Cheap Drinking Spots around Melbourne

*Please note, this list may well have some out-of-date details on it now. I added it a while back, and so if you know of any other places, or something here that needs to be updated, feel free to let me know!*

Cheap Drinking Spots around Melbourne














Monday

Automatic
Southbank, City
$3 pints (inc Stella)

Pugg Mahones
106–112, Hardware Street, City
$3 pints & basic spirits 9-11pm, $3 cowboys all night

Carlton Hotel
197 Bourke St, City
$1.90 pots, 12-2pm & 4-6pm

Pure
125 Smith Street, Collingwood
$1 pots - Pick of the night

The Public Bar
238 Victoria St, North Melbourne (near Vic Markets)
$1 pots all night (+entry)

The Laundry
50 Johnston St, Fitzroy
$1 pots 3-7pm.

Spinach
Cnr Brunswick and Johnston Sts, Fitzroy
$5 jugs, 5-7pm

Chameleon/Provincial Hotel
Cnr Johnston and Brunswick St, Fitzroy
$5 dollar jugs all night

The Evelyn
351 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
$8 jugs all night

The Old Bar
74 Johnston St, Fitzroy
$2 pots, 4-6pm

J36
36 Johnston St, Fitzroy
$3.50 Local stubbies, 5-7.30pm

Big Mouth
168 Acland St, St Kilda
$1 pots 5-7, 10-11

Prince of Wales
29 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda
$1.20 pots

Elwood Lounge
49-51 Glenhuntly Rd, Elwood
$2 off all alcoholic drinks 9pm-midnight

Mentone Hotel
95 Beach Rd, Mentone
$2 pots, 5-6pm

The Greyhound
Cnr Carlisle St and Brighton Rd, St Kilda
$2 pots, 5.30-7.30pm

Geebung Polo Club
339 Racecourse Rd, Flemington
$4 pints 6-7pm













Tuesday

All Nations Backpacker Pub
Cnr of Flinders and Spencer Sts, City
$3.50 pints all night

Carlton Hotel
197 Bourke St, City
$1.90 pots, 12-2pm & 4-6pm

Young and Jacksons
Cnr Swanston and Flinders St, City
$4 pints in long bar, 8-11pm

Hotel Bakpak
167 Franklin St, City
$8 jugs

Spinach
Cnr Brunswick and Johnston Sts, Fitzroy
$5 jugs, 5-7pm

The Tote
Cnr Johnston and Wellington Sts, Collingwood
$1.40 pots all night - Pick of the night

The Evelyn
351 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
$8 jugs all night, 8pm-close

Parkview Hotel
131 Scotchmer St, Nth Fitzroy
$4 pints & $9 Jugs all night

Clifton Hill Hotel
89 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill.
$4 pints

The Old Bar
74 Johnston St, Fitzroy
$2 pots, 4-6pm

J36
36 Johnston St Fitzroy
$3.50 Local stubbies, 5-7.30pm

Big Mouth
168 Acland St, St Kilda
$1 pots 5-7, 10-11

Golden Gate Hotel
238 Claredon St, Sth Melbourne
$6 jugs (Tooheys)

The Greyhound
Cnr Carlisle St and Brighton Rd, St Kilda
$2 pots, 5.30-7.30pm

Mentone Hotel
95 Beach Rd, Mentone.
$2 pots, 5-6pm



















Wednesday

F4
Level 2/322 Little Collins St, City
2 for 1 drinks, 9-10pm, 11-12pm, 1-2am. ($6 entry, students free)

Carlton Hotel
197 Bourke St, City
$1.90 pots, 12-2pm & 4-6pm

Prince Alfred Hotel
191 Grattan St, Carlton
$1 pots 9-10pm

Spinach
Cnr Brunswick and Johnston Sts, Fitzroy
$5 jugs, 5-7pm

Commercial Club Hotel
Cnr Nicholson and Westgarth Sts, Fitzroy
Paper Scissors Rock all night

