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The new reincarnation has seen a bright and cheerful redesign and a big and ballsy Funktion-One sound system land at our Enmore Road venue. A strong 1970s design direction brings a playful ‘key party’ aesthetic to the front lounge area with mismatched rich textured lounges, shagpile carpet, jungle wallpaper and low-hanging patterned lamp shades. Out the back, a striking forest mural by local artist DC Willans behind the retro electronics DJ booth and a canopy of DMX-controlled lamps lends a touch of festival energy to the dancefloor end of the venue.

Care for a drink?

Try the Sly Espresso Martini, made from in-house Campos cold drip coffee, topped off with a fiery finish of Chartreuse.

Sounds?

At the risk of quoting Craig David – what’s your flavour? Tuesday hosts a smooth blend of chill-out music (think: trip hop, downbeat hip hop, dub reggae, deep disco and dancehall) spun by some of Sydney’s most eclectic selectors.

Returning to where they began, Birdcage brings with it a wild Wednesday lesbian midweek homo-haven at the hands of residents Sveta, Natnoiz and Cunningpants, also regularly hosting weekly guests.

Like it live and loud? Every Thursday is Live At The Sly [below], where Cash Williams and Matt Stuart (previously at The Basement) curate three to four live and local acts to give the Funktion-One sound system a good workout.

On Fridays, a rotating lineup of Sydney’s best promoters present a varied selection of disco, house, techno, soul, funk, progressive and anything else that gets a dancefloor moving.

Foxlife [bottom] is the Sly’s signature night focused on deep and rolling house basslines. Saturdays are piloted by residents Rabbit Taxi, Mesan and head honcho Kerry Wallace, with Sydney’s most highly regarded selectors as guests and even the occasional unannounced international.

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Highlights:

Stroll on in for a late-night cocktail, pull up a velour couch under a dimly lit lampshade and limber up alongside a quality soundtrack. Whether you’re here to catch a live act, slow slung basslines or just soothing reggae rhythms, you can be certain it’s going to sound super crisp. Our late night, low-light music emporium will be providing the Inner West with a refuge for creatures of the night from all walks of life in a truly unique space unlike any other in Sydney.

What’s on the menu?

We’re just adding the final touches and cherry on top of the new kitchen that’s going in, and will be revealing all shortly. We’ll have to leave your mouth watering a little longer – but rest assured, you haven’t seen anything like this in Sydney! In the interim we’ve teamed up with one of Sydney’s most highly regarded traditional pizzerias, Manoosh, to offer the perfect pairing for a glass of red, a cold frostie one or a shot of tequila. For those with a little higher taste palate, we do a monthly Friday night wine tasting, cheese and fruit platter event, Goon And Coon, and goon it’s not!

The bill comes to:

You’ll see change from a 20 dollar note.

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Address: 199 Enmore Road, Enmore

Phone number: (02) 9557 2917

Website: slyfox.sydney

Opening hours: Tue – Sat 2pm-late

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