Relish

Relish in Match Bar’s new menu ... and great drinks.
Feeling peckish? Come in on Monday to Wednesday from 5pm to 7pm for a complimentary chef’s tasting plate when drinking at the bar.

Offer valid Mon-Wed from 5pm – 7pm from 07/09/09 - 30/10/09 for two or more people.

Best of 3

Three dishes, three cocktails .. because we’re all about the food and drinks.
From Monday to Thursday from 5pm, you can savour in three of Match’s best dishes and cocktails for $55.
Best of 3 includes a Charcuterie selection, chilli spiced S&P calamari and a Persian Burger with bone marrow & gruyer cheese and three Match Original cocktails created by Match bartenders and Dale DeGroff, Grapefruit Julep, Sosho Cooler, Vodka Espresso

Based on minimum two people dining. Offer valid Mon-Thurs from 5pm – 7pm from 07/09/09 - 30/10/09.

You be the judge

Tell us what your favourite Match cocktail is to go into the draw to be one of three judges in our in-house cocktail competition. From 21 – 28 September, our best bartenders will create cocktails for Match’s 1st birthday. The winning cocktail will be featured on our menu for the month of October. Winners will not only be our guest judges for the night, but we’ll also shout you and four mates two rounds of cocktails to get the night started. We’ll also feed you and your mates throughout the night.

How do you enter? Email us what your favourite Match cocktail is and why you love it.

So hurry, competition ends midnight 21 September.
email: melbourne@matchbar.com with “You be the judge” in the subject line.

Enjoy the difference

Straight from the gin capital of the world, Match Bar recently had the launch of Beefeater 24. Born and bred in London, Beefeater 24 is perfectly attuned to the city’s switched-on lifestyle, created as the perfect cocktail gin. The 12 natural ingredients of Beefeater 24 are sourced around the world. Hand-prepared grapefruit and Seville orange peel, add a tangy note to the aromatic influence of Chinese and Japanese teas. Only 8 bars in Melbourne stock this gin, and yes, you guessed it, Match Bar is one of them!

Our pick
The Anniversary Fizz (winner of our annual cocktail competition in 2007).
Beefeater gin shaken with Aperol, fresh lemon juice, passion fruit syrup and topped off with soda. Named to celebrate a decade of great drinks since Match opened in Sept 1997. A must drink for anyone (who’s everyone)

Have you tried Match’s Champagne Smash?

The latest Match Bar Champagne punch, Champagne Smash is based on a drinks classic, "The Smash." With Wyborowa lemon vodka, muddled with fresh peach, lemon and mint, topped with Champagne (designed for two to share), this is the perfect wine me down (or up) drink.
$30

Fridays @ Match Bar

Not Cactus
Fridays 9pm – 3am

Tropical obscurities, funky funk, Balearic wonders, cosmic disco, chuggy house, classic Chicago and Detroit house is what you can expect when you come to Match Bar on Fridays after 9pm.

Not Cactus is an eclectic group that has all the right taste for good music. From party people, shabby chic and classy folks, the mixed sounds of the group rock them all.

So, who plays? Leslie Salvador plays every Friday plus guests mayo , Dr Hysteric, Jason Martin, Simon Topliss, Ian Thomas, bromance, sweat midler, spike acid.

What else do you need to know? Match Bar has a Funktion One sound system, the best couches and pillows any club could ever offer and entry is always free!

White Rabbit is here ...

White Rabbit is finally here. We’ve been talking about (and secretly drinking it) for some time now but, finally its arrived and is ready for all to love. From Fremantle WA to Healesville Victoria the guys at Little Creatures have taken on a tiny brew house and are no making small batches of this fantastic dark ale. Currently Match is one of the half dozen places in Victoria that have the brew available (the brewery’s so tiny you see). How’s it taste? I would say coco, dark chocolate wholesome and gently bitter. You can just say yum if you like.

It's $9 in case anyone needs to know....

- Russ, Head Bartender