Laundry
50 Johnston St, Fitzroy
$2 pots 3-9pm

The Old Bar
74 Johnston St, Fitzroy
$2 pots, 4-6pm

J36
36 Johnston St, Fitzroy
$3.50 Local stubbies, 5-7.30pm

Big Mouth
168 Acland St, St Kilda
$1 pots 5-7, 10-11 - Pick of the night

Mentone Hotel
95 Beach Rd, Mentone.
$2 pots, 5-6pm

Greyhound
Cnr Carlisle St and Brighton Rd, St Kilda
$2 pots, 5.30-7.30pm

Racecourse Hotel
Next to Monash Uni, Caulfield.
$3 Heinekens all day

Cato
37 Cato St, Prahran
$2 pots, $3 basics, 8pm-midnight

















Thursday

Billboards
170 Russell St, City
$1 pots, $2.50 basic spirits - Pick of the night

James Squire Brewery
115 Russell St, City
Toss the boss all night

Carlton Hotel
197 Bourke St, City
$1.90 pots, 12-2pm & 4-6pm

Spinach
Cnr Brunswick and Johnston Sts, Fitzroy
$5 jugs, 5-7pm

Laundry
50 Johnston St, Fitzroy
$1.50 pots, 3-9pm

Parkview Hotel
131 Scotchmer St, Nth Fitzroy
$4 pints & $9 Jugs all night

Pugg Mahones
171 Elgin St, Carlton
$4 pints after 8pm

The Old Bar
74 Johnston St, Fitzroy
$2 pots, 4-6pm

The Purple Turtle
166 Johnston St, Fitzroy
$2 pots 8pm -2am

J36
36 Johnston St, Fitzroy
$3.50 Local stubbies, 5-7.30pm

Big Mouth
168 Acland St, St Kilda
$1 pots 5-7, 10-11

The Saint
54 Fitzroy St, St Kilda
Two for one drinks all night

Vibe
140 Acland St, St Kilda
$5 long necks

The Greyhound
Cnr Carlisle St and Brighton Rd, St Kilda
$2 pots, 5.30-7.30pm

Mentone Hotel
95 Beach Rd, Mentone
$2 pots, 5-6pm

Prahran Hotel
96 Greville St, Prahran
$1 pots 8-9pm, $1.50 pots 9-10 pm

Cato
37 Cato St, Prahran
$2 pots, $3 basic, 8pm-midnight

161
161 High St, Prahran
$2 pots, 9-11pm (+entry for bands)













Friday

The Loft
117 Lonsdale St, City
2 free drinks on arrival

Dallas
195 King St, City
$1.50 pots, $2.50 basics all night

Khokolate
43 Hardware Lane, City
1/2 price drinks + finger food, 5-8pm

Carlton Hotel
197 Bourke St, City
$1.90 pots, 12-2pm & 4-6pm

Fiddler
577 Little Collins, City
Two for one, 5-7pm

F4
Level 2/322 Little Collins St , City
Assorted 2 for 1 drink specials/giveaways, free snacks, 5-10pm

Concrete
Cnr Lonsdale and Russell Sts, City
2 for 1 Heineken bottles, 5-7pm

Roo Bar
167 Franklin St, City
$2 shots

Odeon
Crown Casino, City.
4 cocktails for $10, 5-8pm

Exchange Hotel
Cnr King & Little Collins Sts, City
$8 jugs/$4 pints/$2 pots, 5-7pm

Velour Bar
121 Flinders Lane, City
$2 pots, $3 wine + champers, $3.50 spirits + free finger food, 5.30-7.30

Bliss Lounge
11 Queen St, City
$2 pots 5-7pm

Republic Cafe
299 Queen St, City
$3 beer, wine & spirits

Treasury
394 Collins St, City
$3 tap beer, 5.30-9.30pm

Spinach
Cnr Brunswick and Johnston Sts, Fitzroy
$5 jugs, 5-7pm

Trades Hall Bar
Trades Hall Bar, upstairs Cnr Lygon and Victoria Sts, Carlton
cheap drinks, 5-7pm

The Builders Arms
211 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
$2 pots, 6-8pm

The Old Bar
74 Johnston St, Fitzroy
$2 pots, 4-6pm

Prince Alfred Hotel
191 Grattan St, Carlton
$2 pots, 5-8pm

Commercial Club Hotel
Cnr Nicholson and Westgarth Sts, Fitzroy
$2 pots, free pizza & other drink specials, 5.30-7.30pm

J36
36 Johnston St, Fitzroy
$3.50 Local stubbies, 5-7.30pm

Big Mouth
168 Acland St, St Kilda
$1 pots 5-7, 10-11

The Greyhound
Cnr Carlisle St and Brighton Rd, St Kilda
$2 pots, 5.30-7.30pm

Eden on the Park
6 Queens Rd, Albert Park
$3 wine, $3.50 botted local beer, $4.00 spirits, 5-7pm

