Assorted dishes and drinks at Hotel Nacional.
Photograph: Supplied / Hotel Nacional
Photograph: Supplied / Hotel Nacional

The best bottomless brunches in Melbourne

Improve on perfection by adding bottomless drinks to your brunch experience

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Brunch is a beloved institution across Melbourne. It doesn't require an early wake-up call and is simultaneously on the right side of the day, so you can still have your avo on toast if you need it. But how do you improve on perfection? By adding bottomless drinks, of course.

Bottomless brunches have taken our city by storm, and if you've done one, you've no doubt discussed tactics with friends: what to drink, how to pace yourself, the best way to grab the waiter's attention and if it's possible to surreptitiously double park. After all, bottomless brunches are all about getting the best value and a healthy buzz. And not dissimilar to the chicken and egg debate, are drinks or food more crucial when selecting your venue? We believe you can have the best of both. We've compiled a list of Melbourne's best bottomless brunches so that you can enjoy your feast with a great selection of limitless bevs. 

Only after a great coffee? Here are our fave spots in the CBD to get a fix. Planning a big day and night? Kick on at the best late-night bars in Melbourne.

Best boozy brunches in Melbourne

  • Latin American
  • Collingwood
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Price: $69 (90 mins) to $85 (two hours) per person

Time: Sat and Sun, from noon

What's on offer: Pincho Disco is a lively Latin American restaurant in the heart of Collingwood and it's dishing up one of the vibiest boozy new brunches right now. Make a booking for the bottomless fiesta to enjoy a delicious selection of Pincho Disco's signature snacks (chipa bread with goat curd, juicy lamb tacos and fresh oysters with tiger's milk, for example) alongside bottomless beer, wine, chilli-spiked Margaritas and limoncello Spritzes. Exquisito!

Lauren Dinse
Lauren Dinse
Former Food & Drink Writer

2. Horn Please

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Price: $69 per person

Time: Sat and Sun, from noon

What's on offer: If you love Indian food and cocktails, Horn Please is your golden ticket to bottomless brunch paradise. The beloved modern Indian eatery – a stone's throw from Fitzroy North village – has curated a 90-minute "proudly unauthentic" curry feast to stand out from the brunch crowd. Expect a selection of Indian-inspired street food, creative mains, and desserts from a talented North Indian chef. The sitting comes with an unlimited amount of beer, wine and your choice of the bar's top three cocktails. Discover what's on the menu here.

Lauren Dinse
Lauren Dinse
Former Food & Drink Writer
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3. Bluestone American BBQ

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Price: $59 per person

Time: Sat and Sun, from noon

What's on offer: How does a bottomless lunch of smoked chicken chops, pork and cheddar sausage, Cuban pork, chicken wings, French fries, fire-roasted red peppers, creole slaw and house pickles sound? And it gets even better. The drinks package features Bluestone’s signature cocktails, including the Apple Pie, made with Old Forester bourbon, poached apple, lemon, brown sugar and cinnamon rim, and the Caribbean, made with Havana Cub Anejo, lime, coconut cream, goji berries and shaved coconut. 

Lauren Dinse
Lauren Dinse
Former Food & Drink Writer
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Price: $75 per person

Time: Sat, from 12.30pm

What's on offer: For those who like their boozy brunches high in the sky on a sunny rooftop, Blacksmith Bar and Grill is the place to be this summer. Located on Level 7 of Voco Melbourne Central, this laidback rooftop offers uninterrupted panoramic views of the CBD – perfect for an afternoon of sipping and grazing to your heart's content. The bottomless brunch deal includes two hours of free-flowing Dal Zotto wines and beer, alongside a spread of grazing dishes — think Euro-inspired tapas platters, Korean fried chicken and waffles topped with fresh berries and vanilla ice cream.

