Fee Fee’s

Fee Fee’s is one of those bars that transports you to another world. A crimson-hued wonderland for rock’n’roll fans, its cosy space is full of even cosier nooks, with maroon-leather booths and red-velvet lounges for sinking into, and walls crowded with vestiges of the ’70s – framed prints and posters featuring Debbie Harry, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones, or advertising long-over gigs at Whisky a Go Go. A disco ball here, a vintage chandelier there, and fairy lights for days, it’s a spot unlike anything else in town.  

The staff will happily whip up any mixed drink you like – fear not, Dirty Martini devotees – but if you’re here, you’ve got to order one of the original cocktails. Try the Queen of the Harpies, an alcoholic take on cherry cola, or the snowcone-esque Frostbite, a towering tropical concoction made with white rum, yuzu citrus, lychee, passionfruit, shaved blue ice and house strawberry syrup, complete with tiny umbrella, fluorescent maraschino cherry and flamingo swizzle stick. 

For beer drinkers there’s Moon Dog on tap and tinnies of Melbourne Bitter and VB, plus Passionfruit Sours and Guinness. There’s also a handful of Moon Dog Fizzer seltzers, fruity Vodka Cruisers, and a tight list of classic wines (a Marlborough sauvignon blanc, a Yarra Valley pinot noir et al), mostly at the very decent price of $10 a glass.