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The Best Melbourne Bar Openings Of 2017
The measure of a good city is how many places you can go and get liquored up sample rare and interesting beverages. By that…
Where To Find The Best Bars In Fitzroy
If you’re going to thank one suburb for two decades of Melbourne’s bar scene boom, thank Fitzroy. Draw a red line around…
Meet The Guy Chronicling Australia’s Forgotten Milk Bars
Eamon Donnelly has spent the last 10 years travelling around Australia taking photos of milk bars. Why? Because they’re there. Or at…
Swan Street And Beyond: Your 2024 Guide To Richmond’s Best Bars
Make your way through the list of Richmond’s best bars for 2024.
London’s Best Rooftop Bars
We’ve created a list of our favourite rooftop bars and restaurants for you to climb up to. You’ll get insane cityscape views…
5 New Melbourne Wine Bars To Check Out This Weekend
Last year we got some truly epic wine bars added to the Melbourne scene (Willows & Wine was probably our fave, if…
Melbourne’s Best Happy Hours
What's better than drinking at one of Melbourne's best bars, you bewilderedly ask? Drinking at one of Melbourne's best bars, at…
7 New Melbourne Bars You Need To Visit Right Now
Calling all night crawlers, day drinkers and avid Sunday sessioners. Here are our picks of the best new Melbourne bars to try out this…
Make The Most Of Summer With These Beautiful Bars
To celebrate the return of our favourite season, we've created the ultimate pocket guide of rooftop bars and outdoor haunts to make sure…
Make The Most Of Summer With These Waterfront Pop-Up Bars
Melbourne just scored a string of French Riviera-inspired vodka bars to celebrate the launch of Grey Goose's limited-edition…
Where To Find Melbourne’s Best Brew Bars
Craft beer is everywhere these days. It hasn't exactly sprung up overnight, but the sheer amount of new breweries, bars and beers can be…
Where To Find The Best Bars In Windsor
Froffin’ for a tipple on Chapel Street’s south end? Then you’ve come to the right place. We’ve scoured this…
6 New Restaurants And Bars Opening In Melbourne In 2023
Never a city to sit on its hands, Melbourne's hospitality community is constantly developing. As we embark on 2023 we're set to…
The Best Bars In Melbourne’s CBD
Melbourne is home to some of the best bars in the world, and luckily for us the punters, a lot of those bars reside right in the CBD. When…
4 Of The World’s Best Cocktail Bars Are In Australia!
Coffee. Wine. Exceedingly lavish breakfasts. Australia is getting pretty good at a few things, and the latest accolade to add to the…
Tune In At The Best Listening Bars In Melbourne
Nestled within Melbourne’s bar scene, there’s a niche subgenre that’s quickly gaining traction, for very good reason;…
Melbourne’s Essential Gay Bars & Parties
Whether you’re after some R’n’B-fuelled grinding with a cocktail in hand, an evening of drag trivia in a cosy pub, or a…
5 New Bars To Check Out This Month
With the sad news that pioneering laneway bar Meyers Place is soon to close, you might be looking for a fresh after-dark haunt. Here are…
The Feed | All The News You Missed This Week
It was another loaded week in our freezing city, so you’re forgiven if you missed a few things. Maccas launched a new burger,…
Parks Victoria Is Opening Up The Yarra To More Floating Bars This Summer
Funny, isn’t it. The Yarra’s been there for rather a long time, but it’s only in the last 18 months people realised…
Follow The Stairs To Melbourne’s Best Hidden Bars
The Melbourne CBD is a labyrinth for hidden bars, whether they be upstairs, underground or tucked away at the end of a laneway. You…
10 Great Restaurants & Bars with Yarra River Views
Here's the pick of the best restaurants and bars with Yarra River views, perfect for a romantic dinner or a casual bite with friends.…
Melbourne’s Best Dog-Friendly Bars And Pubs
Today is officially “Dog Day” and we’ve found all the best spots in Melbourne for you chill out over a crafty pint and a…
Where To Find Melbourne’s Best Dessert Bars
For anyone that enjoys the occasional cake, Danish, croissant, éclair, hot chocolate, macaron or lemon tart, Melbourne’s…
The Greats | The Best New Bars Of 2018
2018 has been a big year, thanks in part to all the new bars that have popped up across Australia and New Zealand. We’ve done the hard…
Melbourne’s Best Sake Bars
Rice, the backbone of many cuisines, is a grain worth celebrating. There's no better way to toast the humble rice grain than at a…
7 New Wine Bars You Need To Check Out
Rooftops are heating up, but for our money 2016 has been the Year of the Wine Bar. You can't buy an apartment or stumble into a clothing…
5 New Melbourne Bars To Check Out This Month
A big cold thirst needs a big cold spritz, and the best cold spritz is Aperol. At least is used to be. Melbourne’s bar scene…
Drink Behind Bars At This Upcoming Prison-Themed Cocktail Bar
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to have a cocktail inside a prison, well then you and your weirdly specific dreams are…
These Sky High Rooftop Bars Are The Perfect Spots To Catch The Iconic Hollywood Sign
While Melbourne might be best known for its laneway bar culture, in Los Angeles some of the coolest hangouts are hidden sky high.
