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Late cocktail bar
Volstead Repeal
Shop 7, 32 Mort Street, Braddon. A post-Prohibition-themed bar with more than 400 whiskies.
About Volstead Repeal
Volstead Repeal is a hidden cocktail and whisky bar at the end of a shopfront corridor off Mort Street in Braddon. There is no street signage; you look for a glass door past the shops. Inside it is styled as a post-Prohibition New York bar, with whisky-lined walls, green leather chesterfield seating, a long reclaimed-timber bar and mahogany bookshelves, and about 50 seats.
The focus is cocktails on a seasonal menu, a wall of whisky (a 2022 review cites more than 300 bottles), local and imported wine and beer, and guided whisky tasting flights. A small kitchen with a pizza oven provides pizzas and charcuterie. A 2022 review notes jazz as the soundtrack, and bookings are recommended.
It was founded in February 2022 by Stu Inger with Sydney businessman Allen Chen. The venue's site lists three consecutive wins in the whisky bar category of the Australian Bartender Awards and two ACT Cocktail Bar of the Year titles.
Written by LateOne.au, checked 13 October 2026. Sources: volstead.com.au, hercanberra.com.au. Hours and door policies change, so check with the venue.
- Area
- Braddon
- Music
- Check the program
- Best nights
- Check the program
- Address
- 7/32 Mort Street, Braddon ACT 2612 (down the corridor beside the AusPost store)
- Open since
- February 2022
- Seats
- About 50
- Hours (venue site)
- Daily from 5pm until late
- Whisky
- 300+ (2022 article); venue site says 'a wall of whisky'
- Booking
- Recommended
Good to know
- Book ahead; the room is small
- Look for the glass door past the shops; there is no sign
Getting there
Take light rail to Elouera Street or Ipima Street on Northbourne Avenue and walk east to Lonsdale Street or Mort Street. From Alinga Street it is a short walk east; check a map for the route.
Last services and walking times change: use the live public transport directions or Transport Canberra on the night, and see getting home for late rides.
Check the venue’s own listings for tonight’s program, hours and door policy.
Finding it
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Checked 13 October 2026 against venue sites, HerCanberra, Region, Visit Canberra, 2026 gig listings and Transport Canberra. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.