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• Review
• Sydney

If you’re looking for new, fun and exciting date night options, this bar nails the brief

Live jazz, a friendly crowd and a crisp, briny and savoury spin on the daiquiri are the order of the day at Odd Culture’s brand new York Street bar.

• Myffy Rigby

• Recommended
• Rylstone

The Globe Hotel

A true local’s spot.

• Callan Boys

• Review
• Darlinghurst

Wine bar downstairs, restaurant up, this spot from gun sommeliers is revitalising Stanley St

Owners Harry Hunter and Bridget Raffal bring experience from three-hatted Sixpenny, Where’s Nick and Bentley to their new labour of love, which feels a little like the caves à vin of Paris.

• David Matthews

• Review
• Richmond

Rising Sun Hotel

Melbourne’s pub-naissance personified in the Swan Street badlands.

• Recommended
• Huskisson

Buds Tavern

Nostalgic feel, contemporary flair.

• Recommended
• Clifton

The Imperial at Clifton

Grand old boozer with stunning ocean views.

• Recommended
• Budgewoi

Budgewoi Hotel

Where it feels like aperitivo hour all day long.

• Recommended
• Billinudgel

Billinudgel Hotel

The self-described “last of the good ol’ country pubs”.

• Review
• Northcote

Is Donny’s, is good: This new neighbourhood ‘pub’ holds its own in a boozy little pocket

Westgarth watering hole joins a new generation of venues broadening our horizons on what exactly a modern public house can look like.

• Tomas Telegramma

• Recommended
• Katoomba

Mountain Culture

A Katoomba brewpub set in an old printing press.

• Erina Starkey