Bar Crawl

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Nicknamed the ‘Social Hub’ of the quayside, this place was once the center of Melbourne's shipping industry. Now, it's a beacon of modern luxury and design, shaped like a ship to resonate with its rich history.\n\nThe Dive Bar on Level Two here at Crowne Plaza Melbourne is the perfect place to start our bar crawl. The atmosphere will transport you straight to the old-school dive bars of New York’s East Village, complete with a jukebox for impromptu dance sessions. When you enter, you are walking into a chic and polished world where cocktail dreams come true.\n\nTheir talented mixologists are at your service, ready to give you a taste of their creative cocktail list. Prepare for a global cocktail exploration, crafted cleverly from the finest spirits and fresh ingredients. Plus, they have a mouth-watering menu of small bites that you definitely wouldn't want to miss. An added bonus - there's a happy hour daily from 6pm to 7pm. Time to sip, savour, and celebrate!\n\nOnce we've had our drink, and if you find it, a quick dip in the hidden pool, we'll move on to our next bar. So let's raise our glasses to Melbourne's vibrant history and the beginning of a thrilling night at the iconic Dive Bar at Crowne Plaza Melbourne. Still thirsty for some more? We sure hope so. Let's go!\n\n"}]},{"address":"IceBar Melbourne, Melbourne VIC, Australia","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":-37.8174375,"longitude":144.9695701},"media":[{"type":"place","content":{"types":["bar","establishment","point_of_interest","tourist_attraction"],"formatted_address":"The Atrium, Federation Square, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia","partial_match":true,"geometry":{"viewport":{"east":144.9711776302915,"south":-37.81880758029149,"north":-37.81610961970849,"west":144.9684796697085},"location":{"lng":144.9693821,"lat":-37.8175141},"location_type":"GEOMETRIC_CENTER"},"address_components":[{"types":["locality","political"],"short_name":"Melbourne","long_name":"Melbourne"},{"types":["administrative_area_level_2","political"],"short_name":"City of Melbourne","long_name":"City of Melbourne"},{"types":["administrative_area_level_1","political"],"short_name":"VIC","long_name":"Victoria"},{"types":["country","political"],"short_name":"AU","long_name":"Australia"},{"types":["postal_code"],"short_name":"3000","long_name":"3000"}],"plus_code":{"compound_code":"5XJ9+XQ Melbourne VIC, Australia","global_code":"4RJ65XJ9+XQ"},"place_id":"ChIJp0ROzyBD1moRWHdnFis5oUs"}},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_0_5.png?alt=media&token=3110a546-0e70-453c-8a79-cd8387e975b1"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_0_3.png?alt=media&token=742a70ab-86b1-40ba-933b-0873294519ed"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_0_4.png?alt=media&token=6502bdbc-d79b-4399-bcfe-f06ec07543f3"},{"type":"text","content":"To start the night will a chill, lets visit Australia’s only ice bar, keeping things a fun and frosty -10°C here in Melbourne all year round.\n\nRugged up in our unique snow gear you will make your way through the doors of the explorers ship and into the sub-zero temperatures on the other side. We offer the most unique arctic experience around for people of all ages; so don’t leave your junior explorers at home, we welcome anyone under the age of 18 until 7pm. You will be surrounded by over 30 tonnes of expertly sculpted ice, IceBar Melbourne is the perfect place to chill.\n\nThe visitors will get to see the magnificent ice sculptures that are inside the ice bar, made up of 30 tonnes of expertly sculpted ice\nTravellers will also get to enjoy the alcoholic and the non-alcoholic drinks inside the Icebar, consisting of various flavours and types\nIt will last for exactly one hour, subject to no change.\n\n"}]},{"address":"Hihou, Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC, Australia","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":-37.8144385,"longitude":144.9741938},"media":[{"type":"place","content":{"types":["bar","establishment","point_of_interest"],"formatted_address":"1 Flinders Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia","partial_match":true,"geometry":{"viewport":{"east":144.9756424302915,"south":-37.8157688302915,"north":-37.8130708697085,"west":144.9729444697085},"location":{"lng":144.9741954,"lat":-37.8144715},"location_type":"ROOFTOP"},"address_components":[{"types":["street_number"],"short_name":"1","long_name":"1"},{"types":["route"],"short_name":"Flinders Ln","long_name":"Flinders