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Acapulco El Vista

Sydney, Australia · Harbour-view cocktail bar · Australia & Pacific

Acapulco El Vista is a Latin-inspired Sydney Harbour bar at Circular Quay, with cocktails, shared dishes, music and sunset views.

Description source · Checked 2026-09-20

Plan Your Visit

Level 3, 61 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia; enter via Macquarie Street or Circular Quay.

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Style
Harbour-view cocktail barChecked 2026-09-20 · Source
Hours
Wednesday 3pm–10pm; Thursday–Friday 3pm–11pm; Saturday noon–midnight; Sunday noon–8pm; closed Monday and Tuesday.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
Booking
Online table reservations are available through the owner-linked SevenRooms page.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
Prices
The owner-linked menu lists Daiquiri della Casa at $15, Mango Paloma at $15 and Espresso Martini at $20. Weekend bottomless long lunch is $99 per person, with a $25 cocktail-package upgrade.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
Menu
The owner links a 15-page food and beverage list titled Working March 2026. Its PDF metadata shows a 11 September 2026 creation date, and the live owner page still links it.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source

Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.

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The score & its evidence

Seven signals. One score.

25.9 / 100

The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.

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Signal / 100Score
Guest ratings
55.4
World's 50 Best
—None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
Top 500 Bars
—None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
Spirited Awards
—None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
Regional Recognition
27.4
Serious press
—None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
Social Vibes
54.6

Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%

Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.

Social Vibes

Score read updated:

mostly positive1 mention· low confidence

Sentiment score

78/ 100

The historical 78/100 score, confidence and recorded mentions are unchanged. This source review does not reassess the score or establish a representative current customer sample.

Score context

One Google-attributed account mirrored by Restaurant Guru praises a Mango Paloma and criticizes an unexpected service charge. The current page identifies Acapulco El Vista despite its older Hacienda URL slug. The account has only a relative date; it does not establish a current drink price or service-charge policy.

Guest sources checked:

Guest score details

Source observations

  • One mirrored guest likes the Mango Paloma

Reported cautions

  • The same guest reports an unexpected service charge
Source excerpt
“$15 cocktails and $10 wines, the Mango Paloma was delicious however the unexpected 7% Gratuity explained as a 'service charge' at the end when paying the bill was disappointing.”

C Shields’s Google-attributed account on Restaurant Guru is labelled “2 months ago.” This is a personal service-charge complaint, not a current policy check.

Source: restaurantguru.com (linked below)

Other cited sources

Crowd signal

Google 4.1★ across 1,227 reviews.

View on Google · Checked . Ratings and review counts can change.

Awards

Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.

No recorded global awards in the scored window.

Regional Recognition

Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.

Boothby Best Bars NSW

Reviews & press

No linked coverage yet.