The Cliff Dive

I will give detailed information about this place; The bearded security guard at the entrance is very polite. When you enter, you are greeted by friendly people again. But there are not enough lockers inside, so you have to carry your coat by hand. If you put your coat aside, the female attendant takes it and throws it on the floor. I saw it myself. The ventilation inside looks good. Frankly, I would have preferred more laser lights. Also, with too much light, people prefer not to dance. The drinks were good.

I had one and a half drinks before arriving at The Cliff Dive and was still refused entry because the security guard decided I was “too intoxicated.” The way she spoke to me was unbelievably rude, condescending, and completely unprofessional, questioning me in a sarcastic tone as if I was lying. It honestly felt like she just wanted to power trip someone. What made it worse was seeing another girl, who was clearly far more intoxicated than I was, being let in with no issue. The double standard was ridiculous and made the whole experience feel biased and unfair. After being denied entry, I was told I could “email for a refund,” which is frustrating considering I’d already paid and didn’t even get to step foot inside. I shouldn’t have to chase my own money because of poor judgment from staff. The Cliff Dive really needs to retrain their team on professionalism, respect, and basic customer service. If this is how they treat calm, sober, paying guests, I can only imagine how the rest of the night runs inside. Honestly, it felt less like a nightclub and more like dealing with a high school bully on a power trip. Update: I emailed the address I was given by the manager on duty and got no response at all. I had to go out of my way to find a different contact for the entire Cliff Dive team before I finally got a reply and a refund. I appreciate that they eventually refunded me, but the way the situation was handled from the start was completely unacceptable.

I visited this club on June 28 and experienced blatant racism right at the entrance. While the other staff members were polite, a white man wearing a head covering singled me out when it was my turn. He looked at me, spoke into his radio, and referred to me as a “white witch.” He then refused to search me, forcing me to be checked by someone else. Although the club itself was fine, his actions left me feeling extremely uncomfortable and disrespected for a long time. I strongly urge that this individual be dismissed. If I ever see him again, I will not stay silent and will escalate the matter without hesitation.

We had such a good time at Cliff Dive last weekend. The female security guard Kylie made us feel so welcome. She was lovely & made us feel safe & accepted. She is truly such an asset to your team. So glad to see a strong beautiful woman on Oxford St who clearly is passionate about her job and looking after us. Thank you 🙏🏽

Have come here on 3 separate occasions fully sober and have been refused entry every time. They will target you for anything. Horrible place not even worth coming to. Don’t laugh in the line or you’ll apparently be “too drunk”. Basically don’t even chat or talk to friends or have any somewhat of a personality and you should be sweet on getting in. Congrats on the girl manager out the front who’s losing the company a bunch of money by refusing everyone lol

Went in completely sober and two of our friends in our group got denied entry for being “too drunk”. White lady at the front should be fired, every single man ahead of us was being let into the club without any issue or questioning but us being the only female group in the line we were denied entry. Didn’t know cliff dive did a gay night on Fridays !

Rudest security guards. Speaking my native language and you he security guards were trying to say the manager won’t let us in because we sounded “ aggressive “. Take one second of your life and try to do your research to see that naturally this is how anyone from my county speaks. We are not being aggressive this is how we communicate with eachother. No cultural competency whatsoever for a club that’s meant to promote it. A joke honestly 😭😭😭😆

Honestly the worst club I’ve been to in Sydney. From the moment you line up outside the club bouncers are yelling at people for little to no reason for example if there’s a long wait line and you squat on the floor because you’re wearing uncomfortable shoes. You walk in and the club seems to be packed over capacity, the tiny dance circles they show online is the only room to dance in the entire club. Me and a friend went to use the bathroom together as girls do for safety reasons (nothing dodgy was happening). Security started banging on the door and asked us to leave. We accepted their decision politely without argument as I can understand how it could’ve looked but then they pushed and poked us on the back yelling at us to move faster as we tried to make our way out of the packed club. They then paraded us at the entrance yelling out to the security team that we’d been booted and laughing. Completely unprofessional, disgusting behaviour. Everyone that works here just seems to be on a major power trip.

- 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.