Lauren Dinse
Lauren Dinse
Former Food & Drink Writer
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  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Price: $80 per person

Time: Fri to Sun, from noon

What's on offer: Up on the open-air rooftop of this Mexico-inspired restaurant, soak up the summer rays and indulge in bar snacks like tajin-coated corn ribs, housemade potato croquetas, tacos, Mexican fries and more. You also get 90 minutes of totally unlimited Margaritas (classic, spicy, frozen and passionfruit), prosecco, house wine and beer. There's alternatively a mocktail version of the bottomless brunch package if you'd rather go alcohol-free. Click here for all the details.

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Leah Glynn
Melbourne Editor
  • Melbourne
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Price: $65 per person

Time: Sat, from noon

What's on offer: Love a boozy lunch? Join the club! But not just any club, it's gotta be the Lunch Club: Magic Mountain Saloon's Saturday offering. Spread across three levels, the venue has capacity for you to bring along a friend (or even an entire gaggle of gal pals) and settle in for a Thai-style banquet and rivers of free-flowing bevvies. It's all you can drink for 90 minutes, and you can opt for a $50 non-alcoholic package if you prefer. We can't think of a better way to kick off the weekend. 

Lauren Dinse
Lauren Dinse
Former Food & Drink Writer
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  • Thai
  • Fitzroy
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Price: $79 per person

Time: Sat and Sun, from noon

What's on offer: Gorge on four fragrant Southeast Asian-inspired snacks (think succulent Thai pork bao, tuna crudo and fried chicken) and mounds of fluffy roti alongside two hours of free-flowing cocktails at this fun bottomless affair. Try the Tropical Daybed and Siam Sunset Spritz or sip your way through some fruity hard seltzers, with beer, house white, red and bubbly also on hand to keep the good times flowing. There's a vegan option, too, for your plant-based friends and the menu looks just as delish. Is it just us or do bacon and eggs for brekky suddenly seem boring? 

Lauren Dinse
Lauren Dinse
Former Food & Drink Writer
  • Italian
  • South Yarra
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Price: $65 (pizza and Spritzes only) to $128 (full package) per person

Time: Sat and Sun, from noon

What's on offer: Ali Mousavi's father owned Italian restaurants for more than 40 years, so it's no surprise that his new Chapel Street venture continues the family tradition. Found on the corner of Grosvenor Street and Chapel Street, Stella is a four-storey dining experience that delivers an Italian food philosophy with a modern Australian twist. The bottomless brunch here is a spectacular succession of some of the restaurant's best loved dishes, including mushroom arancini, spicy tuna brioche rolls, freshly made margherita pizzas and garlic prawns. There are two tiers you can choose from, explained in detail at the website.

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  • Cocktail bars
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Price: $80 per person

Time: Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat and Sun, from noon

What's on offer: Just a stone's throw from South Melbourne Market, Mirror Mirror Rooftop Lounge is an ideal spot to gather your mates for a cheeky cocktail and enjoy the panoramic city views, or you can unwind from the busy work week every Saturday and Sunday with the Fairest of Them All boozy brunch session. The rooftop bar snacks menu is headed up by a Michelin-starred chef and an incredible kitchen team cooking most of the food on the barbecue on the roof. 

Saskia Morrison-Thiagu
Saskia Morrison-Thiagu
Former Branded Content Writer
  • Windsor
  • price 2 of 4
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Price: $69 per person

Time: Sat, from noon

What's on offer: Pork dumplings for brunch? Why not! If the words 'sushi' and 'taco' being in the same sentence didn't tip you off, Mr Miyagi is not your typical Japanese restaurant. In fact, it's not really typical anything. The now-institution hits somewhere between a bar and a restaurant – and similarly, ends up equal parts casual and fancy. The end product is just one thing: fun. Their bottomless 'loose lunch' is currently offering a 'feed me' menu of beloved Mr Miyagi classics, plus 1.5 hours of free-flowing locally sourced vino, Sapporo beer, Mr. M's Frosé and specialty cocktails fuelled by Tommy's Booze.

