To make the last evening of 2025 a Melbourne New Year's Eve to remember, we would urge everyone to look upwards, to the great selection of Melbourne rooftop bars.
A place where the festive season and prime rooftop season collide, it's no wonder that NYE and Melbourne rooftops is a match made in heaven. Enjoy breezy drinks, sky-high vibes, and watch the 2025 fireworks over Melbourne, as you say cheers and welcome to 2026 under the stars.
NYE rooftop celebrations in Melbourne are highly popular, so try to make reservations as soon as you can to not miss out on the elevated festivities.
Our complete and up-to date guide to the Best New Year's Eve Rooftops in Melbourne feature all info you need about each rooftop, all at the same place, so you don’t have to scroll around on several different sources finding it.
For each rooftop, this guide presents:
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Whether you’re looking for an upscale rooftop dinner, a laid-back rooftop brunch, a vibrant rooftop party or a luxurious hotel rooftop pool, we’ve got you covered.
The Setting: The hip rooftop lounge on top of the designer hotel QT Melbourne comes surrounded with uninterrupted views of Melbourne’s city skyline. Located right in the heart of the city, the indoor/outdoor Rooftop at QT blends the sophisticated with the relaxed, creating a perfect setting for both after work cocktails and more vibrant and stylish rooftop party nights.
The NYE Party: The most vibrant night of the year is set top be New Year's Eve, when the Rooftop at QT invites you to ring in 2026 with one epic rooftop party, high above the city’s sparkling skyline. Packed with bottomless drinks, live band, DJs (including DJ A1NE, Blushko & Friends), and one of best views over the Melbourne fireworks, the evening will also include a curated selection of canapés and freshly shucked oysters.
The Setting: Located on level 14 of Pullman Melbourne on Swanston, Blossom Rooftop Bar is a modern and elevated rooftop for good food, great vibes, amazing drinks and skyline views. High above the CDB, here you can enjoy wood-fired pizza, bar snacks, signature cocktails, local wines and beers, all served in an urban, vibrant and sophisticated atmosphere.
The NYE Party: While something is on every day at Blossom, Wednesday December 31 will be something special, when the rooftop invites to a New Year's Eve party to remember. The general admission NYE tickets features premium sparkling, wines, beer, selected cocktails and soft drinks, oyster shucking station, endless woodfired pizzas, delicious canapes, dessert station, and live music & DJ’s to help you groove into the New Year. Add uninterrupted views of all the fireworks from the alfresco wrap around terrace, and you sense that all ingredients are there for a spectacular end to the year. To make it even more special, celebrate with friends and book one of the VIP High Tables on the terrace.
The Setting: Elevated 139 metres above the ground, on the 40th floor of the opulent Oakwood Premier Melbourne, Strato is a sky-high and luxurious Melbourne rooftop bar & restaurant, with incredible city views. Offering contemporary modern Australian cuisine, ever-evolving seasonal cocktails, elevated old favourites, wines and locally crafted beers, Strato is always a special destination, and the last night of 2025 is no exception.
The NYE Party: To elevate your New Year’s Eve celebration, Strato will serve a meticulously curated NYE menu in the restaurant, infused with celebratory flavours to mark the occasion. The price is $259 per person, but you might want to add $200 for guaranteed window seating, secuting a front-row seat to Melbourne’s spectacular fireworks spectacle. You can also reserve a spot at the bar.
The Setting: Located in the heart of the CBD, Imperial Hotel is Melbourne's 3rd oldest pub and a classic venue, equipped with a big wooden deck terrace and rooftop bar, with a fantastic view over the Parliament House and the city skyline. In a great and relaxed atmosphere, here you can enjoy open and airy summer day and nights, but with cover and heaters, also warm and comfy winter sessions.
The NYE Party: December 31st will hopefully bring a warm evening, but more certain is that there will be a grand New Year’s Eve Rooftop Party at the Imperial Hotel, where you can really party the last night of the year away. The NYE evening on the rooftop includes a 4 hour drinks package of beer, wine and spirits with roaming canapes, from 8pm to midnight, along with live music and DJs keeping the atmosphere buzzing into 2026.
The Setting: Taking you to Miami, Palm Springs and the pastell colors and pink signs of the '80s, Good Heavens is a vibrant and creative rooftop oasis in the heart of Melbourne. From sunny afternoon drinks to happening nights, Good Heavens pretty much always mixes the relaxed with the buzzing, sprinkled with cool views over the city skyscrapers.
The NYE Party: To ring in 2026 with a real bang, Good Heavens will host Melbourne’s biggest rooftop celebration, with roaming bites and flowing drinks all night, a line-up ofthe city’s best DJs and smashing rooftop views of the Melbourne fireworks.
Tip: If you get an Early Bird Ticket to New Year’s Eve at Good Heavens you’re automatically in the draw for the Ultimate New Year’s Staycation: a 2-night stay for two in a King Room at Rydges Melbourne (31 Dec – 1 Jan), valued at $1,000.
The Setting: Found on Brunswick Street in the heart of Fitzroy, the shabby chic Provincial Hotel is an iconic neighborhood pub, equipped with a beautiful rooftop bar. Relaxing yet vibrant, the charming rooftop features comfy benches, lots of greenery, a terracotta tiled bar, and cool views over the surrounding redbrick buildings.
The NYE Party: Known for hosting epic party's, NYE at The Provincial Hotel is bound to be a night to remember. On the rooftop, you can end 2025 with a 4 hours bottomless beverage package with select cocktails, spirits, beer, wine & cider, an oyster station, roaming canapés, and a churro chocolate fountain, as well as live entertainment all night.
The Setting: Futuristic, stylish and industrial in setting, the Transit Rooftop Bar might only be two levels up but still offers magical views of the Melbourne skyline, the botanical gardens and the River Yarra below. Located on top of the Transport Hotel, which is actually not a hotel but a bar / restaurant complex with Transport Public Bar on the ground floor, Taxi Kitchen one floor above and then Transit Rooftop Bar up top.
The NYE Party: As we all know, nothing says New Year's Eve like a party on the rooftop, and luckily Transit Rooftop Bar will help out with hosting an exclusive New Year's Eve party, filled with fireworks, rooftop cocktails & disco fever. Starting with entertainment already at 3pm (food & drink packages start from 7:30pm), you can expect a night of sparkle, flavour, and non-stop fun, icluding DJs spinning all night long as well as one of the best views of the Melbourne fireworks display.
The Setting: Elevated high, high above Melbourne CBD, The Q Rooftop is a place of small plates and big experiences, perched on top of the modern and fabulous Quincy Hotel. Through the panoramic windows at the stylish indoor lounge, or out on the open-air terrace, you can enjoy amazing views over the Melbourne skyline, in an atmosphere that is exclusive, yet inclusive.
The NYE Party: This New Year's Eve, The Q Rooftop will take your festivities to new heights, where the elevated views over the city and the Melbourne fireworks are complemented with a great atmosphere. Enjoy non-stop beats from the resident DJ, delicious canapés, and premium spirits, beer, and wine all night long. Capture the night’s best moments in the photobooth and make memories that last a lifetime.
Rikard has spent the last 10 years exploring, enjoying, researching and working with rooftop venues. During these years he has visited more than 700 rooftops across the globe. The experience he has gained is used to create helpful, in-depth and accessible content, and to share his knowledge and rooftop expertise with fellow rooftop-lovers.
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