Low 302

cool spot: complete with trendy Surry Hillsters, awesome cocktails with flaming citrus peels and weird aerosol concoctions, and of course awesome house jazz band.
table service can be a bit negligent and snotty, but the bar tenders and their service are always killer. a certain famous Aussie muso once stumbled out of this place and hurt himself — so you know it must be a swingin spot.

I think the staff here are amazing. They are super friendly and helpful. The food is lacking passion. The mixed grill is great value for money but it was served Luke warm. We sent it back and it still wasn’t hot. Atmosphere is vibrant though so if you’re just coming here for a drink, then this is a good choice

Dark, brooding and hip, Low 32 seems like the kinda place Jarmusch’s ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ vampires would hang. The cocktail list is interesting and the food choices short and sweet. We tried a small selection of both and they did not disappoint. Go late, wear black and feel infinitely cool.

Straight up, hands down, balls out, one of my favourite Sydney bars.
It’s cosy, it’s intimate, there’s booths and giant white wax drippy candles, there’s cheap food, great cocktails, friendly staff, snuggly booths, stools at the bar, an outdoor patio with ace Crown Street people watching, there’s even a damn piano. A piano! That’s pretty much the cherry on top.
The real measure of a bar is this formula:
(How many times you visit) ÷ (how many of those visits you have a great time at) = (the lower the score the better, with 1 being the ultimate).
So my equation becomes (all of them) ÷ (all of them) = 1, which tops out at the highest score possible. I have literally never had a crap time here. From first dates to catchups with friends to solo drinks because you can’t always roll with the wolf pack, Low 302 crushes them all. Long may it reign.

The drinks are awesome, best Whisky choices, great on a Sunday get a Roast and watch a live jazz band. Good vibes great atmosphere.

Went here last night and can hands down say, my party of three received the rudest service I’ve experienced in Sydney. I ordered the meat and cheese plate from the bar menu, which came out with french fries and tempura vegetables, when the waitress came to the table I politely asked if it was the correct plate to which she accused me of not being able to read the menu correctly.
Aggressive customer service is never a winner, will certainly not be returning.

Went here for a friend’s birthday on a Saturday night and was really surprised!
I was expecting some tiny, loud hipster bar with no where to sit but instead got a really chill little bar instead.
Inside was mainly made up of big booths which were great for groups. The service was excellent. The drink by drink table service was great which I really think helped with congestion at the bar because service was pretty efficient.
The food was excellent. The gigantic charcuterie board looked fantastic, great to share.
$ 10 pizzas were small but damn tasty. The lamb skewers were a little disappointing.
A good spot for smallish groups, to be able to have a chat, have some decent food and a cocktail or two, then consider Low 302.

Ok first thing — this place does BUFFALO WINGS. Not quite as delicious as in the USA, but pretty close. The leather covered grand piano and the velvet décor is interesting… but it’s a fun place to go if you’re in the area and looking to keep your night going past midnight.

Apart from the fact that Low 302 is open past midnight, there really is nothing appealing about it. Honestly.
The only reason I can think that it’s still open is because it’s in Surry Hills and therefore «trendy» rather than trashy. But if this red-​light joint was in the city, it would be easily disregarded as a no-​go spot.
I kept hearing about the «sexy, 1920’s ambiance,» but I found nothing 20’s nor sexy about it at all! Sure it’s dimly lit by red light, and sure there are gigantic black velvet curtains, but the execution just falls flat.
The drinks were expensive and the ambiance was confusing — people were chatting away at high tables to the beat of old music hits you’d wish you’d never hear again.
Bummer.

A friend recommended Low 302 and said let’s go try it. So we went here on a Sunday night around 10:30 and there was still a lot of people inside and that looked like a good thing.
When I walked inside and looked around, I felt the place would be a great place to have a drink and chat. The place inside looks good and when we found ourselves sitting at a table, one of the staff came asking if we were here for food or drinks and then gave us some menus which is I think was nice of them to do. We got some cocktails which were a bit pricey but I guess it’s also normal in other places as well.
The drinks were great, the atmosphere and the service was good. I think I would stop by again if I’m in this part of town looking for a good place to go after 10 pm.

Stepping into Low on Crown Street, I felt like I’d tripped back in time (or on to the set of Underbelly Razor).
This dimly lit bar has a distinct 1920’s vibe to it, making me wish I’d come in full Slapper dress every time. There’s a big old-​school coffee machine churning out delicious coffee, whilst the friendly staff shake you a ‘Coco Lopez’ (one of many equally cool cocktails on their list), served in a ceramic tiki glass.
Low is an experience as much as a venue and is perfect for drinks early on in the night — it’s quiet enough for a chat and you’re sober enough to still remember the experience tomorrow.

A great little bar with a brilliant enclosed outside seating area, perched right on Crown Street. It makes an excellent people-​watching spot, and a great place to relax in the evening sun with a cocktail after work. Inside, the vibe is much the same, smart but relaxed and busy with ‘cool young things’. On Friday night it was pretty busy (unsurprisingly) so we sat perched at the bar. I liked to watch the barmen make some fairly crazy cocktails — their cocktail list is extensive and unusual. They also have a food menu which looks great, although I didn’t try any. This is a great place to come to start a big night out, or just to have a few more relaxed drinks with friends. It’s interesting with a great atmosphere and conveniently close to the hustle and bustle of Oxford Street, without being right next to it.

Don’t bother coming here unless (males) you boast a carefully groomed facial hair situation or (females) you’re decked out in rockabilly threads and retro red lippy.
Ok, so they will let you in if you’re not a bona fide Surry Hills local, but be warned you’ll stick out in this hipster haunt. That said, it’s a reliable little den for a good atmosphere without too many people pushing you about, as well as an impressive selection of spirits for such a small bar. They don’t have too many wines on offer by the glass, so go for a cocktail instead.
In the surrounding area where fellow small bars tend to shut up shop come midnight (I’m looking at you, Pocket Bar/​The Winery/​Shady Pines Saloon), Low 302 stays busy quite late and they won’t kick you off their street facing sofas ’til two in the morning.

How many times have you been booted from the cool Crown Street cocktail bar you love at their closing time of 12am, only to be left with much seeder Oxford Street or, worse, Kings Cross as your options for kicking on? Well if you’re like me, this has happened to you before. Enter: Low 302. Up near the Oxford end of Crown, this steamy, sexy spot has 1960s jazz lounge written all over it. They can mix you up a MEAN cocktail here, whether it be something from their carefully crafted menu, or something out of your own crazy imagination. I recently ordered my favorite drink, a Sazerac, which is a New Orleans-​style whiskey cocktail from the 1800s. I often get sideways looks of puzzlement when ordering this. But no, no… the Low 302 bartender looked like he had struck it rich (I can only imagine that after making the one-​hundredth vodka-​fresh lime-​soda in a night, a real bartender might want to claw his own eyes out). He made the drink perfectly, and much to my delight, finished it off with the proper singed twist of orange peel.
Most recently, I went on a Wednesday night for dinner at the early hour 8pm. We grabbed two seats on the front patio and ordered a salmon tartar ($ 15) a charcuterie board ($ 23) and two glasses of red. Mmmm, the meats were beautiful; thin, salty, and rich. The tartar was quite tasty as well with a hint of avocado, chili and coriander. I might have ordered one other item if I knew how small the portions were going to be, but after two more glasses of wine, we felt pretty darn satisfied upon leaving.