Cocktail bars
The Good Food guide to the best 20 bars in Melbourne, right now
Our annual list of the top brewpubs, cocktail lounges, gin joints and dive bars across town. Plus the city’s go-to drinking snack, served in a glass.
- Tomas Telegramma
It’s tropical drinks, below-zero martinis, and elite snacks at new Filipino bar Inuman
Your summer starts here. Climb the stairs to reach a rooftop bar that’s channelling island vibes coupled with big-city style.
- Emma Breheny
Box Hill, Frankston and Eltham have been thirsty for good new bars, and now they have them
The much-needed newcomers include a big boozer channelling ’80s Miami and a second bar for two seasoned operators in the north-east.
- Tomas Telegramma
From nursing to bar tsar: The ambitious restaurateur taking over Sydney’s food scene
Ibby Moubadder opened Newtown cafe Cookoo Callay just over a decade ago. Now his hospitality group operates several hatted restaurants and a new rooftop bar.
- Scott Bolles
‘Like a mini Versailles’: There’s nothing understated about Entrecote’s new bar, Gigi
The French brasserie’s new sibling, Gigi, is just across the street, with eccentric style and late-night snacks.
- Tomas Telegramma
Three Australian bars named in the World’s 50 Best Bars for 2024
Tiny Melbourne bar Caretaker’s Cottage was named best bar in Australasia, while Sydney’s Maybe Sammy and Melbourne’s Byrdi also made the list.
- Andrea McGinniss
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Good Food Guide 2025: Melbourne’s top 20 bars
Our essential list of the top brewpubs, cocktail lounges, gin joints and dive bars across town. Plus the city’s go-to drinking snack, served over ice.
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- Good Food Guide 2025
Good Food Guide 2025: Sydney’s top 20 bars
Our annual list of the best gin joints, cantinas and cocktail lounges across town. Cin, cin.
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Sydney’s top bar stars join forces to launch pop-up and reopen pioneering venue Re
Bartender Matt Whiley of pioneering bar Re and the team behind the award-winning Maybe Sammy cocktail bar will open Little Cooler on Clarence Street.
- Scott Bolles
These suburbs have been thirsty for a great neighbourhood bar. At last they have one
Locals welcome an Italian wine-diner, an all-Aussie adventure and a converted-warehouse gin bar.
- Tomas Telegramma
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