Best Mocktails in Melbourne, Victoria
Melbourne — one of the world's great coffee and cocktail cities — has quietly built what may be the Southern Hemisphere's deepest non-alcoholic scene, and its strength runs from genuine fully alcohol-free anchors to the fine-dining rooms that treat zero-proof as a real menu. The dedicated spots lead: Brunswick Aces, billed as Australia's first permanent non-alcoholic bar, pours a 0% cocktail list built on the gin-like Sapiir it distils on-site in Brunswick East; NON HQ in Cheltenham is the world's first non-alcoholic cellar door, pouring founder Aaron Trotman's chef-crafted NON "wine alternatives"; Sip & Enjoy in Abbotsford is Melbourne's first dedicated alcohol-free bottle shop; and SAMU Matcha House keeps a fully alcohol-free Japanese tea bar in Collingwood. The inner-north carries the everyday depth — the all-day bar Teller prints five named zero-proof cocktails in Brunswick East, Fitzroy's Polly, Marion and Black Pearl build serious spirit-free serves, and Bridge Road Brewers' Brunswick taproom pours its own alcohol-free beer alongside NA-forward bottle shops like Beermash and REH Liquids. And the city's celebrated kitchens play along: Ben Shewry's globally ranked Attica runs a full house-made juice pairing beside its wine match, Vue de monde pours a dedicated non-alcoholic pairing from Level 55 of the Rialto, and Amaru in Armadale builds a zero-proof flight of equal ambition — proof that in Melbourne, not drinking never means settling for a soda.
34 verified venues · 21 with named NA cocktails on menu
Named NA cocktails on the menu
These Melbourne venues list specific non-alcoholic cocktails on their published menus.
- ★★★★★?
Runner Up is a hidden rooftop bar and garden tucked above the Collingwood Yards creative precinct, reached via a small terrace and elevator off Johnston St. Alongside its cocktails it keeps a genuine no/low line-up: Heaps Normal XPA 0% and Drivers Non-Alc Lager on tap-style pours, NON7 Stewed Cherry & Coffee, a Lyre's Italian non-alcoholic spritz, and a rotating set of house mocktails. It's a relaxed, plant-strewn perch with 270-degree views over Melbourne's inner north.
Signature NA drinks- Heaps Normal XPA 0% — Australian non-alcoholic extra pale ale
- NON7 Stewed Cherry & Coffee — sparkling non-alcoholic (NON)
- Lyre's Italian non-alcoholic spritz
- Drivers Non-Alc Lager (weekday sundown special)
- French Raspberry (house mocktail)
- Maple Plum Spritz (house mocktail)
- Coconut Cold Open (house mocktail)
- ★★★★★?
NON HQ is the Cheltenham headquarters of NON, the Melbourne alcohol-free 'wine alternative' brand founded by Aaron Trotman in 2019 - and the world's first non-alcoholic cellar door. Everything poured is 0.0%: the chef-crafted NON range (NON1 Salted Raspberry & Chamomile through the darker NON7 Stewed Cherry & Coffee), built from real ingredients with culinary techniques rather than de-alcoholised wine. It's a booking-only tasting experience rather than a walk-in bar - intimate first-Friday tours (A$50pp, max ten guests) that walk you through how the liquids are made and finish with a guided tasting paired with cheese and charcuterie.
Signature NA drinks- NON1 Salted Raspberry & Chamomile - balanced sweet-and-salty 0.0% wine alternative with chamomile tannins and a floral finish
- NON2 Caramelised Pear & Kombu - bold, buttery-textured alcohol-free pour with kombu minerality and a lingering spice finish
- NON3 Toasted Cinnamon & Yuzu - bright, tart and savoury chef-crafted wine alternative
- NON5 Lemon Marmalade & Hibiscus - tart native citrus with a floral body and menthol finish
- NON7 Stewed Cherry & Coffee - rich dark fruit with a spiced nose and coffee undertones
- ★★★★★?
