Perth
The central business district. Polished cocktail rooms inside heritage buildings, rooftop bars, and the after-work suit-and-tie crowd. Save this neighbourhood guide before your next night in Perth.
CBD · $$$
Perth's most awarded cocktail bar.
CBD · $$$
Speakeasy reached through a basement door with a password posted weekly on Instagram.
CBD · $$$
Underground cocktail bar with one of Australia's longest rum lists.
CBD · $$$
Wine-bar-and-cocktail-room inside the State Buildings.
CBD · $$$
Rooftop cocktail bar over Hay Street.
Perth CBD · $$
New York slices and a deep back bar below a red telephone box.
You'll find Cocktail Bars, Craft Beer and Hidden Gems here, all tightly clustered enough to walk between in a single evening. That's the value of a neighbourhood guide: pick a starting room, end up four bars in, and never get in a cab. Every recommendation below is independent — barsforKings doesn't take payment for editorial placement, ever.
The order below is a working ranking, not gospel. Read the notes, pick the room that fits the night you're planning, and treat CBD like locals do — start early, walk between rooms, end somewhere quieter than you started.
A working editorial ranking. Walkable in a single evening — pick your starting room and let the neighbourhood do the rest.