Pub dining
- Review
- Richmond
This reborn Richmond pub captures the good old days but feels very 2026
It’s a new day for The Rising Sun Hotel, which joins the universe of Melbourne pubs that boast Sunday roasts and banging drinks plus a rooftop for late nights.
- Emma Breheny
Latest
- Recommended
- Prahran
A fresh-faced, old-school-style pub serving wagyu crumpets and $9 Aperols
Ralph Lauren meets Prahran design at the High St Hotel.
- Tomas Telegramma
- Recommended
- Queenscliff
Queenscliff Brewhouse is reborn with a new beer garden and $5 happy hour pots
The venue has a fresh, nautical-inspired look and its original name reinstated.
- Tomas Telegramma
- Recommended
- Ascot Vale
A 172-year-old pub has been restored with kitsch couches and patterned carpets
Ascot Vale’s Laurel Hotel now offers $15 pizzas, trivia and more.
- Tomas Telegramma
- Recommended
- Melbourne
The Waterside Hotel
A redeveloped seven-storey pub with a public bar, rooftop cocktails and a South-East Asian restaurant.
- Tomas Telegramma
- Review
- Kensington
The ‘Dirty Gutter’ is spruced up into a charmer with a ‘bloody good’ parma
Hitting classic pub tropes, the new-look Doutta Galla Hotel, aka The Doot, is a hoot.
- Dani Valent
- Recommended
- Armadale
The Orrong Hotel
A restored art deco pub with an all-are-welcome attitude (and $5 happy hour beers).
- Recommended
- Footscray
Plough Hotel
Pouring beers for Footscray locals for more than 150 years.
- Dani Valent
- Recommended
- Romsey
The 1860 Romsey
A revived country pub with a shady beer garden, pool room and weekly burger specials.
- Emma Breheny
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