Teller is an all-day bar and eatery set inside a converted 1918 bank on Lygon Street in Brunswick East, and it carries one of Melbourne's deeper no-and-low drinks lists. The zero-proof menu runs five named mocktails built on real NA spirits - 'Rumour Has It' with Brunswick Aces Sapiir Diamonds gin, yuzu and pomegranate, and 'The Spritz You Miss' built on Lyre's Italian Spritz - alongside NA beers (Heaps Normal Quiet XPA, Guinness 0.0, Blackman's Zero, Capital Pacific Ale) and alcohol-free wines from Altina, Leitz and NON. NoLo Life rates its alcohol-free range five stars.
Signature NA drinks- Rumour Has It (A$15) - Brunswick Aces Sapiir Diamonds gin, yuzu, pomegranate, mint, lime
- The Spritz You Miss (A$17) - Lyre's Italian Spritz, soda, Plus & Minus prosecco & orange
- Bloody Mojito (A$14) - Four Pillars Bloody Bandwagon, lime, mint, soda
- Rustic Verve Spritz (A$13) - NON #9 blackberries & Stanley plum, beetroot & pink peppercorn syrup, lemonade
- Wildwood Shrub (A$14) - house-made berry coulis, house-made lemon & ginger shrub, soda
- ★★★★★?
Amaru is chef-owner Clinton McIver's intimate, three-hatted Armadale dining room, where the degustation comes with a full non-alcoholic pairing (approx A$95pp) that reviewers rate as a highlight in its own right. Rather than off-the-shelf mocktails, the drinks are built entirely in-house from infusions, ferments and kitchen off-cuts - a kombucha-like sparkling bergamot shrub with Champagne vinegar and alcohol-free sparkling wine, a feijoa tea perfumed with blackcurrant leaves, and an umeshu-inspired quince drink among them. At the chef's counter, selecting a pairing (wine or non-alcoholic) is required, putting the zero-proof list on equal footing with the cellar.
Signature NA drinks- Sparkling bergamot shrub - house bergamot shrub with Champagne vinegar, topped with a gentle alcohol-free sparkling wine
- Feijoa tea perfumed with blackcurrant leaves
- Umeshu-inspired quince drink
- Yuzu skin elixir
- Blood orange and jasmine flower soda
- ★★★★★?
Taiyo Sun is a tiny, light-filled Japanese kissaten-style cafe run by Tats Kawabata on St Georges Road in Fitzroy North. It is alcohol-free by nature: the drinks list is built around whisked matcha — among the more talked-about in Melbourne — alongside a genuine curated tea menu (lapsang souchong, grapefruit green, sakuranbo cherry and blossoming jasmine flower) and Wide Open Road coffee with St David's Dairy milk. It is a quiet daytime cafe stop rather than a go-out-for-a-drink destination, but the matcha and tea program is real and well made.
Signature NA drinks- Matcha — whisked Japanese matcha (also served as a topping over homemade azuki red-bean toast)
- Blossoming jasmine flower tea
- Grapefruit green tea
- Sakuranbo (cherry) tea
- Lapsang souchong
- ★★★★★?
Danté is a modern-Greek restaurant and cocktail bar on Northcote's High Street styled after 1930s Parisian glamour, where every cocktail on the list can be built alcohol-free. Non-drinkers are treated as VIPs: the bar swaps in AF spirits, liqueurs and sparkling so zero-proof guests get the same menu, and cocktail architect Jacob will build a bespoke NA drink on request. Named AF builds include the Chios Spritz with house-made AF mastiha and AF prosecco, and the theatrical Honey Ginger on Fire with smoked AF bourbon.
Signature NA drinks- Blueberry Voir (AF) - house-made blueberry soda, lime juice, blue-pea butterfly tea syrup, egg white
- Honey Ginger on Fire (AF) - smoked AF bourbon, honey syrup, ginger
- Prince Pine (AF) - AF gin, pineapple juice, mint, lime, honey syrup, ginger syrup
- Chios Spritz (AF) - house-made AF mastiha, AF prosecco, grapefruit juice, lemon juice, soda
- ★★★★★?
Magic Mountain Saloon is a neon-lit, three-level modern Thai restaurant and bar at the theatre-district end of Melbourne's CBD, and its zero-proof list is a genuine part of the drinks program rather than an afterthought. Time Out Melbourne singled it out as a spot to drink when you're not drinking, pointing to four named mocktails - the Passion Punch, Sober Spritz, Day Off and a virgin Lychee Martini - all priced at A$9. Alongside the mocktails the bar pours non-alcoholic beers and Fentimans soft drinks, so a full non-drinking table has real range.
