South Bar And Restaurant
454 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia
Open nowToday 12:30 – 21:30 · by the venue's published hoursFull hours
A well-regarded bar and restaurant near St Kilda in Melbourne with a 4.5 rating across 132 reviews.
Practical details
Opening hours
Open now- Monday
- 12:30 – 21:30
- Tuesday
- 16:30 – 20:30
- Wednesday
- 12:30 – 21:30
- Thursday
- 12:30 – 21:30
- FridayToday
- 12:30 – 21:30
- Saturday
- 12:30 – 21:30
- Sunday
- 12:30 – 16:30
Menu
Menu link from the venue's own website. Prices and items can change — the venue's page is the source of truth.
Open menuWhy it's worth checking out
South Bar and Restaurant is a Mediterranean-focused venue at 454 St Kilda Road, St Kilda, with a menu that ranges across seafood, meat, vegetarian dishes, burgers, salads and pasta. It is open Monday to Saturday, with a weekday happy hour running from 2 to 4.
The menu includes familiar shared starters such as hummus with bread, nachos, chicken wings and vegetable spring rolls. Seafood options include Gamberoni Piccanti and salmon fillet, while the meat section features Persian chicken with rice, lamb shank and ribeye steak with chips. Smoky eggplant with rice provides a vegetarian main, and there are also Greek and prawn salads, plus prawn, Bolognese and garlic vegetable pasta.
The venue combines an indoor bar with an outdoor terrace, giving it space for casual meals, drinks and larger gatherings. Its website also promotes venue hire and birthday parties, although event details are yet to be confirmed. With its broad menu and dedicated bar area, South Bar and Restaurant is suited to groups looking for different dining options, as well as occasions that call for a restaurant setting in Melbourne's St Kilda area.
Spot Score
The Spot Score is our composite of five signals — two about the venue's standing with visitors and three about how complete and current this listing is. It is not a visitor rating and not a verdict on the food or the experience. The 4.5 from 132 reviews is Google's visitor rating, shown separately and never altered by us.
About the venue · from Google
- ReputationGoogle star rating, smoothed for review count
- 76
- PopularityHow many Google reviews it has
- 64
About this listing · our record
- Information qualityWebsite, menu and structured details on file
- 30
- Category fitHow well it matches its listed category
- 70
- FreshnessHow recently we last checked our sources
- 30
Last checked against sources 18 June 2026.
Our independent editorial score — not a user rating.
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