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Photograph: Graham Denholm
Photograph: Graham Denholm

How to pull the ultimate all-nighter in Melbourne

Sleep, schmeep. Plenty of great late-night bars, eateries and clubs have opened in the last few years, which means the only thing putting an end to your night is the sunrise

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Bedtime is for babies, and Melbourne's late-night offerings are just too good to pass up. Consider this your guide to making the most of an increasingly all-hours city – whether you're keen for a cocktail and a dance or dinner and a movie. Because we all know the best things happen after midnight, right?

Want more? Here are the best late-night bottle shops, bars and eats to keep you busy into the week hours of the morning.

Late-night bars, restaurants and things to do in Melbourne

  • Film
  • Carlton
Watch The Room at Cinema Nova
Watch The Room at Cinema Nova

Screening at 11pm

Since 2010, the northside’s beloved independent cinema has dedicated the first Saturday of every month to screening Tommy Wiseau’s The Room; a cult film that is so, so bad it’s brilliant. Much like a screening of Rocky Horror, there are plenty of crazy traditions to be followed; some of them involve throwing spoons at the screen and drinking ‘Scotchka’.

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  • Clubs
  • Melbourne

Open until 3.30am

Karaoke doesn’t get much better than KBOX. You can book your own room, order snacks and drinks throughout the night and belt out hit after hit with your crew. Our tip: go head to head in a battle for the best (or worst?) performances of guilty pleasure songs. Don’t let your questionable high notes hold you back.

  • Melbourne
  • price 1 of 4
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Open until 2.30am

Supper Inn is a venerable establishment perched aloft Chinatown that built its reputation the old-fashioned way – with straight-up excellent Cantonese food served until 2.30am, making it a magnet for the city’s hospo crowd looking for a post-work feed that wouldn’t break the bank.

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  • Melbourne
  • price 1 of 4

Open until 3am

A night at Heartbreaker – the grungy sister bar of Fitzroy’s Everleigh – is a guaranteed good time. It’s something about the chilled-out attitude of the bar staff, the great music selection on the jukebox and the pool table. If all you want to do is spend the night talking over beers and bottled cocktails with your mates, this dive bar is the place to do it.

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