Adelaide
Classy food and wine at this gorgeous chemist-turned-bar, dating from (you guessed it) 1878. Dark-timber medicine cabinets, bentwood chairs, velveteen…
Must-see nightlife in Australia & Pacific
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…
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…
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…
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…
Dida’s Wine Lounge & Tapas Bar
Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd
Great food and an even better wine list attract a grown-up crowd. There's an associated wine store, providore and cafe next door.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Cairns
Attached to the hostel of the same name but open to all comers, this sprawling, bawdy bar is synonymous with 'having a big one' in Cairns-speak. Throngs…
Victoria
The historic ‘Star Bar’ is one of Echuca's liveliest places for a meal or a drink, especially on weekends when there’s live music. Breakfasts and a lunch…
Melbourne
A Chapel St classic and nod to the area's Eastern European influences. With up to 200 vodkas available, you can try drops like clear, oak-matured, fruit…
Canberra
Hidden inside the Tradies complex (enter via the Quality Hotel reception) you'll find this small, sleek wine bar that feels more Brooklyn than Dickson…
Melbourne
You've heard of exiting through the gift shop, but what about entering through the bottle shop? That's what you need to do to get to this bar, a handsome,…
Surry Hills & Darlinghurst
Once a small corner pub, until it expanded into two neighbouring houses, the Dolphin's striking designer makeover means it deliberately looks like the…
Darwin
Darwin had better be careful: if places like this keep appearing, it'll lose its reputation for gruff, frontier 'charm'. Lucky Bat would be at home in…
Melbourne
Just as in a grand English garden, there are orderly bits and wild bits in this so-hot-right-now multi-purpose venue. Shuffle past the suits into the main…
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