Lane"},{"types":["locality","political"],"short_name":"Melbourne","long_name":"Melbourne"},{"types":["administrative_area_level_2","political"],"short_name":"City of Melbourne","long_name":"City of Melbourne"},{"types":["administrative_area_level_1","political"],"short_name":"VIC","long_name":"Victoria"},{"types":["country","political"],"short_name":"AU","long_name":"Australia"},{"types":["postal_code"],"short_name":"3000","long_name":"3000"}],"plus_code":{"compound_code":"5XPF+6M Melbourne VIC, Australia","global_code":"4RJ65XPF+6M"},"place_id":"ChIJ0VN8sMdC1moRe0xuIkHb48c"}},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_5_4.png?alt=media&token=235fc56f-0c14-4014-9748-4ca40b7acaac"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_5_0.png?alt=media&token=bc5f1f8a-52ea-46ea-8ea1-6b329671c8bc"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_5_1.png?alt=media&token=085e8a0c-260b-4023-9fa5-a4a42c8e4aff"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_5_3.png?alt=media&token=7110ada5-18a4-4783-b20b-d8824023063a"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_5_2.png?alt=media&token=168c99cf-b76c-44ae-bce3-a3a75cdc8217"},{"type":"text","content":"Sake, whisky and game-changing Japanese snacks are the drawcards\n\nWear your best socks if you plan on staying a while at Hihou. Once you’ve located the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it entrance on Flinders Lane, near the corner of Spring Street, you’ll be ushered upstairs to a sultry sake den. You can keep your kit on if you’re dining in the front room, home to padded bar stools and tiny, shrunken tables for two, with leafy views over Treasury Gardens. If you’ve booked a spot in the plushly carpeted top-tier dining space, however, you’ll be asked to slip off your shoes before sliding under one of the low-slung tables.\n\n"}]},{"address":"Romeo Lane, Crossley Street, Melbourne VIC, Australia","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":-37.8116371,"longitude":144.9713087},"media":[{"type":"place","content":{"formatted_address":"1A Crossley St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia","types":["bar","establishment","point_of_interest"],"partial_match":true,"geometry":{"viewport":{"east":144.9726186302915,"south":-37.81299733029149,"north":-37.8102993697085,"west":144.9699206697085},"location":{"lng":144.9713087,"lat":-37.8116371},"location_type":"ROOFTOP"},"address_components":[{"types":["street_number"],"short_name":"1A","long_name":"1A"},{"types":["route"],"short_name":"Crossley St","long_name":"Crossley Street"},{"types":["locality","political"],"short_name":"Melbourne","long_name":"Melbourne"},{"types":["administrative_area_level_2","political"],"short_name":"City of Melbourne","long_name":"City of Melbourne"},{"types":["administrative_area_level_1","political"],"short_name":"VIC","long_name":"Victoria"},{"types":["country","political"],"short_name":"AU","long_name":"Australia"},{"types":["postal_code"],"short_name":"3000","long_name":"3000"}],"plus_code":{"compound_code":"5XQC+8G Melbourne VIC, Australia","global_code":"4RJ65XQC+8G"},"place_id":"ChIJx2vsUxyuJwARGRvUPC-yzjc"}},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_1_0.png?alt=media&token=0f9d7219-67f1-418e-b8b8-ac0eb1f97dd7"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_1_2.png?alt=media&token=1db04e8a-2070-4711-8c60-40c6d9d6af62"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_1_1.png?alt=media&token=884b43ee-3915-4998-9aed-8819280c4bb2"},{"type":"text","content":"Did our hearts love till now? We’ve been wooed by Romeo Lane – a model of service and restraint that make it Melbourne’s must-visit cocktail bar\n\nWhen out-of-town friends, in Melbourne for just one night, pop the question of where to go for a drink, Romeo Lane is the answer. The reason? It ticks all the expected Melbourne bar boxes – laneway location, obscure signage, civilised opening hours, educated service from tattooed and/or bearded bar folk – but then exceeds those expectations via a near-obsessive attention to detail so the bar sails past cliché and into truly great territory.