Speakeasy and Hidden Bar Tours in Australia: 11 to Book

1.Sydney’s Secret Bars Nightlife Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 188 reviews · from $46Our pick

Join Local Sauce Tours at 6:30 pm for a three to four-hour small-group night out through Sydney CBD, The Rocks, Surry Hills, Darlinghurst, or Newtown. Visit several bars, hear crime tales and local legends, enjoy one included beer or wine, and take home a map of bar tips.

“Traveling solo from the US. Wanted to meet some new people and have a little fun while exploring! This was the perfect tour to do this with! Would do this again in a heart beat!”

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2.Hidden Bars & Laneway Legends Tour Of Melbourne

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 177 reviews · from $46

Walk from Fed Square through Oliver Lane, AC/DC Lane, Chinatown, and Little Bourke Street with guides such as Tess, Tom, Bridgette, and Daniel. Hear unusual Melbourne stories, visit three laneway bars, join a trivia quiz, and receive a bar map. Drinks cost extra.

“It was good fun, very informative Certainly value for money, very wide ranging covering architecture, history even a ghost story The tour guide Brigitte was excellent and the group enjoyed themselves Lots of variety in the places we visited”

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3.Hidden Bar and Cocktail Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 62 reviews · 3 hours · from $63

Walk Melbourne’s alleys and stairways with an English-speaking guide such as Lucy, Ian, Jess, or Josh, and visit three unmarked bars. You’ll hear odd city stories, get cocktail suggestions, share finger food or pizza, and receive a map of 10 more bars. Drinks cost extra.

“Ian was a great story teller and Melbourne historian. Great to hear back story to the different bars. Would definitely do another tour.”

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4.Secret Bar Guided Tour with Complimentary Drink

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 52 reviews · 3h 30m · from $46

Join Local Sauce Tours for a 210-minute evening through Sydney’s small-bar scene. Your English-speaking host takes you to three or four bars in the CBD, Newtown, The Rocks, Chinatown, Surry Hills, or Darlinghurst, with one beer or wine included and a useful bar map at the end.

“Highly recommended, if you don’t know where to drink in Sydney. The guide brought the group to hidden gems in the city.”

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5.Hidden Bars of Melbourne

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 38 reviews · from $121

Meet your guide at Bourke Street Mall at 7 pm for a 3-hour-45-minute walk through Melbourne’s city-center bar scene. Guides including Sam, San, and Rosie lead small groups to 10 to 15 venues, with two cocktails included and stops adjusted to the group.

“Sam was brilliant. Very helpful, friendly, and made sure everyone got out of the experience what they were after.”

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6.Adelaide Hidden Bar Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · from $49

Join an English-speaking guide at 5 pm for a three-hour walk through Adelaide’s laneways and back streets, stopping at four lesser-known bars. Drinks are not included, but your guide can suggest alcoholic or alcohol-free choices. The group is limited to 12 people.

“The perfect tour for a first night in Adelaide. Our guide knew all the best places and we had a blast. Incorporating a dinner at the end of the tour would have made a perfect night.”

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7.Melbourne Beer Tour – Hidden Bars & Local Brews

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 12 reviews · 3 hours · from $239

Follow a local English-speaking guide, often Tristan, from central Melbourne by tram to Collingwood for tastings at three independent beer venues. Expect tasting paddles, paired snacks, brewing stories, about 1.5 km of walking, and a small group of up to 12, with private tours also available.

“Tristan was really cool. A true local. I would say this tour was disability friendly, I supported a man with Down syndrome on the tour and he really enjoyed it. It was just me, my client and Tristan. It felt like three mates who were all beer enthusiasts, going out to drink and chat mainly about beer, but Tristan had that local knowledge which added a lot to the experience.”

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8.Hidden Bars & Creepy Tales Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 10 reviews · 3 hours · from $46

Join an English-speaking guide such as Tess, Bridgette, Jay, or Alda for a three-hour walk from Queen Victoria Market to Flinders Lane. Hear grim Melbourne tales, visit the site of its first graveyard and Old Melbourne Gaol, and stop at three reserved laneway bars.

“Tess our guide was awesome, her historical knowledge was very informative and her storytelling entertaining with her wonderful insights into Melbourne's creepy past. Thank you, Tess, for an enjoyable evening, weeknight and all you made it a great night!”

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9.Hidden Bars & Laneway Legends Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.7 · 9 reviews · 3 hours · from $46

Walk Melbourne’s eastern CBD with an English-speaking guide such as Jay, Bridget, or Ben, stopping at three bars and tracing stories of gold, street art, old drinking rules, secret clubs, and a famous miscarriage of justice. Drinks cost extra, and the tour runs rain or shine.

“The guide Jay of Drinking History Tours was delightful in conversation, and we had many a wonderful discussion ranging from Melbourne history which was informative, to our shared travel interests, and politics. The visits to the selected bars showed us a range of choices. And Jay accompanied us at the end to an additional bar of our own choosing, Caretaker Tavern, delaying the end of our tour time, which was appreciated. Highly recommended tour for first timers to Melbourne.”

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10.Adelaide: Hidden Bar Tour with Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 6 reviews · 2h 30m · from $48

Meet your local guide at Beehive Corner for a 150-minute walk through Adelaide’s West End. Visit four tucked-away bars, buy drinks as you go, hear stories about corpses in pub cellars and old horse yards, and leave with a digital food and drink map.

“Ryan was an excellent tour guide with historical and drink knowledge. I went towards the end of my holiday in Adelaide, recommend going the first coupe of days. Tip: look for tour guide with tour company shirt.”

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11.Hidden Bars Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4 reviews · 4 hours · from $119

Join an English-speaking guide on Friday or Saturday night for a four-hour walk through Melbourne’s hidden bar scene. Visit up to 15 venues, enjoy two included cocktails at two different bars, and learn how plain doorways lead to some of the city’s most interesting drinking spots.

“Our tour guide was great & looked after all of our large group very well.”

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