Pubs & Bars
Kittyhawk
Currently open
3:00 pm - 12:00 am
Kitty Hawk a hidden cocktail bar down toward Circular Quay. This joint has a classy layout and drinks list. The bar is long with a number of stools and a great spot to watch your drink being prepared, have a chat to the bar staff and enjoy a drink.The whisky list is quality and they do some cool stuff with their cocktails, like jelly lego figurines and divers. Enjoy some small bites with your drinks, a charcuterie plate or some cheese.
The theme - in case the US fighter airplane name, or the wartime posters and memorabilia lining the walls haven’t clued you in - is 1940s with a touch of French resistance thrown in. Laid out like the Kittyhawk IV Airplane’s manual, the combined food and drinks menu is a weighty tome. However if you don’t feel like investing some time in reading, you can always leave yourself in the capable hands of staff. I was feeling pretty pleased with my self-selected U.S.C.C. (Uncle Sam’s Canoe Club) ($19) – a smooth yet smoky blend of tequila, white Crème de Cacao, pear and walnut shrub and lemon – until she topped it with the Rye Gram ($19). From the manual’s schematics, it’s a blend of spiced rye whisky and coconut stout made sweeter and silkier by gomme syrup, then balanced with lemon and a flamed cinnamon quill. It’s pretty much my perfect drink. That shouldn’t be surprising – after all, Kittyhawk is the latest venture for the clever Lobo Plantation team, famous for ...read more