A great night out with an interesting local, plenty of good food and drink in the city’s hottest secret night spots. Experience another side of Melbourne on a night out with a charming local host. Enjoy a progressive degustation and cocktails at exclusive night spots and local institutions. Meet locals and learn about the city’s history of excess and prohibition, scoundrels and scandals. Wine, cocktails… whatever your tastes, this experience can be tailored to match.
Prices change with the date; the lowest is shown.
Prices are per person when two book together; a solo traveller pays $1,163.
Larger groups pay less per person.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 13.
Head to one of the city’s slickest hidden cocktail bars for a chance to break bread and ice with your personable Localing host. Share a few tastes and interests to help make the experience personal. With tireless hours of research, and reading, drinking and story swapping, you are in tried and capable hands. Begin with a gin or a classic cocktail in the intimate ‘Bar Americano,’ or with wine and tapas at our favourite laneway wine bar. Learn about the city’s dark side and the many curious characters from both sides of the law, who have helped to shape Melbourne.
Continue to one of the city’s ‘rooftop bars’ and enjoy a different view of Melbourne, a local craft beer and a few more tasty share plates. Meet the people at the creative heart of this vibrant industry for some unique insight. Down a cobble-stoned lane, take a left, a right and another left past the colourful street art, heaving dumpling joints and tantalising sounds of karaoke - leave it all behind in a hidden speakeasy from another time and place. Visit late night Tokyo, or a ‘gold rush’ opium den, a dive bar on the wrong side of a fridge door …expect the unexpected from the Melbourne night. Bring your appetite, as you will have the chance to sample an array of delicious cuisines. Melbourne's best bar food, from charcuterie boards delicately adorned with local produce, to scrumptious dim sum or discover the joys of the humble Aussie jaffle.
We pick-up from any central locations around Melbourne. For an airport pick-up, a $120 AUD surcharge applies and is payable locally.
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All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Private Melbourne Nightlife Experience lasts about 1–4 hours. The itinerary has 2 stops.
Prices start at $582 per person for this Melbourne experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. That is the per-person price when two book together; a solo traveller pays $1,163. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day, starting at 6:00 PM.
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Yes, pickup is offered. We pick-up from any central locations around Melbourne. For an airport pick-up, a $120 AUD surcharge applies and is payable locally. Pickup points include Parkville Place Apartments.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 8 participants.
Confirmation is sent by the operator within 24 hours of booking.
Travellers rate it 5.0 out of 5 across 12 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Localing Private Tours Melbourne.
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Night out at charming nightspots and walking tour of laneways. Bianca was the perfect guide, full of interesting historical information about everywhere we were. The tour included 3 stops for drinks, small plates and then gelato, but the tour is easily adjusted to the guests’ preferences. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
We had the best time with Matthias! He took us to 3 fun hidden places throughout the city! Food, drinks, and stories were a real highlight for our visit.
Our guide, Dingo, was a terrific ambassador for Melbourne. He clearly loved his city and gave us an in-depth, hyper-local view into the patchwork of the city’s culture. We spent four hours seeing great architecture, graffiti adorned alleyways, dumpling shops, dive bars, rooftop speakeasies - all accompanied with almost always believable back stories from Melbourne’s colorful past. This is a must do for any traveler to Melbourne. Highly recommended.
Hello Mark, thanks so much for taking the time to leave us a review. To say that Dingo loves Melbourne is an understatement, and we're glad he got to share that with you on this experience. Don't be a stranger if ever you're back in town!
We are no stranger to tours but this was so much fun. Dingo’s love and passion for the city was infectious. I love Melbourne. Street art, best dumplings, and bars…couldn’t have asked for more.
Hi Young! Thank you for taking the time to write a review. Dingo's passion truly echoes within our team, and we're pleased you had a lovely time with him. Safe travels, always!
Mercedes did a great job showing up some fun nightspots for food and drinks. Started off at a rooftop with a great view, then a lane way bar surrounded by street art and finished at a posh cocktail bar. So lovely and fun! Highly recommend!
We had a terrific experience with Simon. He captured very quickly our aspirations and expectations. On day 1, he took us through Melbourne boroughs, walked us through phenomenal street art lanes, took the time to describe various styles. He had all sorts of anecdotes on lifestyle or history. On day 2, we went to Great Ocean road. He knows this sector inside out. He has a phenomenal environmental knowledge. Simon took us to his “private” spots which did not disappoint! Simon’s strength is to listen to understand what his clients are looking for.
Hello Pascale and Frances, thanks so much for taking the time to review your experiences with us. It was a pleasure to make all this happen for you so last minute. Warm and gracious guests like you make our job a pleasure! Safe travels and come back soon.
Our host guide, Brook, met us at the Melbourne airport and took us to our hotel. We were a bit tired from traveling, but Brook made our evening enjoyable. Took us to a great Italian restaurant we would have never found on our own. Afterwards we hit up a gelato spot for dessert. Nice evening out.
Had a great night exploring Melbourne with Patrick! He showed us the cool local spots with great drinks and local vibes. Ended the night with amazing dumplings!
This tour was perfect for me. The tour guide, Bruce, knew his stuff and started our tour by asking me questions to help him curate the kind of evening in Melbourne that I would enjoy. The cool thing is that based on his questions, he would clearly be able to do this for anyone, if if there answers were different than mine. I wanted to see places on a Friday night that the locals would frequent but would be hard to find if you were a tourist on your own. Bruce knew the spots and was an exceptional host to help create a great experience of Melbourne based on my preferences. It was excellent!!
My husband and I recently enjoyed a night out in Fitzroy discovering a new side to Melbourne. Dingo was an amazing host who was very friendly and knowledgeable. We had so much fun bar hopping, tasting different cocktails and eating our way around Fitzroy. Highly recommend this experience to anyone looking to discover this part of town like a local.
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