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Find a Golden Ticket in Your Popcorn to Win one of six $1,000 Vouchers
For one week only, six $1,000 MUCHO vouchers will be hidden inside popcorn bags across our venues: Super 44, Bar Bridge, Bar Herbs, Centro 86, Bar Planet and Tio's. Visit a participating venue between Monday 27 July and Sunday 2 August to find a MUCHO Golden Ticket and turn your bag of popcorn into a $1,000 bar tab.
The World's Dirtiest Martini is back
For one night only on July 28, Bar Planet brings back the World’s Dirtiest Martini! Transform your Dirty Martini into the Dirtiest Martini you've ever thought of ordering, and disgust your friends with a diabolical take on what ‘filthy’ really means.
Super 44: Our Brand New Neighbourhood Margarita Bar is Open!
Super 44 has landed on Enmore Rd, Newtown! Located a stone's throw from its sister venue Bar Planet, Super 44 continues our emphasis on fun: fresh, delicious margaritas, psychedelic drinks, and a menu centred on a variety of fruit-forward iterations of the classic cocktail.
Bar Planet x Date Night Studio Valentine’s Flower Pop Up
Join us this Valentine’s Day from 3-5pm at Bar Planet for martinis, and a one-off flower pop up with Date Night Studio! Choose from 3 floral options for your lover, but get in quick, it’s only until until sold out!
Our Popcorn Recipes Revealed!
Surprise, we’re releasing our popcorn recipes for Bar Planet, Centro 86 and Tio’s, so you can make them at home!
New Happy Hours for January!
To kick off 2026 on the happiest foot, we’ve launched new Happy Hours across our venues for January!
Bar Planet Bottled Dirty Martinis now available
Filthy Gremlins! Looking for permission to get a bit feral? Our dirty bottled martini is now available to purchase on our website!
You can now enjoy the Bar Planet dirty martini as FILTHY as you like. No questions asked.
Available in 150ml & 500ml. Head to our website or shop the products here and get as filthy as you like.
Cantina OK! named one of Tatler’s Best Bars of 2025
Cantina OK! in Sydney has been named in Tatler Asia’s Best Bars Asia-Pacific 2025 list - discover why our laneway mezcal bar stands out.
Pseushi x Bar Planet Tie Dye T-Shirt Returns!
Bar Planet and Pseushi return to collaborate on a cult favourite! Made right here in Sydney (and the Inner West at that), Pseushi’s signature tie dye makes a return for the remix of the original collaboration from 2022.
MUCHO Group inducted in to the Bar Awards Hall of Fame
Every year, the Australian Bartender Bar Awards welcomes a person, or people, in to their Hall of Fame for outstanding contributions to the hospitality industry. This year we’re so chuffed to see our very own Daisy Tulley, Jeremy Blackmore and Alex Dowd handed the Hall of Fame baton for their incredible efforts over the last 14 years in hospitality.
Bar Planet crowned Gin Bar of the Year 2025!
Bar Planet has been named the Gin Bar of the Year 2025 by Australian Bartender and we can’t tell you how excited we are. Just two years ago we had the pleasure of accepting the same award, but it’s no less incredible standing up there for the second time since 2023.
Cantina OK! wins Tequila Bar of the Year!
Cantina OK! has been crowned Tequila Bar of the Year 2025 at the Australian Bartender Bar Awards! This makes it our pleasure to share the news for the third time, with the team taking home the award first in 2019 and a second time in 2021.
MUCHO Tequila & Mezcal Festival 2025: Sydney Bar Week Highlights
Centro 86 was the place to be on Sunday for the annual MUCHO Tequila & Mezcal Festival, as part of Sydney Bar Week 2025. If you love tequila, mezcal and the weird world of agave as much as we do, it was a wild takeover.
Join us to help raise funds for Lifeline this National Suicide Prevention Week
Suicide remains the leading cause of death among people aged 15–44 in Australia. It’s a tough topic, but we need to talk about it. Join us this week to help raise much needed funds for Lifeline. Between September 8-14 we’ll be donating $1 from every special across our venues to Lifeline, helping support the 24/7 crisis support line for all Australians.
Bar Herbs joins Apollo Inn for one night in Melbourne
For one night only, the Herbs Taverne crew are flying down to join the team at Apollo Inn with a selection of signature drinks, to round out the Melbourne segment of Broadsheet’s Dine Out Festival. Together with Apollo Inn’s Lachlan Bentley stirring down the martinis, Herbs will be serving up their delicious Gold Negronis and amaro-spiked cocktails for our sister city.
Bar Planet is the World's Dirtiest Martini Bar
For one night only, Bar Planet becomes the World’s Dirtiest Martini Bar. Sydneysiders will be able to create the dirty martini of their dreams with the addition of a few extra-filthy garnishes. Take Bar Planet's mantra of the ‘Martini How You Like It’ to a whole other level! Think of it as the Inner West version of mastering your Subway order. Dirty. Dry. Never Never Oyster Shell Gin. With a Pickled Onion and a Chilli-Stuffed Olive. Delicious.
Broadsheet Dine Out 2025: Clarence St Dual Happy Hour
As part of Broadsheet's Dine Out Festival, Cantina OK! and Herbs Taverne join forces for the ultimate Clarence St Dual Happy Hour! Start at Cantina OK! and enjoy the world-famous Margarita OK! for just $12, then venture downstairs to Herbs Taverne a few doors down to enjoy Herbs’ Aperol Spritz for the same price. Don’t forget to swing past later for a nightcap, with both bars open late until 2am.
All MUCHO venues nominated as finalists in the Australian Bar Awards!
We’re super thrilled to have had all MUCHO bars nominated across various categories for this year’s awards. It’s been a huge year for all our teams, and we couldn’t be happier to see their hard work acknowledged as finalists for the awards.
MUCHO Tequila Trail
Who doesn’t love free tequila?! World Tequila Day is July 24, and we’re celebrating it all week with Sydney’s free & first ever Tequila Trail! To celebrate, we’re inviting you all to join the trail as we pour tequila on the house at Centro 86, Cantina OK! and Tio’s. The trail features a trio of Herradura tequilas to try: Herradura Plata Tequila at Cantina OK!, Herradura Reposado Tequila at Tio’s, and Herradura Añejo Tequila at Centro 86.
Bar Planet’s 3rd Birthday
What a night!!
An absolutely endless thank you to Onnie O’Leary for running a pop-up BP tattoo parlour in the bar!
Many Dirtini martinis were consumed. Many olives were tattooed. I hope you had a slice of the Freddo Frog Ice Cream Cake. Those things are elite. So much nostalgia.