# The best bars in Sydney

Maybe Sammy's pink jackets, laneway whisky dens and rooftop cocktails.

- 973 votes · 12 items
- Feb 17, 2025 · Zoe King
- https://even.best/en/l/3188/the-best-bars-in-sydney

## Top 12

1. **Maybe Sammy** (87 · ▲97 ▼10) — Named best bar on earth by Top 500 Bars, in The Rocks.
2. **Re** (82 · ▲95 ▼13) — Zero-waste bar in Eveleigh.
3. **The Baxter Inn** (80 · ▲86 ▼6) — Basement whisky bar off Clarence Street.
4. **Apollonia** (69 · ▲74 ▼5) — CBD cocktail bar.
5. **Old Mate's Place** (57 · ▲70 ▼13) — Rooftop hideaway in the CBD.
6. **Bulletin Place** (56 · ▲70 ▼14) — Tiny upstairs bar with a daily changing menu.
7. **Frank Mac's** (46 · ▲62 ▼16) — Small bar in The Rocks.
8. **Palmer & Co** (46 · ▲61 ▼15) — Prohibition-era basement bar.
9. **Dean & Nancy on 22** (40 · ▲51 ▼11) — Twenty-second-floor cocktail lounge.
10. **Door Knock** (39 · ▲58 ▼19) — Knock to enter, in the CBD.
11. **Bancho** (30 · ▲45 ▼15) — Japanese-style bar in Haymarket.
12. **Cantina OK!** (29 · ▲48 ▼19) — Standing-room mezcal bar in a laneway.

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