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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.

Highlights

The LuWow
In the mood for an island adventure? Once you′re through the gates of The LuWow, you′ll feel as though you′ve stepped into another...
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Gerald's Bar
Named after Gerald Diffey, one of Melbourne's most respected bar-owners, this award-winning Melbourne drinking den offers fine wines of impeccable...
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The Bridge Hotel
The newly revamped Bridge Hotel in Richmond will have you wanting more. A maze of rooms, balconies, saloons as well as a laneway running through the...
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Palmz
Above the Carlton Club, you'll find the Palmz Rooftop Bar. With tropical cocktail jugs and a killer view, it's a little oasis in the heart of the CBD.
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Little Press & Cellar
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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Bar Americano
Knock back daytime espressos and by night sip on classic cocktails in this standing-room only highlight of Melbourne's best laneway bars.
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99 Problems
The lounge room atmosphere of 99 Problems makes it a fine place for a bottle of wine or pint of cider while admiring the incredible wall murals.
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Eau de Vie
Intimate, dimly lit, jazz infused and well catered for with tapas and delicate servings such as confit pork belly, Eau De Vie is an absolute...
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Brooks of Melbourne

Melbourne

Just like your imaginary personal butler, Brooks will scratch your itch, whether you're hankering for a snack and a cocktail or a five-course meal.

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Back Bar

Windsor

Lavishly decorated in sophisticated old world charm (think rich velvet sofas and ornate chandeliers), Back Bar is a cocktail parlour split between...

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James Squire Brewhouse

Docklands

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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The Standard

Fitzroy

This is how things used to be. Have a pint in the public bar, down a steak, or relax with mates in the leafy beer garden.

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Misty Place

Melbourne

One of the city's original laneway bars, Misty continues to churn out cocktails and good vibes to anyone who's wily enough to remember where it is....

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Pelican

St Kilda

If you're sick of the antique-lampshade-and-creaky-sofa school of interior design then you'll appreciate Pelican. Designed by Melbourne's award...

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Mountain Goat Brewery

Richmond

Cam and Dave's success story would make many home-brewers green. Now set in a brick Richmond warehouse, this independent microbrewery opens its doors...

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The Bridge Hotel

Richmond

The newly revamped Bridge Hotel in Richmond will have you wanting more. A maze of rooms, balconies, saloons as well as a laneway running through the...

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Cumulus Up

Melbourne

Kick back and sample the best of local and European wines in the designer interiors of this loft-style bar from the award-winning Cumulus Inc. team.

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The Woolshed Pub

Docklands

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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MasterChef

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MasterChef has moved to Australia's culinary capital, Melbourne. See the culinary competition heat up in foodie districts across Melbourne and Victoria.

Rooftop bars

Madame Brussels
Sip pastel cocktails and foreign beers while basking in the whimsical ambience of Alice in Wonderland meets Alice in Accounts with magical city views
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The Red Hummingbird
The Red Hummingbird reinforces Melbourne's love of hard-to-find rooftop bars and killer cocktails. Tips: When you see the little red birdcage hanging...
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Siglo
Siglo is found through the unmarked door of the Melbourne Supper Club and up the grand staircase. Here, beautiful wines, international beers and...
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Rooftop Bar
Take in jaw-dropping views of the CBD skyline at Rooftop Bar, set seven storeys atop the popular Curtain House.
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The Carlton
The ever-expanding line-up of bars, rooftop palm trees and gallery spaces within the Carlton Hotel resembles an opulent vertical maze for grown-ups....
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The Emerald Peacock
Glamorous, decadent and thoroughly individual, the Emerald Peacock is a fancifully preened specimen of the much-esteemed cocktail bar movement of...
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The Grates, Forum Theatre, Melbourne, Australia

Discover Melbourne's live music scene

Laneway bars

Von Haus
Sometimes, when a bar gets everything just right, people are weirdly reluctant to spread the word. Many a beloved hangout has been lost to...
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Berlin Bar
The trick at this hard-to-find bar is they've divided the space to represent East and West Berlin. The former is spartan and functional while the...
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Bar Americano
Knock back daytime espressos and by night sip on classic cocktails in this standing-room only highlight of Melbourne's best laneway bars.
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Gin Palace
If 'after work drinks venue' was a genre, this bar would define it. With warm honey tones, swanky couches and a bourgeois drinks list highlighted by...
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Bar Ampere
Bar Ampere has all the absinthe, vermouth and amaro you need to kick start your evening and an all-night kitchen to keep you going till the wee hours.
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Section 8
A uniquely Melbourne bar experience, Section 8 is on the surface at least, two shipping containers in a car park. But it's much, much more. When dusk...
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Misty Place
One of the city's original laneway bars, Misty continues to churn out cocktails and good vibes to anyone who's wily enough to remember where it is....
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Double Happiness
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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MoVida Next Door, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Indulge in Melbourne's food and wine

Best restaurants

Sapore
Put your dinner in the hands of people who know that taste comes first, and feel a tiny bit Mediterranean as you dine on Italian food by the water.
Pei Modern
Start salivating as one of Australia's best chefs makes his first foray into Melbourne on the site of a disused post office in a hotel driveway.
The Point Albert Park
You're supposed to go for the beef at The Point, and it will knock your socks off, so you should make a repeat booking to sample the rest of the menu.
The European
Scramble for an adjective to describe Melbourne's stalwart wine bar and you'll end up settling on 'European', before you settle on one more glass.
San Telmo
Tastefully decorated to create an authentic, old world bodega atmosphere, San Telmo is famous for its imported 2.5-metre parilla (charcoal grill).
Spice Temple
Once you've tried Neil Perry's one-hatted take on Chinese food in the seductive surrounds at Crown you'll find it hard to go back to lemon chicken.
Gingerboy
Modelled on the street kitchens of South-East Asia, Teage Ezard's hip restaurant is less rustic authenticity and more opulent interpretation.
Cumulus Inc.
This loft-inspired city restaurant features a drinking bar, an eating bar (overlooking the kitchen) and regular tables for serious eating.