Earl of Lincoln
59 Church St, Richmond
$20 all you can drink, 7-10pm - Pick of the night

Bridie O'Reilly's
462 Chapel St, South Yarra
$4 pints, 6-8pm

Mentone Hotel
95 Beach Rd, Mentone
$2 pots, 5-7pm

Hawthorn Hotel
481 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn
$2 pots, $3.50 basic spirits, 5.30-6.30pm

Lotus
172 Toorak Rd, Toorak
$3 basic spirits + beer, 5-9pm

Burvale Hote
Burwood Hwy, Nunawading
$3 Crownies

Geebung Polo Club
339 Racecourse Rd, Flemington
$4 pints, 6-7pm












Saturday

Young and Jacksons
Cnr Flinders and Swanston Sts, City
'Beer Ambassador': free beer tasting 3pm

Roo Bar
167 Franklin Street, City
$7 Jugs

Carlton Hotel
197 Bourke St, City
$1.90 pots, 2-4pm

The Greyhound
Cnr Carlisle St and Brighton Rd, St Kilda
$2 pots, 5.30-7.30pm

Bridie O'Reilly's
462 Chapel St, South Yarra
$4 pints, 8-10pm. - Pick of the night



















Sunday

Young and Jacksons
Cnr Flinders and Swanston Sts, City
'Beer Ambassador': free beer tasting 3pm

Roo Bar
167 Franklin Street, City.
$3 pints

The Greyhound
Cnr Carlisle St and Brighton Rd, St Kilda
$2 pots, 5.30-7.30pm

The Cricketers Arms
327 Punt Rd, Richmond
$2 pots - Pick of the night




















All Week

Bar at Ong Asian Food Court
Basement, 265 Little Bourke St, City
$3.30 bottled beer

Saluti
525 Collins St, City.
$7 long necks

Cheers
25 Little Bourke St, City
$3.80 Crown Lager bottles

Normandy Hotel
139 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill
$2.50 schooners, $3 bottled beer

Queensberry Hotel
593, Swanston St, Carlton
$4 pints (Tooheys)

Red Eye Bar
17 Carlisle St, St Kilda
$2 pots (xxxx) all day. 2 for 1 Tooheys pots 5-6pm.

Royal Oak
527 Bridge Rd, Richmond
$3 schooners/spirits - Pick of the night

Hawthorn Hotel
481 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn.
$2 pots, $3.50 basic spirits, 8-9pm.

Father Flanagan's $10 steak - Review

We started out this evening with the plan to tackle the Sunday roast at Don't Tell Tom in Sydney Road. Sadly, we were informed by the friendly bloke checking tickets at the door, that they had a tickets-only show on at the moment, as part of the music festival. So folks, if you are chasing a sunday roast, right now don't pay any attention to my list. I'm hoping things will be back to normal in a couple of weeks, but if they aren't I'll have to do a bit of updating.

So the three of us ventured down to Father Flanagan's, 484 Smith St (on the corner of Alexander Pde & Smith St) in Collingwood to sample their $10 steaks instead.
We were pretty happy with what we found, so without further ado, here's the story.

Salad: I can't rave about the salad, it had some squiggle of very ordinary creamy dressing across the top of some sliced onion and tomato over mixed leaves, but it was better than none at all, and didn't detract from the main event.
Chips: always a shame when they are placed under the steak, as there's the chance of sogginess, but these were fine. I'm always quick to shift the steak when it appears anyway, so any possible sogging avoided. Fairly generous serve of decent chips.
Steak: decent t-bone, everyone was happy with the way their steak was cooked to their liking, served with a basic pub-style gravy over the top. Thankfully it wasn't swimming in the stuff as I'm not the world's biggest fan of it, but its always good when there's something there to finish the chips off with.
Drinks: we had pints of beer and cider with our dinner, they were good, and not overpriced.
Atmosphere at the pub: tonight was fairly quiet, a couple of Irish boys sitting up at the bar chatting to the bartender, a handful of other people around, with Phil Collins crooning gently over the soundsytem. Definitely not a packed and jumping kind of place, although I have been here for St Patrick's Day and you couldn't move - packed in like sardines. From the looks of it they cater to the Uni crowd pretty well with lots of student offers, cheap drinks on certain nights etc.

