Step through the sliding doors into Button Bar, and the first thing you’ll notice is the abundance of wood. Dark, warm tones make up the floor, walls, ceiling and bar offering a welcome respite from the drab grey outside and the evening chill. Button Bar, Surry Hills Button Bar opened its doors in just under [...]

Done with FebFast? Thought as much. Time to get your cocktail on and celebrate Sydney’s bar culture throughout the month of March. Dubbed as “30 Bars in 30 Days”, Parched March was founded by Sun-Herald columnist Amy Cooper as an antidote to dry campaigns such as FebFast and Ocsober, and promotes the enjoyment of responsible [...]

Since Head Chef Brent Savage and sommelier Nick Hildebrandt opened The Bentley in 2006, the Surry Hills restaurant has maintained a two chefs hat rating in the SMH Good Food Guide. Situated along Crown Street, in the vicinity of Low 302 Bar, Shady Pines Saloon and Pocket Bar, the dining room with its dark wood [...]

She’s provocative and unpredictable. She can be quietly serious at times then she can slap you around with her wow factor. Emmilou, the sexy Surry Hills Tapas Bar on Bourke Street turned four years old. And to celebrate, she put on a “Corsets and Bow Ties” birthday bash. “She” is deemed to be female but [...]

Spoiler Alert: If you are attending the Calle to Cavern Crave Sydney pop-up dinner during the month of October, we strongly recommend that you do not read this review beforehand. “Meet at a laneway in Surry Hills then a Secret Den Location,” he states in the advertisement. I feel I am spoken to in hushed [...]

It’s been called hip, vibrant, sexy. A place you take someone you want to impress, seduce or even engage in a cinq-à-sept. But how about a blind date? It’s Saturday night at Emmilou and you can feel the vibrant energy of this modern European Tapas Bar on the approach from Bourke Street. The blind date [...]

The invitation was coloured with intrigue. An intimate and exclusive tasting. An innovative drinking experience from ABSOLUT, a brand renowned for 500 years of Swedish Vodka traditions. If the shape of the bottle was a clue, this was no regular ABSOLUT. At the recently opened Cocktail Lounge upstairs at the Beresford Hotel, floral scented candles [...]