Name: Melbourne Walking and Laneway Bar Tour - 3 Hours
Price: 89.00 AUD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.3 (12 reviews)

Highlights

Step inside four legendary Melbourne bars, each with decades of stories etched into their walls
Toast your journey with a complimentary welcome drink celebrating Melbourne's craft brewing heritage
Uncover the transformation from gritty industrial spaces to the city's most atmospheric drinking destinations
Explore the iconic venues that put Melbourne on the world's hospitality map
Enjoy an intimate small-group experience with maximum 12 guests for personalized storytelling

Experience Melbourne's legendary bar scene through four storied venues that shaped the city's international reputation. From heritage warehouses transformed into intimate cocktail havens to laneway pioneers of Australia's small-bar revolution, discover the spaces where history & hospitality collide.

What's included?

Passionate local guide who brings Melbourne's bar history to life with insider stories and connections
Welcome drink to toast the start of your journey through Melbourne's legendary venues
Exclusive access to four handpicked establishments steeped in decades of character and stories
Personalized recommendations map featuring the city's most noteworthy hidden gems to explore later
Intimate small-group experience limited to just 12 guests for meaningful storytelling and atmosphere

Step into Melbourne's soul through the bars that built its legendary reputation. This intimate journey takes you through four time-tested establishments where decades of stories live in exposed brick, hidden basements, and atmospheric laneways. Each venue represents a chapter in Melbourne's transformation from gold rush outpost to cultural powerhouse. Explore heritage warehouses reimagined as cocktail destinations, discover laneway spaces that sparked Australia's small-bar revolution, and visit neighborhood anchors where authentic culture thrives. Your expert guide reveals the backstories: how licensing changes transformed industrial quarters, which venues pioneered new traditions, and why certain spaces became legendary. With just 12 guests, enjoy privileged access and personalized storytelling. Your first drink is included. Perfect for anyone seeking substance over spectacle in Melbourne's renowned bar scene.

Important information

Session Length

This experience is approximately three hours in duration
Available daily

Guidelines

This experience is valid for adults 18+ only. You must bring valid ID (or passports for non-Aussies)

Cancellation

Change your booking up to 48 hours before the start time of your experience
Changes are not permitted within 48 hours of your experience
Late arrivals or no shows may result in you forfeiting your experience

Numbers on the Day

Maximum of 12 people.

Weather

The tour operates in all weather conditions.

Dress Code

The tour in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately.

Location

This experience is located in Melbourne City Centre, Victoria.

Reviews

4.3

12 reviews

5 stars 9

4 stars 1

3 stars 0

2 stars 1

1 star 1

Diappointed

Monica 1 February 2026

Was disappointed with tour. Other people on tour only paid $89/head & we paid $100/head. For this price we only got 1 drink included. Not worth what we paid

Customer Experience

Hi Monica, Thanks for your feedback, we are so sorry to see you did not enjoy your experience, we would like to discuss this further with you and will reach out by email.

2 February 2026

Laneway Bar Tour - Heaps of fun

Michael 7 January 2024

Had a fantastic afternoon with our guide Laura. Visited bars we would never had gone to ourselves. Would definitely recommend this experience if you want to have some fun and a few nice drinks along the way. Also discovered a bit of history about our home city Melbourne.

A fantastic Trip!!

Ashley 19 August 2023

My husband & I absolutely had a blast with Hugo as our tour guide & the bars we ventured too was great! The tour is a great way to experience and see Melbourne without the stress of navigating it yourself!

Laneway Bar your Melbourne

Steve and Tracy 31 August 2022

Great way to spend three hours. Locating Bars and laneways that you would never know existed. Hugo was a fantastic tour guide/company, with interesting, relevant history - told in an entertaining conversational manner. Great value for money, we will be recommending to our family and friends.

Laneway bar tour was lots of fun!

Lauren 20 March 2020

Our guide John was great, the cocktails were interesting and different, the bars were amazing and not places your likely to wander into on your own and to top of off we got to meet and chat to lots of new people!

Fantastic Fun

Lyn 18 March 2020

I did this as a surprise for a girlfriends birthday. Our tour guide was Sara who was pointing out other lane way bars as well as the ones we visited,{which we visited later} plenty of past history on our tour, loads of fun and meet some lovely people. Highly recommend.

Great bars and friendly host!

Mikaela 19 January 2020

Great tour, and even though we are from Melbourne, we discovered some great new bars we had never heard of, the tour guide and the bar staff were very friendly and knowledgeable. Would highly recommend!

Laneway bar tour

Lea 5 October 2019

Found this tour very hard to fit in with our itinerary. No times published on the website after booking in.and correspondence was fragmented and slow. Would not recommend it.

Excellant way to get a feel for cbd in Melbourne m

Clive 4 August 2019

Great for a casual way of seeing the city. You would be hard pressed to find the bars on your own. Our guide Hugo was a laugh and also gave us great tips on other bars to visit if you had the time. But for a late afternoon evening out it ticks the boxes you may even make friends with others in the group good fun get on it.

Amazing!!!!

Amanda 18 May 2019

Kimmie was an awesome guide. She knows her stuff. Would highly recommend