Came in for a group dinner and left with lots of full bellies and beer!…read more I've been to Hofbraühaus around the world and this was maybe my least favorite in terms of space wise (it's somewhat small) but the food and beer was great! The menu is different than the U.S. but I enjoyed my schnitzel and beer and we had a great time!

Great Bavarian food in Melbourne. Have tried all the Wurst and half the Schnitzels. Great service,…read morelarge portions and very good for medium sized groups though is gets busy pretty early. A little hard to find but not so bad. You need to try this place. Oh, and lets not forget the beers!!!

Hidden Beer Garden for the layed back client…read more This place is cool, i mean i lived around the corner and sometime you would spend all night there and other just a warm up for the night but either way a cool joint. Good music and a very hipster-esk clientel means its a very relaxed environment and for a smoker like me HEAVEN. They make a mean pizza and the cocktail jugs are a good price and decent. the toilets however were too small and the line a mile long but that was updated recently which is good. it needs a few other things but its a new cool layed back Been Garden which works well. P.s Bring back the Shisha guys!!!

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This place is pretty cool. Actually, it goes beyond cool to being awesome. Mind you, it is a wine…read morebar, but don't let that put you off, especially if you don't happen to be a big wine drinker (like myself). In fact, they also offer beer, and as can be expected from an establishment such as this one, it isn't going to be rubbish beer either, but some of the best tasting. Yeah, the atmosphere here was nothing short of awesome, and further, they had some great paintings on the wall. My only gripe - the bartender had no idea about them beyond them being pretty pictures.

I had my bday party this year at Holy Grail and adored the venue…read more It seems an unassuming pub from outside, but inside is all plush seating and stylish pressed tin roofs. It;s the kinda place that would suit a 3-4th date, where you still wanna go out in public, but want to be able to sit close and talk. Music is ambient, not crazy loud. They specialise in small pizzas, often running specials and offering foursquare checkin deals etc. In organising the party, they were super helpful in roping off a side section of the bar for me. Some friends overseas had also arranged for a surprise bottle of champagne to be brought out to me, and they handled this beautifully - even writing a card out! Definitely my go-to bar on Chapel.

Jungle Boy was one of my favorite places in Melbourne, and you would never even know it was there…read more You have to be in the know, because it's a speakeasy inside another establishment. Once inside, the space is very tiny but there's a lot going on. The staff was super helpful in moving people around to help us get seats and they were kind and friendly as well. The decor and drinks are tiki themed. You'll see drinks being lit on fire and everything! They're on the pricey side but it's worth it to come in for at least one. All your senses will be excited.

My #squad always comes here when we are looking for a great place to hang out. It's always fun…read morehaving to ask if we can go out the back! We always referred to it as "secret bar" and it wasn't until I was actually writing this that I found out it is called jungle boy- a very fitting name indeed! Only being licensed for about 30 people, there can be quite a wait on weekends to get in. Just politely ask whoever is serving the sandwich counter if you can get to the bar, they'll either ask you to wait or open what looks like a fridge door to let you in! It's hilarious on weekends seeing newbies push to the front of the line and obnoxiously ask where the bar is and then be so surprised that there's a while of a wait and that the line out the door is actually not for the subs... -_- The atmosphere in the small bar is awesome, with all the greenery and hanging plants contributing to the great photo ops around the place. There's always interesting people to chat to, regular locals or people who have wanted to try it for so long! Cocktails are made by friendly and helpful staff who are clearly having fun with their job! Of course if you come here you must have the Zombie cocktail served in a tiki glass and flaming lime- perfect to show off to your friends on Yelp , Instagram ect ect! Prices are standard for cocktails around $20 with quite a nice wine list too around $8 for a glass- but if you're in a cocktail bar you may as well have one (or many more) Sort of sad that I have now learnt Boston Subs "secret bar"'s true identity, but I'll still probably be calling it secret bar until it becomes less of a secret - which I really hope it never does!

Ahh there are many fond memories from nights at Circus with the crew, following in true Melbourne…read morestyle the underground club plays a very good selection of dirty electro, techno and house music. They host regular Melbourne dj's as well as bringing in some internationals from time to time for their in house events. Circus Bar has recently undergone a hige refurbishment and the results are nothing short of impressive, spread across two levels Circus has the main room downstairs complete with rich red walls, chic circular booths and of course a decent dance floor. Upstairs is the balcony that has been fitted out in a way that resembles the beach bars in Miami. The balcony has a second bar as well as another dj booth and looks out over the top of Chapel Street and Commercial Road. Circus is open Thursday through Sunday and is available for both birthdays and private functions.

Circus is where I've ended up at 4am on a Monday morning after getting knocked back from revolver…read more They are very generous on who they let in but I've only been here on there Sunday Night. Has a very weird mixed crowd of people which you never would of thought existed. The venue is very nice looking and plays the exact same music as revolver as they both have the same resident DJs. The rooftop is beautiful but they do close some of it off for functions. The only negative points of the venue are the crowd (essentially the revolver rejects, me being one of them at the time ) and gets very overcrowded being a small venue. Only time I would visit is when everything else is shut as it closes around midday Monday. On the positive super friendly staff and security, great music and nice looking venue.

