Perth
The residential-cool quarter north-east of the centre. Wine bars, neighbourhood cocktail rooms, and a slower thirty-something 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 · $$$
Underground cocktail bar with one of Australia's longest rum lists.
Northbridge · $$
Brewpub-and-cocktail-bar hybrid in a converted warehouse.
You'll find Cocktail Bars, Craft Beer, Rooftop Bars and Sports Bars 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 Mount Lawley 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.