The Cliff Dive

My friend and I came from interstate and walked straight from our hotel room to here and were turned away for being “too intoxicated” when we weren’t even drunk. Security were rude specially the female security guard. Accused us of not being able to stand still and it felt like an interrogation. Do not recommend if you’re looking for a good time.

Don’t even bother coming here. My friend and I didn’t even have two drinks the girl security guard was so rude and disrespectful. And told us “it’s no a for tonight” when we won’t even intoxicated? So many people we met that night said the same thing about this specific girl security guard. Girls do your self a favour and don’t come here if your pretty because this girl guard obviously has issues if so many people didn’t get let in she didn’t even let in a girl for her 18th birthday and she was sober. It comes to a point yes we understand you need to do your job but not when you’re abusing your power. We came here for a night out and this is what we get? Night ruined because of her. This is what happens when you give a person like her a job like this your a security guard you don’t run the club don’t abuse your power.

Shame I have to give them 1 star because I would give them 0 if I could. Would not recommend going to this club. The security is extremely rude and the female manager is on a massive power trip. I went out with work colleagues and while we were waiting in line to get in the security were interrogating people for no reason. They let you in and make you pay $15 entry, within an hour you go outside for a cigarette and they wont let you back in because you are too ‘intoxicated’. After reading the reviews looks like this happens to a lot of people.

Bouncers were clearly on a power trip, very rude and hostile to myself and friends. Accused of being drunk (despite not having consumed any alcohol at this point) by a security guard all because I couldn’t hear him talking/mumbling. The staff were not much better either in being very rude to our group when we were deciding whether we were willing to pay the $25 entry fee. Got told by one staff member to wait to the side only to have another staff member accuse us of being in the way. Decided to go elsewhere, Much better clubs nearby with no entry fee

Went to cliff dive today with my mates. Got in okay and vibed out with the music. Not long after my mate got accused for “suspicious drug behaviour”. Not only was my mate accused but a couple of people got pulled aside being accused for no reason. Especially the person with the ‘long brown hair’. Won’t come again if I were to be accused. Hope they can change!! Being someone who has gone to dance clubs for a while especially this place is really disappointing. The security of the place needs to up their training and be more of a people person instead of making accusations. Please bring back the original Cliff Dive before more complaints come through.

As a typical Asian, I have to say that the drinks and the atmosphere there were off. The bar at my place is really better than this even the worst one. Those drinks especially for happy hours, it just syrups and soda with nothing else. My throat even hurt when I came back home

This is my first time going out in Sydney. I was really excited and I found this venue by recommendation from a tiktok. The security, despite being poc, were extremely rude and clearly racially profiling. I have never experienced the level of disrespect and discomfort displayed by your staff tonight. 2 of us had already paid entry and had to come back outside because one of the girls in our group was “displaying anti social behaviour” and “ too drunk”. She was not overly drunk at all. The treatment is appalling and completely unfair. Will not come back. Will not recommend. Actually such a joke.

First of all, this club is overcrowded with too many young people inside, merely to attract a large customer , even if it means disregarding legal limits.This bar should be shut down immediately. My brother had a very negative experience at this establishment, where the manager falsely accused him of drug use without any evidence. My brother is an outstanding individual, and making such allegations without grounds is unacceptable. It is evident that the manager's sole intention was to reject him from the premises in order to make room for another paying customer.this bar should shut down immediately.. I will report this bar..

- lots of younger folk - music was great on a Friday night - cocktails are stingily precise - urinating into a trough - mixed drinks taste cheap - I had a great time

New bar on Oxford Street brought to you from the same duo behind Tio's. It's definitely a different venture. It's huge (compared to small bar Tio's) and has a dance floor stuck in the middle. It's made to look like you've stepped underwater with blue wavy lights on the floor and paper lantern fish above your head. It has more of a club atmosphere, but not in a creepy "let's go clubbing way" that you might associate with some places (especially if you're not a club person). When we were there Friday, they had an Elvis impersonator signing live and played mostly 60s classics through the night. It's a great addition to the area. Drink menu is simple but has a lot of character. Cocktails starting at $10 up to $16-17 range depending on what you're after. They also have this crazy monkey head tiki drink for $25 that is meant to be shared by two people (or one really thirsty person).

$5 Pina Colada can't go wrong and they have booths around a sunken dance floor. We hit this place earlier on a Saturday night. It was chill and not as popular as some other spots. But if you're looking for an escape from the crowds and no booking this place is alright.

You had me at late night Papua New Guinean tiki bar. Other things you had me at: - Punchy cocktails starting at just $10, like a Bacardi/gin/apple number that sat me on ma aish. - $6 Southern Pacific beers - Sunken central dance floor - Clean, wonderfully tacky Jimmy-Buffet's-Margaritaville style decor - The giant moai in a grass hula skirt that you have to walk around to get into the club - The bargain $5 cover. In your face other $20 covers around town! - The bomb tunes, fun and weird and unexpected and fun. No weird alienating hardcore here!

Didn't expect this in Sydney, because I hadn't been to a tiki bar in Australia I liked, but this place has great cocktails, as does Tio's (a tequila bar by the owners of this bar) down the way. The owners are solid people, and were some of the friendliest Australians I've met, period. I've been to tiki bars around the world, and this is a great bar. Pro-tip: Get these guys to make you a cocktail that's not on a list, and I assure you it will be great. They care about what they do! The music on dance nights is absolutely fucking terrible, but that's a reflection of the bar scene, not of the owners who also agree that the music during dance nights is absolutely fuckiing terrible.

I enjoyed coming here on a Friday night. We arrived around 9:30PM when it wasn't very busy, and left around 11:15PM and the dance floor was pretty full. I liked the DJ's 90's hip hop selections, regardless of how well they went with the tiki theme. There was no cover at the time we came. The atmosphere was fun and I would come back again.

Came here on a saturday night. Weird crowd. Overly priced drinks. And horrible service at the door, they treated me like I was nothing, being discriminatory - it was disgusting.