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Buvons is a bar with "Vietnamese roots, French spirit".

Buvons

Elegant French-Vietnamese cocktail bar.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Dawning Day Winery and Distillery in Exeter.

Dawning Day Winery and Distillery

This family-run winery is one of the best ways to spend an afternoon.

  • Callan Boys
For food, Dark Blue serves snacks such as tinned sardines and octopus, duck cherry pate, and terrine.

Dark Blue

The follow-up to Hannah Wagner’s popular Dark Red wine bar.

  • Matt Shea
Snacky plates at Mostyn Street Cellars.

Mostyn Street Cellars

The perfect meeting spot for a Castlemaine bar crawl.

There’s plenty to love at two-hat Aalia’s new wine bar. Shame it breaks this important rule

The new Martin Place wine bar from the team behind Nour is strong, and the people-watching is primo. There’s just one thing missing.

  • Myffy Rigby
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14.5/20

Callan Boys thought Sydney might never have a hotel bar like London or NY. Until now

You know, the kind of place to take a lunch meeting or swing by for a martini, making you forget you’re going on to somewhere else. Plus, it has the most lavish chip in town.

  • Callan Boys
Moondrop is Fitzroy's new Chinese-inspired bar where the Everleigh once was.

When the Everleigh closed, a very different cocktail bar moved in. How does it rate?

Leaning into owner Steve Chan’s Chinese heritage, Moondrop confidently goes its own way with 1920s Shanghai style and the kind of cocktails you won’t find anywhere else in town.

  • Tomas Telegramma
The moodily-lit Natural Wine Shop & Bar.

Natural Wine Shop and Bar

Find coffees by day and wine by night at this two-in-one bar.

  • Sarah Norris
The Terrace Lounge balcony.

The Terrace Lounge at Hannah St Hotel

Under-the-radar rooftop bar emulating a Parisian conservatory.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Blackhearts & Sparrows’ new wine bar.

Blackhearts and Sparrows By the Glass

Try before you buy at this low-fi bar and bottle-o.

  • Tomas Telegramma