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Black Pearl
Melbourne, Australia · Neighbourhood late-night cocktail bar · Australia & Pacific
Black Pearl is a long-running Fitzroy neighbourhood cocktail institution and industry training ground, serving cocktails and beer in an inclusive late-night room.
Description source · Checked 2026-09-20
Plan Your Visit
304 Brunswick St, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia
- Style
- Neighbourhood late-night cocktail barChecked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Hours
- Wednesday–Sunday 5pm–3am; closed Monday–Tuesday.Checked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Booking
- Black Pearl is walk-in only and takes no reservations; the upstairs Attic accepts private-function enquiries by email.Checked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Menu
- Cocktails and beer in a Fitzroy neighbourhood bar.Checked 2026-10-02 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
40.9 / 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
- 74.0
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- 59.8
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- 45.9
- Serious press
- —Outside window · Evidence exists, but falls outside the scoring window; contributes zero
- Social Vibes
- 64.4
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
92/ 100
The existing 92/100 remains the historical proprietary read. This check qualifies cited sources without recalculating the score.
Score context
Juliana Yu’s Time Out review praises Black Pearl’s cocktails and welcome, but the page explicitly says the review was written in 2019 and updated in October 2024. Broadsheet’s historical venue profile also describes the main bar and upstairs Attic. Both are editorial sources, not a new customer sample.
Guest sources checked:
Publication and posting dates are distinct from visit dates. The original score, confidence and stored evidence remain unchanged.
Guest score details
What the cited sources say
- The historical critic review praises cocktails and the welcome.
Source excerpt
“Melburnians never needed the succession of big international awards to know that the Black Pearl is where you go for a bloody good cocktail.”
The source excerpt is Juliana Yu’s 2019 critic prose, cut at the opening clause and given terminal punctuation; the page was updated in October 2024.
Source: timeout.com (linked below)
This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.
Editorial citations in this read
- timeout.comJuliana Yu — Time Out · Review written in 2019; updated 23 October 2024
The page expressly says the review was written in 2019 and elements may have changed. The sample is the critic’s opening clause, cut before a dash and given terminal punctuation; it is not a new 2024 customer visit.
- broadsheet.com.auBroadsheet — Editorial venue profile · Updated 14 December 2023; original schema date 14 May 2015
Saved editorial directory copy identifies Black Pearl at 304 Brunswick Street and distinguishes upstairs The Attic. Original schema 2015 and visible update 2023 are historical; neither is a newly established guest visit.
Crowd signal
Google 4.6★ across 743 reviews.
View on Google · Checked . Ratings and review counts can change.
Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
Top 500 Bars
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.