7 Bars You Can BYO Food To
We’ve all been there. Firmly ensconced with a liquid glow in our fave drinking hole when the tummy rumbles take hold. So, we’ve…
How To Find The Perfect Bar For You In Tokyo’s Golden Gai
A short walk from Shinjuku Station, the down to earth strip of bars is the ultimate local experience.
10 of Melbourne’s Best Dive Bars
There are nights out when all you want to do is cut loose, go a bit crazy and hit a down and dirty dive bar. Here’s our pick of…
9 Brand New Melbourne Bars to Check Out This Weekend
Here are 9 brand spanking new bars in Melbourne to check out this weekend. Bottoms up!
The Best of Japan in Melbourne
The Urban List has published a handy guide to finding the best Japanese restaurants, shops and karaoke bars in Melbourne.
Melbourne’s Best Underground Bars
Everyone loves a secret, and what could be more underground than a Melbourne bar that’s actually in a basement? While it may sound…
Pop-Up Prosecco Bars And Oysters: This Spring Wine & Food Festival Is A Must
Raise your prosecco-filled glasses to this.
The Best Rooftop Bars In Melbourne Right Now
It’s been a long year, but we’ve put in the hard work and now it’s time for us to kick back with a drink and sing from the…
See Off Summer With Bottomless Spritz At The Exchange Beach Club’s Final Weekend
At least for the warmer months, the compromise of al fresco dining, drinking and socialising hardly feels like one at all. Rooftops are…
Melbourne’s Best Whiskey Bars
There’s something entirely sensual about indulging in a whiskey – that golden amber drop that looks like it’s meant for…
Best Rooftop Bars In Melbourne
Appreciate the city's skyline with a cold beverage in hand at any one of our recommended best rooftop bars in Melbourne.
Melbourne’s Best Bars with Ping Pong Tables
One can now enjoy sipping away from one hand and backhanding down the line with the other. Join us as we explore Melbourne’s best bars…
Melbourne’s Best Video Game Bars
Nothing says summer like spending hours indoors with the blinds closed playing video games!
10 Melbourne Whiskey Bars You Need To Add To Your Weekend Hit List
Bourbon, Rye, Scotch. Smoke, peat, malt. Pick your poison at one of these top Melbourne whisk(e)y bars.
15 Melbourne Sunday Sessions That Are Worth The Hangover
You know what they say: a Sunday (sesh) well-spent brings a week of content.
5 New Bars To Try This Weekend In Melbourne
Hands up if all your nights out end with a pizza at Heartbreaker and karaoke at Jankara. First off, you’re a bloody legend.…
Melbourne’s Most Underrated Bars
We’ve rounded up our favourite underrated bars, from Eltham to Elsternwick, to give you 11 drinking spots to check out this week.
What To Eat In Melbourne’s Outer ‘Burbs
You know you’re always going to find somewhere delicious to eat in Melbourne’s CBD and inner 'burbs. What can…
So You Want To Stalk A Tennis Player?
From bars and clubs to restaurants and bakeries, here's where to spot a super star tennis player during the 2014 Australian Open.
