Top Picks: Summer Happy Hours & Offers

From $5 Wines To $10 Pints And Iconic Braai Flounder Enjoy Everything On Offer This Summer

Amphlett House | Daily Happy Hour
19 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Soak up the summer atmosphere and head into Amphlett House as the popular CBD haunt pours $5 schooners, $5 tap wines and $10 pints during its famed daily happy hour between 4 – 6 pm.

Popular tap wines and sparkling include:

  • Prosecco
  • Chilled red
  • Pinot Noir
  • San Giovese
  • Pinot Grigio

Neighbourhood Wine | ‘Patio Aperitivo’
1 Reid Street, Fitzroy North, VIC 3068

This summer, Melbourne darling, Neighbourhood Wine will host ‘Patio Aperitivo’, offering terrace diners a complimentary snack with each drink purchased, every day from 4-6 pm to make the most of the summer sunshine. Snacks on head chef Almay Jordaan’s seasonally changing menu currently include: 

  • Port Douglas (SA) natural Pacific oysters ​ 
  • Robbins Island wagyu, bone marrow, sourdough cracker 
  • Honeydew melon and capocollo ​ 

Drinks in the ‘Patio Aperitivo’ include all wines by the glass, beers, and cocktails from the team’s considered menu, with house favourites such as: 

  • Fitzroy Northside; thyme syrup, fresh mint, lemon & lime juice 
  • Venetian Spritz; Rondo & Lemoss Prosecco with fresh orange and a green olive 
  • Sullied Martini; Four Pillars Gin, dry vermouth, muddles green olive & Kampot pepper

Old Palm Liquor | Braai Flounder
133B Lygon St, Brunswick East VIC 3057

This summer, Brunswick East’s beloved, Old Palm Liquor, is plating up a seasonal mid-week special – South-African-inspired, fire-licked flounder. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays for $45pp, enjoy the flounder special for lunch or dinner which includes woodfired flatbread and whipped cod roe to start, followed by braai-grilled whole flounder with vinaigrette de moules & pomme frites.

Opt to finish on a sweet note for an additional $16 per plate, choosing between:

  • lemon thyme & creme diplomat tart, poached rhubarb
  • spiced tea cheesecake, candied citrus, peanut crumble
  • chocolate ganache, citrus sorbet, pepita praline & bay leaf

Bookings: here

Image credit: Chege

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