While we all love a pub feed and a schooner enjoyed in a beer garden, there’s something to be said for a well-done cocktail at your local. Best Hotel (pub) Cocktail Menu recognises exactly this – the pubs that are killing it with their cocktails.

A quality hotel cocktail menu isn’t just an afterthought – it’s a core part of the venue’s drinks offering, featuring a diverse range of interesting spirits and presented with style. The menu is a complete concept, rather than simply a jumble of ingredients.

We’re toasting to the mixologists who are shaking things up (literally and figuratively) with their creativity behind the bar, all while pleasing the masses.

The 2024 Bar Awards finalists have been announced and this year's Best Hotel (pub) Cocktail Menu finalists are:

- The Beach Hotel
- The Bennett
- The Lucky Hotel
- The Prince of Merewether
- The Ship Inn

We now hand the difficult task of deciding who the winners are over to our esteemed judges. The winners will be revealed on August 5 at the Bar Awards event.

Here are the Best Hotel (pub) Cocktail Menu nominees:

- The Beach Hotel
- The Bennett
- Clarendon Hotel
- Commonwealth Hotel
- Customs House Hotel
- The Delany Hotel
- The Exchange Hotel
- The Grain Store
- The Grand Hotel
- Great Northern Hotel
- The Greenroof Hotel
- The Hamilton Station Hotel
- Hotel Jesmond
- The Junction Hotel
- The Lucky Hotel
- Maryville Tavern
- Northern Star Hotel
- The Oriental Hotel
- The Prince of Merewether
- Queens Wharf Hotel
- The Ship Inn Hotel
- The Stag & Hunter Hotel
- Sunnyside Hotel
- Young Street Hotel

* A copy of the current cocktail list must be submitted along with nominations.
** Category open to any venue with a featured cocktail list located within at least one bar.
*** The award is open to hotels located within the Newcastle LGA.

Thank you to our category sponsor Lisa McGuigan for their support.