Best Waterfront Bars in Melbourne
Whether it’s St Kilda Beach, the Yarra river or somewhere in between, cool your jets this summer by parking yourself in a prime…
Melbourne’s Getting Another Floating Bar This Summer
Just when you thought you’d read absolutely everything you could about floating bars on the Yarra this summer, here comes another…
This Hidden Gem Is Making Us Want To Move To St Kilda
Something is happening in St Kilda.
Where To Find Bars That Play Vinyl in Melbourne
Record hunting can be thirsty work, and all crate-diggers appreciate sitting down after an arvo-long search with a refreshing beer and…
Fave 5 Milk Bars in Melbourne
At The Urban List we love supporting the little guy, so we’re letting you in our Fave 5 milk bars in Melbourne. Bring us back some…
5 New Melbourne Bars You Should Go To Right Now
It seems like it was only five minutes ago when we were waxing lyrical about well-soused newcomers like Above Board and Good…
The Feed | All The News You Missed This Week
Before hopping on into this egg-cellent (not even sorry) weekend, let’s take a trip down memory lane of the week that was in…
Get Spritzed | Dedicated Aperol Bars Are Back This Summer
Although our social calendars are burgeoning with silly season soirées, there is one summer pop-up we certainly won’t be…
Grab Your Mates, Dedicated Aperol Spritz Bars Are Hitting Melbourne
Although our social calendars are burgeoning with silly season soirées, there is one summer pop-up we certainly won’t be…
6 Things To Do On World Gin Day In Melbourne
As Willy Wonka once said, “Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.” That’s kind of the thinking behind World Gin Day, an…
Melbourne’s Best BYO Food Bars
In life it’s best to play to one’s strength. For example, my fortes do not include basic mathematics, high levels of maturity,…
Melbourne’s Best Fine Dining Bars
Whether it’s your turn to organise the anniversary celebrations (dammit) or you need to get back into your mother’s good graces…
Melbourne’s Best Champagne Bars
It’s official—champagne is the drink of choice when it comes to a celebration. As soon as you hear the cork pop and witness…
What’s The Deal With Japanese Whisky?
Just about everyone we know who’s in the ‘in’ crowd when it comes to Melbourne’s best cocktail bars has been RAVING…
10 Great Melbourne Bars for First Dates
With so many awesome Melbourne restaurants and bars at your fingertips, you’d think choosing first-date venues would be a snap! Wrong,…
Northside Know-How | The Urban List’s Guide to High Street
Running from Northcote to Thornbury, High Street has some of Melbourne's best bars, cafes, restaurants, and shops.
Here’s Everything Open This Grand Final Weekend
For some, it's serious business. For others, it's just a well-timed long weekend. We’ve tracked down a bunch of places that…
Melbourne’s Most Innovative Restaurant and Bar Openings For 2024 And Beyond
It’s called the dining capital for a reason, Melbourne continuously enriches its culinary landscape with a plethora of new restaurants…
Here’s What’s Open On NYE And NYD 2024 In Melbourne
Here’s what’s open New Year’s Eve and Day in Melbourne from cafes and restaurants, to bars and pubs—if…
Delights from the Heights | Melbourne’s Best Rooftop Bars
Ah, the rooftop bar. The place where you beat the oppressive force that is Melbourne's sun by utilising the only effective means –…
Melbourne’s Best Live Music Venues | Winter Edition
The winter chill is well and truly here, and music-loving Melburnians are flocking to cosy bars and pubs across the city to get their groove…
The Best Everything On The Gold Coast | Eating, Drinking And Beaching
Now the only complaint we have with the Gold Coast scene is that we can barely keep up with all the new wine bars, cafes and stellar…
Victorian Microbreweries Worth a Day Trip
We Victorians do a lot of things well – like laneway bars, live music and coffee. But, as craft beer aficionados will tell you, our…
Here Are The 5 Best Bars In Melbourne According To The City’s Favourite TikTok Tour Guide
If you’ve spent any time endlessly scrolling through the wonderous world of TikTok you’ve probably encountered the enthusiastic…
Super Luxe Happy Hours Without The Price Tag
It’s no secret we’re absolute suckers for a decent happy hour, so we’re always on the look out for excellent bars with…
A Killer Night Out in Melbourne (Karaoke, Cocktails & So Much More…)
This Fitzroy bar provides that elusive sumthin’ sumthin’, thanks to their well-earned rep as one of Melbourne’s best…
The Local Wine Bar You Need To Try
Tucked down Claremont Avenue in Malvern, Allium Food & Wine is one of Melbourne's best bars to unwind (and get wined) after a…
Melbourne’s Best Bars with Wifi
While internet cafes have come a long way since the late nineties, finding a great glass of wine and a wifi connection in the same place can…
Live Tunes & Brews | The St Kilda Hang Out Locals Love
While there's certainly no shortage of fancy schmancy bars in Melbourne, sometimes all we want is a cold beer, tasty nosh and live tunes…
Up Your Alfresco Game At This New Pop-Up Shipping Container Bar And Eatery
When it comes to bars and eateries, it’s safe to say we can never have enough. So when we heard of the brand new bar gracing…
Stokehouse City Bar | The Verdict
We’re always on the hunt for a killer Melbourne restaurant for a long lunch, so we were pretty stoked (sorry) to recently pop along to…
Melbourne’s Getting A New Rooftop Bar With An 80’s Twist
It's a paradise of cocktails complete with DJs, tasty snacks, terracotta fittings and a pastel color scheme.
