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The best bars in Sydney

The top 3 according to 973 votes from people: Maybe Sammy · Re · The Baxter Inn. (Updated Feb 17, 2025.)

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

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Top 12

  1. 1

    Maybe Sammy

    Named best bar on earth by Top 500 Bars, in The Rocks.

    ▲ 97 ▼ 10

    87
  2. 2

    Re

    Zero-waste bar in Eveleigh.

    ▲ 95 ▼ 13

    82
  3. 3

    The Baxter Inn

    Basement whisky bar off Clarence Street.

    ▲ 86 ▼ 6

    80
  4. 4

    Apollonia

    CBD cocktail bar.

    ▲ 74 ▼ 5

    69
  5. 5

    Old Mate's Place

    Rooftop hideaway in the CBD.

    ▲ 70 ▼ 13

    57
  6. 6

    Bulletin Place

    Tiny upstairs bar with a daily changing menu.

    ▲ 70 ▼ 14

    56
  7. 7

    Frank Mac's

    Small bar in The Rocks.

    ▲ 62 ▼ 16

    46
  8. 8

    Palmer & Co

    Prohibition-era basement bar.

    ▲ 61 ▼ 15

    46
  9. 9

    Dean & Nancy on 22

    Twenty-second-floor cocktail lounge.

    ▲ 51 ▼ 11

    40
  10. 10

    Door Knock

    Knock to enter, in the CBD.

    ▲ 58 ▼ 19

    39
  11. 11

    Bancho

    Japanese-style bar in Haymarket.

    ▲ 45 ▼ 15

    30
  12. 12

    Cantina OK!

    Standing-room mezcal bar in a laneway.

    ▲ 48 ▼ 19

    29

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