Best Cocktails in Melbourne

Charlie's Bar

Restaurants, Wine Bars • 71 Hardware Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000

3.8 (154) Google Maps

Basement cocktail and wine bar on Hardware Lane, Melbourne CBD, set beneath the Mill Restaurant upstairs.

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Dom's Social Club

Wine Bars, Rooftops • 1, 301 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC

4.7 (278) Google Maps

Three-level Swanston Street pizzeria, pool room and rooftop bar serving wood-fired pizza and natural wine.

Opens at 5:00 PM Thursday

Melbourne Central Lion Hotel

Restaurants, Cafes, Wine Bars • 211 La Trobe St, Melbourne VIC 3000

4.0 (2,122) Google Maps

Melbourne Central Lion Hotel is an English-style pub on Level 3 of Melbourne Central at 211 La Trobe Street.

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Father's Office Downtown

Restaurants, Cafes • 249 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

4.0 (2,112) Google Maps

Father's Office is a 1920s speakeasy-themed bar on Little Lonsdale Street, known for its State Library balcony and daily happy hour.

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Bouvardia

Restaurants, Bar & Bistro • Level 2/169 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000

 

Time Out Melbourne’s Best Cocktail Bar 2023 (Critics’ Choice), Bouvardia pairs boundary-pushing cocktails with rotating local art.

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1806

Wine Bars • 169 Exhibition Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

4.6 (1,342) Google Maps

Cocktail bar on Exhibition Street, Melbourne CBD, named for the year 'cocktail' first appeared in print.

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Waterslide Bar

Wine Bars, Cocktail Bars, Function and Event Venues • 3 Southgate Avenue, Shop MR3 Mid-Level East End,, Southbank, VIC, Australia, Victoria

 

Waterslide Bar is a cocktail bar at Southgate in Melbourne’s Southbank precinct, overlooking the Yarra River and city skyline.

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New Gold Mountain

Wine Bars, Cocktail Bars • level 1/21 Liverpool St, Melbourne 3000

 

Two-level Chinatown cocktail bar on Liverpool Street, Melbourne, with gold-rush-era Shanghai styling and Australian-ingredient cocktails.

Opens at 5:00 PM Wednesday

Punch Lane Wine Bar & Restaurant

Wine Bars • 43 Little Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000

 

Punch Lane is a Melbourne wine bar and restaurant on Little Bourke Street, trading since 1995 near the city's theatre district.

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The Breslin Steakhouse

Restaurants, Wine Bars • 3/1 Southbank Blvd, Southbank VIC 3006

 

The Breslin Steakhouse is a steakhouse on Southbank Boulevard in Southbank, close to the Yarra River, Melbourne.

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Lord Lygon

Wine Bars • 66 Lygon Street, Carlton VIC

4.6 (191) Google Maps

The bar focuses on Australian wines, spirits and seasonally influenced food, with menus overseen by Executive Chef Chris Bonello.

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Miss Pearl Bar + Dining

Restaurants, Wine Bars • 140 Southbank Blvd, Southbank VIC 3006

 

Miss Pearl Bar + Dining is a modern Asian restaurant inside Southbank Theatre, offering pre-theatre menus and late-night share plates.

Opens at 3:00 PM tomorrow