From Sneaky Speakeasies To Private Rooftop Bars—Make Hotel Indigo Your New Home Away From Home
Say hello to Australia's hottest new hotel brand—Hotel Indigo, elevating the style game across the country. With 143 global…
4 Of Adelaide’s Best Neighbourhoods For Sun-Soaked Sips And Luxurious Long Lunches This Summer
Adelaide is a bustling melting pot of eclectic wine bars, Nonna-approved pasta joints, vibrant markets and an inspiring arts scene that has…
Melbourne’s Best New Restaurants and Bars | May Edition
That’s right dear Urban Listers, it’s that time of the month again. Strap yourselves in for the best new restaurants and bars…
Where To Get Your Serve Of Aperol This Summer
Celebrate summer the way we best know how—with cocktails and tennis. Duh.
Pentridge Prison Is Being Turned Into An Epic Foodie Precinct
If you ever saw The Shawshank Redemption, you might have noticed the food wasn’t great. Prison food generally isn’t. Until now…
This Frozen-Inspired Winter Wonderland Airbnb Is Here To Up Your Melbourne Staycation Game
From summers filled with cold rainy days to bars made entirely out of ice, the chill runs through Melbourne’s veins.…
Eat, Drink, Dance: Our Favourite Bars For All Three
You guys, it’s almost the weekend! When Friday fever hits The Urban List HQ, we love nothing more than hitting up a venue that serves…
7 of Melbourne’s Best Jazz Bars
Jazz is having a moment here in Melbourne. With one of Melbourne’s best jazz clubs, Bennett’s Lane, having reopened last week…
Best Bars For Group Drinks
Want to hit the town for a few bevvies with your rowdy but loveable group? Wondering where you can go, in this couple-centric city, with…
Institution Status: Rocco’s Is The Melbourne West Deli Serving Up Meatball Subs
An institution is a word that gets tossed around too often nowadays (we're guilty) however there are only select few bistros, bars,…
7 of Melbourne’s Best Gin Bars
Gin, glorious gin! We thought it’s high time that we tackled the topic of where to find this magical spirit in our fair city. Whether…
The Melbourne Restaurants, Bars And Diners Taking Bookings For This Weekend And Beyond
A grip of your favourite diners have already opened up bookings, and we'll likely see more in the coming days. Lock in your first…
The Triple Threat Bar You Need To Know About
The Noble Experiment in Collingwood is not only one of the best bars in Melbourne, it's also the ultimate one-stop-shop for patrons - a…
Gear Up, This Iconic Bar Is Throwing A Next-Level Halloween Party All Week Long
Halloween is just around the corner and, lucky for us, one of our favourite Melbourne bars is throwing a next-level week-long party to…
Melbourne’s Best Open Air Cinemas
Get excited guys, summer is just around the corner! With the warm weather fast approaching its time to start thinking about afternoon…
The Area: The Best Restaurants, Bars And Cafes In Cheltenham, Moorabbin And Mentone
There's a bit happening out in the southeast suburbs of Melbourne. A short drive from the beach and just shy under 20km to the CBD the…
Melbourne is Getting A Rooftop Camping Hotel!
