Eddie Rocks

You're walking down Quay Street on a Friday night and Eddie Rocks is where the energy is. It's the kind of place where the bouncer knows half the town, the DJ takes requests that actually work, and nobody's dressed to the nines trying to look moody. The bar staff are quick, the music ranges from guilty-pleasure pop to proper dancefloor fillers, and it gets rammed without feeling suffocating. It's not trying to be cool—it just is, because people from town want to be there.