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Polit Bar - more than cocktails
6 locals recommend · Estimated price 2 out of 4
Tips from locals
Vanessa
October 12, 2017
Vibe: Intimate post work drinks. A small bar upstairs in Manuka where low booths are sectioned off by curtains of metal chains and dangling pendants lights cast a soft glow. Look out for burlesque, trivia and "naked girls reading".
Ravinder
October 11, 2017
Long-running, cosy hangout with vintage chandeliers, offering top-shelf cocktails and spirits.
Gemma
July 19, 2016
If you like the idea of a deco inspired bar with table service, top quality drinks and a real sense of hospitality, then Polit Bar is the place for you. It aims to be the ‘thinking person’s cocktail lounge’, but not taking itself too seriously, and they also have regular music, board games, trivia,…
Andrea
July 13, 2016
Variety of things going on. Free pool on Mondays. Trivia, cocktail nights, special events. Cosy place to hang in the depths of Canberra winter.
Deb
August 5, 2015
warm, quiet, intimate seating, great drinks affordable, upstairs at Manuka near Public Bar
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