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Alcohol-free bars in Sydney
Non-alc bars and distilleries, bars and pubs with proper NA menus, alcohol-free bottle shops and sober social groups, from the CBD to the Northern Beaches. Last updated .
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Balgowlah
Barangaroo
Rekōdo
A Japanese restaurant and vinyl listening bar that always keeps Japanese-inspired NA drinks on the list, such as an amaretto sour, spritz and yuzu sodas.
Brookvale
Seadrift Distillery So-Bar
Australia's first non-alc distillery, with a tasting room and 'So-Bar' in a Northern Beaches warehouse. NA gin-style spirits in G&Ts and cocktails like the Freshie, plus other alcohol-free drinks. Bar hours are limited, so check before you go.
Chippendale
Gin Lane
A small gin bar that, per Sitchu's 2025 guide, will make its cocktail list alcohol-free on request, from a Lyre's Negroni to a zero-alcohol spritz.
Circular Quay
Apollonia
A candlelit Sicilian cocktail bar in a sandstone basement. Sitchu's 2025 guide rates its non-alc options as carefully made as the cocktails; ask the bartenders what they're mixing.
Opera Bar
The harbourside bar under the Opera House sails has a broad alcohol-free list: NA beer, wine and spirits, a non-alc espresso martini, and the Sammy Piquant South Pacific Spritz added in 2025.
Citywide
Sober Social Australia
A Sydney Meetup group of almost 3,000 members running alcohol-free dinners, brunches, bushwalks, gigs and gallery trips. For anyone not drinking, for a night or for good.
Utopia Rising
Themed, interactive social workshops that are always alcohol-free, with vegan-friendly food included. Events sell out, so book ahead.
Morning People Sydney
Free and ticketed alcohol-free morning dance parties, launched in Sydney in November 2025 and also running in New Zealand.
Andromeda Events
Sober dance parties and social nights with a focus on women and the LGBTQIA+ community, such as Pantheon at the Seadrift distillery.
Maple Social Club
Founded in December 2024, Maple Social Club runs free coffee raves with DJs in Sydney cafes. Morning, sober-friendly and low-pressure.
Darlinghurst
The Waratah
A modern Australian bar whose non-alc Yuzu & Flowers (nitro flower tea, clarified yuzu and dealcoholised wine) is as considered as the cocktails.
Freshwater
Harbord Hotel
A beach pub that Broadsheet praises for a serious non-alc offering: NA craft beers, house sodas and cocktails such as a Seadrift pineapple punch.
Marrickville
Heaps Normal Health Club
The non-alc beer brand's warehouse bar and music venue, open Thursday to Sunday. The menu runs no, low, mid and full strength, so it's mindful-drinking friendly rather than fully dry, with Heaps Normal on tap.
Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre
Hawke's brewery venue, full of Hawke memorabilia. It stocks NA options including Heaps Normal, and the house Half XPA is a low 1.75%.
Minto
Sydney Kava Bar & Lounge
A walk-in kava lounge in Sydney's south-west with acoustic sets and island music. Alcohol-free, though kava is mildly relaxing, so it isn't for everyone.
Online
Hello Sunday Morning
A not-for-profit with free tools and an online community for anyone changing their relationship with alcohol, whether cutting down or stopping.
Paddington
The Paddington
Merivale's Oxford Street pub pours more than just non-alc beer: Heaps Normal sits alongside Seedlip-based cocktails, per Broadsheet's non-alc guide.
Potts Point
Yellow
A plant-based fine diner that offers a full non-alcoholic pairing with its six-course menu, built on house ferments, shrubs and kombucha.
Rose Bay
Catalina
A long-running harbourside restaurant where the mocktails, like a Seedlip kaffir mule and house seasonal lemonade, let you have the view without the wine.
Surry Hills
NOMAD Sydney
The Middle Eastern-leaning restaurant prints a proper non-alc section: Lyre's-based spritzes, margaritas and mules, a Nogroni and house sodas.
Ito
A Japanese-Italian restaurant with a thoughtful non-alc list designed to match the courses, singled out in Sitchu's 2025 mocktail guide.
Sydney CBD
Dean & Nancy on 22
Maybe Sammy's high-rise sibling, with city views and a short list of NA cocktails built on Lyre's spirits that carry the same mid-century flair as the main menu.
Grain
The hotel bar's printed menu has a dedicated non-alcoholic section of cocktails built on its own 'zero' gin, plus Heineken 0.0.
Stitch
A pioneering CBD small bar that has embraced non-alc, with booze-free takes on classics like the Dark 'n' Stormy and Bee's Knees.
Gowings Bar & Grill
The QT Sydney grill offered four Lyre's non-alc cocktails for Dry July 2025. Ask the bar what's on the zero-alc list now.
Kahii
A Japanese kissaten-style cafe by day and intimate cocktail bar by night. The matcha and specialty drinks make the daytime an easy alcohol-free meet-up.
PS40
A CBD cocktail bar known for its house-made sodas, which Time Out highlights. Its non-alc drinks are made as carefully as the cocktails.
The Domain
Crafted by Matt Moran
The Art Gallery of NSW restaurant has a short list of Lyre's-based alcohol-free cocktails, including an amaretto sour, with harbour views.
The Rocks
Maybe Sammy
One of the world's most-awarded cocktail bars, where the team builds proper NA versions of its drinks using non-alc spirits rather than just juice. A 2025 Dry July Cocktails for a Cause venue.