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Very unhappy with this service! The drinks were well over-priced, the service even worse! Youre waiting over an hour for mediocre drinks where there i…
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Cheap beer at happy hour, burgers and stuff and pretty good vibe!Came here to meet some friends one time was just near chapel st so thought'd we pop i…
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$10 cocktails during cocktail happy hour and great dishes to share - can only recommend the fried chicken, eggplant and zucchini chips as well as the …
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10 Reviews on “Tyranny of Distance”
Met some friends here yesterday. This is a friendly bar, and when we arrived we were the only ppl there. That was before happy hour and by the time we left the place was packed.
My experience was good but a friend had trouble ordering drinks for our table with a blond haired bartender. The bartender wouldn’t let my friend buy 4 drinks which was odd given that we all brought a round of drinks earlier.
Other than that, I enjoyed my time there and this would be a great place in summer because it was open bright and breezy.
Happy days lol
Love the venue, it’s absolutely beautiful and very open, only ever been here during the day but I’m sure it would be an amazing bar. I got breakfast here so many times during highschool, I have one distinct memory however of getting a salad covered in little bugs, I was honestly shocked and was like oh.. it must be organic (I cry laughing when I think about it). Obviously the salad wasnt washed properly, they offered a refund or asked if I wanted something else but I was hungry and short on time so I opted for an eggs benedict without the salad. Still shocked to this day though, and havent been back to eat since! I got coffee still but the quality of that has gone down in the last 3yrs. I think their coffee guy quit so I try to go else where for my fix now!
Casual rustic place good for drinks. Not a lot of variety of beer available but if you stick to basics it won’t disappoint. I have a liking for causal, non pretentious places and it’s a pretty good value for money during happy hours. Eggplant chips are good but I have had better. Tyranny of distance is a breadth of fresh air in the upmarket Chapel Street princinct.
Kung Foo Beer on tap gets a big thumbs up. Good selection of happy hour craft beers. I was told that the menu had changed and was quite different to what it used to be – I can’t tell if that is a good or a bad thing but the food was decent here and although we sat inside to avoid the rain and loud chatter of the main seating area (filled with band hipsters) we did enjoy ourselves.
I’m going to make a wild assumption here, and say that a lot of the good reviews for this place potentially come from smokers. Mr B & I lasted 10 minutes of not being served after been greeted politely enough and seated, before we realized everyone….EVERYONE….was smoking in the place. I’m not necessarily an anti-smoker…but after years of being away from smoking in enclosed spaces, it can be pretty uncomfortable and terrible to sit in. To be fair, we did see the supposed ‘non-smoking’ area…which were completely soul less and isolated. Either way…no one served us for around 10 minutes…we couldn’t breathe…and so we moved on very quickly. So a cautionary tale for anyone thinking of going here based on the excellent reviews. Probably really awesome if you are smoker and crave a place to be comfortable and smoke guilt free, but avoid if you can’t handle second hand smoke.
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There’s nothing more Melbourne than a petrol station turned into a bar. Incidentally I came here to down a jug of pimms whilst waiting for my table at Tokyo Tina. We snacked on delicious eggplant chips and chicken nachos and realised this place is actually well worth visiting in its own right. I’d love to go back and try the tequila salmon tacos and the rest of the menu looks very tasty too, as does the cocktail list (Bali breakfast sounds exactly where I need to be). I’ll be back
Has brunch on a Saturday morning. Good spot to chat the morning away with friends especially on a nice sunny day. It’s a very unique and open setting and plenty of sunlight. Good good and friendly staff. Had the Spanish sausage omelette. Will be back.