At the site of the legendary Cafe Hernandez, this Spanish bar honours the former tenant with big barrels of house blended vermouth, banging cocktails and tapas including tinned seafood and a famous four-cheese toastie.

An iconic cafe reborn as a tiny aperitivo and cocktail bar. A cross-section of the city’s movers and shakers used to come here for coffee and lasagne; now it’s all about Italian vermouths and amaro, tinned seafood and good cheese.

A 1930s-bohemian-themed bar where Sydney’s artistic, debauched past meets evocative theatrics.

FBi Social may have departed but music had to remain at the Kings Cross Hotel.

Though it’s in the heart of Kings Cross, this colourful rooftop four levels above the Potts Point Hotel feels partway between a beach club and a Mexican diner – serving a tight list of tacos, quesadillas and frozen Margaritas.

At this Mexican restaurant (from the former owners of Barrio Chino), there's a particular emphasis on seafood. Pink scallop tostadas, raw prawns sliced like sashimi and de-boned snapper have all starred in the past.

Art and coffee come together in this well-designed space.