Our main event: the Byron Bay bars where the cocktails are the reason to go.
Last checked 14 November 2026. No bar paid to be included.
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Cocktail bar
Up above Jonson Street, all white walls and rattan lights, with ocean views when the window awnings open. Five house Margaritas, four Espresso Martinis and a rotating bartender's cocktail, with live music and DJs and happy hour from 4pm to 6pm.
📍 9/4 Jonson Street, Byron Bay NSW 2481
Balcony bar
Above the main street with balcony seats for people-watching, cocktails by the glass or carafe, frozen cocktails such as the Hinterland Paloma and eight ways to eat oysters. Happy hour runs from 4pm to 6pm.
📍 7/3 Lawson Street, Byron Bay NSW 2481
Beachfront bar
A casual beachfront bar looking over Wategos Beach, with Australian and European wines and coastal cocktails such as the Maca Colada with rum, macadamia liqueur and pineapple. Walk-ins only.
📍 6-8 Marine Parade, Wategos Beach, Byron Bay NSW 2481
Mediterranean bar
A Mediterranean-style cantina downstairs with tapas from Morocco, Greece and Turkey. Upstairs is The Souk, a bar with its own cocktail list for a drink before dinner or a nightcap.
📍 4/85-87 Jonson Street, Byron Bay NSW 2481
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Start with Loft Byron Bay, Balcony Bar & Oyster Co., Raes Cellar Bar and The Mez Club. Our full list has 4 bars.
This guide is written by the team at M.AD Agency. We run Cocktail Week, the ten-day cocktail festival held town by town across the UK and Ireland. Now we're bringing it to Australia. Since 2022 we have taken it to more than 20 towns and cities and worked with hundreds of bars. We put this guide together from our own research and trusted local guides, including Urban List and Australian Traveller.
No bar paid to be included and nobody can buy a place. We check the guide regularly as bars open, change and close.
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