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Melbourne's Top 13 New Bars & Restaurants (Maison Batard, Gigi & More) You Must Try - Dan's Daily | Dan Murphy’s
Want to know the city’s latest and greatest venues to check out? You’re welcome.
In a city like Melbourne, which is famous for its incredible bars and restaurants, it can be a full-time gig staying on top of what’s new, exciting and well worth a visit. And so, this is our edit of Melbourne’s best new bars of the past year, updated each month to keep you in the know. From fancy wine bars and industrial-chic hotspots to retro-cool restaurants and rooftops pitch-perfect for a crowd, a new wave of icons in the making is sweeping its way through Melbourne.
If you love being across all the best new venues, or you’re simply keen to venture beyond your usual hangouts, we know just the place. Below, we’ve rounded up Melbourne’s top new bars and restaurants, each with a review from some of Australia’s best food and drinks writers. As you’ll see, every venue offers up its own special something that you need to experience for yourself.
This casual Melbourne bar packs a clever drinks list, with tasty takes on cocktail classics and low-intervention wines backed up by a tight list of creative snacks.
This 1890-built Williamstown pub shines bright once again, thanks to a retro-inspired refit, a sunny beer garden and an elevated pub offering and crowd-pleasing brews.
From TikTok to Toorak Road, this sprightly new wine bar is filled with online followers-turned-IRL customers, sipping fun wines and snacking on fluffy focaccia.
Entrecôte’s velvet-wrapped cocktail hideout holds its own as Prahran’s late-night drinks destination, with France dominating the wine list and the inspiration for fetching snacks.
If Eltham’s fondness for that temple of tapas, Little Drop of Poison, is anything to go by, the team’s new Euro-leaning bar – just a couple of hundred metres away – is set for success.
LA’s Chateau Marmont is famous as a hotel to the stars, and its ambitious new Melbourne namesake bar wants to bring a tinge of that Tinsel Town glamour to Crown.
One of Melbourne’s favourite craft brewers brings a taste of tropicana to Docklands with its huge beer hall, easy-drinking ales and good old-fashioned pub grub.
A big-night-out extravaganza, Maison Bâtard is a temple to fine Burgundy wines with epic French-centric menus to match, both in the restaurant and on the rooftop terrace.
Southbank might be the last place you’d look for great Mexican – until now. This restaurant-bar turns out seriously delicious, punchy eats while slinging top-notch cocktails.
Leading South Melbourne’s new wave of snackin’ and sippin’ joints, this instantly likeable wine bar slinging Euro-leaning drinks and snacks is made for settling in.
image credits: Top image, Aster by Arianna Leggiero
Amelia BallAmelia Ball is a journalist, editor and former Editorial Director of Halliday Wine Companion, who specialises in drinks, food and travel.