Bar of the Year, presented by SevenRooms: Silver’s Motel
The best all-round bar that nails hospitality, drinks and vibe while contributing to its broader community.
Enmore
Aussie roadside motels of the ’70s and ’80s are the inspiration for this Enmore Road bar. Silver’s Motel leans into nostalgia but isn’t kitsch, in a way we’ve not really seen before. There’s deeply buffed wood, elevated booths, vinyl and ’80s hi-fi equipment, and a 350-strong whisky selection put together by co-owner Tynan Sidhu.
This is not the first time fellow owner Michael Chiem has taken out this award (Chiem’s PS40 won in 2023) and once again he delivers banging cocktails that are balanced and innovative without taking themselves too seriously.
The Ice Magic Old Fashioned is a small stroke of genius, and we’ve not had more fun this year than when sipping on the clouds of boozy iced coconut cream topping Silver’s Midori Splice. Extra points given for the noir-style blinds filtering the outside light with the quality of a film set.
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