\n\n"}]},{"address":"Bar Margaux, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC, Australia","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":-37.8105145,"longitude":144.9691429},"media":[{"type":"place","content":{"formatted_address":"Basement/111 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia","types":["bar","establishment","food","point_of_interest","restaurant"],"partial_match":true,"geometry":{"viewport":{"east":144.9704534802915,"south":-37.8117789302915,"north":-37.8090809697085,"west":144.9677555197085},"location":{"lng":144.9691429,"lat":-37.8105145},"location_type":"ROOFTOP"},"address_components":[{"types":["subpremise"],"short_name":"Basement","long_name":"Basement"},{"types":["street_number"],"short_name":"111","long_name":"111"},{"types":["route"],"short_name":"Lonsdale St","long_name":"Lonsdale Street"},{"types":["locality","political"],"short_name":"Melbourne","long_name":"Melbourne"},{"types":["administrative_area_level_2","political"],"short_name":"City of Melbourne","long_name":"City of Melbourne"},{"types":["administrative_area_level_1","political"],"short_name":"VIC","long_name":"Victoria"},{"types":["country","political"],"short_name":"AU","long_name":"Australia"},{"types":["postal_code"],"short_name":"3000","long_name":"3000"}],"plus_code":{"compound_code":"5XQ9+QM Melbourne VIC, Australia","global_code":"4RJ65XQ9+QM"},"place_id":"ChIJ5R8AJzZD1moRPT400FR2dJc"}},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_6_1.png?alt=media&token=140bf321-f232-4467-bfab-4d91a41f373b"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_6_0.png?alt=media&token=8e8cef43-5f48-41a4-8831-08aa7323fb29"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_6_2.png?alt=media&token=5d6f6710-7b24-4b29-8d0d-e0b20ddaabed"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_6_3.png?alt=media&token=14bd1120-753a-4b53-b2bb-5510df11939d"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_6_4.png?alt=media&token=7c696151-d512-4e3b-aec9-b009ee4af617"},{"type":"text","content":"A Melbourne bar by way of New York and Paris, Bar Margaux offers late-night perfection\n\nNobody would be shocked to hear that the cocktails at Bar Margaux are good. The CBD basement bar has excellent DNA, with a lineage that includes trophy-laden cocktail saloon the Everleigh and dive bar-esque Heartbreaker, where the booze quality is equal to the late-night debauchery. What is perhaps more surprising is that the cocktails at Michael and Zara Madrusan’s third bar are only one part of a very smart equation that, in true Melbourne style, thoroughly and successfully blurs the lines between bar and restaurant."}]},{"address":"Byrdi, Melbourne VIC, Australia","placeId":null,"location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":-37.8104065,"longitude":144.9619924},"media":[{"type":"place","content":{"types":["bar","establishment","point_of_interest"],"formatted_address":"211 La Trobe Street, Tenancy GD075, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia","partial_match":true,"geometry":{"viewport":{"east":144.9633505802915,"south":-37.8116219302915,"north":-37.8089239697085,"west":144.9606526197085},"location":{"lng":144.9619924,"lat":-37.8104065},"location_type":"GEOMETRIC_CENTER"},"address_components":[{"types":["locality","political"],"short_name":"Melbourne","long_name":"Melbourne"},{"types":["administrative_area_level_2","political"],"short_name":"City of Melbourne","long_name":"City of Melbourne"},{"types":["administrative_area_level_1","political"],"short_name":"VIC","long_name":"Victoria"},{"types":["country","political"],"short_name":"AU","long_name":"Australia"},{"types":["postal_code"],"short_name":"3000","long_name":"3000"}],"plus_code":{"compound_code":"5XQ6+RQ Melbourne VIC, Australia","global_code":"4RJ65XQ6+RQ"},"place_id":"ChIJj7YmeHdD1moRkVn3eBsrBpM"}},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_4_0.png?alt=media&token=759daeca-9cde-475c-a098-3af4bd564813"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_4_1.png?alt=media&token=b4d34b9f-bd2f-44bb-aeb3-07e759483109"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FlpaFp2CBA5lkuuqNoNku%2Fstop_4_2.png?alt=media&token=6a9b2087-f464-40d5-9fd3-901e9c13b056"},{"type":"text","content":"A cocktail bar with a heavy focus on in-house fermentation and seasonality without falling victim to trends\n\nThere should be another word for what Byrdi is doing. Bar doesn’t quite cut it, despite the fact that dispensing booze is at the core of what it does. It seems more like some kind of lab where you get to play guinea pig to their scientist. There’s been nothing quite like it in Melbourne since Der Raum, which makes sense given that co-owner Luke Whearty cut his cocktail teeth at that highly influential bastion of eccentricity.\n\nIn more recent times Whearty and his partner, Aki Nishikura, have been picking up truckloads of awards and accolades at their Singaporean bar Operation Dagger, where they earned a reputation for opening up the conversation about what drinks can be. Now they’re in Melbourne – in Melbourne Central, to be exact – and are mixing things up here.\n\n"}]}]