The Crafty Squire

Located at 127 Russell Street in the heart of the CBD, the Crafty Squire is one of Melbourne’s best pubs. Formerly the Portland Hotel, this iconic venue has recently undergone extensive renovations to offer you a modern bar, microbrewery, restaurant and function facilities across two levels.

6 / 10
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    +61 3 9810 0064

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    thecraftysquire.com.au

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  • Type

    Pub

Address

115-127 Russell St Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes (incl. NFC Payments & MasterCard)
Wi-Fi No
Outdoor Seating Yes
Menus Lunch, Dinner, Happy Hour
Drinks Beer, Full Bar

Comments / 51


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paddle beer cider spacious happy hour malts breweries casual pork belly outdoor seating good for groups fried chicken comedy authentic meats music dinner good for special occasions lunch chips
Addam Hardy

Great place to do some work and knock back a few beers . Gets a bit louder after 5 though. But then you can just stop working and start drinking more :)

William Hanlon

Surprised the rating is so low - perhaps when packed it's a different experience... but multiple food options have been solid & the beer is great. Lots of different areas as well , for different vibes.

Demi-Rose Reeves

Cocktails , outdoor terrace . Something for everyone and amazing space. Go here. Recently done up and looks nice

Shayne Ratford

Rump steak is average for the price. Potatoes were luke warm. However the Portland Grazing Plate was a great starter. Good size parmagana aswell. Beers were awesome obviously.

Tm Bo

Trivia night is monday! Large selection of beers ciders and a hearty choice of food. Street seating.

Marc Swan

Love this pub , beer is awesome and the grub is pretty good too. Always stop in here when I'm in Melbourne

Roy Halvor Frimanslund

Sun Down smell snd taste of toilet water (or what I imagine toilet water would taste like). The halfblood is very good and most of the other beers are also worth a go. 15 $ tasting paddle .

Shilpesh Mishra

Parma, fried chicken and beers on tap ! Spacious and great vibe.

Ahmad Saud

Man United Fan Bar , great selections of various crafted beverages.????????????????

Praveen Vijayan

Awesome little brewery in the heart of the CBD. Great service.

Chad Rogers

Tasting paddles are good...upstairs is great for fresh air

James Squire Brewhouse

@geoff S. The restriction is a local council by-law. We have no control over it. We would have them out there all night if we could. Thanks for the feedback

Chad Rogers

The beer selection is awesome...the burger was so so

Carmen W

The Chaser came recommended. Not a bad drop for a summer's evening. Cheers!

Todd Burton

Happy hour (4-6pm) $7 pints of craft beers and ciders

Suraj Varma

Live music and the atmosphere was great!

Chris Wong

Pork belly is really good

Mike Brosche

Plenty of room and good beers

Nantha Balan

Love the sampler!

Ezekiel Kigbo

Try the tasting paddles , good overview of their brews!

Danny Moch

The Four Wives pilsner is worth every penny

jon accarrino

This place used to be a strip club . There's a stripper pole and "massage room" upstairs.

Savio Sebastian

Kangaroo Burger 's great... the meat's really soft!

Yavuz B.

Get the Sampler Paddle if you can't decide what to get.

Ratih

Try their Orchard Fresh apple cider .

Geoff Stone

Can't sit and drink on their own outside tables after 10.30 or some such. Sort it out.

Justin Freitag

can't go wrong with the original amber ale and the beer battered fish n' chips (unless your name is R. Postill)

Brett O

The Craic is great if you like that sort of thing. The porter is on special this week

Stef van der Krieken

Very trendy place

Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd

If youre looking for some laughs theres mprovised comedy is upstairs here on Friday night!

D.A. Arneson

Happy Hour .

wayne Scholes

Best chips ever. Ev.er.

Adam M

On my second craic ... This stuff is awesome. It'll put hair on your chest :)

Ben Moreau

Portland light ale was brilliant, the american spectacular is too dry

James

Gentlemen, the parmigiana has bacon . BACON .

Roger Christie

The Portland Pale Ale is delicious!

Shannon P

If you're hungry try the big Parma. It's bloody huge!!

Nick Parker

Make sure your 100% clear on what you order other wise you'll end up with chat potatoes

Oleg Deryabin

Pale Ale , Porter

Audi Roedel

The mad brewers scribble gum lager is amazing.... Yummmmy

Arwen Griffioen

Oktoberbrau is awesome. Burger hasn't arrived yet.

Chris Steffanoni

catch a gig when the comedy festival is on

Josh Chaffey

Loud and obnoxious. Rude patrons. Overpriced, sub-par food in tiny portions. I love James Squire ales , but seriously, never again.

Audi Roedel

I mean scribbly lager ---- god damn predictive text.... Any way you'll love it...

Ben

A bad place where you can't get in unless you're Dutch

Ryan Moore

The beer is great, but stay away from the “Craic ” stout — awful stuff.

zzap

Rude staff . Especially the brunette with the tat on her lower arm. Also noisy . Good selection of beers though.

Chris Hosking

Look behind you!

Matthew Cowling

ok, we had lunch here and the beer was fine, damned fine. The burger was ok. Claire was lovely.

Shahirwan Gibraltar

Love

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