The Smith

The Smith sits at 213 High Street in Prahran, one of the strip's best-known dining pubs. It reopened in 2017 after a multi-million-dollar renovation that roughly doubled its footprint, and today runs as an all-day gastropub with a dramatic open kitchen, a courtyard and two upstairs function rooms (Mr Smith and Mrs Smith). The menu leans contemporary and produce-driven, spanning smaller plates through to larger mains like barramundi and steak frites.

The non-alcoholic angle is documented in Broadsheet's guide to Melbourne's best non-alcoholic drink spots, which highlights the venue as a south-side gastropub where you can order alcohol-free takes on the Espresso Martini and Negroni, or leave it to the bartenders to mix a mocktail to taste. Alongside the built cocktails there is a real selection of zero-percent house wine and beer on offer, so non-drinkers are catered for across the whole list rather than a single token option.

The specific non-alcoholic spirit brand behind the zero-proof cocktails is not named in the sources reviewed, so it is left unstated here; the drinks are made in-house by the bar team rather than served from a fixed printed NA menu. Hours run daily from around midday to midnight, and the room works equally as a casual bar stop or a sit-down dinner.