Odd Culture Group’s underground daiquiri bar and discotheque Razz Room will swing open its doors this week on York Street in Sydney CBD.

Razz Room will feature two distinct spaces: an upper bar area and a sunken dancefloor. The upper bar level will host a more intimate feel, ideal for post-work catch-ups serving drinks and food throughout the evening until late. The sunken dancefloor will be home to Odd Culture Group’s signature entertainment program with a mix of live DJs, performances and music running from 7pm every night until late.

Odd Culture Group CEO Rebecca Lines said: “Razz Room will really change shape throughout a single evening. Earlier, it’s geared towards post-work drinks with a happy hour, substantial food offering, and music at a level where you can
still talk. It’s relaxed and social, but it has a clear point of view.

“As the evening progresses at Razz Room, you can expect the music to get a little louder and the focus will shift to live performance with recurring residencies and DJs that flow from disco to house, funk, and jazz.”

The concept for Razz Room gives a nod to the underground clubs of New York City that existed before disco went glossy—think GG’s Barnum Room and The Mudd Club.

“The space told us what it wanted to be. Yes, it’s quite literally underground, but we wanted to dig further into what ‘underground’ means culturally,” Lines said.

“Disco started as a counter culture. We kept returning to the essence of grunge and glamour in 70s era NYC discotheques with Paradise Garage a real point of inspiration when it came to capturing the spirit of the venue. But, to be clear, Razz Room is no nostalgia project, it’s a reimagining of the next era of the discotheque.”

The concept led Odd Culture Group to hero the daiquiri as Razz Room’s signature drink with its balance of classic structure and creative elasticity mirroring the discotheque vision.

Group Beverage Manager Jordan Blackman said: “Ultimately refreshing, a well-balanced daiquiri is unrivalled and transcends the cocktail world.

“The daiquiri is an incredibly malleable drink that means many different things to different people. It really lends itself to riffs and playful takes — we’ll see how far down the rabbit hole one can really go. Shaken, frozen, blended and beyond.

“I’m also strongly of the opinion that the daiquiri is the next big thing, long overdue for a comeback—although it never really left in my mind.”

Bacardi will be the rum of choice for Razz Room alongside a selection of the Group’s top shelf favourite producers including cult Barbados distilleries Foursquare and Planteray, Sydney’s Red Mill Rum plus a handful of rare, independent bottlings.

Blackman also suggested guests order the off-menu ‘nuclear daiquiri’ and to keep an eye out for the “snaiquiri” menu offering tiny, sippable daiquiris. There’ll also be a range of rum-spiked slushies and a tight list of wine, beer, spirits and cocktails with a focus on small, like-minded producers.

Food-wise, the Razz Room menu will send a light-hearted nod to the “naff” finger foods of 1970s social parties. The Chef’s Selection offering from 5-10pm daily will featuring snacks and small dishes such as oysters Rockerfeller, a classic prawn cocktail and the Dirty Royale Cheeseburger.

This will then turn into a late-night menu, featuring what the Razz Room team promises will be the best cheese toastie you’ll ever eat.

A daily “Velvet Hour” will also run 4-6pm offering classic, dirty or strawberry daiquiris ($13) plus other drink specials.

Razz Room’s entertainment program will run daily, kicking off at 7pm with a mix of live DJs and performances inspired by the lineage of New York’s most influential underground dance spaces.

Group Entertainment & Operations Manager Sabrina Medcalf said: “The Razz Room programming is anchored in disco, funk, soul, and early house-adjacent sounds, always approached through a contemporary lens.

“Expect soulful, genre-fluid performances deeply rooted in disco tradition, but also forward-facing, expressive, and unafraid to blur boundaries.”

Odd Culture Group worked with Studio Vista for the design of Razz Room. The upper bar level hosts a cosy but vibrant atmosphere with warm timber finishes and tones of caramel and burnt orange throughout the space.

The sunken dancefloor leans more into a gritty-glamour aesthetic paying homage to the art deco era of cabaret with a raw rock and roll twist. Banquette seating lines the dancefloor to bridge the gap between performer and audience while warm finishes such as rugs and velvet upholstery balance out the concrete floors and sandstone walls.

Razz Room will open to the public on 14 April 2026. The first 100 guests through the door on 17, 18 and 19 April will receive a free daiquiri (frozen or classic, limited to one per person.)