Hidden away down a side street in Prahran, is the incredibly elegant and luxuriously ornate Back…read moreBar. Separated into two equally as stunning lounges, guests may have their choice from either the Red Lounge; which is located at street level with views of both Green and Chapel Streets as well as a licensed outdoor area. Or the Gold Lounge, which is three times as big as the Red Lounge making it perfect for larger functions or events. I love Back Bar as my after work destination when I'm in the mood for a classy, yet quiet chat with the girls whilst enjoying a few vinos. Back Bar offers happy hour every night of the week from 5pm - 7pm giving guests a discount on local beers, basic spirits and cocktails. Perfect! You should also keep an eye on the website, as Back Bar often host Cocktail Master Classes and other fun events, great for corporate functions or birthday celebrations.

Ooh, I quite like it in here! Slightly away from the Chapel Street 'strip', lies Back Bar. Entering…read moreis like stepping into an idea of opulence from 30 years ago. It's very elegant and old fashioned, but not in a hipster way. It feels more authentic than that. I popped in for a cheeky drink then popped out again so I didn't explore much, but what I found was just the ticket. Quiet, relaxed, and with a certain air of sophistication. Or maybe that's because I was in attendance, who knows. The place had a well-stocked bar with everything you could want to drink, an open fire for those winter months, and large, ornate chairs. This place is well worth a visit.

This bar was pretty creepy. Not the halloween themed type of creepy but rather the everybody…read morestopping their conversations and staring at you type of creepy. Okay, they did serve me, but it still felt like I wasn't particularly wanted in here. Sure, this is the type of experience that you might get in a pub out in the country, but not in one of those bars that happens to be in Chapel Street. Mind you, Chapel Street does tend to have a way of filtering out undesirables, and they tend to be called bouncers, of which this bar had none. Yeah, I'm not coming back here in a hurry,

Killing Time is one of those typical hidden Melbourne bars, despite being located on busy Chapel…read moreStreet its hard to tell if this place is actually open or closed! It seems the owners open whenever they feel like having a party, but it is safe to assume they will be open in the early hours of Sunday morning, followed by their signature Sunday session through the next day. Killing Time is a relaxed, quirky bar that gives the feeling you are sitting back and drinking with mates in your own lounge room. Owner Cam Smith has chosen to decorate the bar with collectable his has picked up over the years, even items he has salvaged from hard rubbish! Killing Time has often been renown for booking big international dj's for a once off secret gig, so if you are in the area and looking for a party, dance your party feet down to windsor and see what else might await you.

Here's the deal with Atico. If you're going to get any real joy out Melbourne you need to be…read moreprepared to expect to find gems in hard-to-reach places. Case in point: Atico. It's not down an alley or behind a dumpster, but it 's not the easiest of places to stumble upon either. At the very back and upstairs at the restaurant Fonda, Atico is simultaneously surprising and exactly what you expected. Sort of like coming home after a long trip away and your housesitter has ever so slightly moved everything around. Atico is cozy, familiar and scrumptious, but not like any other bar in Melbourne either. With a snack menu serviced by their delicious mexican downstairs neighbour, it seems obvious that their enviable cocktail menu would be hinged around tequila. Of course, there are other drinks on offer, but when they do it this well, why would you bother?

"I went out to Atico for lunch the other day" "you mean…read moreAtica?" "No, Atico in Windsor." Blank expressionless looks follow... "ATICO?" "It's like Fonda Mexican but in Windsor" "Oh." I went here to eat, as opposed to drink, which is somewhat of a first for me, as I usually end up drinking somewheres' and then forget about the food. Beef brisket taco was good; Staying to the median price of taco's in Melbourne, and a good serving for the price. Quesdilla's are pretty generous for the serve too; the pulled pork is $14 and pretty darn good. That's all that one wants really; to be sated by what you're eating as opposed to getting the express train to stingy town and having to order another 5 items, or continue on or another 5 stops. I say a little over $28pp and you're probably going to have a good meal that doesn't cost the earth. Both filling and tasty. I'm impressed with the drinks options and would like to come back soon. I'd just like to go here fro drinks really sometime, as it's one of the better finds, and not some seedy dinge-hole. Hopefully though It won't be too busy. But I might trip over the masses of hipsters that will undoubtedly be lurking inside. Ace. Oh and it's Windsor Melbourne we're talking about, not NY.

The first thing you will notice about The Social is the entrance. It is a circular tunnel type…read morestructure with a garage roller door closing it off. Inside are bright blue booths and stools, and the walls are decorated with a kind of brightly coloured rubix cube pattern. The bar is lit with a soft red light and offers some great local beers and wine as well as food specials throughout the week. Tuesday night you can score yourself $10.00 jugs of Carlton Draught, which used to be the norm around Chapel Street, but is now virtually unheard of! Or maybe I'm just getting old and haven't kept up with inflation... Anyway they also offer $5.00 pots that comes with a tasty little mini burger or an $8.00 glass of house wine which is served with a mini antipasto. Perfect for a little bar snack to line your stomach while you have a few. The Social is a casual and relaxing environment for afterwork drinks and also good for a quick bite to eat.

Love a place that has a Happy Hour, or as some would say to be exact - Happy Hours! This place is…read morecoolish. Not too busy, right up at the Windsor end of Chapel street. We came here to down a few Espresso Martini's and divulge in hot gossip. If you're down Chaps, I would recommend this place to be on your list of bar hopping.