Deux Frères

Sydney's first dedicated Basque pintxos bar won Time Out's Best Wine Bar for 2025 by combining a natural wine programme with the pintxo tradition of San Sebastián's old quarter. The wine list prioritises small producers and biodynamic practices, while the food—miniature compositions served on slices of bread—provides the kind of drinking-friendly sustenance that keeps guests ordering another glass. Deux Frères brings a European aperitivo sensibility to Circular Quay that the neighbourhood sorely needed. Sydney's bar scene benefits from a healthy disregard for convention—indigenous ingredients alongside Mexican agave, Japanese vinyl bars next to psychedelic late-night clubs. The mix produces a city that drinks with originality rather than imitation. The fourteen-hour flight has never been more justified.