The Galley Room launched in February 2010. A cocktail lounge bar, the focus here is not just the great drinks selection, tasty food or beautiful decor, but also making sure everyone has a great experience. While still pretty new, the bar has already been nominated for loads of awards and boasts a great team of award winning professionals. Located on the middle level of the Waterside Hotel, just down Flinders Street at 510.

Congratulations to everyone at The Galley Room past & present for their nomination in the Australian Bartender Magazine Awards 2011 - Cocktail bar of the year

While Galley is newish the Waterside has a long history...

Since opening as the Mercantile Hotel in 1853, the establishment on the corner of King and Flinders street Melbourne has had a colorful and entertaining history. The first publican was Stephen Donovan who held the license for just nine months before selling the goodwill to W. McDonough for the sum of �10,000 and �1,500 per annum rent.

The Hotel had a further two name changes in 1867 becoming the Duke of Edinburgh and in 1868 the London and Barnarvon Hotel. The Hotel had a long list of publicans including many women.

In 1915 the hotel was again renamed, this time to its current title, The Waterside Hotel.