The Best Bars in the Melbourne CBD

Perfect for after work drinks or a Saturday night on the town.
Tom Clift
Published on November 28, 2015
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    1806

    169 Exhibition Street, Melbourne

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

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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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    Bar Americano - CLOSED

    20 Presgrave Place, Melbourne

    Cocktails and banter at their best.

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    Boilermaker House

    209-211 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

    The perfect combo of whisky, beer, cheese and charcuterie.

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    Double Happiness

    21 Liverpool Street, Melbourne

    Bubble cup tea cocktails under the watchful eyes of Chairman Mao.

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    Eau de Vie

    1 Malthouse Lane, Melbourne

    Cocktails, charcuterie and a little speakeasy fun.

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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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    Hihou - CLOSED

    First Floor, 1 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

    A Japanese-inspired bar behind a secret doorway.

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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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    Polepole Bar & Kitchen

    Level 1, 267 Lt Collins Street, Melbourne

    Step out of Lt Collins Street and into Africa with killer cocktails and bar snacks.

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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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    The Mill House - CLOSED

    277-279 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

    Channel the Prohibition era and sip moonshine below street level.

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    Union Electric

    13 Heffernan Lane, Melbourne

    This Chinatown bar boasts an ever-changing cocktail offering and a rooftop gin garden.

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    Whisky and Alement

    270 Russell Street, Melbourne

    500 types of whisky in one bar? You bet.