Suburban Social Neighbourhood Bar

Suburban Social is a cool new neighbourhood bar and eatery found in Holland Park, dishing up delicious bar bites and burgers along with craft beer, boutique wine and delectable cocktails. 

This suburban bar, a southside sibling for the northside's Suburban Social in Chapel Hill, features an eye-catching circus-themed mural by Drapl & Co, with plenty of seating provided inside and outside. 

Tasty starters and/or bar snacks include baked feta and olives with fried flat bread, tempura onion rings with wasabi mayo, haloumi chips with basil pesto and lemon wedges, szechuan peppered calamari, and house-made arancini balls.

Mouth-watering burgers range from cheeky beef burgers (12 hour slow-cooked beef cheek) and double wagyu beef cheese burgers to crispy fried buffalo chicken burgers, pulled pork burgers and the Foragers Burger - fried haloumi, mushroom, mixed salad greens, pesto and garlic aioli on focaccia roll.

Otherwise, patrons can share a platter piled with hard and soft cheeses, cured meats, warmed olives, house pickles, dips, lavosh and toasted Turkish pide. 

Drinks wise, there's craft beer on tap including local brews by Slipstream, Soapbox and Newstead Brewing, poured along with carefully-curated boutique wines and Australian spirits.  

The bar also boasts an extensive cocktail list including classics - Cosmopolitan, Margarita, Mojito and Espresso Martini - as well as creative concoctions such as Alice's Wonderland (White Light Australian vodka, rose vanilla syrup, lemon juice, muddled strawberries, aquafaba and soda water), Blood Nut (Triple G Australian gin, blue curacao, orange bitters, blood orange soda, sprig of thyme and an orange slice) and Pumbo Rumbo - Husk Distiller's Pure Cane Australian rum, vanilla syrup, pineapple and lemon juice. 

Nice to know - This neighbourhood watering hole is child-friendly with a kids menu consisting of fish and chips or chicken and chips. 

By Deb Lidster