Originally constructed in the George Adams-owned O'Brien Hotel in 1893,[1] it was dismantled in 1969,[1] then moved and rebuilt in the subterranean level of the Hilton Sydney, on George Street, in 1973.

[2] The bar was designed by Varney Parkes.

Its features include plate-glass mirrors, mosaic floors, cedar timbers, a domed roof, stained-glass windows and marble walls and pilasters.

Fourteen paintings by Julian Ashton are hung throughout.

[1] The bar appears on the front cover of Cold Chisel's 1979 album Breakfast at Sweethearts.