Drink
Time to cosy with your favourite bourbon cocktail at a secret bar hidden along (and underneath) Sydney's streets.
Apollonia
This underground cocktail bar is serving up romantic cocktails and plenty of negronis in the basement of Hinchcliff House.
The Roosevelt
A refined NYC-inspired bar sending you back to the 1950s with champagne, plenty of cocktails and oysters.
The Duke of Clarence
Take a time hop at this 1800s-inspired English tavern with over 500 spirits, cask ales and a gastropub menu heroing classic British cuisine.
Double Deuce Lounge
A '70s porn chic' CBD basement bar with Curtis Mayfield, James Brown and Marvin Gaye on heavy rotation.
Door Knock
It may be hard to find, but this surprising underground cocktail bar, hidden beneath the busy streets of the CBD, is well worth discovering.
The Rover
The revamped neighbourhood bar has returned to provide casual tipples and refined seafood dishes to Surry Hills.
Ginny's Canoe Club
The team behind Old Mate's Place brings you a new cocktail bar and restaurant in the heart of the Sydney CBD.
Earl's Juke Joint
Bourbon Street meets Newtown at this New Orleans-infused, broody bar.
Papa Gede's
A laneway bar dedicated to the voodoo spirit of "lust, laughter and cocktails", Papa Gede's better be on your Sydney bar bucket list.
Marble Bar
Underneath a world-class hotel, you'll find a cave of polished stone and a menu of stunning cocktails.
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