Why you goIt’s the corner pub from central casting – solid bones, soft amber lighting, pressed metal ceilings, the kind of place that looks largely unchanged since the days of the six o’clock swill, although that’s also down to some canny modern design work. But what began life 115 years ago as the Sir Robert Peel Hotel has morphed into Bobbie Peels. Its current iteration comes courtesy of Phil Gijsbers and Neil Mills, the names behind a bunch of other Melbourne hospo ventures, including Burnley Brewing, and they have the formula down pat: a no-fuss, relaxed attitude upfront belying some more serious moves that take it a notch or three above the stock-standard local. We’re not sure what Sir Robert would think of it, but it’s a pub that stays close to its roots while also keeping a few tricks up its sleeve, and that’s a pretty good formula to us.
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