Why you goSydneysiders know rooftop bars are relatively thin on the ground in their city, especially compared with their neighbours south of the border, so in Old Mate’s Place – set high up in the skyline, four flights of stairs up – there’s already good reason to cheer. But when a bar in this sort of lofty setting has drinks this good, staff this dedicated and food this delicious, it calls for a full-blown celebration. And the team at Old Mate’s Place is here to help you do it. Sure, the main bar presents as an old-fashioned library, with leather booths, book-lined shelves, candlelight and plenty of heavy wood around the place, but this is a special kind of library where the people in charge aren’t shushing you, they’re handing you a drink and turning the music up. Head upstairs, and find a lush rooftop surrounded by skyscrapers and greenery, complete with an extra bar and tables made for catching up with old friends or meeting new ones. All this in an unassuming CBD office building. Happy days.
