Melbourne's 50 Most Popular Bars of 2016

Catch up on the year's most visited drinking dens.
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Published on December 29, 2016
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    Garden State Hotel

    101 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

    Flinders Lane's new four-storey pub.

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    Embla

    122 Russell Street, Melbourne

    Raise a glass to Melbourne’s wine bar renaissance.

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    Back Alley Sally's

    4 Yewers Street, Footscray

    Jerome Borazio's bar is a first for Footscray.

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    Sake Flinders Lane - TEMPORARILY CLOSED

    121 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

    Australia’s own masters of contemporary Japanese dining have welcomed a new culinary hotspot to their growing brood.

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    Bar Liberty

    234 Johnston Street, Fitzroy

    This Fitzroy wine bar has quite the sense of adventure.

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    Hot Sauce Laneway Bar - CLOSED

    QT Melbourne, 8 Portland Lane, Melbourne

    QT Melbourne's 'laneway' restaurant.

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    Sagra - CLOSED

    256-258 Glenferrie Road, Malvern

    A Malvern restaurant with all-day Italian dining, a rooftop bar and even a gallery.

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    Arbory Bar & Eatery

    Flinders Walk, Melbourne

    With great views and even better food, this is one platform you won't mind getting delayed on. 

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    Saint Lucia - CLOSED

    78 Chapel Street, Windsor

    Comforting Caribbean food on Chapel Street.

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    Rooftop at QT

    Level 11, QT Melbourne, 133 Russell Street, Melbourne

    The CBD slick rooftop bar on top of the QT.

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    Bedford St - CLOSED

    11 Johnston Street, Collingwood

    The Heartattack and Vine team's new all-day diner and bar.

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    Holla - CLOSED

    284 Victoria Street, Richmond

    An all-day dining option on Victoria Street (that's not Vietnamese food).

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    Chalawan - CLOSED

    102 Smith Street, Collingwood

    Modern Thai food served with a Melbourne twist and some truly great cocktails.

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    Little Oscar - CLOSED

    41 Lygon Street, Brunswick East

    With Korean and American influences, this is not your basic burger bar.

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    Easey's

    48 Easey Street, Collingwood

    The most Melbourne way to down a burger.

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    Noisy Ritual

    249 Lygon Street, Brunswick East

    Brunswick East has a boozy new destination.

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    Bird's Basement

    11 Singers Lane, Melbourne

    You'll get dinner and a show at Melbourne's newest jazz bar.

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    Nieuw Amsterdam - CLOSED

    106–112 Hardware Street, Melbourne

    Inventive, unusual and delicious cocktails with a New York-style menu to match.

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    Leonard's House of Love

    3 Wilson Street, South Yarra

    Drink tinnies, down burgers, dance and play pool in Leonard's lounge room-like bar.

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    Vaporetto Bar & Eatery

    681 Glenferrie Road (enter Via Grace Street), Hawthorn

    An enchanting Venetian bar that nails all the best bits of Venice.

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    Nighthawks

    136 Johnston Street, Collingwood

    A no-fuss dive bar preserving the Collingwood of yore.

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    Loop Roof

    Level 3, 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne

    A gem in Melbourne's rooftop crown.

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    Grub Food Van - CLOSED

    87-89 Moor Street, Fitzroy

    Laid-back backyard in summer, cosy comfort cafe in winter.

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    Rooftop Bar

    252 Swanston Street, Melbourne

    Rooftop Bar is the centrepiece of Melbourne's alcohol stocked skyline.

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    Hihou - CLOSED

    First Floor, 1 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

    A Japanese-inspired bar behind a secret doorway.

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    Lady Carolina - CLOSED

    177 Lygon Street, Brunswick East

    This mistress does the lot, including margaritas worth their weight in liquid gold.

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    Goldilocks

    Level 4, 264 Swanston Street, Melbourne

    Above a Chinese restaurant, find a world with three bears and drinks that are just right.

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    Eau de Vie

    1 Malthouse Lane, Melbourne

    Cocktails, charcuterie and a little speakeasy fun.

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    Feast of Merit

    117 Swan Street, Richmond

    Sip coffee and tuck into Middle Eastern fare with a clear conscience.

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    Naked in the Sky

    285 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

    The best position on Brunswick Street is in the sky.

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    Fatto Bar & Cantina - CLOSED

    River Terrace, Hamer Hall, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne

    With Fatto meaning 'stuffed' in Italian, this riverside cantina and bar might just be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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    Chin Chin

    125 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

    'The Chris Lucas effect' has people lining up out the doors almost every day.

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    Belleville - CLOSED

    Globe Alley, Melbourne

    A hidden cocktail bar above Chinatown from the team behind Section 8 and Ferdydurke. 

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    Sun Moth Canteen & Bar - CLOSED

    28 Niagara Lane, Melbourne

    Coffee, wine and wi-fi in the CBD.

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    United Kitchen Dining & Tapas - CLOSED

    52 Fitzroy Street, Melbourne

    Pretty drinks, pork belly and peanut butter spring rolls.

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    Le Bon Ton

    51 Gipps Street, Collingwood

    Oysters, absinthe, smoked meat and a 24-hour licence.

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    Heartbreaker

    234A Russell Street, Melbourne

    This wild-child American-style dive bar is a rock 'n' roll dream.

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    The Mill House - CLOSED

    277-279 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

    Channel the Prohibition era and sip moonshine below street level.

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    Magic Mountain Saloon

    62 Little Collins Street, Melbourne

    An eatery and bar spawned from one of Melbourne's best hospo pedigrees.

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    400 Gradi

    99 Lygon Street, East Brunswick

    Some of the city’s — and in fact, the world’s — best pizza.

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    Siglo

    161 Spring St, Melbourne

    A glorious rooftop setting for some discerning bottles of wine.

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    5 Points Deli - CLOSED

    118 Elgin Street, Carlton

    Pots of American beer and sandwiches piled high with pastrami. This is our kind of deli.

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    1806

    169 Exhibition Street, Melbourne

    1806 is Melbourne's old world gem where cocktail is king.

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    Pretty Mama - CLOSED

    220 Spencer Street, Melbourne

    Jerk chicken and piña coladas from a team with Gumbo Kitchen, Der Raum and Rockpool on their CV.

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    Stray Neighbour

    463 - 467 Plenty Road, Preston

    The new neighbour set to elevate the dining scene of Preston.

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    Bar Nonno

    83 High Street, Northcote

    Good wine and great food make this Italian place an absolute Westgarth gem.

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    Bad Frankie

    141 Greeves Street, Fitzroy

    Australian cocktails, lamington jaffles and some of the best service you'll find off Smith Street.

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    Archie's All Day

    189 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

    From your morning coffee to your midnight nightcap, Archie's has you covered.

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