About Zeta

As a progressive cocktail bar and exclusive escape in the Sydney CBD, Zeta changed the face of Sydney’s bar culture when it launched as part of Hilton Sydney in 2005. Today, Zeta has won multiple awards year on year for its bartenders, playful drinks, cocktail classics and seasonal, trend setting concepts; the latest of which being ‘Extreme Cabaret’.

 

Access to Zeta is via glass elevator at the Hilton Sydney entrance on George Street. Zeta boasts a chic, outdoor terrace overlooking the iconic Queen Victoria Building. A VIP lounge and selection of private booths and breakout areas in luxe purple and dark wood interiors underline Zeta as the CBD cocktail bar to be seen in and part of.

 

An exclusive escape for visiting international celebrities too, Jessica Simpson, Kimberley Stewart, James Blunt, Snoop Dogg and Nicole Ritchie have all partied at Zeta and regular Aussie A-listers include Jennifer Hawkins, Hugh Jackman, Ian Thorpe and Megan Gale.

Testimonials

Testimonials

“The sexy new bar on level 4. She’s a total spunk and quite the internationalist. Ottomans nestled around a glassed in fireplace...”

 

Testimonials

“The sexy new bar on level 4. She’s a total spunk and quite the internationalist. Ottomans nestled around a glassed in fireplace, very … New York, curtained enclaves create a Middle Eastern feel along one wall (think shisha pits in Cairo), while views from the open veranda overlooking the copper domes of the QVB, could be Rome, London or Paris” - The Sun Herald

 
Awards

Awards

Zeta won "best bar of the year" 6 years in a row 2011-2006 HM Awards.

 

Awards

Zeta Bar has received many awards over the years since opening. Recent awards include:

  • Hotel Bar of the Year (HM Awards) 2011
  • Top 20 Best Bars in the world (Drinks International) 2011
  • Hotel Bar of the Year (HM Awards) 2010
  • Bar Team of the Year (ALIA Awards) 2009
  • Hotel Bar of the Year (HM Awards) 2009
  • Best bar presentation and service in Australia (National AHA Awards) 2008
  • Hotel Bar of the Year (HM Awards) 2008
  • Cocktail Bar of the Year (AHA Awards) 2008
  • Hotel Bar of the Year (HM Awards) 2007
  • Hotel Bar of the Year (HM Awards) 2006
 
Behind the bar

Behind the bar

Meet the people who make it happen: Grant Collins, Manuel Prior and Kim McDiarmid