An incognito cocktail bar that still feels like one of the CBD’s best-kept secrets.
Even though this bar opened in late 2019, you’ll still find prospective punters unable to find it, standing at street level looking confused and cursing Google Maps. Those in the know step into the nondescript lobby, descend the narrow staircase to the left of the lifts, and emerge into a dimly lit, Jarrah-clad bar and taxidermist’s fever dream. A training ground for some of Perth’s best bar talent, it’s no surprise spirits and in particular cocktails are the main event. You’ll find a balance between creativity and the classics – a Coastal Martini drawing on oyster shell gin and samphire-infused vermouth with shio koji, plus various twists on the standards, and then just well-made classics (very difficult to go past the textbook negroni). Booze here is a broad church: beer is predominantly West Australian, with wine taking in premium estates to lo-fi makers like Margaret River’s Amato Vino and magnums of Ochota Barrels from across the Nullarbor. Descending in daylight and ascending to streetlights is a real possibility so fortify yourself with a fancy jaffle or two, whether it’s the shredded pork knuckle with house mustard and gravy or the ten-cheese blend, suitably dubbed ‘epic’. An apt description for Foxtrot Unicorn itself.
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