Melbourne Hidden Bars: Cocktail Walking Tour with Local Insider Guides

On this cocktail walking tour, you’ll gain exclusive knowledge about Melbourne’s secret bars from a knowledgeable guide. The 3.5-hour journey includes two cocktails and features lesser-known local favourite spots. The tour can be customized based on the group’s tastes, offering a more bespoke experience.

Duration: 3 hours, 45 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • MELTours - Join an experienced guide on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday night and taste a great cocktail in one of Melbourne’s hidden bars. Many of the best bars in the city of Melbourne are easily overlooked if you don’t already know where they are! A plain doorway could lead to a venue with a great vibe and wonderful drinks. Let your local guide…
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Beverages (two cocktails)
What's Not Included
  • Food and additional drinks (options are available for additional quick drink stops with light snacks if the whole group agrees)
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
  • Minimum age is 18 years
  • Please note: Excessive alcohol consumption is discouraged, and the local tour operator reserves the right to terminate the activity for those who become intoxicated on the tour
  • A moderate amount of walking is involved; suitable-heeled shoes are recommended
  • Due to uneven surfaces (flights of stairs), this tour is not recommended for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair
Location
179 Swanston St
Swanston Street
In front of Standbags store, corner of Bourke Street and Swanston Street, Melbourne
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Coastal11907622542
Aug 31, 2024
Great night discovering all the hidden gems - Amazing time, San was fantastic, highly knowledgeable and great company through out the tour. I'd highly recommend it for anyone unfamiliar with Melbourne nightlife.
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Apndr
Aug 29, 2024
Fantastic and unique date night out - What a fantastic evening! My husband and I went and was such a great date night. San was a great tour guide- friendly and easygoing, knowledgeable about the bars plus so much great architecture and city history, too. We've lived in Melbourne for a year and discovered so many places that we'd likely walked by many times before and had no idea existed. We stopped and had drinks at a couple of places, and others popped in to look around and on to the next- a great mix of moving and pausing to enjoy a cocktail. Afterwards San sent a detailed email of all the places we'd visited with helpful reminders on which place was which. We can't wait to go back to many of the places we visited. I definitely recommend this whether you're a tourist visiting the city or a local- I am sure you'll discover hidden gems you didn't know about.
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Kathryn082
Jun 21, 2024
Brillant tour - As recent time immigrants to Melbourne my Husband and I decided it was time to do some bar research. So pleased we did the Hidden Bar tour with San on Friday night. Covering no less than 20 bars ( some we went in to and others we looked from the outside) we went at a leisurely pace for 3 hours and thoroughly enjoyed all the knowledge that San generously shared. If you would like a fantastic night out with good company and cocktails this is highly recommended!
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Andrearj2730gb
Jan 16, 2024
A fun night out with friends - Sum our tour guide was very friendly, and full of knowledge. We discovered hidden bars and learnt the history of the CBD on our Saturday night tour. We all had a great time together while enjoying this great walking tour. highly recommend
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295tonid
Dec 30, 2023
A great evening - Great evening - like being with old friends. Met our tour guide Sam who was very punctual and organized. A small group so very easy to chat and make decisions on which bar to have a drink at. Sam was knowledgeable and shared insights and stories. Bars were great, some we knew and others we would never have found on our own. We were able to stop at some and take a peek at others. Well worth out time and a good evening.
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Kylieru3615yr
Dec 30, 2023
Highly reccomend Meltours with San & Kathy - Thank you San from Meltours, so friendly & such great knowledge of Melbourne we viewed the many bars & would like to revisit. Not one bad cocktail was had & the choices were endless. Can not wait to get exploring more of the bars shown.
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V2862kimichelled
Nov 28, 2023
If you are a local you must do this tour! - Kathy took us on such a great tour of the Hidden bars in Melbourne. She just went with the flow. If we wanted to stop and have an extra drink somewhere she was happy to oblige. It was such a great night and as a Melbournian I now know somewhere cool to go for a drink in the city!
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Shazzad99
Nov 6, 2023
The best tour to find the hidden gems of Melbourne. - We had the best time being introduced to the hidden bars of Melbourne. We live in Melbourne and felt like a tourist in our own town. San was the best guide so knowledgeable about Melbourne and pointed many things out to us. Can’t wait to do another tour with MELTours.
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Leaheasea
Aug 12, 2024
Amazing discoveries - I booked this for myself and friends as a birthday celebration. It was the perfect night out. Amazing to be able to see all these bars that we never knew existed. San was a great guide.
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94gabbyh
Jul 31, 2024
Hidden Bar Tour - Amazing! - San was our guide for our Melbourne Hidden Bar Tour and he was fantastic! We went to multiple arrays of secluded venues - even when they didn't have room, he managed to get us a spot. It was our first time in Melbourne so was pointing out other things like good eating and shopping places while we were on tour. He asked what we enjoyed drinking and made sure to incorporate places that would suit us. I'm a travel agent and will absolutely be recommending him to my clients.
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