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Melbourne

The city's best tables, markets and bars, chosen by the writers who live there.

Coffee & sweetMelbourne's Coffee Obsession: Where the Flat White Was Born

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Bars in Melbourne

283 Melbourne restaurants you can book on OpenTable. Pick a cuisine.

  1. Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service · Cocktail Bar$$Fleet Rooftop Bar Melbourne 4.7 · 305 diner reviews1 Queen St, 3000Book a table →
  2. Cocktail Bar · Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service$$Lui Bar 4.9 · 161 diner reviews525 Collins St, 3000Book a table →
  3. Cocktail Bar · Contemporary European$$Dessous 4.6 · 226 diner reviews164 Flinders Lane, 3000Book a table →
  4. Cocktail Bar · Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service$$$Bouvardia 4.7 · 89 diner reviewsL2/169 Bourke st, 3000Book a table →
  5. Cocktail Bar · Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service$$1806 4.8 · 42 diner reviews169 Exhibition St, 3000Book a table →
  6. Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service · Lounge$$$Valhalla Bar 4.6 · 55 diner reviews477 Collins St, 3000Book a table →
  7. Wine Bar · Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service$$Melbourne Cellar Door 4.4 · 20 diner reviews25 Dukes Walk, 3006Book a table →
  8. Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service · Dining Bar$$Bar Clara 4.9 · 7 diner reviews87 Little Bourke St, 3000Book a table →
  9. Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service$$$Double Happiness 4.7 · 9 diner reviews21 Liverpool St, 3000Book a table →
  10. Cocktail Bar$$New Gold Mountain 4.7 · 8 diner reviewsLevel 1 & 2 /21 Liverpool St,, 3000Book a table →
  11. Wine Bar · European$$$Lane's Edge Wine Bar 4.5 · 7 diner reviews39 Bourke St, 3000Book a table →
  12. Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service$$Miss Gunn's Basement Bar 4.2 · 21 diner reviewsFlinders St, 3000Book a table →

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Bars

  1. BarsThe Roof of the City: Melbourne's Rooftop Bars and the Culture That Learned to Look UpFocused guide to Melbourne rooftop bars and culture
  2. BarsThe City Written in Its Lanes: Inside Melbourne's Laneway CultureDetailed laneway guide including coffee and bars
  3. BarsThe Quiet Courtyards Behind Melbourne's Busiest LanewaysWalk through Melbourne courtyards with bar seating notes

Coffee & sweet

  1. Coffee & sweetMelbourne's Coffee Obsession: Where the Flat White Was BornIn-depth history and route through Melbourne's coffee scene
  2. Coffee & sweetPenguins and Palms in Melbourne's St Kilda This NovemberCake shops and penguin colony timing in St Kilda.

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