4 editor picks in Sydney.
4 rooftop bars in Sydney our editors have drunk at, sorted by score. All Sydney nightlife.
Zephyr Bar Sydney is the 12th-floor rooftop at the Hyatt Regency on Sussex Street, with harbour views and seasonal cocktail collaborations through the year.
TipMonday is closed and Friday and Saturday run to midnight; New Year's Eve packages face the Darling Harbour fireworks.
The Rook in Sydney's CBD is the seventh-floor York Street rooftop, opened as a gin bar in 2012, with inventive cocktails and a butter-poached lobster roll.
TipIt's closed on Sundays; Friday and Saturday run to midnight, and the Saturday drag brunch pours bottomless teapot cocktails.
Sky Bar at Shell House in Sydney's CBD sits on level 10, wrapped around the building's 400-tonne clocktower, with retractable floor-to-ceiling windows.
TipEntry to levels 9 and 10 is via Wynyard Lane; online bookings take groups of up to 15, and dress is smart casual.
Jacksons on George Rooftop in Sydney's CBD is the open-air rooftop bar by Circular Quay, with resident DJs from sunset every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
TipIt's open daily until 1am; the public bar downstairs has live music every Saturday from 3pm.
2 hours
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