293. Cocktails in the Shangri La Hotel

One of my work mates had just been offered a place on a GP training scheme which is the career avenue he wanted to go down. Unfortunately the program was in Newcastle so he was leaving the Sydney area. A group of us met up with him in the Louenbrau Bar in the Rocks for a couple of goodbye drinks but it was packed and when a group of drunken blokes in German fancy dress turned up we decided to leave.

We stood in the street outside and contemplated where to go next then like a shining beacon in the beer-drought darkness the Shangri La Hotel’s yellow rooftop sign called us in its direction. We had been meaning to have a drink in there for ages as every guide book on the planet mentions it and the views that Altitude Bar on the 36th floor affords its patrons.

We were not to be disappointed. The sights of Sydney from that height and at that time of night were beautiful and worth the 20 minute wait for a table in the main bar. The cocktails were also incredible but at a cost of $20 each we could only afford the one so the night came to a premature end and we all headed home.