Published Dec 3, 2025 Last reviewed Mar 6, 2026 At a Glance Address 189 William Street (enter via Williams Lane), Northbridge Neighbourhood Northbridge, a lane off the William Street strip Price Range $$ Best For Cocktails without theater, first dates, hiding from Northbridge Signature A laneway room of verge furniture where the bartenders build drinks to order Hours Afternoon into the night, Tue to Sun Style Prohibition flavored small bar up a graffiti lane Reservations Walk in; the couches go first Plan your visit Get Directions Ask Our Team 189 William Street, Northbridge The Pitch Our Take on Ezra Pound Williams Lane runs off the William Street strip as a graffiti corridor you would walk past without the tip off, which is the point. At the end of it, Ezra Pound keeps a single dim room where the furniture looks rescued from a verge collection because much of it was, a detail Perth's own reviewers cite with affection.
Broadsheet files it among Northbridge's defining small bars, an intimate prohibition style room pouring cocktails, craft beer, and wine since the first wave of Perth's small bar reforms.
The name is the literary joke it appears to be. The drinks are not a joke at all; Yelp reviewers rate the cocktails among the best value in the city.
One narrow room, period photographs, glass cabinets of unexplained ornaments, and candle light over mismatched armchairs. It holds a few dozen people and feels full at twenty.
Laneway tables catch the evening crowd when the room tops out, with the graffiti as wallpaper. Winter pushes everyone inside around the bar.
Early evening draws Northbridge workers dodging the strip, and the room ages down as the night runs. Sundays are the locals' slot.
Queues form at peak on weekends, which AGFG and reviewer consensus treat as the cost of a room this size with drinks this good.
What to order
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The Dealer's Choice
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The Negroni
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The Craft Tap Detour