Overall - good deal, definitely a bargain steak night to recommend if you're at a loose end on a Sunday and you've run out of dosh.

Note: I do have a shot of the plate on my phone but having trouble downloading it for some reason. Will get to it when I've had a word with the phone co.

More fodder!

OK I've gone forth and fetched up a few more places that are elsewhere for my southern & eastern-based cousins. I may have even dug up a couple from the west, too! Yes, not all of these are $10. I will slowly whittle it back as I go along. What I'd like eventually is to have the ideal list - the best $10 meal in Melbourne for every night of the week. Occasionally when I need a change of pace or I'm feeling a bit flush, I'll go all out and try one of these $12 or $13 nights...

How's this list looking? I'm pretty keen to give some of these a try-out. If anyone else has a review or a suggestion for me, please feel free to post it in the comments section. Or you can email me on 10dollarmealsinmelb (at) gmaildotcom

Monday
Father Flanagan's, 484 Smith St (Cnr Alexander Pde & Smith St) Collingwood - $5 meals & $6 steins
Clare Castle Hotel, 354 Graham St, Port Melbourne - All Meals $10
The Hawthorn Hotel, 481 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn - Parma & a pot $10 (6-9pm)
Prince Alfred Hotel, 355 Bay St, Port Melbourne - everything on the menu is $13 (except entrees/bar snacks, which are $6.50 - $9.50)
Gertrude Hotel, 148 Gertrude St, Fitzroy - all meals $12 except for steak & salmon $14
Richmond Club Hotel, 100 Swan St, Richmond - $10 parma
Edinburgh Castle, 681 Sydney Rd, Brunswick - $9.99 for roo & glass of wine

Tuesday
Clare Castle Hotel, 354 Graham St, Port Melbourne - Choice of 5 Parmas for $10
Stag's Head Hotel, 39 Cecil St, Williamstown - Parma $10 (advisable to book)
Gertrude Hotel, 148 Gertrude St, Fitzroy - Pasta/Parma night $10
The Hawthorn Hotel, 481 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn - Parma & a pot $10 (6-8.30pm)
Richmond Club Hotel, 100 Swan St, Richmond - $10 steak
Rathdowne Tavern, 184 Rathdowne St, Carlton - $10 steak night
Edinburgh Castle, 681 Sydney Rd, Brunswick - $9.50 pot and a pie

Wednesday
The Nash Hotel, 344 Victoria St, Richmond - Porterhouse with chips & salad, choice of gravies for $12, available both lunch (12-2.30pm) and dinner (6-9pm)
Stag's Head Hotel, 39 Cecil St, Williamstown - steak $12 (advisable to book)
The Hawthorn Hotel, 481 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn - Parma & a pot $10 (6-9pm)
The Bendigo Hotel, 125 Johnston St, Collingwood - Parma (9 different varieties) & a pot $10
Cornish Arms, 163A Sydney Rd, Brunswick - $12 steak night
Father Flanagan's, 484 Smith St (Cnr Alexander Pde & Smith St) Collingwood - $10 monster roast

Thursday
Gertrude Hotel, 148 Gertrude St, Fitzroy - Parma $10, Steak $14
The Hawthorn Hotel, 481 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn - $12 steak night (6-9pm)
Palookaville, 416 Brunswick St, Fitzroy - everything $10
Father Flanagan's, 484 Smith St (Cnr Alexander Pde & Smith St) Collingwood - $11 parma & a pot

Friday
The Bendigo Hotel, 125 Johnston St, Collingwood - scotch fillet steak & a pot $10
The Hawthorn Hotel, 481 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn - $12 mains (6-7pm)

Saturday
The Rose Hotel, 406 Napier St, Fitzroy - mains $8.50 - $13 (12pm - 10pm)
Palookaville, 416 Brunswick St, Fitzroy - everything $10

Sunday
Don't Tell Tom, 420 Sydney Rd, Brunswick - $10 sunday roast
Father Flanagan's, 484 Smith St (Cnr Alexander Pde & Smith St) Collingwood - $10 steaks
Spread Eagle Hotel, 372 Bridge Rd, Richmond - Parma-fest (Choice of 5 toppings - Hawaiian, Mexican, Traditional, Bolognese and Meat Lovers) $12