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  • The cocoon-like interior space of Curious bar, with a textured wall and ceiling, and small groupings of round tables and club chairs.
  • Scientific-themed cocktail with glass tube and bucket.
  • Cognac-hued cocktail on a round marble table.
  • A red cocktail in a small martini glass, balanced on a pink vinyl record that rests on a turntable at Curious bar.

Curious

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  • Cocktail bar

Curious blends music programming, creative concoctions and a menu of small bites and sharing plates, for an all-night Melbourne cocktail bar experience.

Five different cocktails presented on a black marble table.
Special offer Five years. Five icons.

From cult favourites to guest obsessions, revisit the five most-loved cocktails throughout November.

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Four tomato-based cocktails in four different shaped cocktail glasses, on a dark marble table.
Special offer Tomato Flavour Flight

Tomatoes headline this 3-course cocktail flight, reimagined from entrée to dessert. Tues-Sat, 5pm.

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Day Times
Monday
  • Closed
Tuesday
  • 5pm - 12am 5pm - 12am
Wednesday
  • 5pm - 12am 5pm - 12am
Thursday
  • 5pm - 12am 5pm - 12am
Friday
  • 5pm - 1am 5pm - 1am
Saturday
  • 5pm - 1am 5pm - 1am
Sunday
  • Closed

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W Melbourne, enter via Market Street
Curious
408 Flinders Ln
Melbourne 3000

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  • telephone number: 03 9113 8862
  • email address: curious@whotels.com
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Miss Gunn's Basement Bar

A basement bar beneath Flinders Street Station offering cocktails and snacks.

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Bar Ferdinand

Bar Ferdinand is a lush world where the romance of botanicals meets the mood of a Victorian bar.

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