Bars & Pubs

Navigating Melbourne's best bars, pubs, breweries and drinking holes

Best wine bars
Bars

Best wine bars

We sipped red, white and rosé to bring you this guide to the finest vino spots in town
The best cocktail bars
Bars

The best cocktail bars

Whether you’re after a sun-drenched rooftop or a dimly lit speakeasy, these bars mix the city's finest cocktails
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The best pubs in Melbourne

Best beer gardens
Bars

Best beer gardens

Enjoy a cold pint while soaking up the sun in these beer gardens

Melbourne's drinking hotspots

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Fitzroy

Strap on your party boots and cocktail helmets: nowhere does fun drinking quite like Fitzroy
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Brunswick

Work your way from cheap beers to cocktails to sweet tunes along Sydney Road
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Smith Street

With Prohibition-era cocktails, arcade bars and even a bocce bar, Smith Street's bar scene is a blast
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St Kilda

Set your sights on the sea (and some damn good drinks) in the home of backpacker boozing
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