Nightlife in Sydney
Where Sydney goes out — handpicked bars, clubs, live music rooms and late-night eats for any kind of night.
Best nightlife in Sydney
12 hand-picked bars, clubs, live music rooms & late-night eats.
Chinese Laundry
$$$Club · CBD
Long-running underground dance club.
Enmore Theatre
$$Live music · Newtown
Historic 2500-cap rock venue.
Harry's Cafe de Wheels
$Late-night eats · Woolloomooloo
Pie cart since 1938, open late.
Henrietta
$$$Wine bar · Bondi Beach
Beachfront natural-wine bar.
Home The Venue
$$$Club · Darling Harbour
Massive multi-level club.
Hotel Centennial
$$$Rooftop · Woollahra
Garden-terrace rooftop drinks.
Maybe Sammy
$$$Cocktail bar · The Rocks
World's 50 Best, retro Sammy Davis Jr. vibe.
PS40
$$$Cocktail bar · CBD
House-made sodas + cocktails.
Re-
$$$$Cocktail bar · Eveleigh
Sustainability-driven, zero-waste cocktails.
Spice Alley
$Late-night eats · Chippendale
Open-air hawker laneway.
The Basement
$$Live music · Circular Quay
Jazz & soul club since 1973.
The Baxter Inn
$$$Speakeasy · CBD
Whisky bar down a laneway, 900 bottles.
Live & on stage
Sydney Festival
Citywide · Jan 7–26 · Mixed
Frequently asked
- Standouts include Surry Hills, Newtown. The list mixes cocktail bars, live-music rooms and dance floors so you can build a full night without leaving the neighbourhood.