Signature NA drinks- Passion Punch (A$9 mocktail)
- Sober Spritz (A$9 mocktail)
- Day Off (A$9 mocktail)
- Virgin Lychee Martini (A$9 mocktail)
- ★★★★★?
Ben Shewry's globally ranked Ripponlea tasting-menu institution runs a full sommelier-curated non-alcoholic pairing in parallel with its wine match, so guests who skip alcohol get the same considered flight rather than an afterthought. The zero-proof drinks are house-made ferments, juices and infusions built largely from produce grown in Attica's own garden - a cold-smoked Granny Smith apple juice poured against paperbark-torched King George whiting is the signature match. Past pairings have run to 'rosella and all-spice', 'riberries and grapefruit' and 'desert lime and apple cider'.
Signature NA drinks- Cold-smoked Granny Smith apple juice - house cold-smoked, paired with paperbark-torched King George whiting
- Rosella and all-spice - house-made non-alcoholic infusion
- Riberries and grapefruit - house-made non-alcoholic pairing drink
- Desert lime and apple cider - native desert lime pairing drink
- ★★★★★?
Matcha Mate is a fully alcohol-free matcha cafe and tasting room at 100 Langridge Street, Collingwood, opened as a standalone shop at the end of 2025 by Belle Vy and Chian Ting — who first ran it as a pop-up inside their CBD dessert shop Nimbo in 2023. Guests are walked through seven first-harvest Japanese matcha blends and two roasted hojicha varieties the way a wine bar guides you through bottles, from the creamy, malty house blend Hikari to the bright, floral single-cultivar Osu, all hand-whisked to order. Zero alcohol by design, it's a genuine daytime social spot built entirely around tea.
Signature NA drinks- Usucha — ceremonial thin-whisked matcha, hand-prepared from a single blend such as Osu or Hikari
- Strawberry matcha latte
- Apple crumble matcha (summer special)
- Iced matcha latte with optional matcha ice-cream, matcha cream, matcha pudding or house-made dango
- ★★★★★?
INI Studio is a fully alcohol-free, all-white specialty cafe on Queensberry Street in Carlton, built around silky ceremonial matcha and manual-brew coffee. It is a daytime third-space rather than a bar: the drinks list runs to a matcha latte (A$5.50), an iced matcha (A$7.50) that reviewers rate among the best in Melbourne, and a hojicha latte (A$5.50), alongside pour-over coffee, seasonal Korean binsu shaved ice, waffles and tiramisu. There is a second, equally minimalist location on Smith Street in Collingwood. Every drink on the menu is non-alcoholic.
Signature NA drinks- Matcha latte — whisked ceremonial matcha with milk (around A$5.50)
- Iced matcha — cold matcha over ice, rated among Melbourne's best (around A$7.50)
- Hojicha latte — roasted green tea latte (around A$5.50)
- Filter / pour-over coffee — manual-brew specialty coffee
- ★★★★★?
Beneath Driver Lane is a subterranean CBD cocktail den hidden in the vault of the old GPO Money Order Office, down a lane off Little Bourke Street. Alongside its whisky-heavy classic-cocktail program it keeps a genuine run of 100% alcohol-free builds - a zero-proof Negroni, a spiced pineapple Daiquiri, a Winter Paloma and an Americano - documented by Time Out as being 'just as lip-smackingly good' as the full-strength list.
Signature NA drinks- Zero-proof Negroni - 100% alcohol-free
- Spiced pineapple Daiquiri - 100% alcohol-free
- Winter Paloma - 100% alcohol-free
- Americano - 100% alcohol-free
- ★★★★★?
Bridge Road Brewers' 350-seat Melbourne brewery and dining hall is one of the rare beer venues where the alcohol-free option is brewed in-house rather than bought in. The Beechworth brewery, founded by Ben and Maria Kraus in 2005, brews its own sub-0.5% ABV 'Free Time' range - a hazy pale hopped with Citra, Simcoe and Enigma, plus a Hazy IPA and an Alc-Free Stout - and pours it on tap alongside its full-strength lineup across 30 tap lines. For a working craft brewery, having a genuine house AF beer line on the pour list makes the zero-proof choice a real one, not an afterthought.
