Polly
Cocktail lounge
A glamorous Brunswick Street lounge in crimson and velvet, for cocktails and absinthe.
📍 401 Brunswick St, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Late night and music: 6 bars
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The Melbourne Supper Club
Late-night lounge
A late-night first-floor lounge on Spring Street with Chesterfields, a long wine list and a big bay window.
📍 First Floor/161 Spring St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Beneath Driver Lane
Basement cocktail bar
An underground bar for cocktails, spirits and French bites, with live music on some nights.
📍 Shop/3 Driver La, Melbourne VIC 3000
Heartbreaker
Rock 'n' roll bar
A loud rock 'n' roll bar on Russell Street with whiskey, beer and late nights.
📍 234A Russell St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Section 8
Laneway bar
An open-air laneway bar in Chinatown serving drinks from a shipping container, with DJs and graffiti walls.
📍 27-29 Tattersalls Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000
Murmur Piano Bar
Piano bar
A late-night bar in Warburton Lane with regular live music.
📍 17 Warburton Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000
Map: late night and music
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Your questions
Where can I get a late drink in Melbourne?
Start with Polly, The Melbourne Supper Club, Beneath Driver Lane, Heartbreaker and Section 8. Our full list has 6 bars.
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Who wrote this guide
This guide is written by the team at M.AD Agency. We run Cocktail Week, the ten-day cocktail festival held town by town across the UK and Ireland. Now we're bringing it to Australia. Since 2022 we have taken it to more than 20 towns and cities and worked with hundreds of bars. We put this guide together from our own research, Google Maps and trusted local guides, ahead of bringing Cocktail Week to Melbourne.
No bar paid to be included and nobody can buy a place. We check the guide regularly as bars open, change and close.
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