The Top 10 Bars In South Melbourne
South Melbourne bars don’t stop short of great drinks. The diverse range of bars, pubs and cocktail joints offer some of the suburb’s best food in an intimate and relaxed setting. Whether it’s a traditional pub or a cutting-edge cocktail lounge you’re looking for, South Melbourne boasts some of the city’s best bars.
1. The Railway Hotel
Bar, Pub, Restaurant, Australian
Limerick Arms
This spacious sports bar brings out the very best of a traditional pub with a modern layout. Just off the corner of Clarendon Street, the Limerick Arms is a well-established and popular icon in South Melbourne. The bar is open seven days a week, offering 13 craft beers on tap, restaurant quality food as well as pies and parmas. Live sports blast off the TV screens throughout the day and night. With a pool table, log fire, happy hour and pub grub; the Limerick arms offers the best of a traditional Melbourne pub.
2. Honey
Bar, Restaurant, Pub Grub, Australian
3. Hats and Tatts
Bar, Pub Grub, Australian
5. The George Hotel
Bar, Pub, Pub Grub, Australian
6. Smalls
Bar, Restaurant, Australian, Pub Grub
7. The Wayside
Bar, Restaurant, Australian, Pub Grub
8. The Palace Hotel
Pub
The Palace Hotel
The Palace Hotel follows Aussie pub tradition with a focus on beer, sport and hearty food. As well as a relaxed lounge, the casual bar also offers a sunny courtyard. The entrance is covered in footy memorabilia, with sports showing on various screens across the bar. The menu takes a classic pub approach with comforting food such as barramundi, burgers and beef pies. The collection of tap beers continually changes throughout the year but Australian classics such as VB, Tooheys and Carlton Draught abound.
The Palace Hotel, 505 City Rd, South Melbourne VIC, +61 (03) 9682 3177
9. Hercules Morse
Bar, Restaurant, Australian
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