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Apollo Inn
Melbourne, Australia · Intimate cocktail bar · Australia & Pacific
Apollo Inn is an intimate Melbourne cocktail bar by Gimlet, named for a nineteenth-century public house and centred on cocktail craft.
Description source · Checked 2026-09-20
Plan Your Visit
165 Flinders Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
- Style
- Intimate cocktail barChecked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Hours
- Saturday–Thursday from 5pm until late; Friday from 3pm until late.Checked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Booking
- The venue provides a booking route.Checked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Prices
- The current cocktail page lists the Dry, Wet, Gibson and Dirty Martinis at $26 each.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
- Menu
- The venue links to drinks and food menus.Checked 2026-09-20 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
35.9 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 60.7
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- 67.4
- Serious press
- 12.2
- Social Vibes
- 57.4
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
82/ 100
Score context
Guests describe an intimate, polished room with well-made cocktails and attentive service. The small space can call for a booking; other visitors found it dark, noisy or expensive. This is a modest sample of five directly authored Tripadvisor reviews plus a local martini recommendation.
Guest score details
What guests like
- carefully made cocktails and martinis
- knowledgeable, attentive service
- intimate classic room
What to know
- darkness and high noise on some visits
- small space needs planning
- some guests find it expensive
Source excerpt
“Drinks were extremely well made.”
Source: tripadvisor.com.au (linked below)
Review & discussion links
Crowd signal
Google 4.4★ across 254 reviews.
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Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
No recorded global awards in the scored window.
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.