The Best Rooftop Bars in Melbourne
Head to these sun-soaked Melbourne rooftop bars and pubs when you want to enjoy a cocktail and bite to eat skyward.
There's a certain entrancing quality to the best rooftop bars in Melbourne. Whether it's drinking at altitude, the fresh air on your face or the sun beating down on your vitamin-D-deficient skin, these beguiling openair beauties consistently draw you in. Thankfully, Melbourne has more than a couple that'll help you make the most of our great city, regardless of the weather.
This list is a compilation of Melbourne's top rooftop bars and pubs that have effectively utilised their real estate. There are old faces, newcomers and places that you might have forgotten. From a plant-filled inner city oasis to a dimly lit Mexican bar in the 'burbs, these Melbourne rooftops are pulling out all the stops. You can't deny that drinks somehow taste infinitely better a few floors up.
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BarPrince Alfred Hotel, Port Melbourne
355 Bay Street, Port Melbourne
Open seven days a week for you to get good pub grub and wash down with a crisp cold craft beer.
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RestaurantCleo, Hyde Melbourne Place
130 Russell Street, Melbourne
The rooftop drinking and dining destination welcomes Eastern Mediterranean flavours and old-world cooking techniques.
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RestaurantDisuko
59-63 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Taking over the former Madame Brussels spot was going to be big shoes to fill, but who better to try than MAMAS Dining Group.
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BarOn Top, The StandardX
62 Rose Street, Fitzroy
In this setting, it would be rude not to have a drink or two, so its lucky there's Aperol Spritz, yuzu margs and lager on tap.
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BarRunner Up Rooftop Bar
35 Johnston Street, Collingwood
With stunning views of its surrounds, rotating DJs and fun drinks, what’s there not to love about rooftop bar Runner Up?
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BarSlowpoke Lounge & Lookout
50 Gipps Street, Collingwood
Serving up spiked yerba maté and hash brown fries, this Collingwood rooftop lounge takes its fun seriously.
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BarJohnny's Green Room
293-297 Lygon Street, Carlton
Dose up on sophisticated Euro vibes and Italian cocktails at this chic, sunny rooftop bar in Carlton.
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BarFull Moon Fever
225 Johnston Street, Abbotsford
Lulie's all-weather rooftop bar is an escape to the Cali desert, complete with burgers, brews and an agave-heavy cocktail list.
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BarFleet Rooftop Bar
1 Queen Street, Melbourne
The Flinders Street rooftop bar boasts an encyclopaedic drinks menu stacked with over 70 rums, 50 gins, and a selection of vintage and hard-to-find spirits.
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BarHotel Nacional
23-25 Hardware Lane, Melbourne
Hotel Nacional is Hardware Lane's five-storey, totally gluten-free Mexican restaurant and bar.
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BarHotel Esplanade
11 The Esplanade, St Kilda
The revamped Melbourne music institution sports 12 bars, two restaurants and three live music stages across its six levels.
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BarBomba Rooftop
103 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
The Spanish restaurant's rooftop serves up Catalan toasties and gin cocktails under the CBD stars.
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BarGood Heavens
Level 2, 79 Bourke Street, Melbourne
A CBD Palm Springs-inspired rooftop bar above Fancy Hank's.
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BarRooftop at QT
Level 11, QT Melbourne, 133 Russell Street, Melbourne
The CBD slick rooftop bar on top of the QT.
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BarMirror Mirror Rooftop Lounge
209 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne
Is Mirror Mirror rooftop bar the fairest of them all? Only time will tell.
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BarHobsons Bay Hotel
28 Ferguson Street, Williamstown
This bayside boozer has an ex-Supernormal chef, house-made doughnuts and hot chook rolls.
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BarThe Corner Hotel
57 Swan Street, Richmond
A Richmond live music institution with a banging rooftop.
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BarHotel Mexico
238 Whitehall Street, Yarraville
Hotel Mexico is Yarraville's huge group hang spot that's made for margarita-fuelled sessions.
Feature image: On Top, StandardX.