Melbourne bar reviews

Melbourne bar reviews

Michael Harden hits the city's watering holes.

Cucumber Gibson served at Cutler & Co in Fitzroy.

Photograph by Paul Jeffers
The Age GOOD FOOD
28 Jun 2019

Moon Dog World features a public-pool-blue lagoon with a fountain.

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Did Melbourne's crazy craft brewers pull-off their Preston 'theme park'?

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Bodriggy is Abbotsford's bodacious new brewpub.

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Bodriggy is a bodacious new brewpub

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The Wood Samaritan is like a log cabin as imagined by Disney and a bourbon distiller.

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Hail, Caesar: the Canadian cocktail worth crossing town for

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The tiny room fits 20 patrons.

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A Little gin goes a Lon way

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Cutler & Co's bar can be folded closed like a home drinks cabinet.

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Cutler & Co bar goes from holding pen to main event

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Baia Di Vino is the sort of casual bar you imagine stumbling upon on the Amalfi Coast.

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Amalfi Coast comes to Sandringham

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Magnum + Queens Wine is now a fully fledged wine bar.

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Magnum + Queens Wine adds another tile to Melbourne enoteca mosaic

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Part bar, part club, part late-night diner, Angel Music Bar defies simple categorisation.

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Angel Music Bar is heaven sent for night owls

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The rooftop has a Hamptons-esque vibe.

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Peaches mixes personalities, good drinks and good times

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Modern day clubhouse: From the rooftop at Johnny's Green Room, city skyscrapers look close enough to touch.

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Join the Italian rooftop party at Johnny's Green Room

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Whisky Den, a light-filled laidback specialist bar with more than 350 whiskies.

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Pretension-free whisky in the city at Whisky Den

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Straight shooter: Inside Luxsmith Bar in Seddon.

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Luxsmith spin-off is a straight shooter

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Nonna's meatballs are served with or without pasta.

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Nonna's meatballs and negronis at Sig. Enzo Aperitivo Bar

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The Nouvelle Noisette is 'grown-up savoury goodness'.

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Sophisticated speakeasy vibes and souvas in Seddon

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Heading to Dinner? Don't miss drinks.

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Is this Melbourne's best bloody mary?

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Inside the renovated Bar Romantica.

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Bar Romantica keeps the romance alive

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Refuel in Thornbury Picture House.

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Fill 'er up: the former garage now serving drinks

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A fashion-conscious but relaxed crowd flocks to Galah.

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Aussie bar Galah is not as oi-oi-oi as you may think

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Peak Brunswick: Carousing vegans against a backdrop of city lights atop the Cornish Arms.

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The Cornish Arms rooftop bar is peak Brunswick

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The public bar is perfect for sinking pots.

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Victoria Hotel: Old-school Footscray boozer reborn

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