Bars
Experience Melbourne's eclectic spirit with a night out exploring the wonderful nightspots peppering the city's streets and laneways.
Go your own way
Up a flight of stairs, down a laneway, on a rooftop or in an orchestra pit, Melbourne sure knows how to hide a bar. You never know where the next great drinking spot is going to pop up, so let us help.
Tall tales and cocktails
Whether you're after a colourful cocktail with a million dollar view or a few quiet pots in a student dive, you're bound to find something that suits your mood and budget. Bar-hop like a local, dance to world class DJs, be baffled and challenged by installation art, or chow down on a late night snack, the city at night is awash with possibilities.
With Chinese decor, Korean propaganda and Japanese bar snacks, Double Happiness is much better value than a Contiki tour. It's small, cosy and...
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Away from the hustle and bustle of Chapel Street is this eccentric and beloved bar on the city fringe. The Windsor's lime facade and parade of...
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Just off Chapel Street loiters Marmalade Bar, a bubbly venue where cocktails, acoustic music and street art converge. Indoors, the venue's sleek,...
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Located in Curtin House (a kind of theme park for Melbourne's creative class), The Toff is one of the city's most refined watering holes. With softly...
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The Workers Club evokes images of times when this patch of Brunswick Street was known as Newtown and men would drink their body weight between work...
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Small but perfectly formed wine bars like this one, are a Melbourne specialty. Little Press & Cellar is known for both the noble pedigree of its...
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Workshop is a brilliantly conceived bar risen from the husk of a motorbike workshop. By day it's a cafe; by night, the bar's decor of industrial...
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With its discreet doorway above Smith Street and huge Melways map of Collingwood, this bar couldn't be more Melbourne. Moody and understated, aged...
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This isn't your typical microbrewery. For starters, it's positioned on the water's edge and features spectacular harbour views. Also, it hosts a...
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This new Docklands pub builds on its heritage. Well it's actually heritage listed, but all the same. Woolshed's classy, understated fit-out blends...
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Like Melbourne, Campari House works on many levels. This chic restaurant-bar operates over four levels, starting with a mod-Italian restaurant off...
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With a cosy dining room, a fireplace and an Astroturf patio, this Fitzroy watering hole is a bar away from your barfridge. Stocking rare micro-brew...
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Rock, bands, tattoos, filth, singlets, stubble, steak, beer, and delightful views of the St Kilda promenade are all to be found here. The...
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As if to surprise those who imagine a cosy woodland thicket, Little Creatures is actually a cavernous restaurant and bar on Brunswick Street. If...
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No matter what the Northcote Social Club has done or will do, it'll always be remembered as the bandroom The Pixies chose to play before hitting the...
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