What’s Open For New Year’s Day In Melbourne 2026
Navarone Farrell
Melbourne Editor | Urban List, Melbourne
Let’s be honest, when you roll out of bed on New Year’s Day, you’re going to want a rather large coffee (or a hair-of-the-dog tipple). Luckily, there are plenty of places open on New Year’s Day in Melbourne/Naarm for all your hangover needs. You won’t want to cook your own food either, right? Don’t stress, we’ve got you covered for that too.
Here’s what’s open New Year’s Day in Melbourne from cafes and restaurants to bars, pubs and events—if you’re up for it.
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Melbourne Restaurants Open On New Year's Day 2026
- Baby Pizza, Richmond: 12pm–late
- Chin Chin, Melbourne CBD: 11am–late
- Grill Americano, Melbourne CBD: 5pm–late
- Hawker Hall, Windsor: 3:30pm–late
- Hotel Collingwood, Collingwood: 12pm–late (20% surcharge)
- Hotel Sorrento, Sorrento: Dining room from 12pm–late
- Stokehouse Pasta & Bar, St Kilda: 12pm–late
- The Continental, Sorrento: The Atrium from 12pm–late, Conti Bar from 12pm–late
- Tombo Den, Windsor: 5pm–10pm
- Winston’s, Black Rock: From 12pm–late
Melbourne Cafes Open On New Year's Day 2026
- Abacus Bar & Kitchen, South Yarra: 8am–11pm
- Convoy, Moonee Ponds: 8am–4pm
- Elster, Elsternwick: 7am–4pm
- Hank’s Bagelry, Armadale: 8am–3pm
- Hi Fi, Collingwood: 8am–4pm
- Kare Curry, West Melbourne: 8am–3.30pm & 5pm–9.30pm
- Mammoth Cafe, Armadale: 8am–3pm
- Ophelia, Northcote: 8am–4pm
- Pantry Glen Iris and Too Good Talker, Glen Iris: 7am–4pm
- Pidapipo Laboratorio, Fitzroy: 2pm–10.30pm (applies across all locations: Carlton, Windsor, and CBD)
- Prior, Thornbury: 8am–3.30pm
- Roslyn Thai Cafe, West Melbourne: 9am–4pm
- Stanley, Mount Waverley: 7am–3pm
- St Ali, South Melbourne: Open as usual
- Terror Twilight, Collingwood: 8am–4pm
- Willim, McKinnon: 7am–4pm
Melbourne Bars And Pubs Open On New Year's Day 2026
- Antique Bar, Elsternwick: 4pm to late
- Builders Arms Hotel, Fitzroy: 12pm to late
- Bridge Road Brewers Brunswick East, Brunswick East: 11am–late
- Co-Conspirators Brewpub, Brunswick: Open as usual
- Gertrude Hotel, Fitzroy: 5pm to late
- Gin Palace, Melbourne: 4pm–3am
- Hobson’s Bay Hotel, Williamstown: 12pm–late
- The Beehive, Hawthorn: 12pm–late
- The Evelyn, Fitzroy: Open as usual
- The Great Northern Hotel, Carlton North: 11am–12am
- The Keys, Preston: 12pm–10pm
- The Local Taphouse, St Kilda East: 12pm–11pm
- Rocket Society, Brunswick East: Open as usual
Melbourne New Year's Day 2026 Events
On Top
62 Rose Street, Fitzroy
Image Credit: On Top | Supplied
Want to kick off 2026 with a New Year's Day Party? On Top, the newly launched rooftop at The StandardX Melbourne, is hosting Another Bloody New Year on Thursday 1 January 2026.
Ease into the year with a welcome glass of champagne, rotating revival snacks and a DJ soundtracking the afternoon. The afternoon promises three hours of 'build your own' free-flowing Belvedere Bloody Marys (or Volcan de mi Tierra Bloody Marias for tequila fans), loaded with cherry tomatoes, olives, cured meats, blue cheese, celery, pickles and classic hangover cures.
Hot tip: Guests staying at The StandardX Melbourne over NYE (31 Dec –1 Jan) can snag a package with breakfast and event tickets.
The Details
When: Thursday 1 January, 1pm–4pm
Cost: $190pp
Beverly
Level 24/627 Chapel Street, South Yarra
Image credit: Beverly | Website
Atop Goldfields House in South Yarra, the sky-high rooftop, Beverly, is hosting a must-hit New Year's Day party. There'll be free-flowing bevs, DJ sets and roaming canapés like truffle mac 'n' cheese croquettes, scallop tostadas, wagyu sliders, and best of all, bottomless fries. Emerson & Friends are looking after the beats while you and your crew load up on two hours of premium food and drinks from 2.30pm to 4.30pm.
Go bougie and book out a VIP booth for 10 guests—you'll score a bottle of magnum G.H. Mumm Champagne, Ciroc Vodka or Don Julio Blanco alongside the offering.
The Details
When: Thursday 1 January, 2.30pm–9.30pm
Cost: $175pp
Let Them Eat Cake
Coburg Velodrome, 30–34 Charles Street, Coburg North
Image credit: LTECNYD | Instagram
A biggie on Melbourne's festival scene, Let Them Eat Cake is a huge New Year's Day party usually held at Werribee Park, but this year it moves north to Coburg Veldrome. LTECNYD is a fusion of art and music with epic sets in the lineup from DJ Heartstring, Folamour, TSHA, Silver Bumpa, VTSS and more. It's the ultimate New Year summer sesh.
The Details
When: Thursday 1 January, from 12pm
Cost: $215.74pp
Smalltown
Collingwood Yards, 35 Johnston Street, Collingwood
Taking over the Collingwood Yards, smalltown is a NYD 2026 outdoor festival with a huge lineup of DJs. On the decks are spinmasters C.FRIM x Mirasia, MEMPHIS LK, Morphena, Omar+, Raredub b2b THELMA and X-COAST, alongside a few other legends. Get down to Collingwood for an open-air boogie to bring in the new year with a bang.
The Details
When: Thursday 1 January, 3pm–11pm
Cost: $94.22pp (including booking fee)
Main image credit: Beverly Rooftop | Instagram
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