The Best Bars in Melbourne.

Bottoms Up!

We’ve chosen Melbourne’s best bars, whether you’re after a killer craft beer or a textbook cocktail.

Here is Melbourne viewed through the bottom of a glass: from its world-beating cocktail lounges to its down-and-divey saloons.

These bars represent the pinnacle of Melbourne drinking. Many of them are Time Out Bar Awards winners. Others take pride of place in some of our most popular guides, like Melbourne’s best cocktail bars, wine bars and rooftop bars.

Above all, these bars have one thing in common: they are the very best this fine drink-swilling city has to offer. It will surprise no one who’s been in Melbourne that a recent survey found the city to be amongst the world’s most attractive places to live. And, for those whose definition of ‘living’ means going out and having a good time, it really doesn’t get much better.

In recent years, the nightlife in Melbourne’s Central Business District has undergone a complete about-turn. Where once all was quiet after dark, now a rash of quirky bars (and more mainstream clubs) have opened up to cater for the city’s thirsty office workers.