Bar Eighteen08

You'll find yourself in the Tontine Hotel, that grand Victorian building that's been watching over Robertson Street for ages. Bar Eighteen08 takes its name from when the original Tontine was built, and there's something satisfying about drinking in a space with that much history embedded in its bones. The bar does proper cocktails—not the showboating kind, but well-made drinks that respect the spirit. It's the sort of place where locals actually know what they're ordering and the bartenders aren't trying too hard.