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Save the date for 2026 Sydney Bar Week!

13 – 16th September 2026

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  • Online Australian Bartender: A new restaurant and bar has opened in Glebe, with Darling Glebe taking over one of Sydney’s most historically charged dining rooms and returning it to what it has always done best: pour serious drinks and give people a reason to stay. @darlingglebe
  • Online today on Australian Bartender: Five new venues have opened inside Southbank’s newly launched Hannah St Hotel, marking the Mulberry Group’s first venture into hotels and its largest project to date.
  • On Australian Bartender today: Ravenspur doesn’t announce itself loudly. It broods. Tucked into Enmore Road, the Newtown bar trades neon bravado for shadow, warmth and a distinctly Southern Gothic sensibility that feels deliberately out of step with its surroundings – and that’s the point.
  • Online today on Australian Bartender: A new local has landed in South Melbourne – and it’s one the neighbourhood already knows. Lush 2.0 has opened in the former Wayside Inn, a pub that’s been part of the area since around 1868, now reworked into a modern, high-energy venue. @lush2.0_rooftopandbar
  • Online today: Just over an hour north of Sydney on the Central Coast, Terrigal Pavilion has opened its final dining piece with The Tropic, a 280-seat, ground-floor restaurant and bar now trading with uninterrupted ocean views and a Mediterranean-leaning menu designed for sharing.
  • Online today: Watsons Bay Hotel will reopen its fully renovated Top and Mid Decks on 29 October, marking one of the biggest upgrades in its 190-year history. @watsonsbayhotel
  • Day three, woweee. First sips at @baptiststreetrecclub with none other than @diplomaticorum for a SOLD OUT Business of Bars event 🗣️ We jetted to the iconic @icebergsdiningroomandbar for an epic @1800tequila.au celebration followed by @teremana Tandem, cause why stop at 1 agave icon?! From 9pm it was all roads to @abercrombie.sydney for a @bar_fredas fiesta & @handsdownmelbourne truly did take over @alwaysapleasure.club One more day, Sydney and as promised, it ends with a bang. 2025 @australianbartender Bar Awards are TONIGHT. Let’s do this thang 💥💥💥
  • Day 2 / Part 2 Sydney, you showed UP for a Monday Bar Week whirlwind of events ❤️🔥 @jolenessydney served up BBQ, Bourbon and Bluegrass, @oldmatesplace provided such a rematch, the ques had US yelling BEEYATCH & Hospo Trivia had everyone splitting G’s! 💔 Hearts were definitely broken over at @ramblinrascaltavern and you wanna know the best part? We’re only halfway through! See y’all today for more #SBW shenanigans 🎉

For more information on how to get involved with 2026 Sydney Bar Week please contact Harry Kooros HarryKooros@yaffa.com.au

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