Glenferrie Rd Hawthorn: Pictures from the glory days at Room 680 nightclub

It’s been gone for two years, but this Hawthorn nightclub was a huge favourite with a generation of Melbourne clubbers. Come inside Room.

Hawthorn’s Room 680 was well and truly a place to party over its 18 years in action.

It was a heaving nightspot on Glenferrie Rd for 18 years which “delivered some of Australia’s most memorable nights” and prided itself on attracting “Melbourne’s clubbing elite”.

Hawthorn’s Room 680, often dubbed by clubbers simply as ‘Room’, opened in 2001 on the bustling strip, in between fast food outlets and not far from Glenferrie railway station.

The upstairs venue had a bar and several different spaces with DJ’s spinning progressive house, garage, disco and other genres.

Its big clubbing nights were Tuesdays and Saturdays and it also held functions, fashion parades and product launches.

According to its Facebook page, Room 680 drew hundreds of clubbers every week, mainly aged 18-30 years, which it described as “Melbourne’s clubbing elite”.

“Music, fashion, and social interaction are key areas in their lives. They are discerning, and their endorsement is coveted,” the club wrote.

“By producing fresh marketing and advertising campaigns, and backing it up with a level of hospitality and entertainment few can match, we have delivered some of Australia’s most memorable nights.”

The club held a beer pong competition as its last event in May 2019 before it quietly closed its doors for good.

Its most recent social media post was a picture of a face mask when the Covid-19 outbreak peaked in April 2020.

If you were one of the regulars who visited Room 680 last decade, you might be in this gallery of pictures we’ve compiled from its glory days.

A robot gets among the action at Room 680 as part of MyPlace Tuesdays on June 25, 2013. Picture: Room 680 Facebook page.

Three clubbers strike a pose at Room 680 on Glenferrie Rd on February 1, 2014. Picture: Room 680 Facebook page.

These two clubbers get among the action at the Vintage Superclub at Room 680 on November 30, 2013. Picture: Room 680 Facebook page.