Signature NA drinks- Free Time Alc-Free Hazy Pale - sub-0.5% ABV hazy pale ale hopped with Citra, Simcoe and Enigma; juicy hop aroma, low bitterness, clean finish (28 IBU)
- Free Time Alc-Free Hazy IPA - sub-0.5% ABV alcohol-free hazy IPA from the house Free Time range
- Free Time Alc-Free Stout - sub-0.5% ABV alcohol-free stout brewed in-house
- ★★★★★?
Beermash is a Collingwood beer bar and bottle shop on Smith Street with more than 20 rotating taps and 200-plus bottles and cans, run by Kieran Hennessy (co-owner of Rockwell & Sons) and Shayne Dixon (co-owner of Bonny in Fitzroy). Its non-alcoholic range is genuinely deep: a dedicated NA beer collection stocking Heaps Normal, Hop Nation, Garage Project, Molly Rose, Range, Bridge Road, One Drop and more. Beermash was also one of the first Melbourne venues to pour Heaps Normal's Original Draught -- the brand's first true non-alcoholic draught beer -- when it launched in February 2026.
Signature NA drinks- Heaps Normal Original Draught -- crisp non-alcoholic Aussie lager, poured on tap
- Heaps Normal Quiet XPA -- alcohol-free extra pale ale (fridge)
- Hop Nation Mind Ya Head XPA -- non-alcoholic extra pale ale (fridge)
- ★★★★★?
Marion is Andrew McConnell's celebrated Gertrude Street wine bar, sitting alongside his two-hat Cutler & Co in the heart of Fitzroy. Serious as its wine list is, the bar keeps a genuine low-and-no section for anyone off the vinos: an Italian Orange Spritz built on verjus and tonic, a Spritz Veneziano, and a sparkling salted raspberry-and-cranberry drink. Verjus runs through the kitchen too (used over vinegar in dressings), so the non-alcoholic pours read as considered rather than afterthoughts.
Signature NA drinks- Italian Orange Spritz - verjus and tonic
- Spritz Veneziano
- Sparkling salted raspberry and cranberry
- ★★★★★?
The Smith is a long-running Prahran gastropub on High Street whose bar team will build alcohol-free versions of the classics on request. Broadsheet's guide to Melbourne's best non-alcoholic drink spots singles it out for its zero-proof Espresso Martini and Negroni, plus bartender-made mocktails and a genuine selection of zero-percent house beer and house wine. It is a full dining pub rather than a dedicated AF venue, so the NA program is a real but supporting part of a broader drinks list.
Signature NA drinks- Alcohol-free Espresso Martini - a zero-proof take on the classic, mixed to order by the bartenders
- Alcohol-free Negroni - a non-alcoholic version of the bitter aperitivo
- Zero-percent house beer and house wine
- ★★★★★?
Fable is one of the tallest rooftop cocktail bars in the Melbourne CBD, perched on Level 13 of the Greek Community Building on Lonsdale Street. Alongside a mixologist-designed cocktail list, it runs three signature house mocktails built with the same care as its cocktails, including the Sancho Panza Vol 2 (watermelon syrup, lime, grapefruit, aquafaba, soda) and the Northstar (ginger, lime, mint, cucumber), plus an alcohol-free spiced-rum build. The zero-proof drinks pair with an entirely gluten-free Mediterranean share-plate menu.
Signature NA drinks- Sancho Panza Vol 2 - watermelon syrup, lime, grapefruit, aquafaba, soda (A$15)
- Northstar - ginger, lime, mint, cucumber (A$15)
- ★★★★★?
Brunswick Aces is billed as Australia's first permanent non-alcoholic bar and bottle shop, an attached distillery in Brunswick East that produces its own zero-proof botanical spirit, Sapiir. Founded by CEO Stephen Lawrence and co-founder Cameron Hunt, the bar pours a 0% cocktail list built on the house Hearts Sapiir - a juniper-forward, wattleseed-scented gin alternative - alongside NA beer from Heaps Normal, and zero-proof wine and spirits from Ovant, NON and Sweden's Gnista. The room has since reopened to serve a small full-strength selection, but the menu and identity remain firmly non-alcoholic-first.
