Best Bars in Melbourne 2026 — Top Pubs & Laneways

Melbourne Pubs and Bars 2026 — Overview

Melbourne has Australia's most celebrated bar culture — the city's laneway bars are internationally famous and the craft beer scene is extraordinarily deep. Here's a guide to Melbourne's best pubs and bars in 2026.

CBD Laneway Bars

• Bar Americano — 20 Presgrave Place, Melbourne CBD. Tiny standing-room-only cocktail bar in a laneway. One of Australia's most consistently excellent cocktail bars.
• Bar Lourinha — 37 Little Collins Street. Spanish-influenced, natural wine, cocktails and petiscos. Heritage building.
• The Everleigh — Level 1, 150 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy. Classic cocktails, extraordinary technique. Routinely rated one of the world's 50 best bars. theeverleigh.com

Rooftop Bars

• Rooftop Bar (Curtin House) — Level 8, 252 Swanston Street. Open-air rooftop with outdoor cinema in summer. CBD views and pop-up cocktail bar. curtinhouse.com.au
• Naked in the Sky — 40 Johnston Street, Fitzroy. Rooftop of the Naked for Satan bar with panoramic Melbourne views.

Craft Beer

• 3 Ravens Brewery — 62 McNicol Street, Thornbury. One of Melbourne's most acclaimed craft breweries. 3ravens.com.au
• Stomping Ground — 100 Gipps Street, Collingwood. Large craft brewery with restaurant and rooftop. stompingground.beer
• Burnley Brewing — 65 Swan Street, Richmond. Award-winning Richmond craft brewery. burnleybrewing.com.au

Fitzroy and Collingwood

Melbourne's bar heartland. Black Pearl (Fitzroy — internationally recognised cocktail bar), The Tote (Johnston Street — Melbourne's most famous rock pub), Union Club Hotel (Fitzroy — classic front bar pub culture at its best).

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