Up Your Mixed Bevvie Game With This List Of Where To Get A Cocktail in The Illawarra
Any hour is happy hour when cocktails are involved! We loved putting this list together of awesome bars, pubs and restaurants you can head to post-work, pre-party or just because the day ends in a Y.
Now, where to start……eeny, meeny, miny. Moe!
Five Islands Hotel, Cringila
These guys know how to work their dark spirit cocktails – plenty of rum, bourbs and whisky on the cocktail menu here. This whisky sour looks good enough to dive into, right?
Night Parrot Bar & Kitchen, Wollongong
The Night Parrot team know how to make their cocktails AND name them! This one is called That Bubble Thing – LOL! Smokin…..
Lee and Me, Wollongong
This is the sort of tray you want heading your way on a Friday arvo. 4 x Mojito’s for me and all my *ahem friends, thanks!
The Fitz, Bulli
We love how the cocktail menu at The Fitz takes you around the world [especially seeing crossing border is still a bit how’s your father at the mo]. Try the Yuzu Cherry Blossom Highball, the Tennessee Tea and Ski Lodge Pancakes [yep, it’s a cocktail with Canadian Whisky as the base – how aboot that?].
Births & Deaths, Wollongong
These guys have your pre-dinner drink sorted with a kickarse selection of Negroni cocktails ready to fire up your tastebuds [and nasal hair].
Papi Dulce Bar, Thirroul
An ever changing and always inventive cocktail menu here….follow them on Insta for some hilarious sass. We love these guys.
The Shy Postie, Wollongong
Add some colour to your world with the fab drag nights and gorgeously bright cocktails at The Shy Postie.
Nourish Kitchen + Lifestyle, Berry
Because espresso martini’s make everything better [and you stay up later!].
Humber Bar, Wollongong
We like big jugs and we cannot lie.
The Hill Bar and Kitchen, Gerringong
The Berry Kiss…..too pretty to drink? Nev-ah! Mwah!
Steamers Bar & Grill, Wollongong
They had us at $10 cocktails.
Diggies Cafe, North Beach
Like, there’s so much juice in a Bloody Mary and a Mimosa, it’s practically a breakfast smoothie, right?
Wild Patch, Kiama
Because an espresso martini with a side of mojito is always a good idea…
Dagwood Bar and Kitchen, Wollongong
Not exactly a Law & Order style line-up…..much prettier and tastier!
Thirroul Beach Pavilion, Thirroul
We found our pot of gold thanks to this rainbow of cocktails!
Breakout Bar & Lounge, Wollongong
These guys know how to shake. We love their super original menu and that they’re up for the challenge of creating a custom cocktail with just a few prompts from their punters. Very cool. Lovin’ this moody number too…this is the Canadian Kickstart.
Relish on Addison, Shellharbour
French Martini, anyone? Oui oui! Oh, down the corridor and to the right.
The Prince, Wollongong
A super sexy cocktail menu with DJ’s playing bangin’ tunes – The Prince is totally a vibe.
Builder’s Club, Wollongong
The Botanist Bar at the Builder’s Club know how to shake their cocktail making booty. We couldn’t decide so ordered them all.
Bulli Beach Cafe, Bulli
A birds-eye view of cocktail deliciousness. Eeny, meeny, miny, moe!
Mr Crown, Wollongong
Dessert in a cocktail?? Now, that’s what we call highly efficient time management!
Headlands Hotel, Austinmer Beach
We’re so here for cocktails with a view.
The Throsby, Wollongong
1 mouth, 2 hands, 5 cocktails…..hmmmmm. We KNEW high school maths would come in handy one day!
Pepe’s on the Beach, North Beach
Pass the sunnies for this one, people!
His Boy Elroy, Wollongong
Happy hour at His Boy Elroy makes us VERY happy indeed. Nice brand moment BTW.
