• News

    Australia's First All-Vegan Bubble Tea Shop Nuttea Has Opened in Melbourne's CBD

    The Melbourne Central venue has swapped milk for mylk with delicious results.

  • Guide

    Where to Watch the 2021 Australian Open in Melbourne

    BYO picnic and set up in front of a ten-metre outdoor screen, or team your tennis fix with prawns and cocktail jugs by the Yarra.

  • News

    This Australian Distillery Has Released a Limited-Edition Lamington-Flavoured Vodka

    If you'd like your drinks to taste like dessert, this is the new tipple for you.

  • Feature

    Simply Summer

    Make this year one to remember with our guides to Melbourne in summer.

  • News

    Say Cheers to 2020's Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers

    You've heard 2020's best songs — now drink the year's best brews.

  • News

    Four Pillars Is Releasing a New Pink-Hued Gin Inspired by Summer Beach House Getaways

    It's a collaboration with Melbourne venue Arbory Afloat — and you can sip it onboard, or order a bottle for your own shelf.

Latest Guides
  • News

    Glou Is Collingwood's New Bar and Dispensary Selling Wine by the Litre

    It has swapped bottles for kegs and is pouring drops from some of Australia's best winemakers.

  • Guide

    Melbourne's Most Popular Bars of 2020

    These are the distilleries, breweries and beach clubs you flocked to last year.

  • News

    Three Tequila Cocktail Recipes That'll Spice Up Your Next Summer Session

    Shake things up at your next at-home cocktail hour this summer.

  • Feature

    How to Make a Mint Julep with Ciaran Duffy from 1806

    Create your own bourbon-based cocktail with these expert tips.

  • Guide

    Four Rooftop Bars Where You Can Make the Most of Golden Hour in Melbourne

    Take an early mark to nab a spot at these coveted sky-high bars.

  • Feature

    Cocktail Hour

    We've teamed up with Maker's Mark to bring you a guide to making the best of cocktail hour, at home or out and about.

Latest Places
  • Bar

    Asado

    6 Riverside Quay, Southbank

    The 250-seat Southbank venue is working magic with an open fire pit and three-metre-long parilla grill.

  • Bar

    Champagne Problems

    238 Little Collins Street, Melbourne

    If you loved drinking and dancing at Evie’s Disco Diner but now feel a little too old for it, consider a trip to its older sibling in the CBD.

  • Bar

    Greenhart Camberwell

    1226 Toorak Road, Camberwell

    This Melbourne wine bar is straying away from the usual European influences, instead showing how contemporary Asian food and Australian wines can be a perfect pairing.

  • Restaurant

    Hotel Lona

    473 Nepean Highway, Frankston

    A two-level venue with a restaurant, public bar and rooftop in one of Frankston’s oldest buildings.

  • Bar

    Moon Dog Wild West

    54 Hopkins Street, Footscray

    Make your way through the swinging saloon doors to find bucking bulls, arcade games, pool tables, a dog-friendly rooftop, and food and drinks aplenty.

  • Bar

    The Gertrude Hotel

    148 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

    The Fitzroy corner site has been reborn once again — this time as a Med-inspired bar and bistro.

  • Restaurant

    Skinny Dog Hotel

    155 High Street, Kew

    The new sun-soaked rooftop is home to a huge light-filled atrium, refined gastropub eats and weekly live music gigs.

  • Bar

    Beverly

    627 Chapel Street, South Yarra

    Enjoy 270-degree views and a menu that fuses southern Cali influence with modern Australian flair.

  • Bar

    Enoteca Boccaccio

    1046 Burke Road, Balwyn

    Aussie and Italian produce are on full display here — be it in the glass-walled cheese room, wine fridges, or the European eats coming out of the open kitchen.

  • Restaurant

    Yugen Tea Bar

    605 Chapel St, South Yarra

    Home to an incredibly large range of teas, plus one of the best high teas in Melbourne.

  • News

    Where to Go in Melbourne for a Last-Minute Catch-Up with Mates This Summer

    Celebrate making it through another year at these beachside takeaway joints and inner city rooftop terraces.

