Jackson's on George/Lowenbrau/Chinese Laundry

Hey kids,

This is the one place we always seem to end up at when all else fails in the city... it looks like a glorified RSL, there's way too much smoke on the dancefloor and the cages look a bit tacky but the fact the lines are almost non-existent and it's central location means it's an attractive option @ 2.30am on a Sunday morning when you're undecided on where to go next... oh and the $15 1 litre cocktail jugs don't hurt either!

You enter the club in a dark side alleyway off George Street where you are met by a group of surprisingly friendly group of bouncers who generally let you in regardless of what state you're inebriation you're in and enter what looks like Broken Hill RSL; smells like old beer, full of pokies and TAB screens all round. But then you walk up a flight of stairs and there is a bustling street level bar but we move upstairs to the 'night club'. It's pretty small and fairly packed and the smoke machine is always on overdrive to the point you can't see anything and breathing becomes quite a chore but the beats get those body's moving. Also smokers can be excited at the fact there is a fairly large outdoor courtyard upstairs quite close to the bar.

Earlier in the night we went to a German beer cafe located in Argyle Street in the Rocks, a favourite little haunt called the Lowenbrau. Who wouldn't love a place where you are served by a busty blonde German woman in traditional Bavarian attire ;) Even better is the fact that upstairs there is a busy bar upstairs, uberbar. This place has a beer list about 30 pages long and even with the non-beer drinkers out there they can experiment with mango or lemon-flavoured beers. Also helps that they're served in 1 litre beer steins :)

So we then end our night at a club called Chinese Laundry located underneath the historic Slip Inn. Personally my favourite thing about this place is the stamp you get on your arm... it's invisible but when you hold it under an ultraviolet light you can see it, haha but enough of my immaturity. The cover charge ($25) is a bit pricey for what it is but a good night is usually guaranteed. There are multiple dancefloors and bar and being in an EXTREMELY old building the hallways are way too narrow, the rooms are way too small but that just ends up meaning that the place gets nice and crowded :) But another amazing thing about the place is... what for it... there is a sitting room full of pillows which plays 'Land Before Time' movies on repeat.

But yeh visiting all these places in the one night guarantees a nice, messy night and a very long bus ride back to the Hills...

Verdict...

Jackson's on George: ☻ ☻ ☻ ☺ ☺

Lowenbrau Keller/Uberbar: ☻☻☻☻☺

Chinese Laundry: ☻☻☻☺☺