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11. Hawker Hall

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Price: $66 (90 minutes) to $88 (two hours) per person

Time: Fri to Sun, from noon

What's on offer: Hawker Hall is dishing up an epic boozy yum feast all weekend long. Sleep in, roll in with your pals and prepare for a South-Asian lunch spread that will have you skipping dinner. Think funky new riffs on dim sum classics like mouth-numbing beef dumplings, salt and pepper flathead and chicken dan dan noodles. It's a 90-minute no-brainer with free-flowing cocktails and mocktails, wines and local froffs – and you can even add an extra half hour to your package for just $22. 

  • Pubs
  • Richmond
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Price: $79 per person

Time: Sat, from 11.30am

What's on offer: Thought laid-back Harlow was just another spot on Church Street for beer, bands and a game of pool? Think again. Every Saturday, the popular bar's rooftop transforms into an epic drag brunch party full of food, performances and endless bevvies. The two-hour package includes bottomless drinks, one brunch item of your choice and entertainment from a cheeky drag queen. 

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13. Half Acre

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Price: $69 (bottomless buffet only) to $98 (bottomless drinks included) per person

Time: Sat and Sun, from 10am

What's on offer: At one of the higher price points on this list, the bottomless brunch offering at Half Acre in South Melbourne boasts an elevated menu to match. The venue revamped its bottomless brunch into "The Feast and Flow" experience, which you can separate out into just a "Feast" if you're off the bevvies. The brunch grants you two hours of access to a self-service buffet of both savouries and sweets, made-to-order hot dishes, plus a list of unlimited house and prosecco wines, beer, non-alcoholic options, and rotating cocktails. Designed to be reminiscent of a hotel buffet in New York or Paris, this is brunching but not as you know it. Anticipate an extravagant affair of coal-roasted meats and wood-fired vegetables – complete with a build-your-own pavlova section. Hungry yet? 

Lauren Dinse
Lauren Dinse
Former Food & Drink Writer
  • Japanese
  • Melbourne
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Price: $77 (90 minutes) to $88 (two hours) per person

Time: Daily, from noon

What's on offer: Yakimono's Sip and Setto package is a boozy lunch that will delight Japanophiles and ravenous foodies alike. Taking place daily from 12pm, the menu features karaage chicken, snapper sandos, tuna handrolls. Tokyo-inspired grilled chicken, and more. Seated in the swanky high-octane space at 80 Collins Street, you'll also have 90 minutes of free-flowing bevs, including craft beer, wine and specialty cocktails like Passionfruit Spritzes, Kiko Highballs and Yaki Espresso Martinis, which you can upgrade to two hours for just a little extra.

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  • American
  • Fitzroy

Price: Packages start at $59 per person

Time: Sat and Sun, from 11:30am

What's on offer: The 80s never ended at Evie's, a 1980s and disco-inspired diner that opened early 2018 on Fitzroy's Gertrude Street. Come here for a feed during the day or a boogie at night – the venue's menu has American-diner vibes so expect plenty of chicken and waffles, burgers, loaded fries and old-fashioned shakes topped with whipped cream and a glacé cherry. But this is Fitzroy, so unlike your traditional American diner many of the dishes at Evie's can be made vegan. There's also a strong focus on locally-sourced and sustainable ingredients, from the mince in the burgers to the syrups in the sodas. They've got several fun bottomless options (including drag bingo!), which you can check out at the website.

Liv Condous
Liv Condous
Former Lifestyle Writer
  • Pizza
  • Richmond
  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Price: $66 per person

Time: Sat and Sun, from noon

What's on offer: Richmond hot spot Baby's Free-Flowing Festa lunch deal takes place every Saturday and Sunday. With bookings starting from noon, you can enjoy 90 minutes of bottomless sips and seasonal Italian share-style dishes – all for just an easy $66 a head. Think antipasti, pizza and fun drinks like Aperol Spritzes, wines and local craft beer. 

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