What's better than drinking at one of Melbourne's best bars, you bewilderedly ask? Drinking at one of Melbourne's best bars, at Happy Hour prices!
Since the 1920's, the hours immediately following the traditional working day has been referred to as 'Happy Hour', for blatantly obvious reasons – 1. Work is finished for the day, and 2. It is now socially acceptable to consume alcohol.
Nowadays, 'Happy Hour' is interpreted in countless different ways, by oodles of Melbourne bars, making it hard to know where to head and when to head there to get the best Happy Hour deals available. So we've done our research (and endured many a mid-week hangover to do so! #toughlyf) to bring you The Urban List's bible to the absolute best bars for Happy Hours in Melbourne.
SOUTHSIDE Happy Hours
Elwood Lounge | Elwood
What: Oranjeboom Dutch Beer pints
When: Monday - Friday
Time: 3pm-4pm for $3, 4pm-5pm for $4, 5pm – 6pm for $5, etc.
What: $4 basics
When: Saturday & Sunday
Time: 10am – 6pm
Prahran Hotel | Prahran
What: $3 pots & $6 pints of craft, $3 wines
When: Friday
Time: 4pm – 7pm
Hoo Haa | Windsor
What: $5 pints, $5 bubbles, $5 basic, 2 for 1 cocktails
When: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday
Time: 4pm – 7pm
The Wolf & I | Windsor
What: $6 pints of Boags, basics, house wines
When: Monday - Friday
Time: 5pm – 7pm
The College Lawn Hotel | Prahran
What: $6 pints, wines & spirits
When: Friday
Time: 5pm – 7pm
Banff | St Kilda
What: $2.50 pots, $9 jugs & $3.50 wines
When: All week
Time: 3pm – 6pm
Zhou Zhou | South Yarra
What: $5 beers & wines, $10 cocktails
When: Friday
Time: All day / night
Tyranny of Distance | Windsor
What: $4 beers, ciders, house wine & basics
When: All week
Time: 4pm – 7pm
Big Mouth | St Kilda
What: $4 schooners, wine & bubbles, $10 jugs, $5 basics
When: Monday - Friday
Time: 4pm – 7pm
What: $6 cocktails
When: Friday
Time: 4pm – 10pm
Speakeasy Kitchen Bar | Prahran
What: 2 for 1 Espresso Martinis
When: Thursday & Friday
Time: 5pm – close
Gramercy Bistro | Prahran
What: $5 Corona, Peroni, Cider, House wine, Sparkling & $10 cocktails PLUS free bar snacks
When: Monday – Sunday
Time: 4pm – 7pm
Lamaro's | South Melbourne
What: $3 Carlton pots, $5 Colonial pots, $5 house wines & $6 Bress bubbles
When: Monday - Friday
Time: 4pm - 6pm
CBD Happy Hours
Mr Mason | CBD
What: $5 pints of beer, house wine & basic spirits
When: Monday - Thursday
Time: 5pm – 7pm
Campari House | CBD
What: $10 cocktails
When: Monday - Tuesday
Time: 4pm – 7pm
DuNord | CBD
What: $12 market cocktail & $6.50 mystery beer
When: Monday - Saturday
Time: 4pm – 10pm
Ferdydurke | CBD
What: $16 jugs of Carlton
When: All week
Time: 12pm – 5pm
Whisky & Alement | CBD
What: $10 'boiler makers' (shot of single malt & matching beer)
When: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights
Father's Office | CBD
What: $9 hot buttered drinks
When: Tuesday & Wednesday
Time: From 5pm
What: $10 Espresso Martinis & Mulled Cider
When: Thursday
Time: From 5pm
What: $6 selected bottled beers, liquers & spirits, $5 wines, $6 schooners
When: All week
Time: 5pm – 7pm, 8pm – 10pm
Bar Vue | CBD
What: Half price tap beer & house wines
When: Monday - Friday
Time: 5pm – 6:30pm
NORTHSIDE Happy Hours
Grace Darling Hotel | Collingwood
What: Half price Coopers pints & Jugs ($9)
When: Monday - Friday
Time: 4pm – 7pm
*Thursday only - $10 jugs, $3 pots / $6 pints, $5 basics, $5 bubbles, $5 Wet Pussys, $7.50 Jager Bombs (ALL NIGHT!)
