Image credit: Time Out Sydney/Anna Kucera
The winners of the 2018 Time Out Sydney and Melbourne Bar Awards have been revealed.
A 600-strong contingent of bartenders, bar owners, bar fans and industry professionals gathered at Sydney’s Marquee on Sunday afternoon (25 February) for the big reveal; the following evening it was Melbourne’s turn, with around 400 people packing out waterfront bar the Woolshed.
The big winner in Sydney was popular tiki bar Jacoby’s (pictured above), who took out the highly-coveted Bar of the Year award as well as Best Bar Team.
In Melbourne, Fitzroy wine bar Bar Liberty took out the top gong and was named Bar of the Year for 2018, also taking home the award for Best Wine Bar for the second year in a row.
Bartender of the Year in Sydney went to Stuart Morrow from The Baxter Inn, while Trish Brew, manager of Gin Palace, took out the Melbourne award.
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners – thanks to your hard work, the Australian bar scene continues to go from strength to strength.
FULL LIST OF 2018 TIME OUT BAR AWARD WINNERS:
SYDNEY
BAR OF THE YEAR
Jacoby’s
BEST NEW BAR
Smoke
BEST COCKTAIL BAR
PS40
BEST WINE BAR
Dear Sainte Eloise
BEST NEIGHBOURHOOD BAR
Uncle Kurt’s
BEST BAR FOOD
Bart Jr
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Solera
BEST BAR TEAM
Jacoby’s
LEGEND AWARD
Oxford Art Factory
BARTENDER OF THE YEAR
Stuart Morrow (The Baxter Inn)
HOT TALENT
Hayley Laurendet Saint (Archie Rose)
MELBOURNE
BAR OF THE YEAR
Bar Liberty
BEST NEW BAR
Paradise Alley
BEST COCKTAIL BAR
Above Board
BEST WINE BAR
Bar Liberty
BEST LATE NIGHT VENUE
Arlechin
BEST BAR FOOD
Bar Tini
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
The Elysian Whisky Bar
BEST BAR TEAM
The Elysian Whisky Bar
LEGEND AWARD
Gerald’s Bar
BARTENDER OF THE YEAR
Trish Brew (Gin Palace)
HOT TALENT
Cameron Parish (The Everleigh)
