Lets just say, whatever takes your fancy, you'll be spoilt for choice. The home of ‘surf'n'turf', the cuisine draws a multitude of influences both Asian and European. This constant mix of cultures has perhaps led to the liberated atmosphere Sydney is famous for. The bars aren't always that macho and thankfully chasing ‘Sheilas' isn't everyone's main pre-occupation. There are heaps of sophisticated bars and, on top of that, it is a wonderfully beautiful city to boot. Pick up a copy of ‘City' and you'll soon find your feet.

Café Sydney

5th Floor Customs House Alfred Street
Telephone: 00 612 9251 8683
Hours: M-S 12am-11pm

The best view of the city, combined with an experimental menu and loads of unusual cocktails. And when you’ve done gazing across the harbour, you can retreat to the more secluded areas of the bar to gaze into your lover’s eyes. A little added quirk: the bar’s situated over the customs house. Anything to declare?

Home Bar

The Promenade Cockle Bay, Sydney
Telephone: 00 612 9266 0600
Hours:12pm - late

The offspring of massive super club Home, Home bar has a fairly relaxed atmosphere during the day with tables and chairs overlooking Darling Harbor. Drinks are a little overpriced, but the bar food is spot-on. Things pick up quite early in the evening with the pre-clubbing crowd and dj’s belt out tunes from inside. Home bar shuts at 12.00 and reopens inside the Home club. Entry into the bar does not mean entry into the club; you must join the notorious queue. One of the world’s most famous clubs, Home has various rooms, chillout areas, balcony’s and a great VIP lounge (which can be accessed by mere mortals by charming the bouncer). If you’re in the mood for a big night, then this is it.

ECQ Bar Quay Grand Hotel

63 Macquarie Street Circular Quay
Sydney, NSW 2000
Telephone: 00 61 (0)2 9256 4000

If you thought Pier One had heavenly views, try this uber-hip hotel bar in the flash new East Circular Quay development. The complex classy cocktails mixed in minutes by the slickest bar staff in the Southern Hemisphere come with heart-stopping panoramas of Harbour and Bridge - no wonder their vodka-based house special is called 'Location, Location, Location'. Add stylish interior décor and some spectacular eye candy and small wonder it's become a popular place to propose. Despite all the labels and lookers though customers dress down and it's firmly unpretentious.

Lotus Bar

22 Challis Avenue Potts Point, Sydney
Telephone: 00 612 9326 9000
Hours: Tues-Fri from 6pm

Lotus is the new retro-elegant cocktail bar and restaurant in Potts Point. Chef, Lisa Rutherford, offers a great menu – check out the desserts especially, but this is definitely one for the cocktail lovers amongst you. Slick and intimate surroundings with snakeskin-padded walls, low mirrored tables and comfy ottomans are the perfect backdrop to lounge away the night, sipping some of the best cocktails in Sydney.

Water Bar

The Wharf at Woolloomooloo Woolloomooloo
Sydney, NSW 2011
Telephone: 00 61 2 9331 9000
Hours: 4pm-12am (Tu-Sa), 4pm-10pm (Su-M)

‘Bar of the year’ for countless magazines and given ‘top ten bar in the world’ status by Conde Naste Traveller the Water Bar is a must for anyone who demands quality. Built in what was once a giant wharf warehouse the interior is simply stunning. The lighting is dreamy and the furniture not only looks the part it’s also the sort you never want to leave! Friday’s and Saturday’s are the busier nights attracting the exceptionally sophisticated, but with class tunes that don’t intrude, a cocktail list that gets into the hundreds and some of the finest restaurants around, any night here is special. Perhaps most surprising of all is that it’s a hotel bar and booking into one of Blue hotel’s bi-level suites may certainly help with any potential hangover!

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