We’ve got rooftop bars, rooftop restaurants, rooftop cinemas, rooftop pools…So to be honest, Listers, we weren’t that…
The Feed | All The News You Missed This Week
You’d have to be some kind of social ninja to keep track of everything going on in Melbourne. Lucky you've got The Feed.
13 Awesome Things To Do In Melbourne This Weekend
If you haven't already ditched the "new year, new me" for rooftop snacks and pop-up bars continue reading with caution and a napkin for…
Take Your Picnic Up A Notch With Curated Picnic Boxes From Melbourne’s Hospitality Greats
Picnics are basically the done thing in Melbourne these days because you know exactly why. Make the most of your time outdoors with these…
The Feed | All The News You Missed This Week
If you’ve been binging MAFS to the level of excess in which you have neglected checking in with us (bad, you), we’re recapping…
Where To Day Drink In Melbourne
Ah, day drinking. For those lazy, louche days when brunch disintegrates into lunch and before you know it, there’s just an hour or two…
Your Ultimate Guide To Before And After Relaxed Racing
From nearby pampering (because it’s still the races) to pre-brunch favourites; cosy wine bars and local bars—here is your…
Melbourne’s Getting A Salt N Pepa Pop Up Bar
If we were to list a few of our favourite things, 90's rap band Salt N Pepa, pop-up bars, and drinking alcohol would certainly…
The Verdict | Dendeke
Getting good Japanese in the CBD isn’t too hard. You pretty much close your eyes and throw a brick. But in Melbourne’s far…
Heads Up | The NGV Just Launched Triennial EXTRA
It’s a bit of everything. Art. DJs. Bars. Food. Ideas. Dance. Design. It is a ten-night festival that incorporates it all in a…
12 Awesome Things To Do In Melbourne This Weekend
We’ve got a busy one ahead of us guys so make sure you’re well rested! One of Melbourne’s best cocktail bars is…
Watch: Top 10 New Openings Of 2015 | Melbourne Cafes, Bars & Restaurants
Melbourne, what a year it’s been. You’ve surprised us with your rooftop train carriage burger bars, delighted us with cocktails…
Find Out Which Melbourne Venues Will Open At Midnight Tuesday Night
Melbourne's restaurants, bars, cafes, and pubs, can all reopen from 11:59pm on Tuesday 27 October. Many are taking advantage of the…
Melbourne’s Best Polish Food
Here are some of Melbourne's best restaurants, bakeries, bars and delis in which to begin your Polish food exploration (and for our…
Tickets For Melbourne’s Pop Up LEGO Bar Are Now On Sale
Ah LEGO, the glorious toy that got you through your childhood and fostered a sense of creativity in you. In January it was announced that…
6 Of Melbourne’s Best Neighbourhoods For Sun-Soaked Sips And Indulgent Long Lunches This Summer
In a city that’s buzzing with bars, boutiques, galleries, theatres and high-end restaurants, you need a high-end hotel to…
5 Awesome Things To Do In Melbourne This Week
Who doesn’t love a Santa's reindeer? Or an outdoor cinema? Or drinking for a good cause? Scratch that, you’re going to love…
A Guide To The Best Moonee Ponds Restaurants, Cafes And Bars
Situated in the northwest region of Melbourne on Wurundjeri land, Moonee Ponds is an inner-city suburban oasis just seven kilometres from…
5 Of Sydney’s Best Neighbourhoods For Sun-Soaked Sips And Indulgent Long Lunches This Summer
Beachside bars, rooftop restaurants and chic shopping are just the start of a great Sydney stay—and this is the ultimate cheat sheet…
The Highly Anticipated Yakimono Has Officially Opened
Spread across two levels the highly anticipated Yakimono will be a Toyko-chich style diner, located at 80 Collins Street; right next door to…
Drink The Night Away At This Secret Gin Bar That Just Re-Opened On A Melbourne Rooftop
If there’s one thing Melbourne needs more of, it’s secret bars. And given its almost summer—prime gin drinking…
Cooked It | How To Make A Bloody Good Pad Thai At Home
Sick of ordering Thai takeaway and eyeballing your phone for an hour while they ‘prepare your order’? Made a promise to yourself…