Sydney Night Clubs
Bambini wine room. Chandeliered, old-fash eurochic marble bar with wall of wines and hip city clientele.
Hang gazebo wine garden. Vibey, funky indoor/outdoor fairytale garden oasis with big wine list and good food.
The victoria room. Antiquey bar/dining room with girly furny, muted lighting and a buzzy atmos. Aussie tapas, jazzy sounds and open till late on weekends.
The loft. Waterfront, swish, stylish, contemporary, loungey couches, tasty tapas and gorgeous dollies. 3 lime st / king st wharf.
Will and toby's. Den of iniquity with deco elements, fireplace, frescoed stairwell, neverending chesterfield sofas and smoker's balcony. Cabaret downstairs. Oxford hotel/ taylor square.
Basement. Jivey jazz and live sounds in this old fave.
Chill hemmesphere. Sophisticated, vampy, balconied; a spacious moroccan lounge chill-arium and cigar divan.
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Bondi icebergs club. The real icebergs. Nothin' fancy, save for the deck terrace and views. Strewth, brucei 1 notts ave / bondi beach .
Supper clubs and clubs
The lincoln. This dark deco bar, dance and supper club draws the modish moths with its slickster flame. 36 bayswater rd / kings cross
Favela. Wine n' dine asian fusion. Glitz and beatz on 2if. 1 keller way / kings cross / 9357 1640/ closed mon / open till late / no cover charge if you dine, just rock on up / favela.com.au
Argyle. Five bacchanalian zones in this woolshed with cobblestoned courtyard and dj suspended in glass box.
Tank. Huge and happening basement house joint with neat vip area / underneath establishment .
Ruby rabbit. Industrial chic downstairs, french salon de nom upstairs, young himbos and kitties all round.
Yu. Saturday style-set party place, glam house vibe. 171 victoria st /potis point
Urban renewal spa chakra. This elegant lifestyle spa sits on an historic finger wharf in cool minimalist whites with treatments/ advice for the soul as well as the skin, all this and blissful vichy shower too. Plus, it's right under the blue hotel, how cocktailvenient is that? So now you can detox and then re-tox right away.
G'day spa observatory spa. Gorgeous fibre-optic roofed pool, gym, flotation tank, and seven treatment rooms using aborigine-inspired u'tya products, dermalogica, and a range of ~ancient massages' including ayurvedic, reiki, kodo and tibetan bell therapy .•.
Roughed up ginseng bathhouse. Getfing stripped and scrubbed a la korean at this zero frills joint is an experience. After your torture, relax in the ginseng spa bath. Level 1 / the crest hotel
How now big brow sharon-lee. This outrageo"us, big-mirrored boudoir with regency striped walls specialises in brows only, gals swear it can take years off.
Tress-matic valonz. Juicy, girly-twirly, chi-chi hair salon with sexy lighting and party atmosphere. The divine miss frou frou operates in this space too for deluxe mani's and pedi's and precision brow and lash tinting.
Polish place usa nails & foot spa. No fuss, influjbackfilufrench/ deluxe/acrylic/anything you like, these are your gals.
Face n'frizz off eva karpati. Face like a dropped meat pie? Eva is the facial queen with scores of personalis ed treatments and state-of-the-art hair removal.
One stop flop yummy mummy's. Daft name, but this is a nifty onestop shop for hair, facials, peels, spray tan, pedi's, mani's, massage and tazzy waxing. Babysitting too ...
Heavy beauty face and'body medical. Ugly as a robber's dog? Get yourself overhauled here. Dermal fillers, botox, plastic surgery, beauty therapy and jpl one-stop shop.
Bend over spirit therapies. Popular, peaceful zen-ny pilates and yoga studio conveniently opposite lotus (see bars). L2 / 27 challis ave / potts point / 93808388/ by appointment
On top of the world sydney tower skywalk. If standing on a retractable, glass-boltomed floor 260m above the cbd is your idea of fun, have you considered therapy? Iskywalk.com.au i 100 market st i city 19333 9200/9am-10pm daily i book online i the whole experience takes 1.5 hrs.
Around the houses the rocks walking tours. Once chokka with brothels, now packed full of tourists, this historic area is still picturesque and worth a viz, the 90 min tour shows it all after, have a bevy at the park hyatt .
Saw. Sydney architectural walks takes you on nifty tailored tours of the city's landmarks and faux pas.
Museum moment. Want to know how it all began? The museum of sydney i cnr phillip & bridge sts19.30am-5pm daily 115 fascinating, poignant and has a great cafe. For a taste of convict life hyde park barracks .
A sobering hour and susannah place i susannah place i 58 gloucester st i the rocks gives you a taste of early working class life in a row of terraced houses complete with brick thunderboxes.
Museum of contemporary art. Smart quayside art deco building. Smart collection, and smart cafe.
Art gallery of nsw. An excellent. Perma-mixture of c.20th aussie and aboriginal art. An asian wing and temporary exhibitions. Neat resto and cafe on-site.
Art after hours. Every wednesday evening. The art gallery of nsw opens its doors for art, talks, films, concerts and jazz .
Harbour java captain cook coffee cruise. Hopelessly naff, but great fun, these gossipy narrated tours take you gawping at houses and sights all around the harbour. Captain cook office / circular quay jetty.
Finding nemo
Sydney aquarium. One of the biggest collections of aquatic crllters in the world with a smart underwater walkthrough. 'Ooh' at the swarms of sharks. 'Aah' at the sweetie platypus. 'Boo' at the shameless retail. |