  • News

    Brisbane's Cult-Favourite Range Brewing Has Quietly Opened a Melbourne Taproom

    Newstead's heroes of haze have opened a Scandi-inspired bar in Abbotsford with 24 taps pouring massive technicolour flavours.

  • News

    Ballers Clubhouse Is the CBD's Huge New Venue Devoted to Bar Sports

    From the minds behind Pawn & Co, the new CBD venue has shuffleboard, ping pong, VR games and 75 taps.

  • News

    Top-Notch Local Tipples in Trying Times: Three Victorian Companies Making Must-Sip Drinks in 2020

    Meet the standout local drinks brands that were voted the state's favourites as part of the BWS Local Luvvas initiative.

  • News

    Top-Notch Local Tipples in Trying Times: Two Queensland Companies Making Must-Sip Drinks in 2020

    Meet the standout local drinks brands that were voted the state's favourites as part of the BWS Local Luvvas initiative.

  • Guide

    Melbourne's Best New Bars of 2020

    The city's very best boozy additions of the year.

Latest Events
  • Event

    BEAST Meat Masters

    Monday, July 1 - Saturday, November 30, 2024

    Beast City, Melbourne

    Everything served at BEAST's Meat Masters takeover series is heavy, meaty and heartburn-inducing. Bring on the food coma.

  • Event

    A Quiet Place: Day One

    Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024

    Various cinemas in Melbourne

    The always-excellent Lupita Nyong'o and 'Pig' writer/director Michael Sarnoski take this hit horror franchise back to the alien invasion's beginning in a thoughtful Big Apple-set spinoff.

  • Event

    Sweet Home Dog-abama Fourth of July Party at Moon Dog Wild West

    Thursday, July 4, 2024

    Moon Dog Wild West, Footscray

    Moon Dog Wild West's first-ever Fourth of July party comes with live music, food and drink deals, and an all-American hot dog-eating competition.

  • Event

    The Finders Keepers Autumn/Winter Market

    Friday, July 12 - Sunday, July 14, 2024

    Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton

    Support the next wave of independent artisans at this three-day art and design market that features over 270 makers, foodies and designers.

  • Event

    Horizon — Bangarra Dance Theatre

    Wednesday, August 28 - Saturday, September 7, 2024

    Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne

    The iconic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company's first mainstage cross-cultural collaboration tells tales from across Oceania.

  • Event

    Scandinavian Film Festival

    Friday, July 19 - Wednesday, August 7, 2024

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    Whether you're after the latest 'Department Q' mystery or a documentary about the Norwegian wilderness, this film festival has something for you.

  • Event

    Disaronno at Palace Cinemas in Melbourne

    Monday, May 27 - Wednesday, July 31, 2024

    Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne

    Where to taste an authentic amaretto sour across Melbourne.

  • Event

    Bastille Day

    Saturday, July 13 - Sunday, July 14, 2024

    Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne

    Queen Victoria Market will be filled with buttery pastries, cooking masterclasses, live music and more to celebrate France's national day.

  • Event

    Queen Victoria Market's Australian Sake Festival

    Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, 2024 

    Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne

    Take your pick from more than 200 different sakes at the Australian Sake Festival, coming to Queen Vic Market this winter.

  • Event

    The Promised Land

    Thursday, June 20 - Wednesday, July 10, 2024

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    More than a decade after 'A Royal Affair', Mads Mikkelsen and filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel have made another grand and gripping drama set in Denmark's past.

  • News

    Five Twists on Your Favourite Party Cocktails for Your Next Summer Get-together

    Give these elevated cocktails a whirl at your next soirée.

  • News

    Top-Notch Local Tipples in Trying Times: Four NSW Companies Making Must-Sip Drinks in 2020

    Meet the standout local drinks brands that were voted the state's favourites as part of the BWS Local Luvvas initiative.

  • News

    Australia's Guidelines for Reducing Health Risks From Drinking Have Changed for the First Time Since 2009

    They now recommend no more than ten drinks a week, and a maximum of four drinks on any one day.

