Notting Hill Hotel: Pictures from big uni nights at Mt Waverley pub

It’s a Thursday night tradition at one of the city’s oldest and most loved pubs. See if you can spot yourself knocking down a beer at The Nott.

Have you ever enjoyed a big one at The Nott? Plenty have.

You’d be hard pressed to find anyone over 18 in Melbourne’s east who hasn’t kicked back with a beer at The Notting Hill Hotel.

Commonly known as The Nott, the historic pub on Ferntree Gully Rd in Mount Waverley first opened in 1870 and has gone through many different phases and overhauls.

Today it boasts a restaurant with a pizzeria and steakhouse, a TAB, bottle shop, function spaces and its famous beer garden.

And its in that beer garden, complete with its old-school tables, plenty of pebbles and fairy lights where generations of students from nearby Monash University (and other uni’s around Melbourne) have gathered on Thursday nights to catch up with friends, down some drinks and listen to cover bands and DJs.

The pub’s general manager, Kris Chapman, said its uni nights were a “rite of passage” for Monash students and had played “a huge part in the hotel’s history”.

“There is an amazing relationship between the hotel and the Monash students and staff,” Mr Chapman said.

“The right of passage on a Thursday night of walking up Gardiner Rd to The Nott goes back generations.

“Over the years Thursday nights are a way for the students from all around the world to meet and unwind to great live music and have a laugh.”

The Covid-19 pandemic has put a pause on this great tradition in the east.

But until it returns, see if you can spot yourself in our collection of pictures from Thursday nights at The Nott in recent years up to 2019, which we’ve obtained with permission from the pub.

A group of ladies strike a pose during a catch-up at The Nott on July 30, 2015. Picture: Notting Hill Hotel Facebook page.

Bunny ears and beers were the order of the night for these friends at The Nott on July 30, 2015. Picture: Notting Hill Hotel Facebook page.

A group of mates – including one in a dress – had a ripping night at The Nott on April 30, 2015. Picture: Notting Hill Hotel Facebook page.

These three ladies got their checked shirts and ties out at The Nott on April 30, 2015. Picture: Notting Hill Hotel Facebook page.

Four friends catching up at The Nott on July 30, 2015. Picture: Notting Hill Hotel Facebook page.

These two mates clearly enjoyed the festivities at The Nott on July 25, 2016. Picture: Tom Solari/Notting Hill Hotel Facebook page.

A group of friends having fun at The Nott on February 23, 2017. Picture: Tom Solari/Notting Hill Hotel Facebook page.

This group of mates got well in truly in the spirit at The Nott on April 30, 2015. Picture: Notting Hill Hotel Facebook page.