Low light, good drinks and somewhere to talk: the Byron Bay bars we would pick for a night for two.
Last checked 14 November 2026. No bar paid to be included.
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Natural wine bar
A chic Parisian-style wine bar with a peach horseshoe bar and green leather banquettes, from the team behind Luna Wine Store. About 650 natural and biodynamic wines, a signature Half Martini and a soundtrack of afro beats, funk and disco.
📍 G9 Jonson Lane, 139 Jonson 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
Bar and restaurant
Lanterns, cosy corners and rustic charm, with food, drinks and dancing on the same night.
📍 9 Fletcher Street, Byron Bay NSW 2481
Poolside bar
The poolside bar at Crystalbrook Byron, surrounded by subtropical rainforest, with cocktails, mocktails and seafood.
📍 Crystalbrook Byron, 77-97 Broken Head Road, Byron Bay NSW 2481
Wine bar and restaurant
Italian food with a coastal twist, modern and new world wines alongside Italian classics, plus classic cocktails with an Italian summer twist.
📍 139 Jonson Street, Byron Bay
Wine bar
A moody, monochrome wine bar on Bay Lane, marked by an illuminated crescent moon, where Japanese-style charcoal grilling takes centre stage. Bookings essential.
📍 Bay Lane, Byron Bay
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Start with Bar Heather, Raes Cellar Bar, The Mez Club, Casa Luna and Verandah. Our full list has 7 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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