The Best Gin Bars in Sydney
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, you gotta walk into these.
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, you gotta walk into these. Gin bars in Sydney are having a field day with the spirit, whose botanical makeup allows for an array of flavour profiles (and even colours).
So what do the best gin bars of today look like? Think gin made in-house that incorporates Australian native botanicals like blood limes, Dorrigo pepperleaf and native river mint that reduce us to rapturous, five-star applause. Or a rooftop bar on the north shore, pairing local gins with lots of plants.
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Archie Rose Distillery
85 Dunning Avenue, Rosebery
If you're looking to lift your spirits, this gin distillery is the place to be.
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Moya's Juniper Lounge
101 Regent Street, Redfern
This classy Redfern gin bar is gunning to become your local haunt (if it's not already).
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Tonic Lane - CLOSED
8 Young Lane, Neutral Bay
With 100 Australian-made gins on the menu. And a DIY gin cocktail section, too.
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Poor Toms Gin Hall
6 Chalder Avenue, Marrickville
The boutique distillery has a public bar in its inner west warehouse.
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The Fernery
719 Military Road, Mosman
Mosman's greenhouse-inspired rooftop with a gin room and a rosé bar.
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Gin Lane
16A Kensington Street, Chippendale
This Kensington Street townhouse is filled with 75 gins around the world.
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The Barber Shop
89 York Street, Sydney
Styled as an old-school barbershop with a sophisticated bar and lots of gin cocktails.
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Middlebar - CLOSED
383 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst
Inspired by Cuban cocktail joints, the former Lo-Fi space is now a make-your-own G&T bar.
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Stillery
InterContinental Sydney Double Bay, 33 Cross St, Double Bay
Sydney’s new destination for the gin-uinely passionate.
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