Cocktail trails: 3 routes
The East End and King Street
7 bars · about 51 minutes on foot in total
- 1The UndergroundLower Ground, 32 Church Street, Newcastle NSW 2300
- 🚶 about 7 min to the next bar
- 2Uptowns Bar6/23 Watt Street, Newcastle NSW 2300
- 🚶 about 16 min to the next bar
- 3Bartholomew's145 King Street, Newcastle NSW 2300
- 🚶 about 2 min to the next bar
- 4Ginger Meg's212 King Street, Newcastle NSW 2300
- 🚶 about 4 min to the next bar
- 5Romberg'sLevel 9, 282 King Street, Newcastle NSW 2300
- 🚶 about 10 min to the next bar
- 6Bernie's Bar410 King Street, Newcastle NSW 2300
- 🚶 about 12 min to the next bar
- 7Coal & Cedar380 Hunter Street, Newcastle NSW 2300
Newcastle West
4 bars · about 21 minutes on foot in total
- 1Granddad's Bar515 Hunter Street, Newcastle NSW 2300
- 🚶 about 5 min to the next bar
- 2Charlie's Rooftop529 Hunter Street, Newcastle NSW 2300
- 🚶 about 15 min to the next bar
- 3The Koutetsu555 Hunter Street, Newcastle West NSW 2302
- 🚶 about 1 min to the next bar
- 4Jam's Karaoke & Bar8 Union Street, Newcastle West NSW 2302
Darby Street
4 bars · about 8 minutes on foot in total
- 1Light Years5-7 Darby Street, Newcastle NSW 2300
- 🚶 about 5 min to the next bar
- 2MiiNE13 Darby Street, Newcastle NSW 2300
- 🚶 about 1 min to the next bar
- 3Bar Romeo97-107 Darby Street, Cooks Hill NSW 2300
- 🚶 about 2 min to the next bar
- 4Newy Fried Chicken102 Darby Street, Cooks Hill NSW 2300
Map: cocktail trails
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Your questions
How long does a Newcastle NSW cocktail trail take?
Each route has 4 to 7 bars. Allow two to four hours with a drink at each, plus the walking times shown.
More Newcastle NSW bar guides
- Cocktail barsCocktail bars in Newcastle NSW: Coal & Cedar, The Koutetsu, Romberg's and The Rooftop at Q
- Date nightDate night bars in Newcastle NSW: Coal & Cedar, Romberg's, The Rooftop at QT and Bartholom
- Hidden barsHidden bars in Newcastle NSW: Coal & Cedar, Newy Fried Chicken and The Underground.
- Rooftops and viewsRooftops and views bars in Newcastle NSW: Romberg's, The Rooftop at QT, Charlie's Rooftop
- Live musicLive music bars in Newcastle NSW: Bernie's Bar, MiiNE, Bar Romeo and The Great Northern Ho
- Fun bars for groupsFun bars for groups in Newcastle NSW: The Koutetsu, Earp Distilling Co., The Falcon and Ch
- Whisky, gin and agaveWhisky, gin and agave bars in Newcastle NSW: The Koutetsu, The Rooftop at QT, Bartholomew'
- Cocktails and foodCocktails and food bars in Newcastle NSW: Romberg's, Bartholomew's, Earp Distilling Co
- Pubs and beer barsPubs and beer bars in Newcastle NSW: The Great Northern Hotel, The Grain Store, Customs Ho
- Late nightLate night bars in Newcastle NSW: Newy Fried Chicken, Jam's Karaoke & Bar, Uptowns Bar and
- CBD and East EndBars in the Newcastle CBD and East End: Coal & Cedar, Romberg's and The Rooftop at QT for
- Newcastle West and HamiltonBars in Newcastle West and on Beaumont Street, Hamilton: The Koutetsu, Charlie's Rooftop,
- Darby StreetBars on Darby Street and in Cooks Hill: Light Years, MiiNE, Bar Romeo, the hidden bar at N
- Merewether and CarringtonBars in Merewether and Carrington: Merewether Surfhouse, The Beach Hotel, The Prince of Me
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 Hunter and Hunter.
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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