Cardea
Venue Brief
Barangaroo Sydney cocktail bar where burlesque acts, live jazz and walk-in cocktail classes entertain a polished corporate-and-birthday Sydney crowd.
Venue Details
- Vibe
- Chic/LuxuryIntimateVintageBurlesque
- Age guide
- 25-45
- Dress code
- Smart Casual
- Cuisine
- InternationalTapas/Share Plate
- Demographic
- Young Professionals
- Music genre
- JazzCommercial HitsR&BOld School HitsLatinArabic
- Price
- $$$$
- Open season
- Year-round
- Clientele
- AustralianLocals
- Offerings
- VIP BoothBottle ServiceTable Service
- Open times
- Mon ClosedTue 4 – 11 PMWed 4 – 11 PMThu 4 – 11 PMFri 4 PM – 12:30 AM BestSat 5:30 PM – 12:30 AM BusySun Closed
Address
Shop 2, T3.01/300 Barangaroo Ave, Barangaroo NSW 2000, Australia
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About Cardea
Share plates with an international bent are the anchor here, built to be picked at over cocktails rather than to hold a table hostage for three courses — tapas-sized, and easy to keep ordering while the room fills. The music moves across jazz, R&B, Latin, Arabic and old-school and commercial hits, so the soundtrack shifts through the night rather than settling into one lane, and burlesque brings a vintage theatricality to the intimate space. VIP booths, bottle service and full table service put it in the $$$ bracket, which suits the young professional crowd — largely Sydneysiders, skewing 25 to 45 — that spills over from the Barangaroo towers. Tuesday to Thursday runs 4pm to 11pm, an after-work window; Friday from 4pm and Saturday from 5.30pm stretch to 12.30am, and those are the nights it's busiest. Smart casual, closed Sundays and Mondays, open year-round.