The Evelyn Hotel | Fitzroy
What: $3 pots / $6 pints of Carlton draught and cider, $10 jugs of Carlton
When: Monday - Friday
Time: 5pm – 7pm
The LuWow | Fitzroy
What: $10 Mai Tais
When: Wednesday, Friday - Sunday
Time: 5pm – 8pm
What: $6 tequilas, $12 Margheritas
When: Thursday
Time: All day / night
Tom Phat | Brunswick
What: $4 wine, $4 beer, $10 cocktails
When: Monday, Wednesday - Sunday
Time: 5pm - 10pm (Monday), 5pm – 7pm (Wednesday - Sunday)
Jimmi Jamz | East Brunswick
What: $2 pots, $3 wines, $4.50 basic
When: All week
Time: 3pm – 6pm
Peacock Inn | Northcote
What: $8 Carlton Jugs, $10 Coopers Jugs
When: Monday
Time: from 6pm
What: $4 Draught Schooners, $5 Coopers Schooners, $4 Wines
When: Thursday
Time: ALL NIGHT! ($4 Basics from 6-9pm)
What: $3 Pots (includes premium beers), $5 Wines (any wine by the glass)
When: Friday
Time: from 6pm
Wesley Anne | Northcote
What: $14 Jugs of Gypsy Cider and Boag's Draught
When: All week
The Gem | Collingwood
What: $3 pots, $6 pints, $12 jugs (over 9 taps to choose from)
When: Tuesday – Friday
Time: 5pm– 7pm
Robert Burns Hotel | Collingwood
What: $5 beers, wines, bottled cider and mulled wine
When: Monday - Friday
Time: 5pm - 7pm
WESTERN SUBURBS Happy Hours
The Quiet Man | Flemington
What: Buy one Corona, get one free
When: Thursday
What: $3 pots, $6 pints of all tapped beers & ciders, $5 house wines, $6 basic spirits
When: Friday
Time: 5pm – 7pm
Reverence Hotel | Footscray
What: $3 Mexican beers
When: Tuesday
Time: 6pm – 9pm
Crosskeys Hotel | Essendon North
What: $3 pots (draught, Boags, VB)
When: Monday – Friday
Time: 4 – 6 pm
Junction Beer Hall | Newport
What: $5 beer, wine & vodka
When: Monday – Thursday
Time: 5pm - 6pm
Tonik Bar | Kensington
What: $10 cocktails
When: Tuesday – Saturday
Time: All day
Sabroso | Seddon
What: $5 schooners of premium/craft beer $5 sangria
When: Monday – Friday
Time: 4pm – 7pm
EASTERN SUBURBS Happy Hours
Beer Deluxe | Hawthorn
What: $5 pints!
When: Monday
Time: 4pm – 1am
What: $6 local lager, cider, wine, basic spirits and beer
When: Tuesday
Time: 6pm – 1am
What: $12 cocktail
When: Thursday
Time: 5pm – 1am
The Vic Bar | Richmond / Abbotsford
What: $6 basic spirits
When: Thursday
Time: 4pm – 12am
What: $5 pints of boags draught, $10 cocktails
When: Tuesday, Friday, Saturday
Time: 6pm – 9pm
What: $10 bloody marys
When: Sunday
Time: 3pm – 11pm
London Tavern Hotel | Richmond
What: $3 pots, $5 basics & wine
When: Thursday, Friday
Time: 5pm – 7pm
The Beer & Burger Bar | Richmond
What: $2.50 pots
When: Tuesday
Time: All day
Geebung Polo Club | Hawthorn
What: $7 pints, wine and basic spirits
When: Thursday - Saturday
Time: 5pm – 7pm
Richmond Club Hotel | Richmond
What: $6 for all pints, house wines and basics spirits
When: Thursday
Time: 6pm – 7pm
Terminus Hotel | Richmond / Abbotsford
What: $3 pots, $6 pints
When: Friday
Time: 5pm – 7pm
What: $20 cocktail jugs
When: Sunday
Time: All day
The Bridge Hotel | Richmond
What: Karma Kegs
When: Friday
Time: From 5pm…
Colour yourself happy, Urban Listers, with our pick of the top Happy Hours in Melbourne! Where else do you go for cheap drinks?
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