  • News

    Top-Notch Local Tipples in Trying Times: Three Tasmanian Companies Making Must-Sip Drinks in 2020

    Meet the standout local drinks brands that were voted the state's favourites as part of the BWS Local Luvvas initiative.

  • News

    Four Super-Easy Rum Cocktail Recipes That'll Transport You to the Tropics This Summer

    Flex your bartending skills at your next summer party — from cruisy backyard dos to at-home mini festivals.

  • News

    Jimmy Brings Is Saving You a Trip to the Bottle Shop with $2 Delivery All Summer

    So, you can get beer, wine, spirits and last-minute bags of ice delivered to your door — for pocket change.

  • News

    The Yarra's Overwater Bar Ponyfish Island Has Just Reopened Following an Impressive Makeover

    The long-standing bar now has a Miami-inspired fit-out, summery cocktails and, for the first-time ever, tap beers.

  • News

    Four Simple Tequila Spritzes to Whip Up for Your Next Summer Fiesta

    Liven up your summer drinks list with these easy-to-make cocktails.

  • Feature

    The Cake Tales

    This year, more than ever, we've learned to appreciate life's small pleasures.

  • News

    Bass and Flinders Has Released a Spiced Christmas Brandy If You Need Something to Sip with Pudding

    It's made with spices such as nutmeg, clove and cardamom, plus dried currants, cranberries and apricots.

  • News

    We're Giving Away Luxe Picnic Hampers to Help You Make the Most of Summer

    Level up your next afternoon park session with dips, artisanal crackers, mini desserts and six bottles of Aussie vino.

  • News

    Queensland Is Now Home to a Self-Guided Wine Trail That Showcases More Than 70 Wineries

    And vineyards and cellar doors, too — spanning from Scenic Rim to the Sunshine Coast.

  • News

    You Can Now Hang Tiny Bottles of Booze From Your Christmas Tree If You're Keen to Feel Extra Festive

    They're Christmas baubles, and they're filled with ready-to-drink cocktails.

  • News

    Top-Notch Local Tipples in Trying Times: Three WA Companies Making Must-Sip Drinks in 2020

    Meet the standout local drinks brands that were voted the state's favourites as part of the BWS Local Luvvas initiative.

  • News

    Top-Notch Local Tipples in Trying Times: Three SA Companies Making Must-Sip Drinks in 2020

    Meet the standout local drinks brands that were voted the state's favourites as part of the BWS Local Luvvas initiative.

  • Guide

    Nine Summery Courtyards for When You Want to Kick Off Cocktail Hour Before Dark

    Start the night with an openair old-fashioned or a sunset sour.

  • News

    Gum Is Collingwood's New 70s-Themed Tiny Pub with Retro Cocktails and Pies

    You can pair Big Mac pies with banana cream daiquiris at Johnston Street's newest venue.

  • News

    Four Pillars Has Been Named the World's Best Gin Producer for a Second Year

    The Yarra Valley-based distillery took out top honours again at the International Wine and Spirits Competition in London.

  • News

    You Can Now Get DIY Gelato Messina Cocktail Kits Delivered to Your Door Just In Time for Summer

    Cocktail Porter will deliver receive everything you need to make dulce de leche espresso martinis — or gin-fuelled coconut and lychee piña coladas.

  • News

    This Sydney Pub Is Now Serving Up 'Super Schooners' That Let You Carry Four Beers At Once

    They're comprised of four wedge-shaped glasses, that bunch together to resemble one huge schooner.

  • News

    Five Ways You Can Transform Your Outdoor Space for Parties This Summer

    Make your get-together feel extra special this summer.

  • News

    An Openair Beer Garden Has Landed on the Rooftop of The Prince Hotel's Car Park

    Enjoy gin cocktails, deep-pan pizzas and beer icy poles while overlooking the bay at this pop-up bar.

  • News

    The Mighty Is Moonee Ponds' New Three-Level Temple of Aussie Craft Booze

    This light-filled, 14-tap gastropub is from the drinks collective behind Jetty Road Brewery, Brogan's Way and more.

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