Somewhere to eat as well as drink: the Canberra bars where the food is as good as the drinks.
Last checked 14 November 2026. No bar paid to be included.
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Wine and cocktail bar
ACT Bar of the Year (VisitCanberra)
Up a flight of stairs in the heritage-listed Melbourne Building, with huge arched windows, wine-bottle candles, a fireplace and an ever-changing food menu.
📍 65 London Circuit, Canberra ACT 2601
Wine bar
One of Canberra's most intimate wine bars, at New Acton, with vintage furniture, marble-topped tables and share plates such as oysters and chorizo.
📍 New Acton, Canberra ACT 2601
Cocktail bar
A street-level cocktail bar at Constitution Place with a sake list.
📍 Constitution Place, Canberra ACT 2601
Wine bar
A Braddon wine bar given over almost entirely to Riesling, with share plates.
📍 Braddon ACT 2612
Brewery
Canberra's buzzy double-storey craft brewery in the heart of Braddon. Its beers are poured in pubs all over the city.
📍 48/38 Mort Street, Braddon ACT 2612
Wine bar
A Kingston wine bar with small plates built on local produce, including sourdough from L'epi and LP's meats.
📍 4/11 Kennedy Street, Kingston ACT 2604
Pub
The Kingo, one of Canberra's oldest pubs (it dates from 1922), five minutes from the city, with steaks, pies and a fire in winter.
📍 73 Canberra Avenue, Kingston ACT 2604
Pub
Pub food and live music with views across Lake Burley Griffin.
📍 70/17 Eastlake Parade, Kingston ACT 2604
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Start with Bar Rochford, Parlour, Cicada, Rizla and BentSpoke Brewing Co.. Our full list has 8 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 VisitCanberra, HerCanberra, Region Canberra and Sitchu.
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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