Signature NA drinks- King Louis - coconut water, cucumber-mint cordial and house-distilled Hearts Sapiir (0%)
- ★★★★★?
Black Pearl is a Fitzroy cocktail institution on Brunswick Street that has been named among the World's 50 Best Bars, and its bartenders extend the same craft to their alcohol-free builds. Broadsheet's best-non-alcoholic-bars guide singles it out for giving zero-proof drinks equal billing, from a savoury shaken number with lacto-fermented tomato, lemon juice, honey, ginger and Lyre's Italian Spritz to fruit-forward mocktails. Non-alcoholic beer such as Heaps Normal is also poured alongside the celebrated cocktail list.
Signature NA drinks- Savoury shaken non-alcoholic cocktail with lacto-fermented tomato, lemon juice, honey, ginger and Lyre's Italian Spritz
- ★★★★★?
The Old Bar is a beloved live-music pub on Johnston Street in Fitzroy, open seven nights a week with gigs every night. In February 2026 it became one of just five Melbourne venues chosen to launch Heaps Normal's Original Draught - Australia's first non-alcoholic beer engineered specifically for tap - so gig-goers can order a fresh-poured alcohol-free lager at the same bar as everyone else. The NA anchor here is that Heaps Normal tap, a crisp Aussie-style lager, rather than a broad zero-proof list.
Signature NA drinks- Heaps Normal Original Draught - non-alcoholic crisp contemporary Aussie lager, brewed with low-bitterness noble hops and toasted malt, poured fresh from the tap
- ★★★★★?
Brunswick's longest-standing pub, opened in 1854, was one of a small group of Melbourne venues chosen to launch Heaps Normal's Original Draught on tap - Australia's first non-alcoholic draught beer. That means a genuine cold, poured AF beer at the bar rather than a can from the fridge: a crisp contemporary Aussie lager brewed with low-bitterness noble hops and toasted malt. It sits alongside the pub's extensive craft-beer list, gastropub food and a huge beer garden.
Signature NA drinks- Heaps Normal Original Draught (on tap) - crisp, contemporary non-alcoholic Aussie lager, brewed with low-bitterness noble hops and toasted malt
- ★★★★★?
This heritage bayside gastropub near Albert Park keeps a genuine booze-free option going behind the bar. Alongside alcohol-free beer and wine, Middle Park Hotel pours a zero-proof Espresso Martini built on cold-drip coffee, vanilla and Lyre's organic cane and coffee spirits, earning it a spot on Broadsheet's roundup of Melbourne's best non-alcoholic bars.
Signature NA drinks- Espresso Martini - cold-drip coffee, vanilla and Lyre's organic cane and coffee spirits
More NA-friendly venues in Melbourne
These venues have NA programs but haven't published a specific mocktail menu we can quote — call ahead or ask your bartender.
What makes a great mocktail?
A great mocktail isn't just a cocktail with the alcohol removed. The best non-alcoholic drinks are designed from the ground up around the flavor profile, mouthfeel, and ritual of a craft cocktail — without leaning on alcohol as a shortcut.
The signal: named drinks on a published menu, fresh-pressed juices, house-made shrubs or syrups, bitters and tinctures for complexity, and increasingly an NA-spirits section (Lyre's, Seedlip, Ritual, Wilderton, and others) used the same way a cocktail bar uses gin or whiskey. The opposite: an off-menu "we can make something" with no specific drinks, defaulting to soda, juice, or sparkling water.
That distinction is why we rank venues by mocktail menu depth and NA Program Strength rather than treating every "mocktail option" as equal. A bar that lists three named NA cocktails on its printed menu is doing the work; a bar that says "we can probably do something" is not.
Frequently asked about mocktails in Melbourne
21 venues in Melbourne serve named non-alcoholic cocktails on their menu. Top picks include Runner Up Rooftop Bar & Garden, NON HQ, Teller.
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