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Black Pearl

Cocktail bar

Why we point you here

Black Pearl charted on the World's 50 Best Bars list for an impressive decade, peaking at No.

30 in 2018—the kind of pedigree that makes it worth building a night around. Melbourne's cocktail scene runs deep, and we'd point you to this bar as a reliable place to see what earned it that international recognition.

Accolades

  • 2017No. 22
  • 2016No. 22
  • 2015No. 10
  • 2014No. 37
  • 2013No. 7
  • 2012No. 19
  • 2011No. 10
  • 2010No. 13
  • 2009No. 11

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Charted by World's 50 Best Bars · Top 500 Bars· Last verified 2026-07-11