Molly
Speakeasy
Built inside an old bank vault behind an unassuming wooden door off Odgers Lane, a candlelit speakeasy for whisky, cocktails and live jazz.
📍 Odgers Lane, Canberra ACT 2601
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Volstead Repeal
Whisky bar
A New York-inspired whisky bar down an alley in Braddon, with more than 300 whiskies, walls lined with bottles and green leather chesterfields.
📍 7/32 Mort Street, Braddon ACT 2612
Devil You Don't
Basement cocktail bar
A moody basement cocktail den beneath New Acton, in the space that was High Jinks, from the team behind Volstead Repeal and Peacemaker Saloon.
📍 Basement, 2/15 Edinburgh Avenue, Canberra ACT 2601
Romanée Wine Bar
Wine bar
Tucked behind the Branx building on Lonsdale Street, pouring wines from the ACT and its surrounds alongside some of Australia's finest vintages.
📍 105/16 Lonsdale Street, Braddon ACT 2612
Ambrosia Lounge
Cocktail lounge
A loft-style cocktail bar in the Dairy Road precinct, with marble tables, green velvet chairs and marble statues.
📍 Building 2, 2/1 Dairy Road, Fyshwick ACT 2609
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Your questions
Where are the hidden bars in Canberra?
Start with Molly, Volstead Repeal, Devil You Don't, Romanée Wine Bar and Ambrosia Lounge. Our full list has 5 bars.
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Who wrote this guide
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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