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Foxtrot Unicorn

An underground cocktail room in an 1887 bank vault beneath St Georges Terrace, clad in jarrah and salvaged WA hospitality history, with some of the most awarded bartenders in Perth.

$$$ Perth, Perth

Published Feb 12, 2026

At a Glance

AddressBasement, 101 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000

Finding itEnter the lobby, take the narrow staircase to the left of the lifts

NeighbourhoodPerth CBD, the office end of the Terrace

TransitElizabeth Quay and Perth stations both within a ten minute walk

Drinks specialtyNative ingredient cocktails and a deep whiskey shelf

FoodJaffles, including a cheese jaffle with its own following

The roomAn 1887 bank vault, jarrah panels and salvaged WA bar relics

ReservationsWalk in works midweek; the vault is small, arrive early Friday

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Basement, 101 St Georges Terrace, Perth 6000, Perth

The Pitch

Our Take on Foxtrot Unicorn

Foxtrot Unicorn opened in late 2019 underneath 101 St Georges Terrace, in a bank vault built in 1887, and Broadsheet still describes it as the CBD's best kept secret because people cannot find the door. The move: step into the office lobby, take the staircase left of the lifts, and the jarrah clad room opens up below street level.

This is the bar Perth bartenders drink at on their nights off, which the Wanderlog review pattern repeats often enough to treat as fact.

The Room

Reading the Room

The vault keeps you close to the bar, all dark timber and shelving stacked with up cycled pieces of old WA pubs and hotels. The WA Good Food Guide reads the fit out as a museum of the state's drinking history that happens to serve drinks.

Seats at the bar beat the tables. The conversation with the bartender is half the product here.

The Drinks

What to Order First

A native ingredient cocktail

The list leans on WA botanicals and native produce, and DesignMyNight rates the program among the most inventive in the city. Ask what is in season and order that.

Something from the whiskey shelf

The collection runs deep enough to justify a slow second round. Tell them your usual pour and let them move you one bottle sideways.

The cheese jaffle

Wanderlog reviewers treat the seasoned cheese jaffle as a mandatory order, and they are correct. It is the right food for a basement bar at 10pm.

Crowd and Vibe

Who Shows Up, and When

Suits early, hospitality people late, and a steady line of cocktail tourists who read about the vault online. Google reviews sit at 4.7 across 386 ratings, which for a CBD basement bar is remarkable consistency.

Midweek evenings give you bar seats and time to talk. Friday after 6pm the vault fills with the office exodus and stays full.

What Regulars Say

The Pattern in the Reviews

Wanderlog reviewers repeatedly name individual bartenders in their reviews, which tells you the service is the product as much as the drinks.
Broadsheet credits the room's longevity to the fact it never chased trends, just kept making precise drinks in a space nobody else could copy.
Multiple reviews advise allowing five extra minutes to find the entrance the first time. Plan for that and enjoy watching others fail.

Who It Is For

Go If, Skip If

01A date that needs to land, the reveal of the vault does half the work.
02Whiskey drinkers who want guidance rather than a laminated list.
03Skip it if you need standing room and noise; the vault rewards sitting still.

The Look

Inside the Room

Sources: foxtrotunicorn.com (2026-06); Broadsheet Perth; DesignMyNight; Wanderlog Google review data (4.7 from 386); WA Good Food Guide; The Urban List.

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