pubs and sports bars. Excellent cocktails and four…
Launceston
This new little wine bar, tucked into a city alcove, is as cosy as they come. Wines and spirits are exclusively Tasmanian and exhaustive – there's more…
Melbourne
Rowdy Revolver – or 'Revs', if you're local – can feel like an enormous version of your lounge room. But with nonstop music come the weekend and the…
Hobart
In a big red shed on Macquarie Point, fronted by the Red Square community space (fancy a haircut from a caravan hair salon?), Hobart Brewing Company is…
Surry Hills & Darlinghurst
This breezy, humorous, faux-Spanish colonial fitout of the former Macquarie Hotel doesn't take itself (or the Spanish language) too seriously. It's an…
Cairns
The Jack is a kick-arse pub by any standards, housed in an unmissable heritage Queenslander with an enormous shaded beer garden. There are nightly events,…
Melbourne
There's a buzz around this tiny coffee shop on the perimeter of South Melbourne Market, not only for its expertly crafted brew but for the weekend…
Tasmania
Opened in 1902 as an overnight stop for travellers between Launceston and Devonport, the Empire retains an old-fashioned feel but has been given a modest…
Southern NSW & The Murray
Combining a bohemian kilim-bedecked front bar and a sunny garden out the back, Yazzbar is a great place to try wines from the nearby cool-climate Yass…
West Coast Australia
Park yourself in the cosy interior or outside under the market umbrellas and enjoy one of the southwest's best selections of wine and craft beer. The…
Great Ocean Road
Birregurra's only pub is this beautiful art-deco building (c 1871) along the main strip. As well as being a local hang-out with a great beer garden, it…
Townsville
A surprisingly chic craft bar. Suave 'mixologists' deliver creative cocktails ($18) to a cool crowd looking for something more than a beer-barn swillfest…
The East Coast
This amiable boozer gets packed to the gills with tourists and locals most nights, elbowing around the pool table and downing a few cold ales. The pub…
Southern NSW & The Murray
Relax in the Birdhouse's cosy brick-lined interior or make a beeline for the combo of street art and corrugated iron out the back. Check Facebook for…
Cairns
Tucked away in a little room in a little laneway, this is Cairns' best wine bar, and one of the city's top places for a low-key tipple, whatever your…
Adelaide
Corral some thirsty amigos, hire one of these mobile pedal-powered bars and cruise around Adelaide's streets whilst you imbibe. Group bookings for a two…
Victoria
Opening its doors in 2018 along the town's main shopping strip, Burra is another regional Victorian microbrewery for beer-lovers to tick off the list…
South Coast NSW
Nights get messy at split-level Heyday, an uber-friendly lounge bar and nightclub themed around the roaring '40s, with tiled floors and leather sofas. It…
Sunshine Coast
The hearts of coffee snobs sing at minimalist Lamkin Lane, where affable baristas like nothing more than chatting about their two speciality blends and…
The Southeast
One of Tasmania's creative new breed of small craft-beer brewers (there were 21 of them last time we counted), Devils Brewery occupies a restored carriage…
Melbourne
If this Robin Boyd–designed mid-century building had ears, there’d be a few generations of writers and academics in trouble. There's something for all…
Margaret River
This modern microbrewery has rural views and an excellent range of authentic beers, including a wheat beer with coriander and mandarin, and a hop-fuelled…
Perth
It's hard to decide if this is a bar with excellent food, or a restaurant with a strong booze focus. Tiny's blurs the lines beautifully, starting with a…
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